Humanities ➢ can develop their creativity.

- studia humanitatis (study of humanitas) refers to ➢ learn about their identity.

culture, refinement, and education ➢ develop self-awareness.
- early 15th century, secular study in universities ➢ develop self-confidence.
- are academic disciplines that deal on the various ➢ develop sense of well-being.
aspects of society and the noble in man. 2. Through intense involvement in artistic activities –
➢ experience a sense of wonder and joy when learning
Art through the arts
- Art is a study under humanities. ➢ can be motivated to participate more fully in cultural
- no universal definition because art is subjective in the life
sense that people differ in their perception of an object ➢ can gain educational opportunities which they can use
or thing later in their career life.

Four (4) Common Essentials of Art: Art Appreciation

1. Man-made, not God-made • is the ability to interpret and understand man-made arts
2. Creative, not imitative and enjoy them through actual work experience with art
3. Benefits and satisfies man. tools and materials.
4. Expressed through a certain medium or material by • is the possession of the works of art for one's
which the artist communicates himself to his fellows. admiration and satisfaction.
• refers to the knowledge and understanding of the
Importance of Art: general and everlasting qualities that classify all great
1. Art highlights and heightens the importance of certain arts.
events to keep them memorable and pleasurable. • is the introduction and exploration of visual and
2. Art enables us to get a glimpse of the thoughts, performing art forms.
feelings, and beliefs of the people in their time and the • is the analysis of the form of an artwork to general
faces in their environment that influenced them. audience to enhance their enjoyment and satisfaction of
3. Art enables us to value and appreciate beautiful things the works of art.
because of our encounter with arts.
4. Art may influence us to change our ways and behavior Appreciation of Art depends on Personal Preference
because of the aesthetic experience we derived from the 1. the aesthetics and form of art
arts. 2. elements and principles of design
5. Arts are valuable sources of inspirations and aesthetic 3. social and cultural acceptance
delightful experience through the artist works of art.
Reasons why Art Appreciation is Important
Importance of Art according to Swara Swami: 1. can help the person make sense of his world by
1. improve creativity skills. broadening his experience and understanding of the
2. give joy and satisfaction things around him.
3. relieve stress. 2. can help the person imagine even the unimaginable.
4. give the opportunity to showcase talent. 3. can connect a person's life and experience the past, the
5. give confidence in performance. present, and the future or sometimes simultaneously.
6. help to do well academically. 4. can help transport the individual to different places
7. help to learn visually. and culture through literature, films, visual arts, and
8. help to express your emotions. other forms of art.
9. a different language because it can express things 5. allows the individual to see himself, his family
without words. dynamics as well as his community through different
lens of great art.
Importance of Art to Students 6. enable the individual to better empathize with those
1. Through participation in arts (music, dance, drama. who suffered and endured for their lives through great
media arts, and the visual arts) - art forms.
7. gives meaning to the data science provides. If science 5. to see how things like war, religion, politics,
give us empirical facts, tie these facts together with technological change have effect not only on the artist
theories, it's the humanists who turn these facts with but on the artwork that was produced.
moral, emotional, and spiritual meaning
Art criticism
Art History • determines the relative artistic values of an individual
• refers to the historical development and stylistic work in comparison with others of comparable style
context of the objects of arts that includes the major and
minor arts. Assumption - accepted without proof
• encompasses the different methods of studying visual Art
art. • Created by people, it is well liked and enjoyed
• historians based their studies by scrutinizing objects of • Involved experience, five senses
arts by answering historically such questions as the key • Not nature and vice versa, art is created by man and
features of the art style, what does the art convey and nature is created by God
how does it function visually. It also asks questions as to • Cultural, part of history
how the artists meet their goal as well as the symbols • Form of creation, imagination and skill
that were involved. • Subjective, cannot be measured by its significance

