Chapter 1: Orientation to Art

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Prepared by: Noel V. Bernadas
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What is Art for you?

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What is Art Appreciation?

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What is Art Appreciation?

Appreciation- profound appreciation- rests on

knowledge and understanding.

“I cannot love someone I do not know”

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What is Art Appreciation?

Appreciation- profound appreciation- Valuing

rests on knowledge and
understanding. Living/
Knowing
“I cannot love someone I do not doing
know”

Art
Appreciation

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Personal Starting Point

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Personal Starting Point

What is your ideas on art?

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Personal Starting Point

What is your ideas on art?

Your Questions about art?

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Personal Starting Point What is your ideas on art?

Your Questions about art?

Where do we find art?

What do we consider as artistic?
Is art necessary or is it a waste of time?

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Definition of Art

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Definition of Art

Art comes from the Latin word ‘ars’,

Meaning anything humans make or man-
made.

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Definition of Art

Art comes from the Latin word ‘ars’,

Meaning anything humans make or man-
made.

Art implies a certain orderliness, rationality

and grace

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Definition of Art

Art comes from the Latin word ‘ars’,

Meaning anything humans make or man-
made.

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Seven Genres of Art

1. Visual Arts
2. Architecture
3. Music
4. Dance
5. Literature
6. Theatre
7. Film

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Art, Nature and the World

Is nature an art?

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Art, Nature and the World

Is nature an art?
Art begins as a human encounter or
experience of nature in all its depth and
variety.

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Art, Nature and the World

Thus, art begins with encountering something

primarily outside of us and applying human
invention, capturing it as a significant and
worthwhile encounter – at least to ourselves

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Art, Nature and the World

Thus, art begins with encountering something

primarily outside of us and applying human
invention, capturing it as a significant and
worthwhile encounter – at least to ourselves.

1. Nature
2. Intrapersonal Encounter
3. Interpersonal Encounter
4. Metapersonal or Transcendent Encounter

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Subject Matter of Art

Is the “What of Art”

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Subject Matter of Art Music:

Sound

Is the “What of Art” Painting:

Architecture:
Landscape or
Space
Portrait

Subject

Drama and
Film: Dance:
Movement
Storyline

Movie:
Story

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Thinking Like an Artist

How to think like an artist?

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Thinking Like an Artist

How to think like an artist?

Creating art is a far richer and a complex

process than just making a pretty picture.

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Thinking Like an Artist

How to think like an artist?

Creating art is a far richer and a complex

process than just making a pretty picture.

A good Artist is one who engages the whole brain

and body in thinking and creating

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Thinking Like an Artist

How to think like an artist?

Creating art is a far richer and a complex

process than just making a pretty picture.

A good Artist is one who engages the whole brain

and body in thinking and creating

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Thinking Like an Artist

How to think like an artist?

Creating art is a far richer and a complex

process than just making a pretty picture.

A good Artist is one who engages the whole brain

and body in thinking and creating

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Thinking Like an Artist

Art making involves multiple intelligences and

the senses as well. In fact art genres
corresponds to senses.

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Thinking Like an Artist

Art making involves multiple intelligences and

the senses as well. In fact art genres
corresponds to senses.

Visitors flock to see Rembrandt’s The Night Watch at the Rijksmuseum in

27 Amsterdam: apparently some of his patrons were not very happy with the finished
canvas. Photograph: David Levene
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Philosophies and Theories of Art

Overview of Philosophical ideas

The nature of art, what it is and where it figures in

human life has been the subject of concentrated
reflection in the field of philosophy

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Philosophies and Theories of Art

Overview of Philosophical ideas

The nature of art, what it is and where it figures in

human life has been the subject of concentrated
reflection in the field of philosophy.

Philosophy is the quest to know, spurred by the

love for truth.

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Philosophies and Theories of Art

(Quest on the Nature of Beauty –Aesthetics)

1. Immanuel Kant – places the search for beauty under the

category of practical reason (Critique of the Power of
Judgment, Part III)

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(Quest on the Nature of Beauty –Aesthetics)

1. Immanuel Kant – places the

search for beauty under the
category of practical reason
(Critique of the Power of
Judgment, Part III)

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2. Rene Descartes - The proof of human existence is the

human capacity to think. “Cogito Ergo sum”

- His rationalist approach places great importance on

reason and downplays feelings and other human faculties.

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(Quest on the Nature of Beauty –Aesthetics)

3. Baruch Spinoza – A Jewish humanist who

focused on affects and feelings.

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Philosophies and Theories of Art

(Quest on the Nature of Beauty –Aesthetics)

3. Baruch Spinoza – A Jewish humanist who

focused on affects and feelings.

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(Quest on the Nature of Beauty –Aesthetics)

4. Blaise Pascal - said that reason have limits when

said, “The heart has reasons, which even the reason
does not know.”

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4. Blaise Pascal - said that reason have limits when

said, “The heart has reasons, which even the reason
does not know.”

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5. Judeo-Christian and Islam religion – these

religions recognized that there is another source of
truth beyond the limit of human reason
(transcendence) which is divine revelation.

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Judaism, Christianity and Islam

- Hold a different theory about art and its
role, specially in religion.

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Judaism, Christianity and Islam

- Hold a different theory about art and its
role, specially in religion.

Judaism and Islam

- Are very cautious about the visual arts.

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Judaism and Islam

- Quotes the injunction against idols cited in
the book of laws, Deuteronomy: “You shall
not have false gods before me.”

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Judaism and Islam

- Quotes the injunction against idols cited in
the book of laws, Deuteronomy: “You shall
not have false gods before me.”

Because the visual art can lead to idolatry, Judaism

and Islam have banned the depiction of God.

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Judaism and Islam

- Quotes the injunction against idols cited in
the book of laws, Deuteronomy: “You shall
not have false gods before me.”

However, this did not mean that the visual arts had
completely disappeared in Judaism or Islam.

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5. Plato - proposed the concept of the World of

Ideas or the World of Forms (Formalistic)

What we see here on earth, what is visible

as natural forms are copies of the original in the
World of Ideas (Idealistic).

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Golden ratio (section aurea) or golden mean, was

an ideal ratio that guided the artists and produced
harmonious and pleasing effects

Golden Apollonian Zeus

Ratio Proportion Proportion

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6. Aristotle - proposed an empirical approach to

art. He posited that everything is composed of
matter and form, which he labels all as cause.

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(Quest on the Nature of Beauty –Aesthetics)

6. Aristotle - proposed an empirical approach to

art. He posited that everything is composed of
matter and form, which he labels all as cause.

1. Material Cause
- refers to the elements out of which an object is made.

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(Quest on the Nature of Beauty –Aesthetics)

6. Aristotle - proposed an empirical approach to

art. He posited that everything is composed of
matter and form, which he labels all as cause.

2. Formal Cause
- is an expression of what an object is.

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(Quest on the Nature of Beauty –Aesthetics)

6. Aristotle - proposed an empirical approach to

art. He posited that everything is composed of
matter and form, which he labels all as cause.

3. Efficient Cause
- is the means by which an object is made.

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Philosophies and Theories of Art

(Quest on the Nature of Beauty –Aesthetics)

6. Aristotle - proposed an empirical approach to

art. He posited that everything is composed of
matter and form, which he labels all as cause.

3. Efficient Cause
- is the means by which an object is made.

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(Quest on the Nature of Beauty –Aesthetics)

6. Aristotle - proposed an empirical approach to

art. He posited that everything is composed of
matter and form, which he labels all as cause.

4. Final Cause
- refers to the end or purpose why an object is made.

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