Ramos, Cammel B.
GEC- Art Appreciation
BSN IV-3 September 25, 2021
Assignment 2
Direction: Read and answer the following
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1. Identify the involvement of the following philosophers on Arts (essays)
Predominantly, art constitutes one of the oldest and most important means of
expression developed by man. It particularly refers to the skillful arrangement or
composition of some common but significant qualities of nature such as sounds, colors,
lines, movements, words, stone and wood to express feelings, thoughts, imaginations,
and dreams in an amazing, meaningful and enjoyable way. In addition, humanities
through the art deals with man’s internal world, his personality and experiences, matters
that cannot be directly measured, classified or controlled. It is also a subjective which
employs the use of perception, insights, feelings and intuition. Art in a simplest form is
the man’s expression of himself as an individual and how he view his existence. It is the
heightened expression of human dignity and weakness that is being felt and shared in a
world increasingly aware of its success and failure. In relation to this, there are famous
philosophers whom their involvement in arts brought a huge impact to both humanity
and social expression which are as follows;
a. Plato- He was a philosopher of Ancient Greece which is known for his famous
Dialogues that includes his equally famous teacher, Socrates. In addition he also
seen as a good literary stylist and a great story teller which considered his arts
threatening. He saw how powerful the arts can be in shaping a person’s
character. He also explained that the physical world is a copy of perfect, rational,
eternal and changeless original. Furthermore, he also presented two ideas of arts
which are Art is imitation and art is dangerous. Art is an imitation of physical
things which in turn are imitations of the Forms. To put it simply, art is a copy of a
copy which leads people farther from away the truth. Thus, art are great for
entertainment. Consequently, art is dangerous because it has a power to stir
emotions so the arts should not go uncensored. He saw the artists as having the
skills, imagination and creativity that would enable them to make an almost
perfect copy of the forms.
b. Aristotle- A famous philosopher of Ancient Greece who was a student of Plato.
He asserts that universal elements of beauty are manifested by order, symmetry
and definiteness. In addition, physical manifestation of beauty is likewise affected
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by its size. For instance, it should not be too big nor too small. The
art aim was to give pleasure and in giving pleasure, the arts presented itself as
an activity. He also considered art as imitation or a representation of nature. In
representing nature, arts demonstrated knowledge and discovery for objects of
the art show disposition, passion and action. Subsequently, his emphasis was on
poetry wherein he affirm that poetry was more philosophic and serious that
philosophy itself. It is imitated on three things which are; things and event which
have been or still are; things which are said to be seen and are probable and
lastly things which essentially are. Paintings and sculptures were seen by
Aristotle as representation/imitation of ideas, imagination and reality.
c. Immanuel Kant- A German, enlightenment philosopher who wrote a treatise on
Aesthetics entitle, ‘Observations on the feelings of the Beautiful and the sublime’
His main interest was not in art itself but on beauty whereas he thought that
beauty does not rest on the properties of the objects or things but rather on the
manner in which people respond to these objects or things. In other words,
beauty is a matter of taste. In his philosophy, there are two kinds of aesthetic
responses: (a). beauty results in pleasure if there is order, harmony and
symmetry and (b) beauty leads to a response of awe that overwhelms the
viewers of the art. Consequently, art for Kant falls under the broader topic of
aesthetic judgment, which covers judgments of the beautiful, judgments of the
sublime, and teleological judgments of natural organisms and of nature itself. So
Kant’s definition of art is a relatively small part of his theory of aesthetic
judgment. And Kant’s theory of aesthetic judgment is itself situated in a hugely
ambitious theoretical structure that, famously, aims, to account for, and work out
the interconnections between, scientific knowledge, morality, and religious faith.
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2. Compare and contrast the differences of Artist and Artisans
(use table for as format to compare and provide both evidences of each art
output)
ARTIST Similarities ARTISANS
A person who exhibits Make an artwork that is Person who is in a skilled
exceptional skills in the pleasing and trade that involves making
visual and/or performing appreciated things by hand.
arts.
More sensitive, very Possess both Functional or decorative like
perceptive and more knowledge and skills in an earthen pot or palayok for
creative. producing certain cooking or vase for
artwork or piece. decoration
Knack of interpreting ideas Crafts are furniture,
into an artistic form using as sculpture, glass figurines,
their medium the words, metalwork, clothing, jewelry,
pigments, clay stone, food items and handicrafts.
musical notes, or any
combination that may best
represent his message.
Focuses attention on two Focus particularly on the
important components of the technique and medium of
work which are form and the craft and through
substance. experience hone their skills
enabling them to reach the
expressive level of an artist
Portrays the artist Portrays artistic value which
experience as a subject focuses on putting more
matter after it has passed accessories in the craft
that artist’s sensibilities and rather that aesthetics.
has been carefully analyzed,
felt and thought.
Give experience (substance)
form using skillful
composition of the media Hands craft and carving
(paint, stone, and
movements for example)
selected.
Media fits the nature of the Natural materials and
materials chosen as to give traditional
the work spontaneity and
perfect harmony.
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ARTST’S WORK
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ARTISAN’S WORK
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REFERENCES:
Cuntapay C. et al (2021) Art Appreciation
https://study.com/articles/difference_between_artists_artisans.html#
https://www.scribd.com/document/395530119/venn-diagram-artist-vs-artisan
https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-artist-and-vs-artisan/
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