Chapter 1 ASSUMPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTION ON THE NATURE OF ART

“Nature is a haunted house – but Art – a House that
tries to be haunted.” – Emily Dickinson
ASSUMPTION
AND
MISCONCETPTIO
N ON THE
NATURE OF ART

Art is part of life. We live with it as we cook, speak,
sing, dance and write are outcomes of our
productive imagination.
Imagination is an abstraction of a certain thought or feeling that produces a
good art based on reality or experience (Hollick,2014)
EXPRESSION is automatic response to imagination.
Unexpressed imagination is not art.
It is not art not art when an individual fails to realize the
BEAUTY AND UTILITARIAN PURPOSE.
Expression can either be positive or negative.

When can we consider if art is negative and
positive?
Expression can either be positive or negative. When both means and ends of art are
consecutive, its expression enhances not only the individual’s quality of life which is
essential to his or her progress but also the life of others and the nation as well.
CONSTRUCTIVE
ART create business
DESTRUCTIVE when use in the
art of war, art may result to misery,
hinder progress and development
and chaos

Etymology and Definition of Art
ART – comes from the Latin term, “ars”
means skill, talent or ability
**(Encyclopedia)** It is making or doing
something.
**(OXFORD)**
Art is an expression of the creative skills and
imagination in different genres for
appreciation of beauty and emotional power

1. Someone is an artist and the rest are
not.
Art is an expression of creative skill and imagination in different
genres for appreciation of beauty and emotional power (OXFORD
ONLINE DICTIONARY, 1995).
This belief is silly because every individual has a talent.
This ability shows us to claim that we are all artist in our own right
depending on our interest in art.

2. Art is only good for the rich and
famous.
There is no bifurcation of art according to status. God created human
beings with equal number of neurons compared to other creation in the
animal kingdom.
The human brain is capable of thinking 5000 thoughts per day
(LABORIA, 2013) including thinking for art. We are all gifted with art.
The problem is, we fail to recognize it and lethargy that dictates us not
to do it, because we want everything easy and instant given to us in a
silver platter.

Creativity and Art Appreciation
Creativity is a metacognitive kill a form of divergent thinking that
allows us to generate relationship, integrate concepts, elaborate
information, brainstorm issues with fluency, flexibility and originality
(Johnson, 2010).
“Thinking outside the box”
– creativity is unstructured free flowing process to capacitate the
body and create art.
“Art allows us to imagine our past experiences and draws our feelings
to appreciate beauty.”

3. Art and craft have interchangeable
meaning.
● Art is an expression of feelings and emotions
● Craft is a form of work with the use of available materials.
● ZULUETA said – “Art is beautiful rather than useful.”
● Art is the expression of imagination while craft is the realization of
the expression.
● Art is tinged with a psychological process, craft provides a
utilitarian and mechanical process of creation.

How can imagination and expression take place in the world of the
visual arts?
● The artist is honest about his or her feelings on the realities of
nature and society affecting his or her life and the life of
everybody.
● “The magic of art recipe” means the visual quality of artwork
depends on craftsmanship.
● Craftsmanship – how artists selects the art media, uses of brush,
mixes colors on palette, contrasts hues between lighter and
darker values of tints, tones, and shades to enhance artist’s
techniques of painting.
OSBORNE (2014) tints are the combinations of white for lightness,
Tones are the combinations of gray to produce tinting, and shading.
Shades are combinations of black to increase darkness.
A craftsmanship technique.

