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    Art has traditionally been defined in three main categories: as a representation or imitation of something beautiful or meaningful; as an expression of emotional content intended to evoke a response in the audience; and as abstract form judged based on principles of design. The document also provides 17 quotes from artists and philosophers on their views of what art is, including definitions that see art as a way to discover nature, console those in pain, or recognize oneself. It concludes with learning activities asking the reader to further discuss two quotes and analyze how the Mona Lisa fits the definitions.

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    Art has traditionally been defined in three main categories: as a representation or imitation of something beautiful or meaningful; as an expression of emotional content intended to evoke a response in the audience; and as abstract form judged based on principles of design. The document also provides 17 quotes from artists and philosophers on their views of what art is, including definitions that see art as a way to discover nature, console those in pain, or recognize oneself. It concludes with learning activities asking the reader to further discuss two quotes and analyze how the Mona Lisa fits the definitions.

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    LESSON 1- ART

    CONCEPTS
    Philosophy of Art

    • There is no one universal


    definition of art though there is
    a consensus that is it the
    conscious creation of
    something beautiful or
    meaningful using skill and
    imagination.
    Etymology
    Art is related to the Latin
    word ‘ars’ - which means art, skill
    or craft. The first known use of
    the word comes from 13th century
    manuscripts.
    The definition of art has generally
    fallen into three categories:

    • Art as Representation: Mimesis. Plato


    first developed the idea of art as
    mimesis in Greek meaning copying or
    imitation. Hence, the primary meaning
    of art was for centuries defined as the
    representation or replication of
    something that is beautiful or
    meaningful.
    • Art as Expression of Emotional
    Content. Expression became
    important during the Romantic
    Movement with artwork expressing a
    definite feeling as in the sublime or
    dramatic. Audience response was
    important for artwork was intended
    to evoke an emotional response.
    • Art as Form. Immanuel Kant,
    influential theorist at the end of
    18th century, believed that should
    be judged only on its formal
    qualities because the content of
    the work of art is not of aesthetic
    interest.
    • Formal qualities became
    important when art became
    more abstract in the 20th century
    and the principles of art and
    design (balance, rhythm,
    harmony, unity) were used to
    define and assess art.
    Definition (Comments and
    Quotes) of Art
    1. Art evokes the mystery without
    which the world would not exist.
    -Rene Magritte

    2. Art is a discovery and development


    of elementary principles of nature.
    -Frank Lloyd Wright
    3. Art enables us to find ourselves and lose
    ourselves at the same time.
    -Thomas Merton
    4. The purpose of art is washing the dust of
    daily life off our souls.
    -Pablo Picasso

    5. All art is but imitation of nature.


    -Lucius Seneca
    6. Art is not what you see but what
    you make others see.
    -Edgar Degas

    7. Art is the signature of civilizations.


    -Jean Sibelius
    8. Art is a human activity
    consisting in this that one man
    consciously, by means of certain
    external signs, hands on to other
    feelings he has lived through and
    that others are infected by these
    feelings and also experience
    them. -Leo Tolstoy
    9. Art is the concrete representation
    of our most subtle feelings.
    -Agnes Martin
    10. Art is the elimination of the
    unnecessary.
    -Pablo Picasso
    11. Art without emotion is like
    chocolate cake without sugar.
    -Laurie Anderson

    12. Art is the proper task of life.


    -Friedrich Nietzsche
    13. Art is to console those who are broken by
    life.
    ---Vincent Van Gogh

    14. Art wasn’t supposed to look nice, it was


    supposed to make you feel something. ---
    Rainbow Rowell

    15. Art is the only way to run away without


    leaving home.
    ---Twyla Tharp
    16. Art is a way of recognizing oneself. -
    Loiuse Bourgeois

    17. Art helps us identify with one another. -


    Olafur Eliasson

    18. Art is the most intense mode of


    individualism that the world has known. -
    Oscar Wilde
    Learning Activity 1:
    Essay/Reflection
    1. Among the definition
    (comments and quotes) of
    art given in this lesson,
    choose at least two and
    expound it further.
    2. Take a look at this famous work of
    arts (Mona Lisa). Which among the
    definitions given above best
    describe it? Explain it briefly.

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