Meaning, Classifications

and Divisions
Etymological
Meaning
 ART

AR
(Aryan – “to join or put together”)

Artizein Arkiskein
(Greek – “to prepare”) (Greek – “to put together”)

ARS/ARTIS SKILL TECHNE

(Latin) (Greek)
Thus nominally, art is
a natural gift, talent
or capacity (skill)
developed by study
and practice for
creative work.
Thus nominally, art is
a natural gift, talent
or capacity (skill)
developed by study
and practice for
creative work.
ART according
to ARTISTS
 PLATO
Art is that
which brings
life in
harmony with
the beauty of
the world.
 ARISTOTLE
Art could imitate
things as they
ought to be and
it partly
completes what
nature cannot
bring to finish.
 ARTHUR DOW

Art is a way of
life, of doing, of
thinking, of
feeling, of
making choices,
of living in a fine
way.
 C.R. WALLACE
Art is the
satisfying quality
imparted to a
thing through the
skillful
application of
design
principles.
JOHN DEWEY
Art is an attitude of
spirit, a state of
mind – one which
demands for its own
satisfaction and
fulfilling a shaping of
matter to new and
more significant
form.
 VICENTE DIZON
Art is an expression with a
particular combination of
mediums to satisfy the
senses, to express
human imagination,
emotions, and intellect,
and make use of them in
practical life through the
use of artistic principles,
taste and skill.
 Essential Requirements of ART:
1. Art must be man-made.
2. It must benefit and
satisfy man.
3. It must be expressed
through certain medium
or material.
 Art is anything
created by man
for his benefit and
enjoyment
through the use of
certain materials
or media for its
expression.
CLASSIFICATION
of the ARTS
 ART

FINE or UTILITARIAN or
AESTHETIC PRACTICAL
(MAJOR ARTS) (MINOR ARTS)
 FINE or AESTHETIC
(Major) Arts are primarily
for aesthetic enjoyment
through the senses,
especially visual and
auditory. It is the changing
certain materials or media
for aesthetic pleasure.
 Divisions of Major Arts

VISUAL or AUDITORY or
SPACE TIME

COMBINED or
PERFORMING
VISUAL ARTS are
also known as
SPACE ARTS,
because they
occupy space.
 Painting
This art is expressed
either by line, form,
texture, value or
color. It is being
used as decoration,
as educational
device and as
advertisement.
 Sculpture
This art is expressed
either by carving,
shaping or
modeling. It deals
mostly with the
human figure,
figurines, stands
for lampshade and
pottery.
Architecture
This art is
expressed
through rhythmic
features, such as
the windows,
ornaments,
columns and tile
flooring.
 AUDITORY ARTS are
primarily heard. They
are also known as TIME
ARTS, because they
exist in time.
 Literature
Includes the
writing of
poems, short-
stories, novels,
plays, histories,
biographies,
essays. It is also
known as fine
writing.
 Music
It is the combination
of sounds. It is
said to be the
most dynamic,
most emotional,
most universal
and most abstract
of all fine arts.
 COMBINED or
PERFORMING ARTS
combine both the visual
and auditory elements.
They are usually performed
onstage, or on the screen.
 Circus
Its entertainment
generally consists of
displays of
horsemanship;
exhibitions by
gymnasts, aerialists,
wild-animal trainers,
and performing
animals; and comic
pantomime by clowns.
 Dance
It is based upon
music or any
rhythmic sound.
It is
characterized
by rhythmic or
repetition.
 Opera
This is a stage
drama with
orchestral
accompaniment,
in which music is
the dominant
element, the
performers
singing all or most
of their lines.
Pantomime (MIME)
It is a dramatic
representation by
means of facial
expressions and
body movements
rather than
words.
 Puppet Show
A theatrical performance
which uses
Puppets as characters
in wherein audiences
perceive life and spirit
from their movement,
their shape, and other
aspects of their
performance.
 Drama
This includes
acting,
directing,
stage setting,
stage lighting
and public
speaking.
 Theatre
It is
one of the oldest and
most popular forms of
entertainment, in
which actors perform
live for an audience
on a stage or in an
other space
designated for the
performance.
 Singing
It is an
individual or
group
interpretation
of a song or
music.
Shania Twain
1995 Billboard Music Awards NY
Motion Picture
It is a series of images that are
projected onto a screen to
create the illusion of motion.
Motion pictures—also called
movies, films, or the
cinema—are one of the most
popular forms of
entertainment, enabling
people to immerse
themselves in an imaginary
world for a short period of
time.
PRACTICAL or UTILITARIAN
(Minor) arts are intended for
practical use or utility. It is the
changing of raw materials for
utilitarian purposes. However,
they must posses ornaments
or artistic qualities to make
them useful and beautiful.
 Industrial Art
It is the changing of
raw materials into
some significant
product for human
consumption or use.
Examples of this are shell-
craft, bamboo-craft, leather-
craft, shoe-making, pottery-
making, sheet –metalwork,
and manufacture of
automobiles, home
appliances and television
sets.
 Applied or
Household Art
This refers mostly to
household arts
such as flower
arrangement,
interior decoration,
dressmaking,
home-making,
embroidery, cooking
and others.
 Civic Art
This includes city or
town planning,
maintenance and
beautification of
parks, plazas, roads,
bridges and farms. It
refers to civic
planning and
beautification in
order to improve the
standards of living.
Commercial Art
This involves business
propaganda in the form
of advertisements in
newspapers and
magazines, sign
painting, billboard
announcements,
leaflets, displays, poster
designing, movie
illustrations and many
more.
 Graphic Art
It is anything
printed from
raised or
sunken
reliefs and
plane
surfaces.
Agricultural Art
This refers to
agronomy (crop
production),
horticulture (garden
or orchard
cultivation),
husbandry (raising
of cows, carabaos,
poultry and swine)
and farming.
Business Art
This includes
merchandising,
accounting,
bookkeeping,
typewriting,
stenography,
salesmanship and
business
administration.
Distributive Art

This deal with

advertising,
marketing,
warehousing,
packaging,
and shipping
of articles or
goods.
 Fishery Art
It includes
shallow and
deep sea
fishing, fish
refrigeration
and culture,
net weaving.
 Medical or
Clinical Art
It includes first aid
treatments,
medicinal
manufacturing,
surgery, medical
operations,
rehabilitation
and others.