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This document provides an overview of different art forms including: 1. Architecture, sculpture, painting, dance, music, theater, literature and digital arts. 2. It discusses appreciating art through giving a description, analyzing the artist's intentions, understanding the context, and judging whether the art has aesthetic or cultural value. 3. Art appreciation teaches important skills like observation, critical thinking, and understanding different perspectives.

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Discussion 2

This document provides an overview of different art forms including: 1. Architecture, sculpture, painting, dance, music, theater, literature and digital arts. 2. It discusses appreciating art through giving a description, analyzing the artist's intentions, understanding the context, and judging whether the art has aesthetic or cultural value. 3. Art appreciation teaches important skills like observation, critical thinking, and understanding different perspectives.

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DISCUSSION 2

ART APPRECATION

Topics:
• THE ART FORMS
• APPRECIATING THE ARTS

UNIT 1 – INTRODUCTION
Arts refers to the theory, human application and physical expression of
creativity found in human cultures and societies through skills and imagination
in order to produce objects, environments and experiences.
3. Painting
Lesson 4 - - application of pigments to a support surface that establishes an image,
THE ART FORMS design or decoration
- describes both the act and the result
FORMS OF ART - two-dimentional art form
1. Architecture
- art form that reflects how we present ourselves across the earth’s Supports - different surfaces where painting can be applied
landscape, and, like other expressive mediums, it changes with styles, - wood, canvas, plaster, clay, lacquer, and concrete
technologies and cultural adaptations
- not only provides worldly needs of shelter, workspace and storage but
also represents human ideals in buildings like courthouses and
government buildings and manifestations of the spirit in churches and
temples
- considered as the most functional of all the art forms

4. Dance
- 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,
releasing energy, or simply taking delight in the movement itself.

2. Sculpture
- hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects
- designs may be embodied in freestanding objects, in reliefs on surfaces,
or in environments ranging from tableaux to contexts that envelop the
spectator
- An enormous variety of media may be used, including clay, wax, stone,
metal, fabric, glass, wood, plaster, rubber, and random “found” objects.
Materials may be carved, modeled, molded, cast, wrought, welded,
sewn, assembled, or otherwise shaped and combined.
5. Music Classifications
- also a cultural activity whose medium is sound a. Fiction
- performed with a vast range of instruments and/or vocal techniques b. Non-Fiction
ranging from singing to rapping. c. Prose
d. Poetry

Classification of Art Forms:


A. Visual Arts - those which are felt by the senses which includes
6. Theater sculpture, painting and architecture.
- collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, typically B. Performing Arts – those performed like Music, Dance and Theater
actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event C. Digital Arts - arts which includes photography and installation arts
before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage
- may also mean specific place of the performance as derived from the Lesson 5
Ancient Greek théatron, "a place for viewing", itself from theáomai, APPRECIATING ARTS
"to see", "to watch", "to observe".
- includes performances of plays and musical theatre How art appreciation may be applied by a learner of the course:
- art forms of ballet and opera are also theatre and use many conventions 1. Give a good physical description of the artwork based on their knowledge of
such as acting, costumes and staging art elements and materials;
2. Analyze the artwork in terms of what the artist wants his work to represent
and the learner’s subjective reaction to the works which includes their
thoughts and feelings;
3. Perceive the art work in the context of its history. This would enlighten the
learners of the artist’s intention in doing the work and add to the
understanding of the meaning the work is supposed to convey;
4. Give meaning to the artwork based on its description, analysis and context;
7. Literature and . Judge the artwork as to whether it is good or bad based on the learner’s
- any body or collection of written work perception of it and its aesthetic and cultural value.
- refers to writing considered to be an art form or any single writing
deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, and sometimes deploys Art is not meant to be looked at only for what it is. It is meant to stimulate
language in ways that differ from ordinary usage. thought because it allows viewers to draw their own emotions and pull from
- may be in any form such as poetry, novel, short story, essay, epic and their personal experiences when viewed.
legends among others
- may be oral or written Art also teaches many important qualities such as listening, observing and
responding to multiple perspectives. Having an appreciation for art also helps
us to develop an appreciation for each other and how we are all unique in our
own way.

Art is here to stay. It is a person’s history and legacy which is an


ultimate proof that his personal experiences can be articulated and his
immortality can be
defined.

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