HUMANITIES - Use of body, face and presence.

- Refers to the arts, the visual

arts such as architecture, painting Poetry Performance
and sculpture. - Is poetry that is specifically
composed for or during a performance
- The performing arts such as
music, dance, theater or drama, and before an audience.
literature.
Architecture
- They are the branches of - Designing and building physical
learning concerned with human structures.
thought, feelings and relations.
Dance
WHY STUDY ARTS AND - Rhythmical movement of the body
HUMANITIES?
- The Humanities bring us in Theater
contact with the best things in - Stage performance of a play
life has to offer history, music, dialogue.
dance, art, media, philosophy and
literature.
Literary Arts
WHAT IS ART? - Imaginative and non-fiction.

 Italian word artis which means Applied Arts

“craftmanship.” ` - Fashion/Furniture.

 Latin word ars which means

ability or skill.
ORIGIN OF ART

 The use of skill and  It begin with that of

imagination in the creation Humanity.
 It dates back the time when
 It is important in our lives
superstitions and beliefs in
as it is concerned with the
the spirits are still very
communication of certain
common in every culture.
feelings and ideas.
 Indigenous art in the form of
ESSENTIALS OF ART dancing, painting, music, and
poetry accompanied ancient
1. Art must be man-made. rituals and ceremonies.
2. It must be creative, not imitative.
3. It
must benefit and satisfy man, and man
must make use of art in practical terms.
4. It
is expressed through certain medium
or material by which the artist
communicates himself to his fellows.

WHY THE ARTS IS CALLED

HUMANITIES?
- It brings out the good and THE PRINCIPLE OF DESIGN
noble in us.
WHAT IS DESIGN
ART APPRECIATION - Creation of a plan or convention
- It is the ability to interpret or
understand man-made arts.

VISUAL ARTS PRINCIPLE OF DESIGN

- Describe the way an artist use
- Are those that we perceive through different elements of design in a
our naked eyes and which occupy space. composition.

Performance Art  Balance

 Rhythm - (also called Harmony) refers to
 Emphasis the coherence of the elements of a work
 Contrast to the whole.
 Movement
 Harmony unity creates a sense of harmony and
 Proportion and Scale wholeness, placing them in a way that
creates a feeling of “oneness.

Balance THE ELEMENTS OF

- the idea of visual equilibrium
which gives an impression of stability VISUAL ARTS
or instability.
ELEMENTS OF ARTS
TYPES OF BALANCE Line
– The most basic of all the
1. Symmetrical Balance – it has equal
elements.
visual weight on either side of the
canvas. It is visually stable. - Lines vary in types. They
2. Asymmetrical Balance – an uneven can be horizontal, vertical,
balance. diagonal, straight or
curved, thick or thin.
3. Radial Balance –a symmetrical
balance wherein elements are distributed TYPES LINE
evenly around a central point.
 Horizontal line – rest, serenity, or
Proportion (or scale) perfect stability
- refers to the size relationships of
one part to another, and of the parts to  Vertical line – dominance, height,
the whole. power
 Diagonal line – uncertainty, unrest,
Rhythm movement, or action
- in visual art pattern of various
visual elements, such as lines, shapes,  Curved line – flow, softness,
colors, values, forms or textures, flexibility, grace
creates a sense of movement or flow
within the artwork. Shapes
- Shapes and forms are figures which
define objects in a space.

- A shape is a two-dimensional figure.

Circles, triangles, and squares are
common examples of shapes.

VALUE
- it is the relative degree of lightness
or darkness in anything that is
visible. It gives an impression of solidity,
distance, and depth. ("chiaro" (light) and
"scuro" (dark))

COLOR
EMPHASIS AND SUBORDINATE - it is the product of light reflected off
- the focal point that rests on objects.
the subordinate space and easily attracts
the attention of the viewer.
TYPES COLOR
 Primary colors – Red, Yellow, and
UNITY Blue (Red, Green, Blue in light)
 Secondary colors – Orange, Green, be rough, smooth, glossy,
and Violet coarse, irregular, etc.

 Tertiary colors – Yellow Green,  Space – refers to the area in

BlueGreen, Blue Violet, Red Violet, which an artist arranges
Red Orange, and Yellow Orange elements in a com-position.

COLOR HARMONIES  Space can be two-dimensional

- Artists usually use color (2D) such as in painting and
harmonies. pho-tography, or three-
dimensional (3D), such as in
1. Monochromatic sculpture and installations.
– the use of a single color
tint in different values or Types of perspective:
shades.
 One-point – a representation
2. Analogous of distance by means of
– 3 to 4 neighboring colors converging lines.
with one color in all mixtures.
 Two-point – There are two
3. Complementary points in line with each other
– any two opposite colors on in a horizontal
the color wheel. position.

4. Split complementary
– any three colors wherein two  Foreshortening – the
of which are beside the complement modification of an established
of the third color. scale in a drawing
of the human figure to represent
5.Double split complementary perspective.
or tetradic
– this color scheme uses four
colors arranged into two
complementary pairs.

6. Triad
– three colors that form an
equilateral triangle in a color
wheel.

PROPERTY OF COLOR

 Hue – identity or the quality

by which we distinguish colors

 Cool colors – colors which

possess the dominance of blue

 Warm colors – colors which

possess the dominance of red
or yellow

 Value – lightness or darkness

of a hue.

 Intensity or Saturation –
refers to the strength of a
hue.

 Texture – refers to surface

characteristics. A surface may