Introduction to Art App (Humanities 031)

• Humanus


  Human ,refined, culture
• All historical Periods of humanities:

  Medieval, Renaissance, 19th century, Today
• Medieval Humanities (What period)?

  12th and 13th century
• Medieval Humanities is centered on?

  Theology and Philosophy

  and its interest was in the concept of eternal
• Renaissance Humanities (Period)?


  14th - 18th century
• Renaissance Humanties focused on?

  intrinsic value of man's life on earth

  and focused on disciplines that would make man's life richer and more meaningful (languages and literature, fine arts, music, philosophy)
• 19th Century


  Science ruled humanities took a back stage
• Today humanities include/emphasize what?

  Modern literature, critical and historical study of fine arts and music with an emphasis on serving man as an individual rather than as a social being.
• Today humanities include subjectss like

  Philosophy, ethics, jurisprudence, language, linguistics and literary studies, art and art history

  
  

  Study of HUman culture and the human condition

  
  

  Thoughts beliefs, values and feelings
• Art


  related to the larin word 'ars' meaning ability or skill
• The book of the dead


  contained spells and prayers. Depicts the wieighing of Hunefer's heart against Maat's feather before the deceased can be presented to Osiris, god of the underworld

  
• Barbara Kruger's Your gaze hits the side of my face


  is a feminist artist who explores the "male gaze" (1981). Her goal was to subvert the typical use of imagery in advertising with her huge word and photograph collages

  
• The Holy Virgin Mary


  Madde by Chris Ofili (1996)

  
• The Scream


  Edvard Munch, 1893

  
• Virgin of Compassion


  Late 11th or 12th century by Vladimir Virgin

  
• What is Art


  Any human activity that expresses aesthetic ideas by the use of skill and imagination in the creation of objects, environment and experiences which can be shared by others to help create an aesthetic exprerience in the viewer.
• Art is made through what qualities?

  skills + imagination
• Einstein


  Imagination is more important than knowledge for knowledge is limited to all we know know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there is ever will be to know and understand.
• Protagoras


  Man is the measure of all things
• What did protagoras mean by man is the measure of all things


  It means that man is used as the foundation of value rather than any god or moral law. It implies that the humanites emphasizes the dignity and worthiness of man and recognizes creative expressions . SO ART as a creative expression of man may be regarded as a measuring stick in looking into a certain period/era or even a specific country or group of people.

  Simple:A statement by the ancient Greek philosopher Protagoras. It is usually interpreted to mean that the individual human being, rather than a god or an unchanging moral law, is the ultimate source of value.
• What one man holds to be true may?

  be false to another, depending on the environment, culture and other aspects that influence him.
• Matters of taste are not matters of disputeMatters of taste are not matters of dispute

  Degustibus non disputandum est
• Assumptions about art


  1. Art is universal

  2. Art is not nature

  3. Art is an experience
• Art is universal since?


  Art has been created by various people at all places and time

  
  

  Art exists because it is liked and enjoyed
• Venus of Willendorf


  This Old Stone Age statuette exhibits exaggerated female features.

  
• What do you mean by art is not nature?


  It means art is man-made

  Art is man's expression of his reception of nature, his own interpration of what he sees around him.
• Mont Sainte-Victoire


  by Paul Cézanne

  
• What do you mean by Art involves experience

  In order to know what an artwork is, we have to sense it, see or hear it, see and hear it. Emotion must be involved in the experience of art. Therfore art involves experience from both aritst and audience.
• Types of Art


  Visual

  Performing

  Literary

  Popular Arts

  Gustatory art of the cuisine

  Decorative Arts
• what is visual art?

  Visual art is an art perceived by the sense of light.

  includes graphic arts and plastic arts.
• What is graphics art?

  it invovles 2-dimensional surfaces
• examples of graphic art:


  Painting, drawing, photographu and other products of printing industry such as books, sign, posters, ads.
• What is plastic art

  derived from the greek word "plastikos" meaning to form or to mold

  involves 3 dimensional forms
• Examples of plastic art


  Architectural design,

  other structures such as landscapes, interior design, sculpture, crafts like jewelry, weaving, ceramics.

  Industrial arts like car design, appliances, clothing or stage production.
• What is performing arts

  Involves theater, play, dance, and music

  involves movement, speaking, and gestures
• What are literary arts?


  Includes short stories, novels poetry, and drama

  usually written fforms of art in line with literature
• What are popular arts

  Has a main theme that is gay and lively

  includes film, newspaper, magazine, radio, and television
• What are gustatory art of the cuisine


  showcases skills in food preparation such as plating foods etc.
• Decorative art


  Visual objects produced for beautifying houses, offices

  AKA applied arts

  Ex: bowls, furnitures, chandeliers
• Why study art?

  Because ultimately it, feeds your SOUL and contirbutes to your becoming "human".