GECC 106- ART
APPRECIATION
BR. RAMIR B. SIMBRE, MAPM
INSTRUCTOR
WHAT IS ART?: INTRODUCTION AND ASSUMPTION
• ART – COMES FROM THE LATIN, ARS – CRAFT, SPECIALIZED
FORM OF SKILL LIKE CARPENTRY.
• HUMANITIES – ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES THAT STUDY ASPECTS
OF HUMAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE.
• - IT INCLUDES THE STUDY OF ALL LANGUAGES AND
LITERATURES, ARTS, HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY.
ASSUMPTIONS OF ARTS
• 1. ART IS UNIVERSAL
• IT IS TIMELESS AND UNIVERSAL, SPANNING GENERATIONS AND CONTINENTS
THROUGH AND THROUGH.
• ART HAS BEEN CRAFTED BY PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF ORIGIN, TIME, PLACE, AND IT
STAYED BECAUSE IT IS LIKED AND ENJOYED BY PEOPLE CONTINUOUSLY.
• EX.
• 1. ILIAD AND ODYSSEY (GREEK)
• 2. FLORANTE AT LAURA (BALAGTAS)
• 3. IBONG ADARNA
• 4. PSALMS
ASSUMPTIONS OF ARTS
• 2. ART IS NOT NATURE
• IT IS MAN’S EXPRESSION IF HIS RECEPTION OF NATURE
• IT IS MAN’S WAY OF INTERPRETING NATURE.
• ART IS MADE BY MAN, WHEREAS NATURE IS A GIVEN AROUND US.
• MOVIES ARE NOT MEANT TO BE DIRECT REPRESENTATION OF
REALITY, BUT A REINTERPRETATION OR EVEN DISTORTION OF
NATURE.
ASSUMPTIONS OF ARTS
• 3. ART INVOLVES EXPERIENCE
• ART IS JUST EXPERIENCE – ACTUAL DOING OF
SOMETHING.
• WHEN ONE SAYS THAT HAS AN EXPERIENCE OF
SOMETHING, HE OFTEN MEANS THAT HE KNOWS WHAT
THAT SOMETHING IS ABOUT.
ASSUMPTIONS OF ARTS
• EX.
• A RADIO DJ – DISPENSING ADVISE ON LOVE WHEN HE HIMSELF HAS NOT
EXPERIENCED IT DOES NOT REALLY KNOW WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT.
• A CHOREOGRAPHER WHO CANT EXECUTE A DANCE STEP HIMSELF IS A BOGUS.
• A PAINTER CANNOT CLAIM TO KNOW HOW TO PAINT IF HE HAS NOT TRIED
HOLDING A BRUSH.
• A SCULPTOR CANNOT PRODUCE A WORK OF ART IF A CHESIL IS FOREIGN TO
HIM.
IN SUMMARY
• HUMANITIES AND ARTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PART OF MAN’S GROWTH
AND CIVILIZATION.
• SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME, MAN HAS ALWAYS TRIES TO EXPRESS HIS
INNERMOST THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS THROUGH ARTS.
• ART IS PRESENT IN EVERY PART OF THE GLOBE AND IN EERY PERIOD OF
TIME
• ART IS ALWAYS A CREATION OF AN ARTIST, NOT NATURE.
• WITHOUT EXPERIENCE THERE IS NO ART. THE ARTIST HAS TO BE
DIRECTLY IN TOUCH WITH ART.