Art is universal

°Art is everywhere, wherever men have lived together, art has sprung up among them as language
charged with feelings and significance.

°Art has no limit and it rises above cultures, races, and civilization. It is timeless because it goes beyond
the time of our own existence.

Plato

"Art is that which brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world"

John Dewey

"Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of mind-one that demands for its own satisfaction and fulfilling, a
shaping of matter to new and more significant form"

Emmanuel Kant

"art for arts sake"

Aristotle

"art as representation"

Assumptions of arts

°These are principles and bases of appreciating a work of art since it is in art that man can communicate
one's individuality and way of life.

°Art is universal

°Art is not nature

°Art involves experience

It is the study of objects or works of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts. i.e. genre,
design, format, and style. This includes the "major" arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture, as well
as, the "minor" arts of ceramics, furniture, and any other decorative objects.

The importance of arts

°The arts are indescribable to define and difficult to gather into a conceptual net, but we would probably
agree that the arts enhance daily experiences. Art has touched everyone. Art is all around us, being
universal as it can be found in all cultures

°All arts that we received through our senses have purpose, as well as expression; they occupy some
place in our judgment.

°In general, there is no debating the belief that the arts have never been more important to our society
and should be fully integrated into our lives, our community and education as a whole.

Meaning of art

.°The word "art" is rooted in the 13th century French word art, which means skill as result of learning or
practice, and the latin word ars, meaning ability or practical skills.

°The word art covers many meanings including ability, process, and product.

°As ability, art is human capacity to make things of beauty and things that stir us; it is creativity.

°Art encompasses acts, such as drawing, painting, sculpting, designing buildings, singing, dancing, and
using the camera to create images or memorable works.

°Many known personalities define art in various ways. According to plato, "art is that which brings life in
harmony with the beauty of the world".
Four common essential of arts

°Art has to be man-made

°Art must be creative, not imitative

°Art must benefit and satisfy man

°Art is expressed through a certain medium or material by which the artist communicates himself to his
audiences.

Art is not nature

°Art is man-made; it is creation of man utilizing his thoughtful skill and artistry, which undergoes process
and planning. °Art is artificial because it is just in imitation or even an appropriation of reality and
nature.

°Art that is created by God is divine, and art that is created by man is superficial or temporary

°Art can never be natural because it is momentary in the constant transformation of change; it does not
change by itself unless manipulated by its creator, which is man.

Art involves experience

°Art is depiction of our experiences. It demands taking part. Art involves laying of pigments, moulding of
clay, chipping of marble, casting of bronze, constructing of building, singing of songs, playing roles of
stages, acting, and going through rhythmic movements in a dance. °Every art does something with some
physical material, the body or something outside the body; thus, the only way to find conviction and
assertion is through immersion in the arts.

Personal

It is being used to provide comfort, happiness, and convenience to human beings. The artist tries to
express his personal feelings through the artwork.
Social

Art is used for public display and celebration; it is used to affect collective behavior. It bridges
connection among people. Art conveys sense of family, community, or civilization.

Cultural

Art helps preserve, share, and transmit culture of people from one generation to another.

Aesthetic function

Art becomes influential for man to be aware of the beauty of nature. Aesthetic is when there is the real
feelings of appreciation to nature's beauty and are manifested through appreciation and enjoyment
when in contact with the artwork.

Spiritual function

An artist may create a work of art to reinforce the religious or spiritual support of a culture.

Art as an escape

The ceremony of doing or creating art touches the deepest realms of the mind and the sacred dimension
of the artistic creative process. The sacred level of art not only transforms the artist at the very core of
his or her being.

Art as functional

Arts serves a function. Art is meant to be used, to enrich lives to be spiritually potent, to educate, to
support or protest existing power structures, to entertain, and so on.

Painting

it is the application of pigment (color) on any flat) two-dimentional surfaces

it is the carving, modelling, casting, constructing, and assembling of materials and objects into primarily
three-dimensional works of art

Architecture

it is the art and science of planning, designing, and constructing buildings and non building structures for
human shelter or use (3D)

Music

is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time.

Dance

Is the movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music and within a given space for the
purpose of expressing an idea or emotion.

Film

also called movie or motion picture, is a series of still images that when shown on a screen creates an
illusion of moving images.

