Lesson 1:

Humanities and
Arts in the
Western
Concept
PREPARED BY: JOGIE MARIE C. LENAUGO
 Objectives of the lesson
•described and explained the meaning and importance of
1 Humanities, Arts, and Science in the Western Concept

•realized the importance and influenced of Arts and

2 Humanities in the world

•appreciated the value of art as a form of self-expressions

3

•understand the importance and functions arts in our lives

4
What is Art?
What is
Humanities?
What is Art
History?
Before we begin..
• Artists and scientists are important not
only for the mentality but also for the
prosperity of a society.
• Humanities is being humane, cultured
and refined. It is a discipline of memory
and imagination, telling us where we
have been and helping us envision where
we are going.
• Understanding
Western art depends
on two keys that
explained changes
that existed in the
process of creating
art and the
recipient/subject of
the art.
Starry Night, 1889
By Vincent van Gogh
The Fountain by
Marcel Duchamp
(1917)
WESTERN
ART
WESTERN ART
• The term „Western art‟
largely describes the art of
western Europe but is also
used as a general category
for forms of art that are now
geographically widespread
but that have their roots in Image from medium.com

Europe.
What
subjects/human
disciplines are
being studied in
Humanities?
 “We need, as well as technological
progress, individuals with a strong
background in values and with
enough vision to meet new
challenges in a sustainable way,
people responsible with other human
beings and with their environment”.

RETRIEVED FROM: HTTPS://WWW.ELESAPIENS.COM/BLOG/SCIENCE-VS-HUMANITIES-

EDUCATING-CITIZIENS-OF-THE-FUTURE/
The word humanitas comes
from a Latin word humanus
which means human, cultured
and refined. Looking at the
illustration above, what
distinguishes humanitas from
divinitas and barbaritas?
-Cosmocentric View
-Theocentric View
-Anthropocentric View
-Scientific-Technocentric View
-Electic View
-Cosmocentric View
-Theocentric View
-Anthropocentric View
-Scientific-Technocentric View
-Electic View
-Cosmocentric View
-Theocentric View
-Anthropocentric View
-Scientific-Technocentric View
-Electic View
-Cosmocentric View
-Theocentric View
-Anthropocentric View
-Scientific-Technocentric View
-Electic View
-Cosmocentric View
-Theocentric View
-Anthropocentric View
-Scientific-Technocentric View
-Electic View
-Cosmocentric View
-Theocentric View
-Anthropocentric View
-Scientific-Technocentric View
-Electic View
-Cosmocentric View
-Theocentric View
-Anthropocentric View
-Scientific-Technocentric View
-Electic View
-Cosmocentric View
-Theocentric View
-Anthropocentric View
-Scientific-Technocentric View
-Electic View
•Several important concepts need
to understand when one is going to
study Art Appreciation. Some of
these concepts are Humanities,
Science, and Art. These three
significant human endeavors will
help one explain and understand
him/herself and the world around.
•Art is timeless
and ageless.
Human records
such as artifacts
and art do not
age because it
is still relevant up
to now.
•Humanities or humanitas refers to the
state where humanity embraced the
refinement of character and culture of
excellence. It is also a value, limitation,
or quality of giving purpose to and
reason for an action.
•It is believed there will be arts when
humans live according to their natural
inclinations which is to rationalize,
create or recreate artistic expressions
of ideas, thoughts, feelings, emotions,
and behavior.
Do you have
any questions?
THE END
Please answer
questions 6, 7,
and 8. (see
pg. 27 and 28)
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