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Chapter 1 Humanities and Art Appreciation An Introduction

The document provides an overview of humanities and art appreciation. It discusses the meaning and importance of humanities, describing art appreciation, the creation of arts, and the functions and purposes of art. It also classifies the different types of arts, including visual arts like painting, sculpture, architecture, drawing, and photography, as well as performing arts like theatre and music. The overall document serves to introduce and explain the fields of humanities and art appreciation through analyzing their definitions, concepts, and categories.
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Chapter 1 Humanities and Art Appreciation An Introduction

The document provides an overview of humanities and art appreciation. It discusses the meaning and importance of humanities, describing art appreciation, the creation of arts, and the functions and purposes of art. It also classifies the different types of arts, including visual arts like painting, sculpture, architecture, drawing, and photography, as well as performing arts like theatre and music. The overall document serves to introduce and explain the fields of humanities and art appreciation through analyzing their definitions, concepts, and categories.
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Chapter 1

Humanities and Art Appreciation: An Introduction

“Appreciation of works of art requires organized effort and


systematic study”

Dr. Arbert C. Barnes

Meaning and Importance of Humanities

Etymologically, the term “Humanities” is from the Latin word


humanus which means educated. It refers to the learning of arts
such as architecture, dance, literature, music, painting, theatre,
and sculpture (Sanches, 2011).

They are branches of knowledge that focus on the human


opinions, and relationships (Machlis, 2003).

As a branch of learning, the artwork is considered as the material


object while its creativity and appreciation is the formal object
(Menoy, 2009& Marcos, et al., 2010).

Likewise, Humanities is more concerned with how a person


expresses his/her feelings. These feelings can be in facial
manifestations or body movements.

As a branch of knowledge, Humanities explores human conditions


through analytical, critical, or theoretical methods. These
methods are in the form of ideas and words that help makes our
life more meaningful.

Moreover, Humanities can also be the study of how an individual


documented and processed his/her experiences particularly in
connecting to others

Humanities help the students to connect with the community


through art exposure like museum outings, concerts, theatre
performances, etc. (Marcos, 2010).
Description of Art Appreciation

Art Appreciation is a way to motivate ideas and allows


individuals to illustrate their feelings when they viewed an
artwork.

It helps develops critical and innovative skills in thinking and


teaches essential qualities in listening, observing, and responding
to multiple viewpoints.

It also requires an ability to differentiate what is apparent and


what is not (Gargaro & Jilg, 2016 Sanger, 2012).

The Creation of Arts

The word “art” is from a Latin arti, which means craftsmanship,


inventiveness, mastery of form, and skill. It includes literature,
music, paintings, photography, sculpture, etc.

It usually refers to the so-called “fine arts” (e.g., graphics,


plastic, and building) and to the so-called “minor arts”
(everyday, useful, applied, and decorative arts). It is the process
of using our senses and emotions in making creative activities
(Marcos, 2010).

It is a human capability to make things beautiful (e.g., buildings,


illustration, designing, painting, sculpture, and Photography)
through the production of his/her imagination depending on the
preparation, theme, medium, and values used.

Significantly, the word artist comes from the French word artiste
and the Spanish artist, which means “performer.”

It is someone who creates art that is merely trades and


professions by which different people make their livings (Goines,
2004).
a. The creation of ideas. Artists are usually impressionable
persons. They used their experiences as their basis in the making of
dance, pictures, a poem, a play, or a song. For example, a
composer may write a song on the developing romance between a
man and a woman, or on the pains of a broken-hearted.

b. The Creations of the Materials. The artist uses different


materials or mediums to give form to an idea. For example, a
painter uses pigments; a sculptor uses wood, metal, or stone; an
author uses words, and a composer uses musical sounds to
determine the notes.

c. The Creations of Forms. There are diverse forms used by artists


in expressing their ideas. It is a medium of artistic expression
recognized as fine art. to explain the physical nature of the
artwork like in metal sculpture, oil paintings, etc.
Functions of Arts

1. Individual Function- The artists perform arts because of their


passion for their respective art forms. A singer presents a concert
for free because of his advocacy and his love of singing.

2. Social Function- Man associates with others through his art


performance that arouses social consciousness. Examples of this
association are choral singing, group dancing, public art exhibits,
and other practices.

3. Economic Functions- Arts are emerging as a potent force in the


economic life of people who assume an essential role as a direct
and indirect contributor to state economies.

4. Political Functions- Art provides a forum for ideas that will lead
to employment, prestige, status, and power. During the election
period, for example, the candidates created their artwork (poster).

5. Historical Functions- Art is an essential technique for


information to be recorded and preserved. It serves to document or
reconstruct historical figures and events. Most arts that are in
Museums, for example, are filled with amazing stories about the
world's most excellent and most creative people who brought us
the treasures.

