Chapter 1

Question 1

is rooted in the 13th century French word “art”, which means skill as a result of learning or practice, and Latin word “ars”, meaning ability or practical skills.

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Art

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is the human capacity to make things of beauty and things that stir us; it is creativity.

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Art as an ability

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encompasses acts such as drawing, painting, sculpting, designing buildings, singing, dancing, and using the camera to create images or memorable works.

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Art as process

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is the completed work – an etching, a sculpture, a structure, a musical composition, choreography, or tapestry.

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Art as product

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“Art is that which brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world.”

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Art according to Plato

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“Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of mind- one that demands for its own satisfaction and fulfilling, a shaping of matter to new and more significant form.”

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Art according to John Dewey

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“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”

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Art according to Oscar Wilde

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What Function of Art is this?

It is being used to provide comfort, happiness, and convenience to human beings. The artist tries to express his personal feelings through the artwork.

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Personal

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What Function of Art is this?

Art is used for public display and celebration; it is used to affect collective behavior. It bridges connection among people. Art conveys sense of family, community, or civilization.

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Social

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What Function of Art is this?

Art helps preserve, share, and transmit culture of people from one generation to another.

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Cultural Function

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What Function of Art is this?

Art becomes influential for man to be aware of the beauty of nature. Aesthetic is when there the real feelings of appreciation to nature’s beauty and are manifested through appreciation and enjoyment when in contact with the artwork.

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Aesthetic Function

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What Function of Art is this?

An artist may create a work of art to reinforce the religious or spiritual support of a culture.

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Spiritual Function

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According to him, art is an imitation of the real that was an imitation of the ideal. Art is an imitation of imitation.

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Art as Mimesis (Plato)

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According to him, the aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things but their inward significance.

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Art as representation (Aristotle)

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Art has its own reason for being. It implies that an art object is best understood as an autonomous creation to be valued only for its success as it organizes color and line into a formally satisfying and beautiful whole.

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Art for art’s sake (Kant)

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The ceremony of doing or creating art touches the deepest realms of the mind and the sacred dimension of the artistic creative process.

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Art as an escape

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Art serves a function. Art is meant to be used, to enrich lives spiritually potent, to educate, to support, or protest existing power structures, to entertain and so on.

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Art as functional

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1. Painting
2. Sculpture
3. Architecture

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Visual Arts (2D, 3D)

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It is the application of pigment (color) on any flat two-dimensional surfaces.

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Painting

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It is the carving, modelling, casting, constructing, and assembling of materials and objects into primarily three-dimensional works of art.

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Sculpture

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It is the art and science of planning, designing, and constructing of buildings and nonbuilding structures for human shelter or use (3D).

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Architecture

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1. Music
2. Dance
3. Film
4. Theatre
5. Literary
6. Performance poetry

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Performance/Combined Arts

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is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time.

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Music

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is the movement of the body in rhythmic way, usually to music and within a given space for the purpose of expressing an idea or emotion.

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Dance

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also called movie or motion picture, is a series of still images that when shown on the screen creates an illusion of moving images.

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Film

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collaborative form of art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

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Theatre

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is concentrating the writing, study or content of literature, especially of the kind valued for quality of form.

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Literary

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poetry specifically composed for or during a performance before an audience rather than on print mostly open to improvisation.

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Performance poetry

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It is the art that is made with the assistance of electronic devices, or intended to be displayed on a computer.

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Digital Art

Question 30

1. Fashion design 2. Furniture Design 3. Interior Design 4. Graphic Design

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Applied Arts

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art of applying design, aesthetics, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories.

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Fashion Design

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a specialized field where function and fashion collide.

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Furniture Design

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is enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space.

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Interior Design

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an artistic process of effective communication. Designers combine words, images, and symbols to create a visual representation of ideas.

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Graphic Design