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HUMANITIES ART APPRECIATION
HUMANITIES
 It comes from the word “humanus” meaning humane,
cultured and refined.
 A versatile subject which consists of the seven arts:
painting, sculpture, architecture, music and dance,
literature, theater, and cinema. These seven arts are the
branches of learning that will help you understand the study
of humanities.
 Culture basically includes speech, knowledge, belief, arts,
technologies, ideals and rules.
To be cultured means to be refined and well-versed in the
arts, philosophy and languages.
Moral Values – attitudes & behavior
Aesthetic Values – arts & literature
ART
 It is very vital in our daily existence. Arts are the concrete
evidences in the study of humanity es.
 Body of arts consists of the past, present and future.
 It comes from the Aryan root word, “AR” which means to
join or to put together. The Latin term “ARS” means
everything that is artificially made or composed by man.
FUNCTION OF ART
 Visual art is not produced with words but with formal
artistic elements.
 It communicates ideas but is not intended to convey
information in verbal form.
 Art creates subtle emotional states or moods and broadens
the aesthetic range of experience of all who perceive it.
 It can be, it has been, and it often still is done by means of
visual art.
ART
 Expression of human creative skill and imagination, typically in
a visual form such as painting or sculpture.
 Art works are produced by such skill and imagination.
 It is a form of expressing oneself.
 It resides in quality of doing; it is a process not a magic.
VISUAL ART – is a rich and complex subject, and its definition is in
flux as the culture around it changes.
ART APPRECIATION
 The knowledge and understanding of the universal and
timeless qualities that identify all great arts.
 The ability to interpret or understand man made arts
and enjoy them either through actual work experiences
with art tools materials or possession of these works of art
for one’s admiration and satisfaction.
ART CRITICISM
 It is the discussion or evaluation of visual art.
 Art critics usually criticize art in the context of aesthetics
or the theory of beauty.
Art criticism and appreciation can be subjective based on personal
preference toward aesthetics and form, or they can be based on the
elements and principle of design and by social and cultural
acceptance.
THE NATURE OF ART
A. ART IS EVERYWHERE – It exists in all forms of
human societies, and in every generation.
B. ART AS CREATION – As a creative activity, it involves
skills or expertise in handling materials and organizing
them into new, structurally pleasing materials.
C. ART AS EXPRESSION AND COMMUNICATION –
People do express their emotional state by some visible
ways. The artist uses symbols organized into some
comprehensive equivalent of the experiences that they
are trying to convey. If the symbols are understood,
communication has been established.
D. ART AND EXPERIENCE – When a person creates an art,
he/she creates a subject of form. He/she is doing another
experience especially when it is finally done. It is a true
satisfaction.
E. ART AND NATURE – Art is man-made, while nature is a
natural thing. Nature is always recreating itself.
F. ART AND BEAUTY – Beauty is one which gives us
pleasure when we perceive it. Beauty in art may the result
of successful organization of line, color, shape, and spaces
in order to convey an idea or emotions.
KINDS OF VISUAL ARTS
01 VISUAL ARTS – A variety form that can be enjoyed by the
human eyes.
 Drawing – A picture or diagram made with a pencil,
pen, or crayon rather than paint, especially one
drawn in monochrome.
 Painting – The process or art of using paint, in a
picture, as a protective coating, or as decoration.
 Photography – The science, art, application and
practice of creating durable images by recording light
or other electromagnetic radiation, either
 electronically by means of an image sensor, or
chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such
as photographic film.
 Ceramics – Pots and other articles made from clay
hardened by heat.
 Conceptual Arts – Art in which the idea presented by
the artist is considered more important than the
finished product, if there is one. Sometimes called
conceptualism, is art in which the concept(s) or idea(s)
involved in the work take precedence over traditional
aesthetic.
 Gastronomy / Culinary Arts – The study of the
relationship between food and culture, art of
preparing and serving rich or delicate and appetizing
food, a style of cooking from particular region and the
science of good eating.
 Architecture – Art is the pursuit of beautiful things
while architecture is the making of beautiful
buildings; however, not all buildings are beautiful.
Some only embody the functionality. Architecture is the
art and science of designing structures and spaces for
human use.
 Sculpture – A work of art that is produced by carving
or shaping stone, wood, clay, or other materials. Art
of forming solid objects that represent a thing, person,
idea, etc. out of a material such as wood, clay, metal, or
stone, or an object made.
 Applied Arts – Incorporating elements of style and
design to everyday items with the aim of increasing
their aesthetical value. Industrial design, interior
design, fashion design, and graphic design are
considered applied arts.
KINDS OF PERFOMING ARTS
02 PERFORMING ARTS (ART EXPRESSION) - Forms of art in
which the artists use their voices or bodies to convey artistic
expression. These form of art is different from visual arts.
 Literary Arts – The integrative discipline of ideation,
literary appreciation and creative writing.
 Theater – Uses live performers to present accounts
or imaginary events before a live audience.
 Dance - A series of movements that follow the
rhythm of the music accompaniment.
 Poetry Performance - An art form where the artist
expresses the emotions not by using paint, charcoal or
camera, but is expressed through words.
RENDERING TECHNIQUES IN ARTS
1. Scribbling – A note or other writing that has little or no
meaning. A hasty or careless drawing or piece of writing,
handwriting, especially when illegible.
2. Hatching – Creating value with lines.
3. Stippling - Applying value to a drawing with small dots.
4. Cross Hatching – Two sets of perpendicular lines.
5. Blending - Shading styles.
METHODS IN PRESENTING ART SUBJECT
1. Realism – Presentation of subject as it is. It is also the
portrayal of objective reality.
2. Abstraction - It means to move away or separate. The
artist is more concerned about the presentation of a part or a
portion of a subject.
a. Elongation – subjects are lengthened or
stretched out.
Example: - El Greco: “The Resurrection” “St.
Martin and The Beggar”
b. Distortion - subjects are in a misshapen
condition.
Example: - Henry Moore: “Recumbent Figure”
c. Cubism - the use of geometrical shapes and
forms.
Example:
- Pablo Picasso: “The Three Musicians” “Nude in a
Rocking Chair”
- George Brake: “Violet and Palette”
3. Fauvism – Emphasis on pleasure; the artists are non-
conformists. Colors are not realistic and are mostly bright.
Example: -Henry Matisse: “The Joy of Life” “The Dance”
4. Dadaism – From the French word “DADA” which means
hobby-horse and a movement meant to shock the public.
Example: - Marcel Duchamp: “Fountain”
Idealistic and subscribed to the ideas of liberty, freedom, justice and
equality.
Example:
- Juan Luna: “Spolarium”
5. Romanticism – Rich and filled with emotion.
Example: - Eugene Delacroix: “Liberty Leading the
People”
6. Impressionism – Concentrated on the artist’s impression of
the moment.
Example:
- Claude Monet: “Sunrise”
- Eduord Manet: “The Best Waitress”
7. Expressionism – Based on non-rational and emotional
concepts.
 Harsh, morbid, brutal, introspective.
 Free distortion of form color through which the painter
gives visual form to inner sensations or emotion.
8. Surrealism – Based from the Freudian Theory
“Psychoanalysis” aimed to bring the elements of
subconscious.
Example: - Salvador Dali: “Persistence of Memory”