6. Cultural Functions- Art is an articulation and transmission of


new information and values. For example, when you think of
Manila, you probably think of Fort Santiago, Luneta Park, and its
world-renowned churches, or the famous Intramuros.

7. Physical Functions- Buildings are artistically designed and


constructed to protect their occupants and make their life inside
more meaningful. Architects, Industrial and Graphic Designers, and
Interior Decorators share responsibility for building environments
that balance forms and functions.

8. Aesthetic Functions- Any artwork means beauty. It is a visual


spice for gracefully adorned interiors and can bring out the most
elegant features of different décor elements. It reasonably
reproduced visual images which communicate through fantastic
persuasions and meaningful words.
Purpose of Art

1. Create Beauty- Art is an expression of our thoughts,


emotions, and intuitions. It is the communication of concepts
that cannot be faithfully portrayed by words alone. The Artist
has considered nature as the standard of beauty.

2. Provide Decoration- Artworks are used to create a pleasing


environment. It is intended to beautify things to please and
amuse the viewers through its colors and patterns.

3. Reveal Truth- Artwork helped to pursue truth and attempted


to reveal how the world works. It is a kind of language that
allows artists to send a message to the souls of the recipients
that help change their attitudes, sensibility, and their ethics.

4. Express Values- Arts can illuminate our inner lives and enrich
our emotional world. Through arts, the artist will be
encouraged to develop their creativity, challenge, and
communication skills. It also promotes self-esteem and
wellness.

5. Commemorate Experience- Art serves to convey the personal


experiences of an artist and record his impression in his work.

6. Create Harmony- An artist makes use of the composition to


put order in the diverse content of his work.
Classifications of Art

1. Visual Arts- These arts are those forms that create works
that are primarily visual (forms perceived by the eyes). The man
can take the beauty of nature through a piece of paper so that
other people may take time to appreciate the captured image.
Examples of these arts include:

a. Painting- This form of visual art aims to evoke an emotion


from the viewers. It is practiced by applying colors or other
media to a surface with a brush or other objects.

b. Sculpture- This form of visual art is characterized as the art


of representing imagined or observed objects in hard materials
such as glass, metals, or wood in three dimensions.

c. Architecture- This form of art provides us with the physical


structure we lived in. It is a profound expression of human
culture in a particular period, and it will endure and outlive us
in the forms of monuments that future generations will study
and strive to understand.

d. Drawing- This form of art enhances the way we see the world
around us and conditions us to capture its details in a two-
dimensional medium. This has been a critical element of art
throughout history and in the contemporary art world.

e. Photography- This form of art is a process of creating


portraits by recording radiation on a radiation-sensitive
medium, such as electronic image sensors or photographic
films.
Classification of arts

2. Performing Arts- These arts are those forms in which the


artists used his/her own body, face, and presence as a medium.
Examples of these arts are as follows:

a. Theatre (Drama) - This form of art uses performers to present


the experience of a real or imagined event before a live
audience in a specific place and time.

b. Music- This form of art helps to express our mood and feel
the way through our emotions and ideas.

c. Dance- This form of art is expressed through body movement


which entails social interaction, or presented in a spiritual or
performance setting.

d. Film- This form of art allows us to explore the complexities


of the human situation. This is used to work out our emotions,
to make history comes alive, science explained, and literary
works brought into life.

e. Installation Art- The fundamental nature of this form of art


is the participation of the spectators. In this work of art,
viewers become active and navigate the work in an environment
that they can experience visually.

f. Opera- This form of art helps to tell stories through music.


This is also performed with a full orchestra composed of
various musical instrument sections.

g. Stagecraft- This form of art is a technical aspect of


theatrical production. This includes constructing and arranging
scenery, hanging and focusing on lighting, design of costumes,
makeup, procurement of props, etc.
Classifications of Art

3. Literary Arts- These arts centered on creative writing and


other composition processes intended to be read. These include
prose and poetry (e.g., novels, short stories, sonnet, ballads,
epic, and essays).

The Value of Arts in the Educational System

1. Arts are worth studying because they served to connect our


imaginations with the most profound questions of human existence.

2. Arts are always used because it helps to present issues and ideas
to teach, persuade, and entertain people.

3. Arts are integral to every person’s daily life because it helps shape
our spiritual, political, economic, cultural, and social environments.

4. Arts are refreshing because it offers unique sources of enjoyment


and it investigates relationships between thought and actions.

5. Arts develop students' attitudes because it teaches self-discipline,


reinforce self-esteem, foster thinking skills and creativity, and value
the importance of teamwork and cooperation.

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