Lesson 2

ART APPRECIATION:
CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION,
AND EXPRESSION
By the end of this lesson, you
should be able to:
1. Differentiate art from nature,
2. Characterize artistic expression based
on personal experiences with art,
3. Discuss the nature of art’s preliminary
expression, and
4. Categorize works of art by citing
personal experiences.
OIt takes an artist to make art. One may
perceive beauty on a daily basis.
OHowever, not every beautiful thing that
can be seen or experienced may truly
be called a work of art.
OArt is a product of man’s
creativity, imagination, and
expression.
ONot everyone can be considered an
artist, but all are spectators of art.
OWe are able to distinguish what is fine
and beautiful from what is not and what
is good quality and from poor.
OThis gives us a role in the field
of art appreciation.
 Answer briefly.
OIn one of your encounters with art
through museum visits, musicals, and
plays among others, have you ever felt
disconnected from an artwork? Was
there a point in time when you did not
understand what message the art was
trying to convey? Explain why you think
you did or did not understand the art.
 ART APPRECIATION AS A
WAY OF LIFE
O “The role of art as a creative work is to
depict the world in a completely different
light and
perspective” – Jean-Paul Sartre
OEach artwork beholds beauty in its
own kind, the kind that the artist sees
and wants the viewers to perceive.
OMore often than not, people are
blind to this beauty and only those
who have developed a fine sense of
appreciation can experience and see
the art the way the artist did.
O Hence, refining one’s ability to appreciate
arts allows him to deeply understand the
purpose of an artwork and recognize the
beauty it possesses.
OIn cultivating an appreciation of art, one
should also exercise and develop his
taste for things that are fine and
beautiful.
OThis allows individuals to make
intelligent choices and decisions in
acquiring necessities and luxuries,
knowing what gives better value for time
or money while taking into
consideration the aesthetic and
practical value.
OLearning to appreciate art
no matter what vocation
or profession you have,
will lead to a fuller and
more meaningful life.
 THE ROLE OF CREATIVITY
IN ART MAKING
OCreativity requires thinking outside the
box.
OIn art, creativity is what sets apart one
artwork from another.
When can we say that
something is creative?
O When we have not seen anything like it
O When it is out of the ordinary
O When it is not just a copy or imitation of
someone’s work

…THERE IS ORIGINALITY!
O Nowadays, being creative can be quite challenging.
ART AS A PRODUCT OF IMAGINATION,
IMAGINATION AS A PRODUCT OF ART

O “Imagination is more important than

knowledge. For knowledge is
limited to all we now know and
understand, while imagination
embraces the entire world, and all
there ever will be to know and
understand.” – Albert Einstein
OImagination is not constrained by the
walls of the norm, but goes beyond that.
OThrough imagination, one is able to
craft something bold, something new,
and something better in the hopes of
creating something that will
stimulate change.
OIn artist’s mind sits a vast gallery of
artworks
OAn artwork does not need to be a real
thing, but can be something that is
imaginary.
OHowever, something imaginary does not
necessarily mean it cannot be called
art. Artists use their imagination that
gives birth to reality through creation.
OIn the same way that
imagination produces art, art
also inspires imagination.

