ARTS APPRECIATION

PRELIMS
• Visual arts
painting
sculpture
architecture
NOTES
• Humanities- The study of
humanity: how to behave like
human beings.
• Without arts and literature,
there would be no history.
• ‘’When you understand things,
you can easily appreciate
them.’’
 Humanities
• A set of discipline that includes
grammar, philosophy, literature,
history, and music.
• Derived from the Latin word
‘’humanus’’
• It records or interprets man’s
thinking, feelings, regrets,
aspirations and failures.
• Not concerned on man’s practicalities
such as food, shelter, and clothing,
etc.
• Included in the curriculum to equip
students with a culture that is
 Branches of Humanities
• FINE ARTS
 Painting: a kind of art which main process is
applying colour or pigment.
 Literature: written works, especially those
considered of superior or lasting artistic
merit.
• PERFORMING ARTS
 Dance: combines movement of feet, hands, and
body rhythm.
 Music/singing: the art of putting together the
sound in order.
 Cinema/theatre: motion picture that blends
together the fundamental and visual elements of
music, painting, and literature.
• PRACTICAL ARTS
 Sculpture: refers to the breaking or piecing
together. Operates in three dimensions.
 Architecture: art of designing and constructing
buildings and other types of structure.
• Derived from the Latin word
‘’ars’’ which means ‘’ability’’
or skill.
• Derived from the Italian word
‘’artis’’ which means ‘’craft-
manship’’, ‘’skill’’, ‘’mastery
of form’’, inventiveness’’, and
‘’associations’’ that exists
between material and technique.
• The product of man’s need to
express himself.
• The product of creative human
activity.
• Created by man for his own
benefit and satisfaction.
• Creative, not imitative.
• Expressed through a certain
medium or material by which the
artist communicated himself to
his fellows.
• The conscious use of skill and
creative imagination especially
in the production of aesthetic
• Emotional outlet
• Self-expression
• Quality-based process
• Visually entertaining
• Manifests beauty
• Mastery (a way of doing things)
• ‘A way, not a thing.’- Elbert
Hubbard
• Most intense mode of
individualism
‘’A discovery and development of
elementary principles of nature
into beautiful forms suitable
for human use.’’
-Frank Lloyd Wright
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‘’ We are not art. Because if we
are an art, we are sellable,
profitable, and treated as the
arts we know.’’
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• ART HISTORY
The study of objects of art in their
historical development and stylistic
context; genre, design, format,
styles.
It includes painting, sculpture,
architecture, ceramics, furniture,
and other decorative objects.
Encompasses several methods of
studying the visual arts:
1. Connoisseurs
2. Critics
3. Academic historians.
Characterized by the ability to
perceive the world in new ways, to
find hidden patterns, to make
connections between seemingly
unrelated phenomena, and to
generate solutions.
Involves two processes:
a. Thinking
b. Producing
a. A product is creative when it is: novel
and appropriate.
• ART APPRECIATION
The ability to interpret man-made
arts (and enjoy them either through actual or
work experience with art tools and materials or
possession of these works of art for one’s
admiration and satisfaction.)
Deals with learning,
understanding, and creating and
enjoying arts.
• CREATIVITY
The act of turning new and
imaginative ideas into reality.
 ‘’When you have talent and a
gift, you are able to survive
life.’’
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‘’If you have ideas but you
don’t act on them, you are
imaginative but not creative.’’
 FUNCTIONS OF ART
• NON-FUNCTIONAL (NON-MOTIVATED)
Painting
Sculpture
Literature
Music
Theatre arts
• FUNCTIONAL (MOTIVATED)
Architecture
Weaving
Furniture-making
• APPLIED ARTS
Known for their direct functionality

• FUNCTIONS IN MUSIC
 Dance
• SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
 Addresses aspects of collective
life as opposed to one person’s
point of view of experience
• PHYSICAL FUNCTION (UTILITARIAN)
• PERSONAL FUNCTION
 THE SUBJECT ART
• Art is varied.
• It is usually anything that is
represented in artworks such as
persons, objects, scenes, or
events.
• TWO TYPES OF REPRESENTING
SUBJECTS
Representational (Objective art)
1. Painting, sculpture, graphic arts,
literature, and theatre arts.
Non-representational (Non-objective
art)
1. Works that have no resemblance to any
real subject. They do not represent
 TYPES OF ART SUBJECTS
• STILL LIFE
• SELF-PORTRAIT
• RELIGIOUS THEME
• NON-OBJECTIVE SUBJECT
• LANDSCAPE
• GENRE
• VISIONARY EXPRESSION
• PORTRAIT
 ARTISTS V.S. ARTISANS
• ARTISTS
Dedicated to the creative side,
making visually-pleasing work only
for enjoyment and appreciation of
the viewer but no functional value.
Fine arts (painting, illustration,
and sculpture)
• ARTISANS
A manual worker who makes items with
his/her hands through skill,
experience, and talent.
Can create things of great beauty as
well as being functional.
 VISUAL ELEMENTS OF
PAINTING
• POINT
• LINE
• SHAPE
• VALUE
• COLOR
• TEXTURE
 KINDS OF LINES AND THEIR
SUGGESTIVE PROPERTIES
• STRAIGHT LINE
• CURVE(D) LINE
• BROKEN LINE
• HORIZONTAL LINE
• VERTICAL LINE
• THICK LINE
• THIN LINE
• SLIDING LINE & ABOVE THE HORIZON
• SLIDING LINE & BELOW THE HORIZON
KINDS OF SHAPES AND THEIR
APPLICATION TO PAINTING
• RECTILINEAR
• CURVILINEAR
• IRREGULAR
 VALUE
• SHADE
• SHADOW
• CHIAROSCURO
• SFUMATO
 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF
COLOR
• HUE
• VALUE
• SATURATION
 ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART
• LINE
• FORM
• TEXTURE
• COLOR
• SPACE
• PERSPECTIVE