Theater

is a collaborative form of art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the
experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

Literary

Is concentrating the writing, study or content of literature, especially of the kind valued for quality of
form.
Performance poetry

is poetry specifically composed for or during a performance before an audience rather than in print
mostly open to improvisation.

Digital art

It is the art that made with the assistance of electronic devices, or intended to be displayed on a
computer, which is the most important element on digital art.

Applied arts

Are the application of design and decoration to everyday objects to make them aesthetically pleasing.

Fashion design

is the art of applying design, aesthetic, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories

Furniture design

Is specialized field where function and fashion collide

Interior design

Is enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing
environment for the people using the space.

Graphic design

it is an artistic process of effective communication. Designers combine words, images, and symbols to
create a visual representation of ideas.

The subject of art

The subject of art in the master to described or to be portrayed by the artist. The subject of art is varied.
This may refer to any person, object, scene, or event. In general, the subject of an artwork is anything
under the sun.
Representation of objective arts

they are those arts that depict (represent) object that are commonly recognized by most people. They
attempt to copy, even if in a subjective manner, something that is real. They use "form" and are
concerned with "what" is to be depicted in the artwork.

They attempt to portray the subject as it is.

The artists would try to be as objective as possible.

TWO KINDS OF ART AS TO SUBJECT

°Representation of objective arts

°They attempt to portray the subject as it is.

NONREPRESENTATIONAL OR NONOBJECTIVE ART

°They are those arts without any reference to anything outside itself without representation) this kind of
art in non objective because it has no recognizable

°Some contemporary painters have shifted their interest to the work of art as an object itself, an exciting
combination of shapes and colors that fulfills the aesthetic needs without having to represent images or
tell a story

°Traditional sculptures and paintings have subjects. When looking at a painting or a sculpture, one
expects to recognize the subject to know what it is about - a man, an animal or a tree.

SOURCES OF THE SUBJECT OF ART

°Nature

°History

°Greek and roman mythology

°Religion

°Sacred oriental text

Next to animals and people and their activities, nature as landscapes has been the common inspiration
and subject.

History

All art is conditioned by the historical period in which it is created. Rulers like to have themselves and
the great deeds of their time perpetuated, consequently, statues and paintings of the great are found in
each civilization.

Greek and roman mythology

This has been a very important source of subjects in the arts. These arts are so famous that they count
as a definite part of inheritance. During the renaissance period, poets, painters, and sculptors drew
largely from greek and roman sources for subjects.

Religion

Is has played an enormous role in inspiring works of visual arts, music, architecture, and literature
through the ages. It was during the renaissance that the European artisans became "artists" and
conscious of their role in a way that had never been true before.

Sacred oriental texts

sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, taoism, Confucianism, zoroastrianism., Jainism, and islam.

The content of art

Is the meaning, message, and/or feeling imparted by a work of art. This is not the same thing as the
subject matter the work depicts. Content is inextricably linked with form, which refers to the pictorial
aspects of art.
It is the mass of ideas associated with each artwork and communicated through the following:

°The art's imagery

°The symbolic meaning

°Its surroundings where it is used or displayed

°The customs, beliefs, and values of the culture that uses it.

°Writings that help explain the work

Three levels of meaning

Factual meaning

Conventional meaning

Subjective meaning

Factual meaning

the literal statement or narrative content in the work that can be directly apprehended because the
objects presented are easily recognized.

Conventional meaning

which refers to the special meaning that the certain object or color has for a particular culture of group
of people when it is shown in an artwork.

Subjective meaning

refers to the individual meaning deliberately and instinctively expressed by the artist using a personal
symbolism that stems from his own alliance with certain objects, actions, or colors, with past
experiences
Keeping art

A country, society, and individual may hold on to an artwork often beyond its usefulness, which may
involve various considerations, including its meaning and its economic value. Public and private
institutions, like museums and galleries, are also designed for keeping art, and issues around preserving
or restoring it.

National pride and glory

Nation keep art because it is good for the economy and for business. The presence of major
archaeological, religious, or architectural sites stimulates and generates thousands of local jobs.

Museums and private collections

Museums are the repositories of much of the art in most countries and make them available for public
viewing through either permanent or temporary exhibitions. A museum does not sell works of art, but it
essentially holds them in public trust, and engages in varying levels of education and conservation
practices.

Preservation and restoration

Because art is valuable, enormous human effort and financial resources are devoted to preserving art
from the ravages of time, the environment, industrial-by-products, and even any other human being.