MODULE 1

MEANING AND IMPORTANCE OF ART AND THE HUMANITIES

Humanus
o Latin
o Means Humanities
o Civilized, refined, cultured, and disciplined

Humanities
o A group of cultural subjects presenting the total experiences of man as
expressed in his arts using a particular material or medium.
o Emphasizes human subjectivity (feelings, values, sentiments, opinions,
etc.)

Ars
o Latin
o Means Art
o Ability or skill

ART VS SCIENCE

ART

 Internal world
 Subjective
 Gives pleasure
 Deals with things that cannot be measured

SCIENCE

 External World
 Objective
 Knowledge
 Deals with things that can be measured
 An artist is someone with extraordinary skills.
Art involves experience.
Not all artworks have subjects.
2 Ways how art is presented: Realistically & Symbolically
Elements (Colors, Lines, Texture, Perspective0
Objective merits of an artwork (elements used)
Subjective merits of an artwork (preference, taste)

TRUTHS ABOUT ART

1. Art is made by man.

2. Art is not nature.
3. Art creation and appreciation involve experience.

ART CREATION: (daw how art is created or ang steps)

1. Idea / Feeling
2. Medium
3. Form

TO APPRECIATE AN ARTWORK: (Things to consider)

1. Time and Space that was used

2. Materials that was used
3. What subject is about
4. How it is presented
5. Elements used
6. Look at the artist

3 THINGS YOU LOOK AT WHEN YOU LOOK AT AN ARTWORK

(WHEN EVALUATING)

1. Objective merits of an artwork

2. Subjective merits of an artwork
3. Personal interpretation
AESTHETIC JUDGEMENT INVOLVES:

1. Objective merits of the work

2. Skill, techniques and originality of the artist
3. Personal interpretation of the evaluator

HOW TO VERIFY THIS?

1. A critical study of the properties of beauty (order, proportion, etc.)

2. General agreement of experts
3. Time factor

THE IMPORTANCE OF ART APPRECIATION

Art
o Paintings, sculptures, architecture, design and digital art.
o Speaks to the viewer in a personal level.
o Can be interpreted in a variety of ways.
o Intends to personally touch every person that comes across it.
o Meant to stimulate thought and conversation between its viewers.
o Meant to express something that we ourselves feel unable to express or
convey.
o Through its visual medium it evokes feelings of joy, sadness, anger and
pain.

Art Appreciation
o The exploration and analysis of the art forms that we are exposed to.
o Highly subjective, depending on an individual’s personal tastes and
preferences.
o Can be done on the basis of several grounds such as elements of
designed and master displayed in the piece.
o Deeper look into the setting and historical implication and
background of the piece, a study of its origins.
o Helps open up the mindset of the people, by listening to different
perspectives and views as well as interpretations of the art.
 o Encourages thoughtful conversation and the understanding that there
is more than one approach to everything.
o Important because It is a good way to understand the history behind
the work, and the period from which the piece originated.
o OUR PERSPECTIVE brings the artwork to life as it changes for every
person around it.

WHY FOSTER ART APPRECIATION?

 Helps us value the art in how it appeals to us and what it means to

each person.
 Delves into the history and the story behind the art, as well as a look
into the lives of the artists.
 Enables one to critically analyze a work, along lines of design, mastery
and techniques.
 Stimulates thoughts and analysis.
 Provokes an individual to look past what meets the eye.
 Open our mind to the views of others.

MODULE 2

ART STYLISTIC PERIODS

1. Greek Golden Age (Classical Period)

2. Medieval Art
3. Renaissance
4. Neoclassicism
5. Baroque
6. Romanticism
7. Modern Stylistic Era

GREEK GOLDEN AGE

o Classical Period
o Classic – timeless
 o Greeks achieved things like great monuments, government art,
philosophy, architecture and literature, the building blocks of our own
civilization.
o Glorious Art and Architecture
o Philosophers search for truth
o Rise of Great Philosophers

Pericles p’ plan for Athens

 Pericles as Leader (Skillful politician, inspiring speaker, respected

general)
 Dominates life in Athens from 461 to 429 B.C.
 Pericles builds the Parthenon – a large temple to honor the goddess
Athena.
 Within temple, sculptor Phidias crafts 30-foot statue of Athena.
 Sculptors create graceful, strong, perfectly formed figures.
 Classical art – values harmony, order, balance, proportion and beauty.

After the war, thinkers emerge who are called “lovers of wisdom.”
From the Greek words+
Phileo – to love
Sophia – wisdom
Philosophers believe that the universe is subject to absolute and
unchanging laws.
People could understand these laws through logic and reason.

EXAMPLES
 Greek theater
 Bronze Sculpture (National Archeological Museum, Athens, Greece
Circa, 460 B.C.)
 Augustus of Prima Porta (Vatican Museums, Vatican City, 1st Century
A.D.)

MEDIEVAL ART

o 500 A.D. to 1400 A.D.

o Focus on religious (Christian) themes
 o Disproportionate and little perspective
o Two-Dimensional and flat

EXAMPLES
 The calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew (Duccio di Buoninsegna,
1308 A.D.)
 The Christ on the Mount of Olives (Master of the Trebon Altarpiece,
1380 A.D.)

RENAISSANCE

o Late 1300’s to 1600 A.D.

o Brought a change in Europe culturally, due to contact with Arab world
and the rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman texts.
o Artist’s paintings were focused more on celebrating the human
individual, rather than entirely on religion as it had during the
Medieval era.
o Realism and focus on humans
o Accurate Perspective
o Natural Background
o Light and Shadowing

Renaissance = rebirth
Intense interest in and learning about classical antiquity was “reborn”
Middle Ages = classical philosophy was ignored or forgotten
BELIEFS
Humanism – love of classical learning
Individualism – celebration of the individual
Secularism – enjoyment of worldly pleasures

ARTIST

Leonardo da Vinci
o Born 1452, Italy
o Archetypal “Renaissance Man”.
o Artist, scientist, musician, architect, sculptor, mathematician
and engineer.
 o He was a gargantuan procrastinator and his techniques were
sometimes destructive.
o Only around 15 of his paintings survived.

EXAMPLES
 The creation of Adam (Michelangelo, 1511 A.D.)
 David (Michelangelo, 1504 A.D.)
 Self Portrait (Leonardo da Vinci, 1512 A.D.)
 Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci, 1519 A.D.)
 The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci, 1498 A.D.)

2. Enumerate and explain three (3 ) things to consider in order to evaluate or appreciate

an artwork.
The three things we need to consider in order to appreciate an artwork is the time and
space used, the medium used, and the elements and organization.  We need to know
when or what time period and where the artist made their artwork, so that we can
appreciate their effort more even with the limited materials and such. For example, the
pyramids of giza was made a long time ago but it still stands strong up to this day, even
though they lack the use of technology back then they still made a very strong and
symmetrical structure. 2nd we need to consider the medium that was used, it shows
where the artist is skillful in using and because the medium is what affects the color and
texture of the artwork. Lastly the elements should be considered. It is what helps us
analyze the artwork more and allows us to create more thoughts about it and then share
it to others, and it enables us to know what the artist has done when making it.