Republic of the Philippines Western Mindanao State University College of Liberal Arts WMSU A&H 100 ARTS APPRECIATION Lesson#2 Anie D. Palalon Faculty WESTERN MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY What is Art? Can you imagine a society without art? Whether your answer is yes or no, this question brings you further to a more complex question, how do you define art? What makes a particular work a form of art? What makes art significant? To answer these questions, let’s get you started with the first lesson of this module. This lesson covers the basic concepts of art, its significance and the changing perceptions about it. Further, this lesson will help you understand the essential concepts you will need for the succeeding lessons to be untangled t. Let’s begin! Objectives At the end of this lesson, you should be able to: 1. Understand the role and the need to study humanities and arts. 2. Clarify misconceptions about art and discuss the assumptions about art. Try this! Below is a painting of Fernando Amorsolo (1892-1972). He was the country’s first National Artist in 1972 and is also known as the ‘Grand Old Man of Philippine Art’. What makes this painting exceptional work of art? List down your reasons why do think this is a work of art. ( source:https://theculturetrip.com/asia/philippines/articles/t he-10-most-famous-filipino-artists-and-their-masterworks/) Think ahead! Examine the given image. Can you consider this an art? Why? Ask your classmates, friends or family members on their perception about this image. Do you have the same point of view? List them all below. Put a check mark (/) on the column “Art” and “Not Art” based on their answers. Write (source: https://www.wikiart.org/en/andy-warhol/campbells-soupcans-1962) Campbell's Soup Cans Andy Warhol Date: 1962 Read and Ponder For so many people, art is something that has aesthetic value. Art is beautiful, something that is pleasing to the eyes. Others would say that art should be inspirational. It is a reflection or a mirror of one’s culture, identity and emotions. Here are some of the definitions of art: “how humans apply and express creative skill and imagination to produce works that convey appreciation attributed to the beauty and emotional strength of the artwork”-Google “is the act of consciously using one’s skill and creative imagination to produce aesthetic objects”- Merriam Webster Dictionary However, how art is defined has sparks arguments among many people because there is no definition of art that is universally accepted. Though mostly art relates to beauty as a product of skill and creativity, this common perception poses more questions than clarity. v Say for example, if an artist creates a work of art and is mass-produced with the same beauty of the original work of art, can we say that the mass-produced items are considered as arts? The idea of beauty even poses questions. There is no clear-cut principle between beautiful or not beautiful. What may be beautiful for you does not necessarily mean that its true for everyone. Thus, art cannot be limited to one definition. Art has multiple forms, meanings and genres. Art’s definition is spawned at a certain period, culture and society. Let us look some of these definitions. See if you can do this! Critic the art work below using the following guide questions: What is the art work about? What is it for? What meaning does it convey? What it is made of? What is its style? How good is the artwork? What is its contribution to the society? Why is the artwork significant? (source: http://tempo.com.ph/2019/11/22/seag-cauldron-worth-every-peso-duterte/) SEA GAMES Cauldron at the newly built New Clark City Sports Complex in Capas, Tarlac National Artist for Architecture - Francisco Mañosa v Instruction: All the given task today must be answered in the Google classroom. Use your WMSU account to join into the class. Note: I will set enough time to answer such activity and once a particular activity is already closed then you cannot make up for the missed task. FYI. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND KEEP SAFE EVERYONE!
