ART
APPRECIATION
Danilo V.
Bognalbal Jr
BU Vision
“A world-class University producing leaders and
change agents for social
transformation and development”.
BU Mission
Quality Policy
“Bicol University commits to continually
“The Bicol University shall
strive for excellence in instruction,
primarily give professional and
research
technical training, and
and extension by meeting the highest level
provide advanced and
of clientele satisfaction and adhering to
specialized instruction in
quality
literature, philosophy, the
standards and applicable and statutory
science and arts,
requirements.”
besides providing for
promotion of scientific and
technological researches” (RA
552).
01
COURSE
OUTLINE
What is Art?
Assumptions of Art
1. Art is something that is perennially around
us.
1. Art is Universal
2. ART comes from the ancient Latin word -
ARS - which means craft or specialized form 2. Art is not Nature
of skills.
3. One of the oldest and most important
means of expression developed by man.
3. Art involves Experience
As Universal
● Architecture
Taj Mahal - “the jewel of Muslim art in india and one
universally admired masterpieces of the world’s heritage”
Painting
Mona Lisa
Sculpture
Venus de Milo
ART is not Nature
Sayaw kan Tolong Bulod
Art involves Experience
How to do art therapy
● Learn what art therapy means.
● Evaluate the advantages of this Art as an Experience
approach.
● Decide if art therapy is right for you
Activity 1:
Choose one artwork under each category that
you are familiar with. Cite a Filipino artwork
related to the category you chose and answer
the question provided.
Movie, Novel, Poem, Music.
Why you chose it? Relate it to the topic has
Be an
been discussed. Elaborate your answer. Artist of
—Someone Famous ur life
FUNCTIONS OF ART
● Economic Function - arts are emerging
● Individual Function – as potent force in the economic life of
communicate life experiences, emotions or people assumes an essential role as
feelings of an individual. direct and indirect contributor to state
ex. Expressive art, art therapy
economics.
● Political function -
Social Function – Addresses aspects of
to reinforce and enhance a sense of
collective life, as opposed to one person’s
identity and ideological connection to
view or experience, enhances sense of
specific political views, parties and or
identity of those within a family,
people.
community or civilization.
Historical Function
an essential technique for information
to be recorded and preserved. it
serves to document or reconstruct
historical figure and events.
Aesthetic Function
meant to entertain or excite one’s eye
and may not have any meaning at
all.
Purpose of art
Reveal truth – artwork helped to pursue truth
● Create beauty – an expression of our and attempted to reveal about how the world
works. It is a kind of language that allow artists
thoughts, emotions and intuitions, to send message to the souls of the recipients
communication of concepts that cannot that help change their attitudes, sensibility and
be faithfully portrayed by words alone. their ethics.
● Provide Decoration – Artworks are used
to create a pleasing environment. It is Express values – arts can illuminate our inner
intended to beautify things to please and lives and enrich our emotional world. Through
amuse the viewers through its colors and arts, the artist will be encouraged to develop
their creativity, challenge and communication
patterns. skills. It also promote self-esteem and wellness.
Commemorate experience – Art serves to
convey the personal experiences of an artist
and record his impression in his work.
Activity II.
II.A. List at least five
examples of each of II.C
the following: 1. Do Arts always have functions? why? Provide
your own example.
● 1. Personal function of Art 2. If an artwork has no function still considered
● 2. Social function of Art as art?
● 3. Physical function of Art 3. Why perception of beauty is subjective?
Support your answer by providing your own
example.
II.B 4. What kind of artwork you are capable of doing
that can showcase your emotions?
Give your own perception of beauty?
what is beauty to you? Do you have
standard to consider art as beautiful?