MIDTERMS

• Humanities


  Refined, cultured and human
• Refined


  • Proper etiquette and decorum, being civilized, and knowing how to socialize properly
• Cultured


  • Adaptation to environment (social interaction, norms)
• Human


  • Having nature being a human
• Aspects of human nature

  • Rational Being (with Intellect)
  • Emotional Being (with Emotion - Capacity to Love)
  • Spiritual Being (with Body and Soul)
  • Social /Relational Being
  • Freewill
• Rational Being


  Reasonable or logical, doing things based on logic rather than impulse or whimsy
• Emotional Being


  People who are emotionally healthy are in control of their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
• Spiritual Being


  Aware that our existence is not only limited in this temporal world, believing in life after death
• Social /Relational Being


  Having a deep need for "real" social connections, with supportive relationships being good for us
• Freewill


  The power or ability of the human mind to choose a course of action or make a decision
• Freedom


  To do only what is good and what is right, with responsible actions perpetuating freedom
• Through his bare hands, man constructed infrastructures that tended to his needs, like his house. He sharpened swords and spears. He employed fire in order to melt gold. The initial meaning of the word "art" has something to do with all these craft.
• The humanities constitute one of the oldest and most important means of expression developed by man (Dudley et al., 1960). Human history has witnessed how man evolved not just physically but also culturally, from cave painters to men of exquisite paintbrush users of the present.
• Even if one goes back to the time before written records of man's civilization has appeared, he can find cases of man's attempts of not just crafting tools to live and survive, but also expressing his feelings and thoughts.
• The humanities stand tall in bearing witness to this magnificent phenomenon of man expressing himself and humanizing himself.
• Any human person is tasked to participate, if not, totally partake in this long tradition of humanizing himself.
• Humanities and the art have always been part of man's growth and civilization. Man has always tried to express his innermost thought and feelings about reality through creating art.
• Aims of the humanities

  • During the Medieval Age - The humanities dealt with the metaphysics of the religious philosopher
  • During Renaissance Period - To make man richer because during that time only the rich people can make art like paintings, sculpture etc.
  • During the 19th and 20th Century - To appreciate and understand the importance of human beings, his ideas and aspirations
• Other related fields in humanities

  • Anthropology
  • Sociology
  • Philosophy
  • Religion
  • History
  • Literature
• Anthropology


  The study of human societies and cultures and their development; the study of human biological and physiological characteristics and their evolution
• Sociology


  The study of the development, structure, and function of human society
• Philosophy


  The study of general and fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and beauty
• Religion


  The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods
• History


  The study of past events, particularly in human affairs. The whole series of past events connected with someone or something
• Literature


  Most generically, it is anybody of written works. More restrictively, literature refers to writing considered to be an art form or any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary usage
• Arts are indescribable to define and difficult to gather into a conceptual net, but we would probably agree that the arts enhance daily experiences. Art is all around us, being universal as it can be found in all cultures.
• Art has a particular importance in our lives. All the art that we receive through our senses have a purpose, as well as expression; they occupy some place in our judgment.
• These days, art plays a vital part in developing the intellect of the younger generation to build up a positive character and appreciate natural aesthetics. An artistically tending students has a constructive turn of mind and artistic ways in every work he or she performs. Above all, such a student steadily develops unbiased, responsive and inventive mind full of creativity and dormant talent.
• In general, there is no debate in the belief that the arts have been more important to our society and should be fully integrated into our lives, our community and education as a whole.
• Importance of art


  • It driven our existence
  • It satisfies the needs for personal expression
  • It develops our skills to express ourselves
  • It challenges us to see things differently
  • It unleashes our hidden desires and passion
  • It can change our ways in life
  • It lets us see the truth that we might understand before
  • It gives pleasure, satisfaction, and gratification
• Art


  The human capacity to make things of beauty and things that stir us; it is creativity. Art encompasses acts, such as drawing, painting, sculpting, designing buildings, singing, dancing, and using the camera to create images or memorable works. Art is the completed work - an etching, a sculpture, a structure, a musical composition, choreography, or a tapestry.
• Definitions of art by known personalities

  • According to Plato, "Art is that which brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world."
  • For John Dewey, "Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of mind-one that demands for its own satisfaction and fulfilling, a shaping of matter to new and more significant form."
  • For Oscar Wilde, "Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known."
  • For Elbert Hubbard, "Art is not a thing- it is a way."
• Common essentials of art

  • Art has to be man-made
  • Art must be creative, not imitative
  • Art must benefit and satisfy man
  • Art is expressed through a certain medium or material by which the artist communicates himself to his audience
• It is in the study of the humanities where appreciation of the art is given emphasis. Artist convey their thoughts, beliefs, value, feelings, and relations through the various fields of art - gustatory, decorative, and performing. The humanities and art appreciation offer the basic knowledge each student needs, be it an academic requirement or merely an experience in life.
• Artists convey their thoughts, beliefs, values, feelings, and relations through the various fields of art, which can be visual, popular, literary, gustatory, decorative, and performing. Creativity is an artist trait developed in the course of one's life to solve problems or express his feelings.
• Creativity is an artist trait developed the course of one's life to solve problems or express his feelings.
• The method of creativeness is composed of the artist, being the prime mover, his thoughts, communicated through the performer, and the audience as his judge. Each participates dynamically in the artistic process.
• Assumptions of art


  • Art is Universal
  • Art is Not Nature
  • Art Involves Experience
• Art is Universal


  Art is everywhere; wherever men have lived together, art has sprung up among them as a language charged with feelings and significance. Art has no limit, and it rises above cultures, races, and civilization. It is timeless because it goes beyond the time of our existence.
• Art is Not Nature


  Art is man-made - it is a creation of man utilizing his thoughtful skill and artistry, which undergoes process and planning. Art is artificial - because it is just an imitation or even an appropriation of reality and nature. Art that is created by God is divine, and art that is created by man is superficial or temporary. Art can never be natural - because it is momentary in the constant transformation of change; it does not change by itself unless manipulated by its creator, which is man.