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Scope of Humanities
The humanities is a many-faceted subject. It consists of the visual arts, literature, drama
and theater, music and dance.
2. Literature is the art of combining spoken or written words and their meanings into
forms which have artistic and emotional appeal.
Essay – a non-fiction expository writing ranging from informal, personal topics to closely
critical treatments of important subjects.
Poetry – highly expressive nature using special forms and choice of words and
emotional images. Narratives includes epics, romance and ballads and lyric forms
includes the sonnets, ode, elegy and song.
Miscellaneous – are history, biography, letters, journals, diaries, and other works not
formally classed as literature.
Groups
Operetta and Musical Comedy – a drama set to music but is light popular romantic
often humorous or comic. It uses spoken dialogues.
Oratorio and Cantata – sacred musical drama in concert form based from biblical
accounts and made of recited parts with orchestral accompaniment.
4. Drama and Theatre
A drama or play is a story re-created by actors on a stage in front of an audience.
Types of Drama
Tragedy – serious in nature in which the central character comes to some sad and
disastrous ending and also portray.
Romantic Comedy – light amusing tales of lovers in some dilemma which is finally
solved happily.
Farce – light humorous play whose emphasis is on the jokes, humorous physical
actions, ludicrous situations and impossible characters.
Types of Dances
Ethnologic – include folk dancing associated with national and cultural groups.
Ballet – a formalized type of dance which originated in the royal courts of the middle
Ages. They may be either solo or concerted dances and generally built around a theme
or story.
ELEMENTS OF ART
Form
The form of a work is its shape, including its volume or perceived volume. A three-
dimensional artwork has depth as well as width and height. Three-dimensional form is
the basis of sculpture. However, two-dimensional artwork can achieve the illusion of
form with the use of perspective and/or shading or modelling techniques. Formalism is
the analysis of works by their form or shapes in art history or archeology.
Line
Lines and curves are marks that span a distance between two points (or the path of a
moving point). As an element of art, line is the use of various marks, outlines and
implied lines in artwork and design. A line has a width, direction, and length. A line's
width is sometimes called its "thickness". Lines are sometimes called "strokes",
especially when referring to lines in digital artwork.
Color
Color is the element of art that is produced when light, striking an object, is reflected
back to the eye.[1] There are three properties to color. The first is hue, which simply
means the name we give to a color (red, yellow, blue, green, etc.). The second property
is intensity, which refers to the vividness of the color. A color's intensity is sometimes
referred to as its "colorfulness", its "saturation", its "purity" or its "strength".The third and
final property of colour is its value, meaning how light or dark it is. The terms shade and
tint refer to value changes in colors. In painting, shades are created by adding black to a
color, while tints are created by adding white to a color.
Space
Space is an area that an artist provides for a particular purpose.[1] Space includes the
background, foreground and middle ground, and refers to the distances or area(s)
around, between, and within things. There are two kinds of space: negative space and
positive space.[5] Negative space is the area in between, around, through or within an
object. Positive spaces are the areas that are occupied by an object and/or form.
Texture
Texture, another element of art, is used to describe either the way a work actually feels
when touched, or the depiction of textures in works, as for example in a painter's
rendering of fur.
T H E P R I N C I P L E S O F D E S I G N A N D O R G A N I Z A T I O N :
Balance
The distribution of interest or visual weight in a work. If all the visually interesting
elements of a work are centered in one spot, the work is off-balance and the viewer's
gaze will be stuck in one place, ignoring the rest of the piece. A balanced piece of work
will have art elements arranged such that different areas draw the viewer's eye around
or through the whole piece. Some types of balance are symmetric, asymmetric, and
radial.
The concept of visual balance is often illustrated using a seesaw. Like a seesaw, when
two elements of an artwork have the same visual weight and are on opposite sides of
the center, equally distant from it, they balance. Likewise, a smaller element can
balance out a larger one if the smaller one is farther from the center and the larger one
nearer. In two-dimensional art, the center of the work serves as the fulcrum (the visual
center). In three-dimensional art, visual balance and the physical balance of mass both
come into play, and the balance of one does not assure the balance of the other.
Contrast
The difference in quality between two instances of an art element, or using opposing
qualities next to each other. For example, black and white (contrasting values),
organic/curvy and geometric/angular (contrasting lines/shapes/forms), and rough and
smooth (contrasting textures).
The greater the contrast, the more something will stand out and call attention to itself.
This applies to whole works of art as well as areas within an artwork. Areas with greater
contrast in value (stronger darks and lights) will tend to appear more forward in space,
as over distance atmospheric haze lessens contrast (atmospheric perspective).
