“The humanist learns about the

self.”

SOCRATES
469-399 BC
“Know thyself.”

“Withdraw into yourself

truth dwells in the inner man.”
AUGUSTINE, 354-430 AD

A scientist tends to know everything

about the world
that he forgets to know anything
about himself.-Thales of Miletus

“The Great Sage”

Wise Man-Confucius( 555-479
bc)
 Panofsky, “Art as a Humanistic
Discipline”

LATIN ENGLISH
humanitas “humanity”
GEOCENTRIC THEORY
Earth (Man) is
the center of
the universe.

RENAISSANCE IMAGE OF ANTHROPOCENTRIC MAN

The image of man is the image of God. Man is
the measure of God.

Michelangelo, The Creation of Man

(Sistine Chapel Painting, 1512)
HELIOCENTRIC THEORY: Removed man from the center of
the universe and suggested the view man was special in
the universe.

HUMANISTIC DISCIPLINES

HISTORY
Human events happening in the world

LANGUAGE
Written and oral forms of human communication

PHILOSOPHY
Human reason concerning reality

ART
Admiration (ART APPRECIATION) of human-made objects and the human
creativity (ART CREATION) by which these objects are made

Western Concept Art:

ACADEMIC:Only schooled people are artists

ELETIST:Meant for the higher social class

HIERARCHICAL:Liberal
art and servile art, high
and low art, major art and minor art or craft,
fine art and practical art, folk art, indigenous
art, popular art
WESTERN CLASSIFICATION
OF THE ARTS
MAJOR ART:
Made by artists and
primarily concerned with
the form of beauty
MINOR ART OR CRAFT:
Made by artisans and
concerned with functionality
and usefulness of
human-made objects
(artifacts)

Manunggul Jar: Afterlife

Sarimanok Design
Maranao Art
note: 1.)“Magkaugnay” PH ethnic song
2.) Medeo Cruz “ Poleteismo”
3.)Bulul
4.)Vinta
 DAMIAN FATHER OF
DOMINGO PHILIPPINE
(1796-1834) PAINTING
note: 1.VAn Gogh: Bedroom at the Arles
2.Sydney Opera house
3.formalism art
4.El Greco “the Burial of St. Orgaz
5. horror vacui
6.minimalism
7. tabula rasa

1.Malevich’s White on white painting(Suprematism)

2. Mona Lisa( Realsitic Painting)
3.Duchamp ( Fountain)
4. Picasso( Abstract)
5. Mondrean's Red,yellow and Blue(Concretism)

Critique:
1.Description: what do I see?
2.Analysis: How is the work Organised?( elements,and
Principles of design)
3. Interpretation: what isa the artist trying to
communicate?
4.Judgement: Is this a successful work of Art?yes or no and
why.DO you like it?yes or no and why
 Etymology
“AESTHETICS”
GREEK
aesthesis

ENGLISH
sensory perception

ALEXANDER BAUMGARTEN (1714-1762)Aesthetics

The word “aesthetics” was first employed by Baumgarten to mean
“the science of sensory perception.” Particularly, he used it to
denote a realm of concrete knowledge, as distinct from the abstract
where content is communicated in sensory forms.

note:
Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482
Model: Simonetta Vespucci

Leonardo
Grotesque Face of
Scaramuccia
1492

THE BASIC Q about Humanities: WHO AM I?

“ I am a huamn being”