●
LATIN WORDS “Humanu” and “humanitas” meaning humans, the field that provides human
beings opportunity to think crticially and creativel, in order to understand the values and cultures of the
world and to bring clarity to the future. (Stanford Humanities Center, 2015)
PHILOSO
PHY
LITERAT
URE
HISTORY
RELIGION
MUSIC
LANGUA
GE
ART
THE
HUMANITIES
PHARLLM

PHILOSO
PHY
LITERAT
URE
HISTORY
RELIGION
MUSIC
LANGUA
GE
ART
definitions
Philosophy is derived from the Greek words “philos” or “philein”, which means love and “Sophia” means
wisdom. It means “Love of wisdom.”
History is derived from the Latin word “historia” means to scribble and record the events in the past.
It intertwines with the development of civics for a democratic citizenship.
Religion is derived from the Latin word “religare” or “religio” which means to bind. It is a form of
obligation that binds the faithful with one Divine power. It enhances the art of meditation and reflection for
discernment, good judgment, self – control, fortitude and sound decision-making process of the artist.
Literature is derivative of the Latin word “littera” or “litteratura”, which means letter or knowledge of
books. It concentrates on the study of fiction like myths, epics, folktales, short stories, poems and drama. It
enhances the art of writing and reading of an individual.

PHILOSO
PHY
LITERAT
URE
HISTORY
RELIGION
MUSIC
LANGUA
GE
ART
definitions
Language comes from the Latin word “lingua” . Language provides avenue for better communication using
the art of speaking and listening. Oration, declamation, story-telling, news reporting, and public speaking are
techniques for auditory art.
Auditory art is essential to promote understanding peace, and harmony in the society by listening
to individual voices either print or audio media. Effective communication can never be underestimated – it
heals or it kills. Poor language breaks communication.
Music from the Greek word, mousa means muse and the Latin Musa which denotes the goddess of
music to represent a song or poetry for appreciation of beauty and succession of sounds (HARPER, 2020) with
one of without the use of instruments.

Chapter 1 ASSUMPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTION ON THE NATURE OF ART

4. The plurality - the last
misconception of art
– Art observes no plural form insisting to have one
creates different meanings. Art refers to fine arts,
painting, drawing and carving which is abiscally a
skill. While arts represent a subject like fashion and
cusine, sports, economics, commerce, economics
and the humanities are by nature disciplinal.
ART GENRES
- As part of the study of the humanities, artists introduce
several genres, “kind” or “type” of art (DiMaggio. 1987)

4. The plurality
– Art observes no plural form insisting to have one creates different
meanings. Art refers to fine arts, painting, drawing and carving which
is abiscally a skill. While arts represent a subject like fashion and
cusine, sports, economics, commerce, economics and the humanities
are by nature disciplinal.
CLASSIFICATION OF ART
VERBAL oratory and literature, use of words and language
MIXED – combination of verbal and non verbal
Ex: advertisement purpose, theater, drama, opera, song and dance
performing arts
NON-VERBAL – arts uses no words but motor skills

ART HISTORY
– Art is as old as history, even before the discoveries of cuneiform writing in
Mesopotamia and hieroglyphics in Egypt.
Art became a witness in the early humans “quest for people’s struggle
for power, security and survival.”
Art history has been characterized with a Eurocentric bias because of
power influence and historical control of the West, Art historians start the
inclusion of Oriental perspectives.
The obvious bias in the development of art history between the West
and East is reflected in the art history timeline created by Warhol, 2012.

Pre-historic Period
Petroglyps or cave
paintings
NOMADS – were our early ancestors engaged in primitive art using stone flakes
to produce fire to protect themselves.
- they hunt wild animals for food and skins to cover their bodies.
CRO- MAGNONS – made carvings on wood and rocks and painted the
petroglyphs (cave painting) to scare wild beast to protect their families and
bands, who lived in deep and shallow caves and rock shelters (Raffety, 2020).