Contrast can also be used to set the mood or tone of the work. High contrast makes a
work more vibrant, vigorous, brash, lively - it "pops" more. Low-contrast work is more
quiet, calm, subtle, reflective, soothing.
Movement
Using art elements to direct a viewer's eye along a path through the artwork, and/or to
show movement, action and direction. Also, giving some elements the ability to be
moved or move on their own, via internal or external power.
Proportion is the relationship of sizes between different parts of a work. For example,
how wide it is compared to how tall it is. Some proportions, such as the golden ratio and
the rule of thirds, are thought to be more naturally pleasing. Scale is the size of
something compared to the world in general - an artwork might be termed miniature,
small scale, full scale or life-size, large scale or larger than life, or monumental.
Variety and Variation
Art criticism
Art criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual art. Art critics usually criticise art in
the context of aesthetics or the theory of beauty. A goal of art criticism is the pursuit of a
rational basis for art appreciation but it is questionable whether such criticism can
transcend prevailing socio-political circumstances.
The variety of artistic movements has resulted in a division of art criticism into different
disciplines which may each use different criteria for their judgements. The most
common division in the field of criticism is between historical criticism and evaluation, a
form of art history, and contemporary criticism of work by living artists.
Despite perceptions that art criticism is a much lower risk activity than making art,
opinions of current art are always liable to drastic corrections with the passage of time.
Critics of the past are often ridiculed for either favouring artists now derided (like the
academic painters of the late 19th century)[citation needed] or dismissing artists now
venerated (like the early work of the Impressionists). Some art movements themselves
were named disparagingly by critics, with the name later adopted as a sort of badge of
honour by the artists of the style (e.g., Impressionism, Cubism), with the original
negative meaning forgotten.
Painting
Painting is a mode of creative expression, and the forms are numerous. Drawing,
gesture (as in gestural painting), composition, narration (as in narrative art), or
abstraction (as in abstract art), among other aesthetic modes, may serve to manifest the
expressive and conceptual intention of the practitioner.[2] Paintings can be naturalistic
and representational (as in a still life or landscape painting), photographic, abstract,
narrative, symbolistic (as in Symbolist art), emotive (as in Expressionism), or political in
nature (as in Artivism).
A portion of the history of painting in both Eastern and Western art is dominated by
spiritual motifs and ideas. Examples of this kind of painting range from artwork depicting
mythological figures on pottery, to Biblical scenes rendered on the interior walls and
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, to scenes from the life of Buddha or other images of
Eastern religious origin.
PAINTING MEDIA
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of
drying oil—especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed
was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called
'varnishes' and were prized for their body and gloss.
Pastel is a painting medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment
and a binder.
Watercolor is a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended
in a water-soluble vehicle. The traditional and most common support for watercolor
paintings is paper; other supports include papyrus, bark papers, plastics, vellum or
leather, fabric, wood and canvas.
Ink paintings are done with a liquid that contains pigments and/or dyes and is used to
color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing with a pen,
brush, or quill. Ink can be a complex medium, composed of solvents, pigments, dyes,
resins, lubricants, solubilizers, surfactants, particulate matter, fluorescers, and other
materials.
Landscapes of the Four Seasons (1486), Sesshū Tōyō. Ink and light color on paper.
Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, done on plaster on walls or
ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Italian word affresco [afˈfresːko], which
derives from the Latin word for fresh. Frescoes were often made during the
Renaissance and other early time periods. Buon fresco technique consists of painting in
pigment mixed with water on a thin layer of wet, fresh lime mortar or plaster, for which
the Italian word for plaster, intonaco, is used.
Filipino Painter
Fernando Amorsolo
Juan Luna
Sculpture
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. It is one of
the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving (the removal of
material) and modelling (the addition of material, as clay), in stone, metal, ceramics,
wood and other materials but, since modernism, shifts in sculptural process led to an
almost complete freedom of materials and process. A wide variety of materials may be
worked by removal such as carving, assembled by welding or modelling, or molded, or
cast.
Pieta
This sculpture rendered the Virgin Mary hold her son, Jesus Christs in her arm was
sculpted at 1498 by Michelangelo. At his early age of twenties, he was articulated to do
a life size sculpture from a single slab of marble and extraneous effort exhibited one of
the most stunning sculptures ever.
This mythical sculpture as beast of ancient time demonstrated the God, Ra with having
a boy of lion with the head of a man. This sculpture of Giza was carved directly from
natural rock of plateau and act as sentinel of the Egyptian pyramids more 4500 years
ago. This is not a traditional sculpture but heading a technical prodigy of the
rudimentary tackle of Artisan works.
