Introduction and

Assumptions of
Art
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Objectives:
✔ Understand the role of humanities
and arts in man’s attempt at fully
realizing his end
✔ Clarify misconceptions of arts
✔ Characterize the assumptions of
arts
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Art is perennially
around us.
Images
Sounds
Moveme
nt
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This lesson is about…

× Yearning for the beautiful
× Appreciation of the all consuming
beauty around us
× Consumptions on assumptions that
people normally hold about art
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Why study
Humanities?
The art and
humanities teach
us on who we are
and what we can
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A R T
From the Ancient
Latin, ars
meaning “craft or
specialized form
of skill”
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Evolution of the word Art:

17th Century 18th Century

Ancient World Medieval Latin
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Ancient World
Art only meant using
the bare hands to
produce something
that will be useful to
one’s day-to-day life.
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Medieval Latin
Any special
form of
book-learning
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th
17 Century
The study of
beauty began
to unfold
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th
18 Century
Distinguish
between the Fine Arts

fine arts and

useful arts
Useful Arts
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Assumptions of
Arts
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What is Assumption?

An assumption is
something that you
assume to be the
case, even without
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factor in
determining art.

✔ It is liked and
enjoyed by
people
continuously.
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✔ Art is made by
man, whereas
nature is a given
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around us.

✔ It is based on an individual’s
subjective experience of nature.
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Art involves
experience

✔ Art is just
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experience.
✔ Actual doing of
something.
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Three
assumption
s on art are
its
universality
, its not
being
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