IMAGINAT
ART
I ON
 ART AS
EXPRESSION
O“What an artist does to an emotion is
not to induce it, but express it. Through
expression, he is able to explore his
own emotions and at the same time,
create something beautiful out of them.”
– Robin George Collingwood
OExpressing emotions is different
from describing emotions.
OThis makes people’s art not a
reflection of what is outside or
external to them, but a reflection of
their inner selves.
 VISUAL ARTS
O Creations that fall under this category are
those that appeals to the sense of
sight and are mainly visual in nature.
O Artists produce visual arts driven by their
desire to reproduce things that they have
seen in the way that they perceived them.
 VISUAL ARTS
O There are also other artistic disciplines that
also involve a visual aspect, such as
performance arts, theater, and applied arts.
O Some mediums of visual arts include
paintings, drawings, letterings, printing,
sculpture, digital imaging.
 FILM
O Film refers to the art of putting together
successions of still images in order to create
an illusion of movement.
O Filmmaking focuses on its aesthetic,
cultural, and social value and is considered
both an art and an industry.
 FILM
O Techniques in film-making process:
O Motion-picture camera (also known as
movie camera)
O Animation techniques
O Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
 FILM
■ OFilmmaking simulates experiences or
creates one that is beyond the scope of
our imagination as it aims to deliver
ideas, feelings, or beauty to its viewers.
 PERFORMANCE ART
■ OPerformance art is a live art and the
artist’s medium is mainly the human
body which he or she uses to perform,
but also employs other kind of art such as
visual art, props, or sound.
 PERFORMANCE ART
OElements of performance arts:
OTime
OWhere the performance took place
OThe performer’s body
Relationship between the audience and
the performer(s)
 PERFORMANCE ART
■ OThe fact that performance art is live
makes it intangible, which means it
cannot be bought or traded as a
commodity.
 POETRY PERFORMANCE
■ O Poetry is an art form where the artist expresses his emotions
not by using paint, charcoal, or camera, but expresses them
through words.
■ O These words are carefully selected to exhibit clarity and beauty
and to stimulate strong emotions of joy, anger, love, sorrow among
others.
 POETRY PERFORMANCE
■ OIt uses a word’s emotional, musical,
and spatial values that go beyond its
literal meaning to narrate emphasize,
argue, or convince.
■ OThese words combined with
movements, tone, volume, and intensity
of the delivery add to the artistic, value
of the poem
 ARCHITECTURE
■ O Art is the pursuit and creation of beautiful things while
architecture is the making of beautiful buildings.
■ O However, not all building are beautiful because some only
embody the functionality they need, but the structure, lines, forms,
and colors are not beautifully expressed.
 ARCHITECTURE
O Important elements:
O Plan
O Construction
O Design
O Buildings should embody these three
important elements if they wish to merit the
title architecture.
 DANC
E
ODance is series of movements that
follows the rhythm of the music
accompaniment.
ODancing is a creative art form that
allows people to freely express
themselves.
OIT HAS NO RULES.
 DANC
E
■ OChoreography may seem not to allow
this, but in art expression, dancers are
not confined to set steps and rules but
are free to create and invent their own
movements as longs as they deem them
graceful and beautiful.
 LITERARY ART
■ O Artists who practice literary arts use words to express
themselves and communicate emotions to the readers.
■ O Simply becoming a writer does not make one a literary artist.
■ O Literary art goes beyond the usual professional, academic,
journalistic and other technical forms of writing.
 LITERARY ART
O It focuses on writing using a unique style,
not following a specific format or norm.
O It may include both fiction and non-
fiction such as novels, biographies, and
poems. O Romeo and Juliet – William
Shakespeare
O The Little Prince – Antoine de Sain-Exupery
 THEATER
■ O Theater uses live performers to present accounts or imaginary
events before a live audience.
■ O Theater art performance usually follows follow a script,
though they should not be confused with literary arts.
 THEATER
■ O Like in filmmaking, theater also considers several elements
such as acting, gesture, lighting, sound effects, musical score,
scenery and props.
■ O Like performance art, theater also is a live performance.
■ O Genres: drama, musical, tragedy, comedy and improvisation
 APPLIED ARTS
O Applied arts is incorporating elements of
style and design to everyday items with the
aim of increasing their aesthetic value.
O Artists in this field bring beauty, charm, and
comfort into many things that were useful
in everyday life.
O Industrial design, interior design,
fashion design, graphic design
Answer the following questions as
precisely yet as thoroughly as possible.
1. What art field will you explore? Why?
2. How can you utilize the arts to
express yourself, your community,
and your relation to others?
Using the table below, write down
examples of the different art forms
studied in this lesson. Provide ways
on how these art forms express and
unmask creativity from the artist.
 How Does This
Types of Art How Does This
Example Unmask the
Express?
Artist’s Creativity?
Expression
Visual Arts

Film

Performance Art
Poetry
Performance

Architecture

Dance

Literary Art

Theater

Applied Arts