Prelims Flashcards
(36 cards)
Mark Twain said
there are two important days in our life: 1 the
day we were born and 2 the day we
found out the reason.
The aim of this course is simple, ____?
to somehow help us find our
way to achieve the purpose or reason.
Aristotle has provided us
the ____?
vegetative soul
sentient soul
rational soul
three components of the self
(soul)
- it refers to
the nature of growing, developing, and changing. E.g
plants - refers to
the capacity to move, procreate, and to survive. E.g
animals - this refers to
the capacity of a person to
doubt and to inquire. It fouses more on intellectual
capacity.
Art is _____?
the expression of ideas and
emotions through a physical medium.
e.g painting, sculpting, even in architecture.
Art is not meant to be _____?
looked at only for what it is. it is meant to stimulate thought because it allows viewers to draw their own emotions and pull from their personal experiences when viewed.
Art triggers the emotion of people.
It teaches many important qualities such as listening, observing and responding to multiple perspectives.
a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof. It is something that you accept as true without question or proof.
assumption
simply because it is well-liked and enjoyed by many. Just like the works and writings of Jose Rizal and the movie ‘rewind’ and etc.
Art has been created by all people at all times.
in order to experience something, you have to make use of your five senses. Hence, there can never be appreciation of art without having experienced it. E.g a song about loneliness is written out of the experience of others.
Art involves experience
Art is made by man and nature by God. However, nature can be enhanced by man. The enhanced beauty and artistry of nature, then, can be classified as an art.
Art is not nature; nature is not art.
art is a work of humans and anything that has been created by humans is part of culture. Art becomes cultural when it depicts people’s way of life, religious practices, customs and traditions. Etc.
Art is cultural.
art is something that is created with imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or feelings. As it is said, humans are the creators of art. No art can be created without a human who, in turn, uses his/her imagination and creativity to produce art.
Art is a form of creation.
henceforth, it cannot be measured by its significance or the level of skill with which it is created. It’s subjective nature makes art’s only measurable quality is whether or not it exists. E.g beauty is in the eye of the beholder, meaning every individual has his/her own perception and/or interpretation about the subject. Art is in the eye of the viewer.
Art is subjective.
especially in creating visual, auditory or performing artworks, expressing the author’s imaginative or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.
Arts is a diverse range of human activities
representation is the use of signs that stand in for and take the place of something else.
-It is through representation that people organize the world and reality through the act of naming its elements.
Art represents reality
E.g an artwork can depict a scene such as a café or a restaurant, or a park or garden.
Art represents reality, since it is often depicting objects or scenes from the world.
the expression contained in the form is an attempt to translate the unnamed and unknown.
-Making meaning involves understanding our surroundings and marking our experiences.
-Humanity’s quest is to create meaning and art allows that process to take place.
Art is an expression
the purpose of works of art may be to communicate political, spiritual or philosophical ideas, to create a sense of beauty, to explore the nature of perception, for pleasure, or to generate strong emotions.
-Art is an act of expressing feelings, thoughts, and observation of human conditions.
-A fundamental purpose common to most art forms is the underlying intention to appeal to, and connect with, human emotion.
Art serves as a means of communication of emotions
it is because they allow us to express ourselves and illustrate the world around us in a different light, helping us to gain understanding of people and society, and give hope while living in this world.
-because it illustrates the human experiences.
Art matters
art can be found in every corner of the world.
-Art is everywhere and it is embedded into the way of life of the people.
Art is universal
(an artificial language devised in 1887 as an international medium of communication) it was proposed by _____?
Esperanto
Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof
not even language is a barrier in understanding it. E.g K-pop groups are coming to perform in our country, though we are not able to completely comprehend their language still we are able to understand.
Art knows no barriers
it is the combination of already existing material elements into new forms which become the realization of a preconceived idea.
-The material of each was given already in nature; but the form, as the maker fashioned it, was new.
-In its essence and widest compass art is the making of a new thing in response to a sense of need. The very need itself creates, working through man as it’s agent.
Art is creation
One cannot conceive of a society without art, for art is closely related to every aspect of social life.
-Social functions of art are those that go beyond personal intrinsic value to art’s social benefits.
-Art communicates.
-Art enriches, informs, and questions our world.
-Art can have powerful transformative and restorative effects within a society as well.
Social Function
