3-Art Appreciation Creativity, Imagination and Expression

Question 1

“The role of art as a creative work is to depict the world in a completely different light and perspective.”

Answer 1

Jean Paul Satre

Question 2

“Imagination is more important
than knowledge. For knowledge is
limited to all we now know and
understand, while imagination
embraces the entire world, and all
there ever will be to know and
understand.”

Answer 2

Albert Einstein

Question 3

not constrained by the wall of the norm, but goes beyond that

Answer 3

IMAGINATION

Question 4

Through _________, one is able to craft
something bold, something new, and
something better in the hopes of creating
something that will stimulate change.

Answer 4

IMAGINATION

Question 5

TRUE OR FALSE

An artwork does not need to be a real
thing, but can be something that is
imaginary.

Answer 5

TRUE

Question 6

defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others.

Answer 6

creativity

Question 7

Three reasons why people are motivated to be creative:

Answer 7

1. need for novel, varied, and complex
   stimulation
2. need to communicate ideas and values
3. need to solve problems

Question 8

Creativity refers to ___________, as in “The airplane was a creative invention.”

Answer 8

novel products of value

Question 9

Creativity refers to the _________, as in, “Picasso was creative.“

Answer 9

person who produces the work

Question 10

Creativity then refers both to the _____________, as in “How can we foster our employees’ creativity?”

Answer 10

capacity to produce such works

Question 11

and to the activity of generating such products, as in ____________

Answer 11

“Creativity requires hard work.”

Question 12

WHEN CAN WE SAY THAT SOMETHING IS CREATIVE?

Answer 12

When we have not seen anything like it

When it is out of the ordinary

When it is not just a copy or imitation of someone’s work

Question 13

“What an artist does to an emotion is
not to induce it, but express it. Through
expression, he is able to explore his
own emotions and at the same time,
create something beautiful out of
them.”

Answer 13

Robin George Collingwood
EXPRESSION

Question 14

Creations that fall under this category
are those that appeal to the sense of
sight and are mainly visual.

Answer 14

visual arts

Question 15

refers to the art of putting together
successions of still images in order to
create an illusion of movement

Answer 15

film

Question 16

focuses on its aesthetic,
cultural,and social value and
is considered both an art and
an industry.

Answer 16

filmmaking

Question 17

a live art and the
artist’s medium is mainly the human
body that he or she uses to perform,
but also employs other kinds of art
such as visual art, props, or sound.

Answer 17

performance art

Question 18

an art form where the artist expresses his emotions not by using paint, charcoal, or camera, but expresses them through words

Those words are carefully selected to
exhibit clarity and beauty and to stimulate
strong emotions of joy, anger, love, sorrow
among others

Answer 18

poetry

Question 19

_____ is the pursuit and creation of beautiful things while ______ is the making of beautiful buildings

Answer 19

architecture

Question 20

Buildings should represent these three important elements if they wish to merit the title architecture

Answer 20

plan, construction, and design

Question 21

series of movements that follows
the rhythm of the music accompaniment.

a creative art form that allows
people to freely express themselves.

It has no rules

Answer 21

dance

Question 22

use words not paint, musical instruments or chisels – to express themselves and communicate emotions to the readers

Answer 22

literary art

Question 23

It focuses on writing using unique style, not following a specific format or norm

Answer 23

literary art

Question 24

uses live performers to present accounts or imaginary events before a live
audience.

Answer 24

THEATER

Question 25

Some genres include drama,
musical, tragedy, comedy, and
improvisation

Answer 25

theater

Question 26

incorporating elements of
style and design to everyday items to
increase their aesthetical value

Industrial design, interior design, fashion
design, and graphic design are considered
applied arts.

Answer 26

Applied art

Question 27

METHODS IN READING ART

Answer 27

formalism and style
iconography
contextual approaches
biography and autobiography
semiotics
psychoanalysis
anesthetics and psychoanalysis

Question 27

Basically gives importance to the formal
qualities (art elements, materials, and
design principles) as basis for the meaning
of art

Answer 27

FORMALISM and STYLE

Question 28

Focuses on the subject matter
primarily over form.

Answer 28

ICONOGRAPHY

Question 29

context becomes an important factor in criticizing artworks. We can take many approaches to contexts like Marxism, Orientalism, Colonialism, Racial Iconography, Feminism and Gender

Answer 29

CONTEXTUAL APPROACHES

Question 30

Considers the life and context of the
artist.

Answer 30

BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Question 31

From the Greek word “sema”, which
means sign. Hence, an artwork or art form
is assumed to be composed of a set of
signs that may have significant cultural
and contextual meanings beyond itself.

Answer 31

SEMIOTICS

Question 32

one is concerned about the unconscious mind in relation to the artist, the viewer, and the cultural context it is involved in.

Answer 32

PSYCHOANALYSIS

Question 33

Scene of Deluge by

Answer 33

Joseph Desire Court
(1826)

Question 34

Individual notion of what is considered acceptable, beautiful or attractive in works of art are in part influenced by psychological factors.

Answer 34

AESTHETICS AND PSYCHOANALYSIS