Art Appreciation NOTES
Art Appreciation NOTES
Art Appreciation NOTES
- finding the beauty beyond what you can see Avoid being subjective, thus, be objective.
- finding the beauty in nature of an art There are two realities inevitably go in every
Beauty aspects of our lives
- it is the quality or aggregate of qualities in a 1. Has reference from the art object which
person or thing that gives pleasure to the resembles with language
senses or pleasurably exalts (elevates) the 2. Has no reference from the art object which
mind or spirit resembles with language
- measurable to your senses Aestheticians
The beauty we see in nature is different
when we look at a work of art. - They deal what is art, its beauty, and value
Understanding is the key to ‘beauty’.
What makes art beautiful?/How to make art
aesthetic?
1. Universality in art - is the field of philosophy that deals with the
- One way or another, art will always nature and appreciation of art, beauty, and
highlight an aspect of universal being taste.
- Make it beautiful - Aesthetics is central to any exploration of
2. Simple art.
- Art should speak for itself and that’s why - Sometimes beauty is not the artist's ultimate
when you go to a gallery, you stare at goal.
different pieces and let them talk to you, and - Art is intended to appeal and connect with
that is the true beauty of art, the potential to human emotion.
communicate without using any words - If you already have contemplation
- Pices/parts - Uses mind
3. One-ness
- Such pieces create visual oneness for the David Hume
entire art piece • David Hume’s views on aesthetic theory and
- emphasis the philosophy of art are to be found in his
4. Message work on moral theory and in several essays.
- The spirit of art prevails not only in the
artists' workshop, art gallery, or museum, • Although there is a tendency to emphasize
but is also to permeate every other human the two essays devoted to art, “Of the
interest and enterprise. Standard of Taste” and “Of Tragedy,” his
views on art and aesthetic judgment are
Artistic and the aesthetic intimately connected to his moral
• Shockingly, there is still an almost universal philosophy and theories of human thought
failure to recognize the significant and emotion.
distinction between the artistic and the • His theory of taste and beauty is not entirely
aesthetic. original, but his arguments generally display
• It is surprising because when it is pointed the keen analysis typical of his best work.
out, the distinction is immediately obvious; Hume’s archaic terminology is occasionally
the differences are often so significant that it an obstacle to appreciating his analysis,
is bizarre to regard the artistic as of the same inviting conflicting readings of his position.
kind as the aesthetic. “Beauty is no quality in things
• Because of the widespread, traditional, and themselves: It exists merely in the mind
unquestioned assumption by philosophers which contemplates them; and each
and other theorists over centuries, I too mind perceives a different beauty.”
accepted it at first. “ a rule, by which the sentiments of men
maybe reconciled.”
• But then, one day, it struck me how absurd it
is to regard them as synonymous, or, at least,
to consider the artistic as a species of the Ways of looking at art
aesthetic.
Looking at art requires an effort to look in a
• It should have been obvious for years that serious, focused manner.
they are quite different.
You need focused manner in analyzing art.
Artistic
You need time, seriousness, effort
- You just simply acknowledge
- Use of five senses only In order to experience art, we should of course visit
cultural spaces
Aesthetics
Museums
Galleries
Old churches
Historical places 3. Take a class
Century old houses 4. Write what you know
Parks 5. Visit a museum
Cinemas - Exposure
Theater performances 6. See through different angles
7. Analyze one thing
Art cannot be fully experienced without our - Starting point
cooperation, and this involves, above all, our 8. Think about your feelings
sacrifice of time. 9. Interview someone
Two seconds – the average time museum visitors - Learn to listen
spend looking at a work of art 10. Accept it
- Accept that you don’t understand
The encounter with art is precious… anything
Understand the artist’s culture KELLY MEDFORD
- His culture - Art can often seem inaccessible
- His belief because it has been stereotyped in
This involves some preparation popular culture as something that
only particularly educated or
- The artist put some effort wealthy people can enjoy
- It takes time to make an artwork - Methodology
Read the artist’s biography First Method
Art is our legacy, our means of sharing in the • Understanding the Artist and their
spiritual greatness of other men and women. Context
Art represents a continuum of human experience 1. Understand the historical context of the
across all parts of the world and all periods of time when the art was produced.
history
Pablo Picasso
No single interpretation of art is ever “right”, not
even the artist’s own - Father of cubism
- Guernica (1937)
Seeing – requires you to use your brain, to direct o Painting is not done to
your eyes, to ask questions and to process decorate apartments. It is an
information instrument of war against
Steps: brutality and darkness