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Subject Code: GE6 – Art Appreciation Module No./Title: Lesson 2: Art Appreciation: Creativity, Imagination, and
Expression
Subject Description: Art Appreciation is a three-unit course that develops students’ Period of Coverage: Week 3
ability to appreciate, analyze, and critique works of art. Through interdisciplinary and
multimodal approaches, this course equips students with a broad knowledge of the
practical, historical, philosophical, and social relevance of the arts to hone students’
ability to articulate their understanding of the arts. The course also develops students’
competency in researching and curating art as well as conceptualizing, mounting, and
evaluating art productions. The course aims to develop students’ genuine appreciation for
Philippine Arts by providing them opportunities to explore the diversity and richness and
their rootedness in Filipino culture.

Introduction: It takes an artist to make art One may perceive beauty on a daily basis. However, not every beautiful thing that can be seen or experienced may truly be called a work of
art. Art is a product of man's creativity, imagination, and expression. No matter how perfectly blended the colors of a sunset are and no matter how extraordinarily formed mountains
are, nature is not considered art simply because it is not made by man. Not even photographs or sketches of nature, though captured or drawn by man, are works of art, but mere
recordings of the beauty in nature Collins & Riley 1931, 3). An artwork may be inspired by nature or other works of art, but an artist invents his own forms and patterns due to what he
perceives as beautiful and incorporates them in creating his masterpiece Perhaps not everyone can be considered an artist, but surely all are spectators of art. Deciding what pair of
shoes to buy, we carefully examine all possible choices within our budget and purchase the one that satisfies our beauty and practical standards. We can distinguish what is fine and
beautiful from what is not what has good quality from poor, and that gives us a role in the field of art appreciation.

Objectives: By the end of the lesson, the students must 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.

Content:
The Role of Creativity in Art Making
Creativity requires thinking outside the box. It is often used to solve problems that have never occurred before, conflate function and style, and simply make life a more unique and
enjoyable experience. In art, creativity is what sets apart one artwork from another. We say something is done creatively when we have not yet seen anything like it or when it is out of
the ordinary. A creative artist does not simply copy or imitate another artist's work. He does not imitate the lines, flaws, colors, and patterns in recreating nature. He embraces
originality, puts his own flavor into his work, and calls it his own creative piece.

Art as Expression

There may have been times when you felt something is going on within you, you try to explain it but do not know how. You may only be conscious about feeling this sort of
excitement, fear, or agitation, but you know that just one word is not enough to describe the nature of what you truly feel. Finally, you try to release yourself from this tormenting and
disabling state by doing something which is called expressing oneself (Collingwood 1938, 109). Suppose this feeling is excitement. It is frustrating to contain such feelings, so you
relieve it by expressing through shouting or leaping in excitement. An emotion will remain unknown to a man until he expresses them. Robin George Collingwood, an English
philosopher who is best known for his work in aesthetics, explicated in his publication The Principles of Art (1938) that what an artist does to an emotion is not to induce them, but
express them (109). Through expression, he can explore his own emotions and at the same time, create something beautiful out of it. Collingwood further illustrated that expressing
emotions is something different from describing emotions. In his example, explicitly saying " am angry” is not an expression of an emotion, but a mere description (111). There is no
need in relating or referring to a specific emotion, such as anger, in expressing one's emotion. Description destroys the idea of expression, as it classifies the emotion, making it
ordinary and predictable. Expression on the other hand, individualizes (112). An artist has the freedom to express herself the way she wants to. Hence, there is no specific technique in
expression. This makes people's art not a reflection of what is outside or external to them, but a reflection of their inner selves.

Visual Arts
Creations under this category are those that appeal to the sense of sight and are mainly visual in nature.

Film
It refers to the art of putting together successions of still images in order to create an illusion of movement.

Performance Art
Performance art is a live art and the artist’s medium is mainly the human body which he or she uses to perform.

Poetry Performance
Is an art form where the artist expresses his emotions not by using paint, charcoal, or camera, but expresses them through words.

Architecture
Is the art of making beautiful buildings.

Dance
Is a series of movements that follows the rhythm of the music accompaniment.
Theater
Uses live performers to present accounts of imaginary events before a live audience.
Summary: Art is a product of a man's creativity, imagination, and expression. An artwork may be inspired by nature or other works of art, but an artist invents his own forms and
patterns due to what he perceives as beautiful and incorporates them in creating his masterpiece. Perhaps not everyone can be considered an artist, but surely all are spectators of art,
which gives us all a role in the field of art appreciation. Refining one's ability to appreciate art allows him to deeply understand the purpose of an artwork and recognize the beauty it
possesses. Creativity is what sets apart one artwork from another. A creative artist does not simply copy or imitate another artist's work. He does not imitate the lines, flaws, colors,
and patterns in recreating nature. While through imagination, an artist can craft something bold, something new, and something better in the hopes of creating something that will
stimulate change. In the same way that imagination produces art, art also inspires imagination. Lastly, through expression, an artist can explore his own emotions, at the same time,
create something beautiful out of it. Expressing emotions is something different from describing emotions. Description destroys the idea of expression, as it classifies the emotion,
making it ordinary and predictable. Expression on the other hand, individualizes. Some forms of art expression include visual arts, film, performance art, poetry performance,
architecture, dance, literary arts, theater arts, and applied arts.
Learning Resources:
 Textbook
 Slide Deck
 Digital learning resources
Evaluation:
On the table below, write down examples of the different art forms studied in this lesson. Provide ways on how these art forms express and how they unmask creativity from
the artist.
Types of Art Expression Example How does this express? How does this unmask the artist’s
creativity?

References: Art Appreciation by Bernardo Nicolas Caslib Jr., Dorothea C. Garing, Jezreel Anne R. Casaul

Next Lesson: Lesson 3: Functions and Philosophical Perspective on Art