ARTS, MAN, AND

SOCIETY
GROUPING THE ARTS

PERFORMING ARTS
-Includes all forms of art
that use the human body,
face, and presence as
media.
 DECORATIVE ARTS

-commonly deal with the creation of

ornamental and functional works using a
variety of materials such as ceramics,
wood, glass, metal, textile, and the like.
-the field includes the production of
ceramics, glassware, furniture and
furnishing and the conceptualization of
interior design, but not usually
architecture.
 AESTHETICS AND BEAUTY
 AESTHETICS
• originated from the Greeks and has something to do with the
appreciation of art and beauty.
 BEAUTY
• is the quality of things as perceived by the person judging the objects.
• determining whether something is beautiful depends on the faculty of
sight and person’s own sentiments for beauty which vary in every
individual.
• is acknowledge to be a perfection of the senses and faculties, to
perceive with exactness the most minute objects, and to let nothing
escape unnoticed and unobserved.
AESTHETICS BEAUTY

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 According to David Hume, the
standard of taste and beauty may
be gleaned from this phrase:

“strong sense, united to delicate

sentiment, improved by practice,
perfected by comparison, and cleared of
all prejudices.”
On the other hand, sentiments are
subjective, but may be standardized for
specific situations.
 TIPS ON DEVELOPING CREATIVE IDEAS AND
APPROACHES TO THE ARTS:
1. Use of method of analysis that works for a particular work.
2. Look at the component parts and how they work together.
3. Place the work in social, political, cultural context.
4. Discover the purpose or intention of a particular art.
5. Uncover how it was received by contemporaries.
6. Learn iconography (set of typical symbolic forms related to the theme or
subject of a work of art).
7. Investigate biographical remarks, which may include psychological
revelations.
ICONOGRAPHY
THE SCREAM BY EDVARD MUNCH
UNDERSTANDING THE HUMANITIES
AND THE ARTS
• It is extremely important for the student to have basic
knowledge of art appreciation.
1. ARTIST- a person engaged in one or more activities related to
creating art, practicing the arts, and/or demonstrating an art.
2. AFFECTIVE LEARNING- the effect and the acquisition of
behaviors involved in expressing feelings, attitudes,
appreciation, and values.
3. CREATIVITY- the act of a person who, through imagery makes
something new such as a product, a solution, or a work of art
that has some kind of value.
4. GUSTATORY ARTS- also called food decorating or food
plating, gustatory arts refer to the visual content and
aesthetic presentation of food.
5. INDEPENDENCE- the value of freedom and acting on
one’s own will and capacity. This is a quality espoused
by any practical course of study such as humanities.
6. INTERDEPENDENCE- the value of being mutually and
physically responsible for others, and sharing a common
set of principles with them (e.g., classmates, team
members, group mates).
7. MODERN TEACHER- describes the new breed of
unconventional, creative instructors and facilitators who
deviate from the norms of teaching based on books and
theories. He/She teaches restructured subjects that further
motivate students to study and excel in their curriculum’s
courses.
8. MULTIMEDIA- refers to today’s media using a
combination of different tools and forms which include
text or print, audio-visual presentation, animation,
documentary, the internet, photographs, and the like.
9. POPULAR ARTS- art forms that cater to the masses and are often
associated with pop culture. They encompass a wide perspective
of ideas and concepts, and their variations using current media
and information technology-based forms and styles suit popular
demand and trends.
10. PRACTICAL APPROACH- a method of teaching which instills
learning through action and participation. It involves
psychomotor movements and veers away from conventional
teaching methods that rely heavily on books and written accounts.
11. THEORIES- refer to the coherent group of general
propositions used as principles of explanation for a class of
phenomenon.