ART AP REVIEWER 1

• 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, to be cultured is to possess refinement in taste and manners including speech, knowledge, beliefs, arts, and technologies
• Shows good tastes and manners indicative of good and proper education
• Art


  Based on ideas and the expression of these ideas, its survival is dependent upon its ability to evolve, hence, to change with the times
• Humanism


  • Associated with beliefs about freedom and that human being are capable of making significant personal choices within the constraints imposed by Heredity, Personal History, and Environment
• Principles of Humanities


  • Human 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
  • Social need for display, celebration, and communication
  • Physical need for functional objects
• Philosophy


  The discipline that attempts to explain almost all aspects of human existence
• Aesthetics


  The philosophical study of beauty and taste
• The physical world is a copy of a perfect, rational, external, and changeless original – Forms
• Plato's views on art


  • Art as imitation – art is a copy of a copy which leads people farther from the truth
  • Art is dangerous – art has power to stir emotions so arts should not go uncensored
• Arts as imitation or representation of nature. Universal elements of beauty are manifested by order, symmetry, and definiteness
• Immanuel Kant's views on art

  • 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 – emotions being aroused
  • Universal taste
• Artist


  A person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only. The term is often used in the entertainment business, especially in a business context, for musicians and other performers (less often for actors)
• Artisan


  A skilled craft worker who makes or creates things by hand that may be functional or strictly decorative, for example furniture, decorative arts, sculptures, clothing, jewelry, food items, household items and tools or even mechanisms
• Art appreciation


  The knowledge and understanding of the universal and timeless qualities that identify all great art. The more you appreciate and understand the art of different eras, movements, styles and techniques, the better you can develop, evaluate and improve your own artwork
• This course develops student's ability to appreciate, analyze, and critique works of art. It equips students with a broad knowledge of the practical, historical, philosophical, and social relevance of the arts in order to hone student's ability to articulate their understanding of the arts