Methods Used in Art History Nature of arts

1. Art historians examine the works of art in the context • Diversive human activities, aesthetic dissemination of
of its time or within which it was created. The works of art
art subject to scrutiny are the creator's motivations, • Represents reality, take the place of something else
desires and prejudices of its patrons and sponsors. • An Expression, translate the unknown
Comparative analysis of themes and approaches of the • Communication of emotions, political, spiritual, or
creator's colleagues and teachers and the symbolism of philosophical ideas
the art of works. • Matters, allow
2. Art historians analyze the works of arts through the • Universal, found in every corner
analysis of their forms. The analysis is focused on the • Creation, combination
artist's use of line, shape, color, texture, composition,
and other art elements. Functions of art
3. Art historians also use critical theory in analyzing • Personal - self expression; serve the personal functions
objects of arts when dealing with more recent objects. of control (bring order); therapeutic; religious
Art historians often borrowed from literary scholars (crucifixion)
when it involves the application of a non-artistic • Social - beyond personal value; Influences social
analytical framework to the study of art objects. behaviour such as political function; display and
4. Another method in art history is the application of celebration
media and digital technology. This is the recent method • Social description expresses or describes social or
in analyzing art history. collective aspects of existence
• Physical - easiest; form and function; architecture;
Purpose of Art History community planning; function and beauty
1. to place art in a social and historical context
2. it has more advantage over art appreciation when Community Planning factors to consider
evaluating works of art. The more information an • Residential Districts - special areas
3. evaluation has on the works of art, the better an • Industrial and commercial areas - commercial area
evaluation he can make over the works of art. • Civic Centers - functions of gov't
4. when a person has more context when looking at • Parks, plazas, and malls - balance between man-made
something such as piece of artwork, he could better and nature
understand more the story behind that particular piece of • Streets and roads - transpo
artwork,
Representational Art Subject 1. the emotional or intellectual message of an artwork;
• figurative art 2. the expression, essential meaning, significance, or
• is derived from real object sources or representing aesthetic value of a work of art;
strong influence from the real world. 3. the relatedness to the sensory, subjective,
• represents actual objects or subjects from reality psychological, or emotional properties we feel in a work
• realism, impressionism, idealism, and stylization = of art
example
• Venus of Willendorf (Fussell, 2018) = Venus of Artist
Willendorf (Fussell, 2018) • dedicated only to the creative side, making visually
• Leonardo da Vinci and Micheal Angelo = pleasing work only for the enjoyment and appreciation
Representational Artist during renaissance of the viewer, but with no functional value.
• Cubism, Fauvism, and Impressionism art = type of • make art and once that art is made, they make more.
artistic photography
Artisan
history of abstract art • essentially a manual worker who makes items with his
• pure art" creative works that were not based on visual or her hands, and who through skill, experience and
perception, but in the imagination of the artist talent can create things of great beauty as well as being
• "Picture with a Circle" (1911) by the Russian Attist functional.
Wassily Kandinsky and French painter Francis Picabias • a skilled worker, but not the inventor of the original
(1879-1953) "Caoutchoc" (1909) idea or form. An artisan or craftsperson can also be
• someone who creates his own designs but does not work
in art forms or with materials traditionally associated
Nonrepresentational Art Subject with the so-called fine arts, such as painting and
• used to refer to the same painting style sculpture
• is an "extreme" portrayal of abstract art as somehow
not connected with the visible world Medium and Techniques of Artist
• "nothing" but what the artist's intention for the
viewers' own interpretation Medium
• Jackson Pollock (Autumn Rhythm); Picasso; Mark • the material used by an artist to express his/her feelings
Rothko; Frank Stella or thoughts
• Piet Mondrian - neoplasticismwas used to De Stijl, a • classified into the visual arts and the auditory arts, or
distinct Dutch abstract movement both

