HUMANITIES:

Meaning, Significance &

Components

Humanities

Came from the Latin word HUMANUS

meaning human, cultured, refined
Has various connotation depending on
the political, economic, social, artistic
and cultural forces that surround the
different historical eras

Humanities

Today, humanities refer to a loosely

defined group of cultural subject area

Arts

visual arts - painting, drawing, sculpture,

architecture,
Performing arts music, dance, drama,
theater arts

Some of the purposes of art:

To Create Beauty

To Provide
Decorations

To Reveal Truth

To immortalize

Some of the purposes of art:

To express religious
values

To record and
commemorate
experience

To create order and

harmony

The elements of art:

1. Line: An element of art

that is used to define
shape, contours, and
outlines, also to suggest
mass and volume. It may
be a continuous mark made
on a surface with a pointed
tool or implied by the edges
of shapes and forms.

The elements of art:

Characteristics of Line are:

Width- thick, thin, tapering,

uneven
Length - long, short, continuous,
broken
Direction- horizontal, vertical,
diagonal, curving, perpendicular,
oblique, parallel, radial, zigzag
Focus- sharp, blurry, fuzzy,
choppy
Feeling- sharp, jagged, graceful,
smooth

"The essence of drawing is the line exploring space."

~ Andy Goldsworthy.

scribble drawings or designs: to draw

something aimlessly or absent-mindedly, usually
while doing something else such as having a
telephone conversation or attending a meeting

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The elements of art:

2. Color: comes from light; if it werent

for light we would have no color. Light
rays move in a straight path from a
light source.

The elements of art: RYB

Categories of Color
Color Wheels a tool used to organize color. It is
made up of:

Primary Colors-Red, Yellow, Blue these color

cannot be mixed, they must be bought in some
form.

Secondary Color-Orange, Violet, Green, these

colors are created by mixing two primaries.

Intermediate Colors- Red Orange, Yellow Green,

Blue Violet, etc.; mixing a primary with a secondary
creates these colors.

Complementary Colors-are colors that are

opposite each other on the color wheel. When
placed next to each other they look bright and
when mixed together they neutralize each other.

Colors of the light RGB and

processed colors CMYK

The elements of art:

Color Harmonies
Color Harmonies is when an artist uses certain combinations
of colors that create different looks or feelings.

Analogous Colors

Triadic Harmony

Monochromatic

Warm colors

Cool colors

1. Analogous Colors are colors that

are next to each other on the color
wheel
Van Gogh, The Iris, 1889
Analogous Colors
colors that are
neighbors
blue, blue-green
and green

2. Triadic Harmony is where three equally spaced colors on

the color wheel are used for example, Red, Blue, violet is a
triadic harmony color scheme.

3. Monochromatic is where one color is

used but in different values and intensity.

4. Warm colors are on one side of the color wheel and they
give the felling of warmth for example red, orange and
yellow are the color of fire and feel warm.

5. Cool colors are on the

other side of the color
wheel and they give the
feeling of coolness for
example blue, violet, are
the color of water, and
green are the color of cool
grass.

The elements of art:

3. Shape: When a line crosses

itself or intersects with other lines to
enclose a space it creates a shape.
Shape is two-dimensional it has heights
and width but no depth.
Categories of Shapes:

Geometric Shapes-Circles,
Squares, rectangles and triangles.
We see them in architecture and
manufactured items.

Organic Shapes-Leaf, seashells,

flowers. We see them in nature
and with characteristics that are
free flowing, informal and irregular.

The elements of art:

a. Positive Shapes-In a
drawing or painting positive
shapes are the solid forms in
a design such as a bowl of
fruit. In a sculpture it is the
solid form of the sculpture.

b. Negative ShapesIn a drawing it is the

space around the
positive shape or the
shape around the bowl
of fruit. In sculpture it
is the empty shape
around and between
the sculptures.

c. Static ShapeShapes that appears

stable and resting.

d. Dynamic Shape-Shapes

appears moving

that
and active.

The elements of art:

4. Value is the range of

lightness and darkness within

a picture.

The elements of art:

Categories of Values

Tint is adding white to color paint

to create lighter values such as
light blue or pink.
Shade is adding black to paint to
create dark values such as dark
blue or dark red.
High-Key is where the picture is
all light values.
Low-Key is where the picture is
all dark values.
Value Contrast is where light
values are placed next to dark
values to create contrast or strong
differences.

Principles of Artistic Composition

Composition is a process/ act of

composing or organizing the elements
of arts

Proportion
Unity/harmony
Balance
Rhythm
Emphasis

Principles of Artistic Composition

Proportion is the comparative

relationship of the parts of or
composition to each other and to the
whole

Principles of Artistic Composition

Principles of Artistic Composition

Unity/Harmony is oneness or
wholeness.

It is achieved by establishing a pleasing

relationship between the different
elements.
The various parts of a design will give an
appearance of belonging together.

Principles of Artistic Composition

Principles of Artistic Composition

Balance when the visual or actual

weights or masses of the art are
distributed in such a way that they
achieve harmony

Balance gives a feeling of stability and

rest.
The human body is well balanced that is
why a person can stand erect.

Principles of Artistic Composition

Balance can either be:

Formal called symmetrical balance.

This achieved by making both sides
exactly alike.
Informal or asymmetrical also called
as occult. It is more difficult to achieve,
however the result is more interesting.

Principles of Artistic Composition

Principles of Artistic Composition

Rhythm is the regular repetition of

the sensory impressions. A series of
units repeated one another produces
rhythmic movement.

Colors and lines help to produce a

rhythmic movement

Principles of Artistic Composition

Principles of Artistic Composition

Emphasis giving the proper

importance to the parts or to the
whole.

Can be secured through size and position

Colors create emphasis

Principles of Artistic Composition

Reyes, Ray Anthony A.

(BSN 4)
July 24, 2008.

Cercado, Geraldine P. (BSBiology)

May 6, 2009.