The thinker
This famous sculpture was presumed by Auguste Robin based on the theme on the
divine comedy of Dante. This sculpture appeared as nude with heroic figure in the
tradition of Michelangelo and percept the wisdom of poetry. The thinker was literally
destined to render Dante’s epic in front of the Gate of Hell. The final sculpture was a
miniscule of the statue sits atop of gates with meditative of hellish fate.
Venus de Milo:
This is one of the famous sculptures in the world. In Roman mythology, Venus is
renowned as the God of love and this legendary sculpture was figured at the marble
date back to the first or second century BC. It was revealed at Greek island of Melos in
the Aegean Sea but the creator remains anonymous till today. Ancient scholar has
believed that this sculpture had her arm with having mirror in one hand and shield in
other. As the daughter of Zeus and dione, Venus is the incarnation of beauty and a
great sculpture that is still a paraphernalia of hilarity at Louvre in Paris.
Filipino Sculptor
Guillermo Tolentino
Ramon Orlina
DIGITAL ART
Digital art is an artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as an essential part
of the creative or presentation process. Since the 1970s, various names have been
used to describe the process including computer art and multimedia art, and digital art is
itself placed under the larger umbrella term new media art.
After some initial resistance, the impact of digital technology has transformed activities
such as painting, drawing, sculpture and music/sound art, while new forms, such as net
art, digital installation art, and virtual reality, have become recognized artistic practices.
More generally the term digital artist is used to describe an artist who makes use of
digital technologies in the production of art. In an expanded sense, "digital art" is a term
applied to contemporary art that uses the methods of mass production or digital media.
Maurizio Bolognini
In 1992 he began to "seal" his machines (Sealed series) by closing up the monitor
buses, in such a way that they continued to produce images that no one would ever
see. Most of these are still working now.
"The 'instructed' machines [...] continue on their own, involving the temporal and spatial
dimensions, tending towards a geographical vastness in which the image, the sign,
become a process of measurement [...] between the real and the illusory
dimensions......."
Pascal Dombis
Pascal Dombis (born 1965) is a digital artist who uses computers and algorithms to
produce excessive repetition of simple processes.
Lillian Schwartz
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and
constructing buildings and other physical structures. Architectural works, in the material
form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical
civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements.
Gizah Pyramids
The Taj Mahal (1632–1653)
Notredame
Philippine Architecture
Manila Cathedral
Santiago Calatrava
Filipino Architech
FRANCISCO MAÑOSA
Coconut palace
Literature
Literature consists of written productions, often restricting to those deemed to have
artistic or intellectual value. Its Latin root literatura/litteratura (derived itself from littera,
letter or handwriting) was used to refer to all written accounts, but intertwined with the
roman concept of cultura: learning or cultivation. Literature often uses language
differently than ordinary language (see literariness).
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art which uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to
evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, prosaic ostensible meaning.[ Poetry has
traditionally been distinguished from prose by its being set in verse; prose is cast in
sentences, poetry in lines; the syntax of prose is dictated by meaning, whereas that of
poetry is held across metre or the visual aspects of the poem
Prose
Prose is a form of language that possesses ordinary syntax and natural speech rather
than rhythmic structure; in which regard, along with its measurement in sentences
rather than lines, it differs from poetry.
Drama
Drama is literature intended for performance. The form is often combined with music
and dance, as in opera and musical theatre. A play is a subset of this form, referring to
the written dramatic work of a playwright that is intended for performance in a theatre; it
comprises chiefly dialogue between characters, and usually aims at dramatic or
theatrical performance rather than at reading. A closet drama, by contrast, refers to a
play written to be read rather than to be performed; hence, it is intended that the
meaning of such a work can be realized fully on the page.
Harper Lee
Nelle Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American novelist widely known for her
novel To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960.
Jane Austen
was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry,
earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her
realism, biting irony and social commentary as well as her acclaimed plots have gained
her historical importance among scholars and critics.
From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and
Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815), she achieved success as a
published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion,
both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled
Sanditon, but died before completing it.
J. R. R. Tolkien
was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as
the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The
Silmarillion.
28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of
work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and
verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on
botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and
scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him are
extant
In this section, we'll learn about 6 main subjects that artists have been
exploring in art for centuries:
If you want to paint or draw, but you need some ideas and
inspiration, remember that subjects in art can be anything you want
them to be - whatever your imagination conjures up. The most
important thing is to choose a subject matter that interests you -
something that you can happily immerse yourself in while working
on your piece.
Below you'll see a sample of artworks that I created pertaining to
each subject matter. To see many more examples, click on each
subject: