ART APPRECIATION

HUMANITIES 1
 Humanities
ETYMOLOGY
It came from the Latin word “humanus”
which means refined, culture and human.
 Refined - Norms, being civilize, and
socialize
 Cultured - Adaptation to environment
(social interaction, norms)
 Human - Having the nature of people,
being a person.
 Humanities
Definition
- The expression of ourselves without using of
words (painting, sculptures, dancing, mosaic,
cross stitch, collage, paper and folding)
- The study of man’s expression feelings, thought,
intuition, values, and ideas
- The study of man’s experience, goals, and
aspirations
- It is used to dramatize individual expressions
Why do we need to study humanities?

The humanities serve to

provide the student with certain
skills and values through the
arts. Students learn to
appreciate the importance of
value that no other subject can
describe those values which are
directly an exact.
Aim of Humanities
During Medieval Age
The humanities dealt with the metaphysics of the
religious philosopher.
During Renaissance Period

To make man richer because during that time only

the rich people can make art like paintings, sculpture
and etc.
During 19th and 20th century

Is to appreciate and understand the importance of

human being, his ideas and aspirations
Etymology
ART
It came from the Latin word “ars/artis” which means
to do or man made

Definition
It is a medium of expression because through arts we
express our ideas, emotions, feelings, without using
words.
Creative activity which involves skill or expertness in
handling materials and organizing them into a new.
 Work of Art
Definition
A thing of beauty having aesthetic
value. Obra maestra, provides aesthetic
values to the viewers.
It must have an artistic merit and
literary merit.
It is a symbolic state of meaning rather
having a practical function.
Examples:

SPOLARIUM by Juan Luna

THE LAST SUPPER By Leonardo da

Vinci
ASSUMPTIONS OF ART
1. Art is UNIVERSAL and TIMELESS
 a great piece of work will never be obsolete.
 According to John Stuarts Mill’s Utilitarianism (1879),
enjoyment in the arts belongs to a higher good, one
that lies at the opposite end of base pleasures. Art
will always be present because human being will
always express themselves and delight in these
expressions. Men will continue to use art while art
persist and never gets depleted.
ASSUMPTIONS OF ART
2. Art is NOT NATURE.
 Art is man’s expression of his reception
of nature.
 Art is man’s way of interpreting nature.
 Art is made by man, whereas nature is
a given around us.
ASSUMPTIONS OF ART
3. Art involves EXPERIENCE.
 Art is the actual doing of something.
 In philosophical terms, perception of art is always a
value of judgement. It depends on who the perceiver
is, his tastes, biases and what he has inside him.
 Degustibus non disputandum est (Matters of taste are
not matters of dispute). One cannot argue with
another person’s evaluation of art because one’s
experience can never be known by another.
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