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Lesson 1:
Introduction
to Art and
Humanities
Dante A. Barbero, LPT

Art Appreciation
• Art Appreciation is a way to
motivate ideas and allows
individuals to illustrate their
feelings when they viewed
an artwork.

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Learning outcomes
•Characterize artistic expression based on personal
experiences with art;
•Differentiate art from nature; and
•Clarify misconceptions about art from nature

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What is an art to you?

Is it important?

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Definition of Art
• The word “art” is from a Latin
ars which means craftsmanship,
inventiveness, mastery of form,
skill. It includes literature,
music, paintings, photography,
sculpture, etc. It serves as an
original record of human needs
and achievements.

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Definition of Art
▪ It usually refers to the so-called “fine arts” (e.g., graphics, plastic, and
building)and to the so-called “minor arts” (everyday, useful, applied, and
decorative arts).
▪ It is the process of using our senses and emotions in making creative
activities).
▪ It is a human capability to make things beautiful (e.g., buildings, illustration,
designing, painting, sculpture, and Photography) through the production of
his/her imagination depending on the preparation, theme, medium, and
values used

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Definition of Art
• Artist is most often refers to those who create within a context
of the fine arts such as acting, dancing, drawing, filmmaking,
painting, sculpture, writing, photography, and music.

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Definition of Art
• Art is something that is perennially around us.
• A politician shuffling her music track while comfortably
seated on her car looking for her favorite song.
• A student marvelling at the intricate designs of a
medieval cathedral during his field trip.

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Why Study Humanities?

•Etymologically, the term
“Humanities” is from a
Latin word humanus which
means educated.

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Framework and Perspectives

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Lesson 2:
Assumption
of Art
Dante A. Barbero, LPT

a. ART IS UNIVERSAL
• In the Philippines, the works of Jose Rizal and Francisco
Balagtas are not being read because they are old.
• Florante at Laura never fails to teach high school students the
beauty of love, one that is universal and pure.
• Ibong Adarna, another Filipino masterpiece, has always
captured the imagination of the young with its timeless
lessons.

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a. ART IS UNIVERSAL
• When we recite the Psalms, we feel in communion with King
David as we feel one with him in his conversation with God.
• When we listen to a Kundiman or perform folk dances, we still
enjoy the way our Filipino ancestors while away their time in
the past

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a. ART IS NOT NATURE

• Art is man’s expression of his reception of nature.
• Art can be considered opposites. What we find in nature should
not be expected to be in art too.

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a. ART INVOLVE EXPERIENCE

• A work of an art then cannot be abstracted from actual doing.
In order to know what an artwork, we have to sense it, see and
hear it.
• A painter cannot claim to know how to paint if he has not
tried holding a brush.
• A sculptor cannot produce a work of art if a chisel is foreign
to him.
• Art depends on experience and one is to know art, he must
know it not as a fact or information but as experience
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Lesson 3:
Functions of
Art
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1. Individual Function
• The artists perform arts
because of the passion of their
respective art forms.
• A singer presents a concert for
free because of his advocacy
and the love of singing.

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2. Social Function
•Man associates with others through his art
performance that arouses social consciousness.

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3. Economic Functions
• Arts are emerging as a
potent force in the
economic life of people
assumes an essential role
as a direct and indirect
contributor to state
economies.

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4. Political Functions
• Art provides a forum for ideas that will lead to
employment, prestige, status, and power.

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5. Historical Functions
• Art is an essential technique
for information to be recorded
and preserved.
• It serves to document or
reconstruct historical figure
and events. Most arts that are
in Museums,

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6. Cultural Functions
•Art is an articulation and transmission of new
information and values.

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7. Physical Functions
• Buildings are artistically designed and constructed to
protect their occupants and make their life inside more
meaningful. Architects, Industrial and Graphic Designers,
and Interior Decorators share responsibility in building
environment that balance forms and functions.

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8. Aesthetic Functions
• Any artwork means beauty. It is visual spice for gracefully adorned interiors and
can bring out the most elegant features of different décor elements. It reasonably
reproduced visual images which communicate through fantastic persuasions and
meaningful words

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PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ART

1. Art as an Imitation
2. Art as a Representation
3. Art as a Disinterested Judgment
4. Art as a Communication of Emotion
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To be continued…

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