● CRO-MAGNONS – were known in
cave paintings that reflected their
daily hunting routine.
● It is also associated with magic and
fertility rituals, depicting pregant
women with large breast and wide
hips.
● A south east Asian art, a 43, 900-
year-old-painting discovered in
MAROS-PANGKEP, SULAWESI,
INDONESIA

1. Paleolithic – Old Stone Age Greek, lithos
- Homo Erectus learned to build fire using old stones
2. Mesolithic – Middle Stone Age Greek Meso,
- A transistion to neolithic began to practice primitive
livestock, breeding and agriculture
3. Neolithic – New Stone Age, Greek neo
- humans learned ro farmdomesticated animals,
make pottery and textiles

ANCIENT PERIOD
●Prehistoric art is about struggle and human survival, art in ancient
period represented the architectural construction of stones and bricks for
temples, fortresses, tombs and palaces that symbolize power and
authority.
KING TUTANKHAMUN QUEEN NEFERTITI
QUEEN CLEOPATRA

The main reason ancient Mesopotamians built ziggurats has its roots
in religious beliefs. They built them to make the temples closer to the
heavens and therefore closer to the Gods. This is tied to the belief that
ANCIENT PERIOD
ZIGGURAT at Ur in Modern day Iran and Iraq – Sumerian Achitecture in 2700
BCE, build this as a votive offering to ENLIL, their deity.

THE GATE OF ISHTAR constructed in 575 BCE in Babylon (IRAQ) is
one of the famous citadels in the ancient world (Augustyn, et
al., 2016)

Erbil Citadel – The oldest citadel in the world in Iraq. The Citadel is
possibly the oldest continuously occupied human settlement on Earth,
dating back at least 6,000 years. Its extensive history is embedded in its
own ground.

Mortuary temples of Queen
Hatshepsut and her family build in
1500 BCE

Petra City: Ancient City
of Rock in Jordan
Petra began as a main stopping point for Nabataean and foreign traders. These
nomadic merchants carried textiles, incense, spices, ivory, and other precious
goods grown or manufactured in Arabia, Asia, and Africa. As the trade market
grew, so did Petra.

Pyramids of Giza serves
as pharaoh’s tombs in
2000 BCE.

The Carving of Bust of Queen Nefertitti was a
famous contribution of art in sculpting during Amarna
period in 1300 BCE. Her bust reminds women’s political
power and leadership in the ancient world.

THE MEDIEVAL
PERIOD
EARLY AND LATE MEDIEVAL
1. Early Medieval – 410 CE to 1024 CE
2. Late Medieval –
324 CE – 1453 CE
– Byzantine Arrt
– Islamic Art 622 CE to 1924 CE
– Romanesque 1100 CE
– Gothic 1200

MODERN PERIOD
1. Mannerism
2. Italian Baroque
3. Dutch Baroque
4. Rocoto
5. Neoclassical
6. Romantism
7. Realism
8. Photgraphy
9. Arts and Crafts , Art Noveau
10. Impressionism
11.Post – impressionism
12. Fauvism and Expressionism
13. Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism,
De Stijl

Andy Warhol’s CONTEMPORARY ART
TIMELINE
1999
Lorem ipsum
dolor sit amet,
consectetuer
adipiscing elit.
2005
Lorem ipsum
dolor sit amet,
consectetuer
adipiscing elit.
2015
Lorem ipsum
dolor sit amet,
consectetuer
adipiscing elit.
2019 2022
Lorem ipsum
dolor sit amet,
consectetuer
adipiscing elit.
Lorem ipsum
dolor sit amet,
consectetuer
adipiscing elit.

PHILOSO
PHY
LITERAT
URE
HISTORY
RELIGION
MUSIC
LANGUA
GE
ART
Application:
Group yourselves into 4 groups,
and brainstorm your ideas on
the 7 components of the
humanities.
Discuss this with your team and
give an example of your selected
genre by staging it on the front
of the class.
ROLEPLAY, TALK SHOW or
DRAMA DANCE, CHANT, discuss
as representation.

Chapter 1 ASSUMPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTION ON THE NATURE OF ART

More Related Content

What's hot (20)

Similar to Chapter 1 ASSUMPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTION ON THE NATURE OF ART (20)

More from AmapolaCurayag1 (20)

Recently uploaded (20)

Chapter 1 ASSUMPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTION ON THE NATURE OF ART

Editor's Notes