Art

• Humanities


  A group of cultural subjects presenting the total experiences of man as expressed in his arts such as painting, sculpture, literature, dance, music, cinema, etc. using a particular material called medium
• Examples of humanities


  • Painting
  • Architecture
  • Sculpture
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Cinema
• Painting


  Creating meaningful images on flat surfaces using colored pigments (solid material) mixed with vehicle (liquid material) using single or mixed materials
• Architecture


  Designing and constructing buildings for a particular function
• Sculpture


  Forming objects out of tangible materials such as stone, metal, wood, etc.
• Literature


  Recording experiences in life using words in any language
• Music


  Using sound of varying pitch to compose songs
• Dance


  Communicating ideas using parts or the whole body
• Cinema


  Producing moving three-dimensional images on the screen involving complex technical process and acting crew completely interchangeable, not technical controlled by a director
• The humanities or the arts are records of man's experiences, his values, his sentiments, his ideals, and his goals
• The humanities or the arts are the channeling of man's feelings and thoughts using a concrete medium such as stone, words, parts of the body, sound, etc.
• Exposure to the arts provides enjoyment when a person understands and appreciates what is being communicated specially if that person is much familiar with the idea showcased by the artist
• If a man is to live like a human being, his heart and mind must be nourished, and the best spiritual nourishment comes from the humanities
• The humanities course is where the creative expressions of the heart and mind of man are analyzed and given value in order for him to understand what it means to be human
• Exposure to the humanities makes the person eventually appreciate humanity and the arts as record or man's experiences and how he reacts to these experiences
• Man has always been questioning the meaning of his existence
• Sciences


  Focused on the outside or external world of man which can be experimented, measured, and manipulated
• Humanities


  Deal with man's inner or internal world that cannot exactly be observed, dissected, and experimented
• The approach in studying the humanities is subjective since it is more concerned with perceptions, feelings, and intuitions while that of the sciences is concrete and objective
• Science educates our minds and hearts while the humanities educate our feelings and sensitivities so that we may use our minds without forgetting that we are human beings
• Both the sciences and the humanities are much essential for the development of the complete man as he takes his position in this puzzling and changing world
• Art


  Deals with areas of creativity that seek to communicate beauty specially derived through the senses
• Form


  The visible component of art
• Content


  The invisible component of art
• A work of art is a record of a particular artist's view of the time and place where it was produced
• A work of art is a concrete embodiment of an idea or feeling resulting from an unusual experience using a sensuous medium such as sound, stone, words, etc.
• A work of art is a channel of a personal interpretation of life and mysterious world
• Definitions of art


  • Art is that which brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world - Plato
  • Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of mind - one which demands for its own satisfaction and fulfilling, a shaping of matter to new and more significant form - John Dewey
  • Art is a product of man's need to express himself - F. Zulueta
• Major arts


  • Music
  • Sculpture
  • Painting
  • Literature
  • Architecture
• Minor arts


  • Industrial arts
  • Decorative arts
  • Graphic arts
  • Popular arts
• Arts are valuable in people's lives because of their practical purposes and as a source of aesthetic experience which may transform their lives and make them highly cultured and noble human beings
• Art is made by man
• Art is not nature
• Art creation and appreciation involve experience
• Art creation process


  1. Something abstract or invisible such as thoughts and feelings resulting from an extraordinary or unusual experience

  2. The artist uses medium to make the invisible concrete or visible as he applies a personal technique of manipulating the medium

  3. Form results from the creative process
• Global artists are more conscious of their social and moral obligations. Their arts are more functional to serve the ever-changing needs of the society
• A multi-cultural society understands that the compatibility of artistic, cultural, social and even economic goals will allow people to survive and grow creatively
• Artist


  A gifted individual who exhibits an exceptional skill in any of the arts. His task is to preserve thoughts and feelings through his art and open people's eyes and ears to new visions of life so that they could see and hear nature clearly and distinctly
• Types of artists


  • Creators (painters, sculptors, architects)
  • Performers (dancers, actors, singers)
• Developing appreciation of an artwork

  1. Discovering the space or time used by the artist

  2. Considering the medium or materials used

  3. Deciding what the subject is and how it is presented

  4. Identifying the elements and how they are organized

  5. Evaluating the artist's sincerity, universality, and craftsmanship