Art Appreciation - ARTS 105 Resource Guide

In the broadest sense, all the processes and products of human skill, imagination, and invention. In contemporary usage, definitions of art usually reflect art theory, and the term may encompass literature, music, drama, painting, and sculpture.

Experiences with art have been of longstanding concern for phenomenologists, yet the psychological question of the appearing of art appreciation has not been addressed. This article attends to this lack, exemplifying the merits of a phenomenological psychological investigation based on three semi-structured interviews conducted with museum visitors.

A generic name for essentialist.
theories of art, which hinge upon the definition of art as the expression of the artist's emotions, feelings and thoughts. According to such a theory, expression is a necessary condition for the kind of practices that we call art.

While we colloquially speak of art as communication, acknowledging the inescapably social nature of all art, it is much harder to pin down a comprehensive definition of art as communication.

This is a list of streaming videos about art appreciation in Films on Demand. Some selected videos are below.

Why do we find comfort in some systems while rebelling against others? How can the artist use systems as a mean of expression? Systems explores these questions in the work of contemporary artists Julie Mehretu, John Baldessari, Kimsooja, and Allan McCollum—all motivated to explain and explore the infinite systems of life as they experiment with abstract composition, performance art, stenciling, photography, and unexpected collections

What do modern art, a symphony, and a documentary film have in common? They all require aesthetic considerations. This program presents the ideas of key figures in the shaping and understanding of aesthetics-from Plato, Francis Hutcheson, and Kant to Leon Battista Alberti, Stendhal, and Tolstoy-and addresses pivotal writings, including Aristotle's Poetics and Morris Weitz's "The Role of Theory in Aesthetics." Columbia University's Arthur Danto and Princeton University's Alexander Nehamas offer keen insights into the interactions between artist, artwork, and audience as they have evolved over the centuries.

The elements of art are components or parts of a work of art that can be isolated and defined. They are the building blocks used to create a work of art.

The principles of design describe the ways that artists use the elements of art in a work of art.