ART APPRECIATION

• Humanities


  Derived from the Latin word “humanus” which means human, cultured, and refined
• Characteristics of human

  • Rationality
  • Benevolence
  • Care
• Culture

  The disparity between man and animal, thus, to be cultured is to possess refinement in taste and manners including speech, knowledge, beliefs, arts, and technologies
• Cultured individuals show good tastes and manners indicative of good and proper education
• Art History


  Art is based on ideas and the expression of these ideas, its survival is dependent upon its ability to evolve and change with the times
• Humanism is associated with beliefs about freedom and that human beings are capable of making significant personal choices within the constraints imposed by (1) Heredity, (2) Personal History, and (3) Environment
• Principles of Humanities FundamentalHuman nature is inherently good

  • Individuals are free and are capable of making choices
  • Human potential for growth and development is virtually unlimited
  • Self-concept plays an important role in growth and development
  • Individuals have an urge for self-actualization
  • Reality is defined by each person
  • Individuals have responsibility to both themselves and to others
• Functions of Art

  • Human need for expression. Thoughts, emotions, imagination, dreams, and aspirations are expressed in art
  • Social need for display, celebration, and communication. Inner world, share and convey to others, others may know, empathize and realize that people are interconnected
  • Physical need for functional objects such as technology
• Philosophy is the discipline that attempts to explain almost all aspects of human existence. Aesthetics is the philosophical study of beauty and taste
• Plato: '“The physical world is a copy of a perfect, rational, external, and changeless original – Forms”'
• Plato: 'Art as imitation – art is a copy of a copy which leads people farther from the truth. Art is dangerous – art has the power to stir emotions so arts should not go uncensored'
• Plato: '“Art as imitation – art is a copy of a copy which leads people farther from the truth”'
• Plato: '“Art is dangerous – art has power to stir emotions so arts should not go uncensored”'
• Aristotle: '“Arts as imitation or representation of nature. Universal elements of beauty are manifested by order, symmetry, and definiteness”'
• Immanuel Kant: '“Beauty does not rest on properties of the objects or things but rather on the manner in which people respond to these objects – beauty is a matter of taste”'
• Subjective taste is emotions being aroused'
• Universal Taste is based on 'popular belief'
• Artist


  A person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. Often used in the visual arts and entertainment business
• Artisan

  A skilled craft worker who makes or creates things by hand, functional or decorative
• Art appreciation

  The knowledge and understanding of the universal and timeless qualities that identify all great art
• Art appreciation course


  Develops student's ability to appreciate, analyze, and critique works of art. Equips students with a broad knowledge of the practical, historical, philosophical, and social relevance of the arts
• It is a person's ability to reasoned out.

  Rationality
• It is natural disposition to be good

  Benevolence
• It is a human characteristic showing concern for others.

  Care
• One of the sub-types of 'Humanities'

  Art
• Thoughts, emotions, imaginations, dreams and aspirations are expressed in art.

  Human need for expression.
• One of the functions of Arts : Inner world, share and convey to others, others may know, empathize and realize that people are interconnected.

  Social need for display, celebration, and communication.
• One of the function of Arts: Example of this is using technology.

  Physical need for functional objects.
• These are the 3 freedom constraints.

  Heredity, Personal History and Environment.
• Subject (in art)


  The main character, object, or anything else that is presented as the focus in the work of art
• The subject can appear in the center of the piece, or in any other part of it, but it is always the most recognizable thing in the entire work of art, regardless of its size
• Subject (example)


  • In a photograph of a dog running on the beach, the dog would be the subject, because it is the most recognizable component in the picture
• Content (in art)


  The general meaning or intention of the piece, the way to manifest the message that the artist wants to say with their work
• Content involves the subject, the techniques used to make the piece, the colors used, and anything that was used by the artist to make a statement and give a message
• Content (example)


  • In the same example, the content could be the white sand, a warm light from the sun, etc.
• Sources of subject


  • Nature
  • People
  • Legends
  • Dreams and Fantasy
  • Mythology
  • Technology
• Sources of subject - Nature


  • The Mountains, Fernando Amorsolo (1951)
  • Sunset Over Bataan, Fernando Amorsolo (1952)

  
• Sources of subject - People

  • Maid of Bataan, Fernando Amorsolo (1942)
  • Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci (1503)
• Sources of subject - Legends

  • Daragang Magayon, Manuel Cadag (2014)
• Sources of subject - Dreams and fantasy


  • The Scream, Edvard Munch (1893)