Art Appreciation (Module1)

The word “____” comes from the ancient Latin ars which

means a “craft or specialized form of skill, like carpentry

or smithying or surgery” (Collingwood, 1938).

Then suggested the capacity to produce an intended result from carefully planned steps or method.

______ in Medieval Latin came to mean something different. It meant “any special form of book-learning, such as grammar or logic, magic or astrology” (Collingwood, 1938).

The fine ____ would come to mean “not delicate or highly skilled arts, but ‘beautiful’ arts” (Collingwood, 1938). This is something more akin to what is now considered art.

• Art

• Humanities

_____ in Medieval Latin came to mean something different. It meant “any special form of book-learning, such as grammar or logic, magic or astrology” (Collingwood, 1938).

Assumptions of Art

Art has always been timeless and universal, spanning generations and continents through and through.

• Art is Universal

• Art is not nature

• Art involves experience

Assumptions of Art

Art is man’s expression of his reception of nature. Art is man’s way of interpreting nature.

• Art is Universal

• Art is not nature

• Art involves experience

Assumptions of Art

Unlike fields of knowledge that involve data, art is known by experiencing. A work of art then cannot be abstracted from actual doing. In order to know what an artwork is, we have to sense it, see or hear it, and see AND hear it.

• Art is Universal

• Art is not nature

• Art involves experience

The study of beauty. Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

• Aesthetics

• Art

“Art is subjective. It depends on how one perceives the art work.”

• Art is subjective

• Art is ageless and timeless

______ because; "Art has been crafted by all people regardless of origin, time, place, and that it stayed on because it is liked and enjoyed by people continuously. A great piece of work will never be obsolete".

• Art is ageless and timeless

• Art is subjective

Art involves _______ because; "A work of art then cannot be abstracted from actual doing. In order to know what an artwork is, we have to sense it, see or hear it, and see AND hear it".

• Experience

• Humanities