week 2

• Humanities are branches of knowledge concerning human beings and culture, involving analytic and critical methods of inquiry derived from an appreciation of human values and the unique ability of the human spirit to express itself
• Art is a skill acquired by experience, study, or observation, involving the conscious use of skill and creative imagination, especially in the production of aesthetic objects, and produced as an artistic effort or for decorative purposes
• In Filipino, art is known as "sining" with definitions including quality, production, or expression of anything beautiful, attractive, and with greater value than usual according to aesthetic principles
• Assumptions about art:

  • Art is a form of creation
  • Art is subjective
  • Art conveys reality
• Art is a form of creation where the enhancement of beauty and artistry involves bringing about a new combination of elements in the medium, distinct from nature
• Art being subjective is exemplified by the saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," indicating that opinions on attractiveness vary among individuals
• Art involves experience and expression, conveying reality through artistic expression and experience of the artist in creating it, and the viewer in interpreting it
• Maslow associates creativity with self-actualization, where creativity is seen as a facet of fulfilling one's talents and potentialities, not solely based on productive achievement
• Maslow defines creativity in characterological terms, linking psychological health to usual creativity, characterized by cheerfulness and openness to new experiences
• John Dewey's "Art As Experience" presents aesthetic experience as integral to the organic completion of human nature, emphasizing the importance of art in understanding the human condition