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Art Imagination, Expression, Creativity, Assumptions, Misconceptions, and Philosophy of Art
Art Imagination, Expression, Creativity, Assumptions, Misconceptions, and Philosophy of Art
Expression,
Creativity,
Assumptions,
Misconceptions,
and
Philosophy of Art
MR. HARRYL JAY L. ONDO, LPT
Instructor, Art Appreciation
Intended Learning Outcomes
❖ Imagination is an abstraction of a
certain thought or feeling based
on reality or experience (Hollick,
2014); while expression is an
automated response to it.
Art Expression
When both means and ends are…
Imagination
• allows us to be creative, to create
scientific inventions and aesthetic.
Creativity
• metacognitive; divergent thinking
• unstructured free flowing process to
capacitate the body and create art.
Creativity and Art Appreciation
• Gives us pleasure
Aristotle
➢ Representation of reality
➢ Imitation of human life
➢ Artist’s unique way of
capturing the image of
reality in his own terms.
➢ Catharsis – purgation of
one’s emotions
“Every art, and every inquiry and similarly
every action and choice, is ought to aim at
some good; and for this reason the good has
rightly been declared to be at which all things
aim.”
School of Athens
by Raphael
Philosophy of Art
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant
➢ Focus to succeed
➢ Artist’s fulfillment when he
accomplishes it the way he
wanted it to be
➢ Fame and recognition are
only secondary
Philosophical Themes in Art