Presentation created by: MR. JOSEPH G. LAVIÑA (2019.09.

01)
The NATURE of
“is derived from the Latin word ‘ARS,’ meaning
ability or skill.”

J. V. Estolas
 “is taken from the Italian word ‘artis,’ means
craftsmanship, skill, mastery of form, inventiveness,
and the associations that exists between form
and ideas, between material and technique.”

A. Tan
“… is the skillful arrangement or composition of some
common but significant qualities of nature such as
colors, sounds, lines, movements, words, stones,
wood, etc., to express human feelings, emotions, or
thoughts in a perfect meaningful and enjoyable way.
Panizo & Rustia
 1.
“… must be MAN-MADE.”

Common Essentials of ARTS

 2.
“… must be CREATIVE, not imitative.”

Common Essentials of ARTS

 3.
“… must benefit and satisfy man –
man make use of art in practical life
through artistic principles, taste, and skill.”

Common Essentials of ARTS

 4.
“… is expressed through a certain
MEDIUM or MATERIAL by which
the artist communicates himself to his fellows.”

Common Essentials of ARTS

 “A true work of art is made by man himself not
imitatively, but creatively. A true artist does not
imitate nature but rather interpret it in his own way
by selecting the essential features of the subject and
rejecting the minor ones.”

Mariano M. Ariola (2008)

The IMPORTANCE OF
 1.
… is to COMMUNICATE.

The IMPORTANCE of ARTS

 2.
… is to HEIGHTEN the importance of certain events.

The IMPORTANCE of ARTS

 3.
… is to KEEP events memorable and pleasurable.

The IMPORTANCE of ARTS

 4.
… is to REMIND others of the heroic deeds of great
men..

The IMPORTANCE of ARTS

 5.
… is a source of INSPIRATION, and AESTHETIC and
DELIGHTFUL experience.

The IMPORTANCE of ARTS

 6.
… is a get a GLIMPSE of the thoughts, feelings and
beliefs of the people in their time and the faces in
their environment that influenced their artwork.

The IMPORTANCE of ARTS

 7.
… is to learn how to VALUE and APPRECIATE
beautiful things as a consequence of our encounter
with the arts.

The IMPORTANCE of ARTS

 8.
… is to influenced us to change our ways and
behaviors. They may transform us into highly-
cultured, dignified, and respectable human beings.
The arts may beautify our humanity.

The IMPORTANCE of ARTS

 “To me there is no past or future in my art.
If a work of art cannot live always in the present it
must not be considered at all. The art of the Greeks,
of the Egyptians, of the great painters who lived in
other times, is not an art of the past; perhaps it is
more alive today than it ever was…”

Pablo Picasso (1923)

 … is the ability to interpret or UNDERSTAND
man-made arts and enjoy them either through
ACTUAL and WORK-EXPERIENCE with art tools
and materials or possession of these works of art
for one’s admiration and SATISFACTION.

art APPRECIATION

HUMANITIES defined
The FUNCTIONS of
 1.
… Through art, man becomes conscious of the
BEAUTY of nature.
He learn to use, love, and preserve them
for his enjoyment and APPRECIATION.

The FUNCTIONS of ARTS

 2.
… With the creation of the various forms of art, man
now lives in COMFORT and HAPPINESS and it also
IMPROVES nature.

The FUNCTIONS of ARTS

 3.
Art transmits and preserve skills and knowledge
from one generation to another. It burdens one’s
cultural background and makes man more civilized
and his life more enduring and satisfying.

The FUNCTIONS of ARTS

 4.
Through arts, man learns to love and help each
other.

The FUNCTIONS of ARTS

The SUBJECT of arts
 … is usually anything that is
REPRESENTED in the artwork.

The SUBJECT of ART

The SUBJECT of ART
The SUBJECT of ART
The SUBJECT of ART
The SUBJECT of ART
KINDS of ARTWORKS (Based on Subject)

… that depicts something EASILY

RECOGNIZED
by most people.
KINDS of ARTWORKS (Based on Subject)

… that have NO RESEMBLANCE

to any real subject.
KINDS of ARTWORKS (Based on Subject)

… They do not represent anything and

they are what they are.
KINDS of ARTWORKS (Based on Subject)

… They rather appeal directly to the senses

primarily because of the satisfying organization
of their sensuous and expressive elements.