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Humanities Art Description and Appreciation
Humanities Art Description and Appreciation
ART DESCRIPTION
and
APPRECIATION
• It is an 3-unit course where a student will
learn how to value self-expression through
art. This course will also guide the learners in
the world of painting, music, theater, dance,
literature, architecture, and interior design.
This course will enlighten the students that art
is not only for the chosen few but also for
every individual, who wants to be well-
rounded, matured and refined.
HUMANITIES
• 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.
• It comes from the word “humanus” meaning
humane, cultured and refined. To be human is to posses
the qualities and attributes of man and have the feelings
and dispositions proper to man. It is also a study of the
different cultural aspects analyzes man’s frailties in life and
how this can be improved.
• Culture basically includes speech, knowledge,
beliefs, arts, technologies, ideals and rules. To be cultured
means to be refined and well-versed in the arts, philosophy
and languages. It is also a means of misunderstanding man
and his affairs.
ARTS
• Art is very vital in our daily existence. The arts the
concrete evidences in the study of humanities. The
body of arts consists of ideas, beliefs and values of the
past, present and even of the future. It comes from the
Aryan root word, “AR” which means to join or to put
together. The Latin terms “ARS” means everything that
is artificially made or composed by man. According to
Leo Tolstoy, “art is a means of union among all men, a
means of communication.” To Aristotle, “art has no
other end but itself. All arts are patterned on nature. It
is also the right reason for making things.”
Scope of Humanities
• The humanities is a many-faceted subject. It
consists of the visual arts, literature, drama
and theater, music and dance.
1. The visual arts are those we perceive with our eyes.
They may be classified into two groups:
MARBLE
IVORY WOOD
Kinds of Sculpture
• Relief – these are the sculptures which are identifies as embossed sculptures in which images are
set against a flat background.
• Alto relievo (Italian for “high relief”) the figures are sculptured partly or wholly in the round, that
is, they project entirely, or almost entirely, from the surfacr of the block in which they are cut.
• Basso-relievo(Italian for low-relief; French, bas-relief) is a form of surface-ornamentation in which
the projection is very slight.
• Free-Standing – this is the kind of sculpture in the round such as statues and monuments which
are either scaled or done in life size.
• Kinetic or Mobile Sculptures – these are identified as moving sculptures which in some cases are
suspended in air to move.
• Processes in Sculpture
• Molding – this is the additive wherein the building up of form is done to complete the artwork.
• Carving – this is the subtracting method wherein the removal of the unnecessary portions of the
material used is done.
• Fabrication – this is the putting-together-process wherein welding is an example.
• Casting – this is setting up the negative mold in order to produce the positive mold.
Historical Background of Sculpture
Pre-Historic Sculpture
• the primitive people produced the so called
fertility statues. It has been described as
giving emphasis on the female sexual
attributes. It emphasizes the women’s wide
hips and opulent breasts. Primitive men made
this for fear of extinction and it will remind
them to go on and on to produce more
offspring.
Egyptian Sculpture
• the sphinx is the most popular piece in Egypt.
It is a huge sculpture which is described as the
human head with a body of a croaching lion.
The head of the Sphinx is symbolic of the
pharaoh, the mighty reler of Egypt, and the
body of the croaching lion is symbolic of the
mighty country Egypt. Therefore it symbolizes
the mighty strengths and protective power of
Egypt.
Greek Sculpture
• the Golden Age of Athens was the complete
fulfillment of the term classic for it was the
culmination of the ideals of the time and of the
ancient world as well. It falls into four classes:
• Sculptures created without regard to their
ultimate location or method of display. Free
standing.
• Statues identified as kore otherwise known as
female standing sculpture.
• Statues identified as kouros otherwise known a
male standing sculpture.
• Sculptures designed as ornaments for specific
positions.
Roman Sculpture
• Given the Etruscan descendant of
naturalism, Roman portraiture set an early
standard of excellence that became the model
for the whole Western tradition. It falls into
two classes: portraits and historical relief.
Both reflect the highly developed Roman taste
of realism.
Baroque Sculpture
• A restless, dynamic style with its
diagonals and floating curved lines, its striking
chiaroscuro, and it’s sensuous textural effects.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was the Baroque artist
par excellence. His known sculpture is the
“Ecstasy of St. Therese.”
Ecstasy of St. Therese
Byzantine Sculpture
• Sculptured relief during the Byzantine
was used to adorn magnificent palaces and
churches. It is the richest expression of
Christian dogma.
Renaissance Sculpture
• It showed some traces of classical influence in
the pulpits of the Cathedrals of Pisa and
Sienna. The great master of this period is
Michaelangelo. His masterpiece was the
“Pieta” today a treasure of St. Peter’s in
Rome.
Pieta
ARCHITECTURE
The art and science of building and erecting
buildings.
• History of Architecture
When did man start building houses?
From caves, to branches, to wigwarms,
huts, concrete houses, etc.
The Stonehenge
• Stonehenge, a circular arrangement of large
stones located near Salisbury, England, was a
ritual monument for prehistoric peoples. It
was built between 3000 and 1000 BC. Little is
known about Stonehenge’s function, but
many scholars believe that its structure
allowed its builders to predict solstices,
equinoxes, eclipses, and other events of the
solar calendar.
The Roman Colosseum
• Colosseum, largest and most famous ancient Roman
amphitheater. The structure was originally called
Flavian Amphitheater. Modifications and restorations
necessitated by fires and earthquakes were made to
the Colosseum until the early 6th century. In succeeding
centuries the Colosseum suffered from neglect,
earthquakes, and damage done by builders. Still,
slightly more than one-third of the outer arcades,
comprising a number of the arches on the north side,
remain standing. The seating capacity of the
Colosseum is believed by modern scholars to have
been about 50,000.
The Pyramids of Giza
• The ancient Egyptians built more than 90 royal pyramids, from
about 2630BC until about 1530 BC. During that time, the pyramid
form evolved from a series of stepped terraces that resembled the
layers of a wedding cake to the better known, sloped pyramidal
shaped. The first pyramid, the Step Pyramid at Saqqarah, was
constructed during the reign of King Djoser (2630 BC-2611 BC). The
largest pyramid is the one built for King Khufu, at the site of
modern Giza. Khufu’s pyramid, known as the Great Pyramid, is the
only one of the Seven Wonders of the World that still survives.
• Egyptian pyramids served as tombs for king and queens, but they
were also places of ongoing religious activity. After a ruler died, his
or her body was carefully treated and wrapped to preserve it as a
mummy. According to ancient Egyptian belief, the pyramid, where
the mummy was placed, provided a place for the monarch to pass
into the afterlife. Encarta
The Parthenon