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Introduction To Art Appreciation

This document provides an introduction to art appreciation and discusses its relevance, art history, imagination, and creativity. It explains that art appreciation allows one to understand history and society, stimulates thought and discussion, and helps with critical analysis. It describes how art history studies visual art in its historical context to understand cultures and develop critical thinking. It defines imagination as forming new ideas not based on senses, and lists types of imagination. It defines creativity as using imagination for artistic works, and provides tips on how to be more creative such as capturing ideas, adopting outside perspectives, and allowing time for divergent thinking.

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Introduction To Art Appreciation

This document provides an introduction to art appreciation and discusses its relevance, art history, imagination, and creativity. It explains that art appreciation allows one to understand history and society, stimulates thought and discussion, and helps with critical analysis. It describes how art history studies visual art in its historical context to understand cultures and develop critical thinking. It defines imagination as forming new ideas not based on senses, and lists types of imagination. It defines creativity as using imagination for artistic works, and provides tips on how to be more creative such as capturing ideas, adopting outside perspectives, and allowing time for divergent thinking.

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Introduction to Art

Appreciation
Relevance, Art History, Imagination, and
Creativity
Humanities
HUMAN

branches of knowledge that concern themselves with human beings and their culture or
with analytic and critical methods of inquiry derived from an appreciation of human
values and of the unique ability of the human spirit to express itself.

The humanities include the study of all languages and literatures, the arts, history, and
philosophy.
Relevance of Art Appreciation
Art appreciation is extremely relevant for multiple reasons.

It is a good way to understand the history behind the work, and the period from which the piece originated.
Artists often reflect the problems that they face, and the issues of the society in their work. By analyzing
and putting ourselves in the mind of the artist, we can better study how differently society functioned then,
compared to now. We can empathize and relate to the problems they faced on a personal level.

Art is meant to stimulate thought and conversation between its viewers. By reflecting on a piece of art, we
delve into our own experiences and nostalgia, thus a piece of art means something different to every person
that comes across it. Art appreciation helps open up the mindset of the people, by listening to different
perspective and views as well as interpretations of the art, it encourages thoughtful conversation and the
understanding that there is more than one approach to everything.

It enables one to critically analyze a work, along lines of design, mastery and techniques.
Art History
Art history is the study of objects of art considered within their time period. Art historians analyze visual
arts’ meaning (painting, sculpture, architecture) at the time they were created.

Why Study Art History

1. Understanding cultures
Visual art recounts stories of our past, it gives an account of past events. Art history allows us to look back
and understand how our civilization evolved over the centuries. It is a way to know ourselves better. Why
do we have certain values? What shaped the way we think and our vision of the world?

2. Develop critical thinking


Studying art history is really not about memorizing dates, artists’ names, art movements, etc. Instead, it
drives you to analyze paintings, photographs, sculptures, etc. To support your analysis, you must build
rational and convincing arguments, hence developing your critical thinking.
Art History
HISTORY OF IDEAS - Art - YouTube
Imagination

the faculty or action of forming new


ideas, or images or concepts of
external objects not present to the
senses
8 Types of Imagination
1. Effectuative Imagination combines information together to synergize new concepts and ideas.

2. Intellectual (or Constructive) Imagination is utilized when considering and developing hypotheses from different pieces of
information or pondering over various issues of meaning say in the areas of philosophy, management, or politics, etc.

3. Imaginative Fantasy Imagination creates and develops stories, pictures, poems, stage-plays, and the building of the esoteric, etc.

4. Empathy Imagination helps a person know emotionally what others are experiencing from their frame and reference.

5. Strategic Imagination is concerned about vision of ‘what could be’, the ability to recognize and evaluate opportunities by turning
them into mental scenarios…

6. Emotional Imagination is concerned with manifesting emotional dispositions and extending them into emotional scenarios.

7. Dreams are an unconscious form of imagination made up of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur during certain
stages of sleep.

8. Memory Reconstruction is the process of retrieving our memory of people, objects, and events.
Creativity

the use of the imagination or original


ideas, especially in the production of an
artistic work
How to be more creative
1. Aim for output: Creative geniuses often produce their best works at their times of greatest output. Some pieces may
miss the mark, but the quantity of output makes it likely that other pieces will yield great creativity.

2. Be willing to go deep: In the realm of artistic creativity, pioneers often spend time in solitude, feel emotions and
sensations deeply, and aren’t afraid to self-reflect.

3. Be open and playful: The personality trait most tied to creativity is Openness to Experience—whether that be
intellectual, aesthetic, or emotional.

4. Capture your ideas: Remember to record thoughts as they arise so they aren't forgotten.

5. Adopt or hire outside perspectives: It can be difficult to innovate if you become trapped in the rules and language of
your domain of expertise.

6. Feel free to procrastinate: If you are motivated to solve a problem, procrastinating, exercising, or sleeping on it can
lead to divergent thinking and more possibilities.

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