OTHER METHODS IN PRESENTING ART SUBJECTS

1. Symbolism – A symbol is a mark, sign or word that

indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea,
object, or relationship.
- In the arts, symbols are used to concentrate or to
intensify meaning, making the work more subjective
than objective. Symbolist pointers rejected realism and
impressionism.

2. Futurism – Emphasizes and glorifies themes associated

with contemporary concepts of the future, including speed,
technology, youth and violence and objects related to
advanced modern technology.

3. Installation Art – An artistic genre of three-dimensional

works that often are site-specific and designed to transform
the perception of a space.

KINDS OF SUBJECTS

 Landscapes, Seascapes, Cityscapes – these are artworks

that show physical environment.

 Still Life - group of inanimate objects arranged in an

indoor setting such as objects as dishes of food on a dining
table pots and pans on a kitchen table.

 Animals – earliest known paintings are representations of

animals.

 Portrait – a realistic likeness of a person in sculpture,

painting, drawing, or print.
 Figures – traditional chief subject of artists showing the
human body, or clothed.

 Everyday Life – the artists observation of people going

about their usual ways, performing their usual tasks.

 History and Legend – shows a significant scene in the

past, legend pictures the mysteries behind the folk stories.

 Religion and Mythology – arts are used to instruct, inspire

feelings of devotion and to convert non-believers; many
artists have been inspired by the beauty and magic of
mythological characters.

 Dreams and Fantasies – a dream may be of lifelike

situation; it may be realistically represented, but if the
figure suggests the strange, and the absurd, it can be
classified as a dream picture right away,