Protagoras - Potential for growth and development is

virtually unlimited.
- Man is the measure of all things.
- Self-concept plays an important role in
Humanities growth and development
- Have an urge for self-actualization
- Academic disciplines that study aspects - Reality is defined by each person
of human society and culture. - Responsibility to both themselves and
Humanus to others

- Human, cultured and refined Art

Vitruvian Man - Expression or application of human

creative skill and imagination
- Divine connection between human form - It is typically in a visual form of painting
and the universe. or sculpture – primarily appreciating its
Why Study Humanities? beauty.
- A diverse range of human activities
- Humans have the characteristics of o Classical Branches of Arts
rationality, benevolence and care, he is  Painting
cultured and refined as shown by good  Sculpture
tastes and manner indicative of good  Architecture
and proper education.  Broader
- Humanities contain the record of man’s Definition of
quest for answers. Arts: Music,
- It studies man and the manner in which Theater, Film,
he conducts himself form the time of Dance,
his existence to the present (Martin & Interactive
Jacobus, 2004) Media
- Composed of academic disciplines
- Devoted to understanding the different Aesthetics
phenomena within the human cultural - The nature of art and related concepts,
contexts such as creativity and interpretation, are
- Studies how people process and explored in a branch of philosophy.
document the human experience
through philosophy, religion, literature, Nature of Arts
art and history as their way of
- Aryan root “ar” means to join or put
understanding and recording the world.
together
- How the way of documenting
- “sars” or “artis” means everything that
individuals’ manner of expression forms
is artificially made or composed by man
a connection between and among
- Oldest and most important means of
humans of the past, present and future.
expression
Fundamental Principles of Humanities - Skillful arrangement or composition of
some common but significant qualities
- Inherently good of nature
- Capable of making choices
 - Art is subjective; it is the expression of Emmanuel Kant (1724-1804)
himself
- His main interest was not in art but in
- Heightened expression of human
beauty that which is a matter of taste.
dignity and weakness
- Beauty is a question of form and color is
- Provides enjoyment and stimulation
‘not important’
Functions of Art - “Taste can be both Subjective and
Universal”
- Express freely oneself;
- Beauty results in pleasure if there is
- Socially express his need for display,
order, harmony and symmetry
celebration and communication; and
- Physically express the need for utility of Artists
functional objects
- A person engaged in an activity related
Functional Arts forms to creating art, practicing the arts, or
demonstrating an art.
- The need for life to be better
Artisan
Non-functional Art Forms
- Creates things by hand that may be
- The need to express aesthetics and
functional or strictly decorative (e.g.
beauty
furniture, decorative arts, sculptures).
Philosophy
Architecture
- A field of discipline that has attempted
- Considered as the most functional of all
to explain almost all aspects of human
the forms of art.
existence.
Sculpture
Philosophy of Art
- An artistic form in which hard or plastic
- Study of the nature of art, including
materials are worked into three-
concepts such as interpretation,
dimensional art objects.
representation and expression, and
form. Painting

Plato (428-347 BC) - Application of pigments

- The term “painting” describes both the
- Art is imitation
act and the result
- Art is Dangerous
Dance
Aristotle (384-322 BC)
- Expressing an idea or emotion, releasing
- Student of Plato
energy, or simply taking delight in the
- Distinguished “what is good and what is
movement itself.
beautiful”
- Choreographed skillfully
- Order, symmetry, and definiteness
- Poetics – beauty is affected by SIZE.
Music People

- An art form, and cultural activity, whose - Most “interesting” subject of an

medium is “sound”. artwork
- It includes elements such as “pitch”, - It could be “real” or “imagined”.
“rhythm”, “dynamics”, “timbre and
History
texture”.
- Depiction of factual events that
Theatre or Theater
occurred in the past.
- Collaborative form of performing art - To remember important events long ago
that uses live performers. or to teach the learners about the
- Presenting the experience of a real or lessons of the past.
imagined event.
Legends
Literature
- Present to viewers of the art something
- Body or collection of written work tangible even when ‘unverified’.

Subject Religion

- Focus object in the work of art - Played an enormous role in inspiring

- Overall meaning of the piece works of visual arts, music, architecture
and literature through ages.
Content
Mythology
- Message given by the piece of art.
- The techniques used, colors, and - Stories of gods and goddesses of
anything that was used by the artist to ancient Greece, Rome, Norse and
make a statement and give a message. Egyptians.

Representational or Objective Art Dreams and Fantasy

- Aims to represent actual objects or - Wonder of the unconscious is what

subjects from “reality”. being expressed by artworks.

Non-representational or Non-objective Technology

- Highly subjective and can be difficult to - Modernity of the present is also an

define, abstract; inspiration used by artists as a source of
- Does not represent reality. subject.

Sources of Subject Ways of Presenting the Subject

Nature Naturalism

- Phenomena of the physical world and - Refers to the depiction of realistic

also to life in general. objects in a natural setting.
- Most common source - A true-to-life style
Realism Futurism

- Artists attempt to represent subject - Futurist painters wanted their works to

matter ‘truthfully without artificiality’. capture the mechanical energy of
modern life.
Abstraction
Surrealism
- Capability of the artist to use their
imagination to look beyond what we - Emphasizes the activities of the
can physically see and translate subconscious state of the mind.
intangible emotions onto the canvas. - Surrealism means “super realism”.

Forms of Abstraction Expressionism

Distortion - Features artworks describing pathos,

morbidity, chaos or even defeat.
- Alternation of the original shape.
- Expressionist believe that man need a
Elongation “spiritual rebirth for him to correct
defects that ruin the society”.
- The subject is lengthened or protracted.

Mangling

- Shows subject as cut, lacerated,

mutilated or hacked with repeated
blows.

Cubism

- The use of a cone, cylinder, sphere,

triangle, square, cube and circle in a
place of real pictorial elements.

Symbolism

- Visible sign of an idea to convey to the

viewers.

Fauvism

- Characterized by strong colors and

fierce brushwork.

Dadaism

- Playful and experimental.

- “Dada” means a “Hobby Horse”.