Arts 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 and these include 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 (1) Heredity, (2) Personal History, and (3) 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
• Plato: '"The physical world is a copy of a perfect, rational, external, and changeless original – Forms."'
• Plato's view of 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
• 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."'
• Immanuel Kant's view of art

  • 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
• Artisan


  A skilled craft worker who makes or creates things by hand that may be functional or strictly decorative
• 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


  • A dog running on the beach
• Content (in art)


  The general meaning or intention of the piece
• Content


  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

  • The white sand, a warm light from the sun
• 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


  • A dog running on the beach
• Content (in art)


  The general meaning or intention of the piece
• Content

  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
• SOURCES OF SUBJECT 1. Nature 2. People 3. Legends 4. Dreams and Fantasy 5. Mythology 6. Technology
• Realism


  Portrays people and things as they are seen by the eyes, without idealization, and without distortion. An artwork is realistic when the presentation and organization of details in the work seem so natural. Realism is the common way of presenting the art subject.
• Abstraction


  "Abstract" means "to move away or separate". Abstract art move from showing things as they really are. Here, the artist becomes so engrossed in one phase of a scene or situation that he fails to show the subject as an objective reality. Sometimes it does not reference to reality.
• Cubism


  A style of painting introduced by Pablo Picasso and Braque in which objects are broken up into fragments and patterns of geometric structures and are depicted on the flat canvas as if from several points of view.
• Expressionism


  The emotional expressions in expressionistic paintings could be described as involving pathos, morbidity, violence, or chaos, and tragedy. It sometimes portrays defeat. In expressionistic art, form and color, are freely distorted by the artist in order to achieve emotional impact.
• Surrealism

  Uses art as a weapon against the evils and restrictions that surrealists see in society. Surrealism in an invented word which means super realism. This movement was influenced by Freudian psychology which emphasizes the activities of the subconscious state of mind. It intends to express the true function of thought in the absence of all control exerted by reason and outside all aesthetic and moral preoccupation. It portrays dream, imagery, fantasies, and hallucinations.
• Fauvism


  The fauves did not attempt to express ethical, philosophical, or psychological themes. Most of these artists tried to paint pictures of comfort, joy, and pleasure. They used extremely bright colors. The subject matter centered on traditional nudes, still life, and landscapes.
• Futurism


  Is painters wanted their works to capture the speed of force and modern industrial society. Their paintings glorified the mechanical energy of modern life. Subjects included automobiles, motorcycles, and railroads trains subject that express the explosive vitality of a modern city.