Sources and Kinds of Art Subject Visual Arts

1. Nature - animals • are those whose mediums that can be seen and which
2. History - sensitivity occupy space
3. Greek and Roman Mythology - gods and goddesses • 2 Dimensional Art
4. Religion and traditions - Bible • 3 Dimensional Art
5. Oriental sacred texts - china, japan, and india
6. Other works of art - subject inspired Auditory Arts
• are those whose mediums can be heard and which are
Various kinds/Types of Art Subjects expressed in time
1. Landscape Art - natural scenery
2. Still Life - Technique
3. Animals - • is the manner in which the artist controls his medium to
4. Nature Art - everything achieve the desired effect and the ability which he
5. Classical Mythology - myth fulfills the technical requirements of his particular work
of art
Content In Art
1. Encaustic – The medium for the powdered color is hot Performance Art
wax which is painted onto a wood surface with brush. • an interdisciplinary art form that brings together
2. Fresco Secco – In the dry plaster or "fresco secco" elements of time, space, bodies, and audiences
technique, pigments are usually mixed with water, • Music is a form of art whose medium is silence and
although other substances might also be use. sound.
3. Fresco – This is also known as "Buon Fresco" or True • Opera is a form of performing arts wherein musicians
Fresco, which entails painting on freshly spread, moist and singers perform a dramatic work that combines text,
plaster. which is called the libretto and musical score
4. Egg Tempera – In this method, the pigment is mixed • Dance is a form of performing arts that refers to the art
with egg yolk or both the yolk and white of an egg. of moving the body rhythmically and usually in
5. Mosaic – The design is created by small pieces of accordance to music.
colored glass, stone, or ceramic (called Tesserae), • Drama refers to a mode of fiction represented in a
embedded in wet mortar which has been spread over the performance. The word "drama" originated from the
surface to be decorated. Greek word "drao" which means action.
6. Oil Paint – Prior to the 15th century oil paints were
thick and hard to control, so they were initially used only Elements of Art
for utilitarian purposes. - basic compoments of art-making
7. Water Color – Powdered pigments are mixed with 1. Line - It is a mark made upon a surface.
gum-arabic or a similar substance that will help them 2. Shape - It is two dimensional and flat and can only
adhere to a surface. have height and width.
8. Acrylic – Acrylics are artificial compounds developed 3. Space - It deals with the illusion of depth on a flat
in the twentieth century. surface.
9. Collage – The word "collage" comes from the French 4. Value - This refers to the lightness and darkness of
verb "coller, " meaning "to paste." areas in an artwork.
10. Drawing – The materials and methods of drawing are 5. Color - Color is the most prominent element of design
the most basic tools of the artist and the designer. and is one of the most powerful and yet subjective
11. Printmaking – A print is anything printed on a elements in art.
surface that is a direct result from the duplication 6. Texture - An element of art that refers to the way
process. things feel or look as if they might feel if touched.
• Relief – Relief prints are made by removing material 7. Form - An element of art that is three-dimensional and
from the matrix, the surface the image has been carved encloses volume; includes height, width and depth.
into, which is often wood, linoleum, or metal
• Intaglio prints – They are made when a design is Principles of Design
scratched into a matrix, usually a metal plate. 1. Balance - the distribution of the visual weight of
• Stencil prints – They are made by passing inks through objects, colors, texture, and space. If the design was a
a porous fine mesh matrix scale, these elements should be balanced to make a
• Woodcut – This kind of technique of printing designs design feel stable.
from planks of wood incised parallel to the vertical axis 2. Emphasis - the part of the design that catches the
of the wood's grain viewer's attention.
• Engraving – In engraving, the design is cut into metal 3. Pattern - the repeating of an object or symbol all over
with a graver or burin. The burin is a steel rod with a the work of art.
square or lozengeshaped section and a slightly bent 4. Repetition - works with pattern to make the work of
shank art seem active.
5. Proportion - the feeling of unity created when all parts
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan Awards or GAMABA (sizes, amounts, or number) relate well with each other.
• an award that acknowledges folk and indigenous artists 6. Rhythm - created when one or more elements of
who, despite the modern times, remain true to their design are used repeatedly to create a feeling of
traditions. organized movement.
7. Variety - the use of several elements of design to hold
the viewer's attention and to guide the viewer's eye times of uncertainty, confusion, and change, as well as a
through and around the work of art. way to show my support, gratitude, appreciation, and
8. Unity - the feeling of harmony between all parts of the admiration.
work of art, which creates a sense of completeness.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Reading the Image • Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
1. The Basic Semiotic Plane - According to Alice • Italian polymath, scientist, mathematician, engineer,
Guillermo covers "the elements and the general technical inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist,
and physical aspects of the work with their semantic musician, and writer.
(meaning- conveying potential)." • as a Renaissance man
2. The Iconic Plane - According to Guillermo, it is • MONALISA and The Last Supper
concerned with its particular aspects and features.
3. The Contextual Plane - For Guillermo, "resituating the Da Vincian Principles
work in its context will bring out the meaning of the 1. Curiosita (Curiosity). “It is a greedily curious
work in terms of its human and social implications" approach to life and unrelenting quest for continuous
learning.”
The Rule of Thirds 2. Dimostrazione (Test of Knowledge Via Practical
• is a "rule of thumb" or guideline which applies to the Experience)
process of composing visual images such as designs, 3. Sensazione (Refine Your Senses). Known as “The
films, paintings, and photographs (Meech, 2007) refinement of the senses.” Da Vinci’s motto was known
as Saper Vedere or (knowing how to see), which defines
Soul-Making the whole of his artistic contribution to humanity.
According to Noy Narciso 4. Sfumato (Embrace Uncertainty). This term is literally
• was a committee member of the National Commission translated as “Going up in Smoke”-“A willingness to
of Culture and Arts from 2004 to 2010 embrace ambiguity, paradox, and uncertainty.”
• also teaching at Ateneo de Davao University 5. Arte/Scienza (Art & Science, Whole-Brain Thinking).
Department of Humanities and Letters where he was “The development of the balance between science and
handling film, theater, and arts. art, logic and imagination.”
• a Durian artist and a soul-maker 6. Corporalita (Mind-Body Care). “The cultivation of
• about drawing out a certain experience of the person grace, ambidexterity, fitness, and poise.”
and transforming this into an image either in a form of 7. Connessione (Interconnectedness). “A recognition and
painting or a composition or a production. appreciation for the connectedness of all things and
• playing instruments with or without an audience phenomena. Systems thinking.”
• is the capacity to listen to the soul, individually feel,
and be touched deeply through what we see and
experience.

According to James Hillman

• happens when we consider emotions and experiences,
such as crisis and opportunity of love, and dying gives
our life a deeper meaning

According to Bruce Moon

• Art and Soul: Reflections on an Artistic Psychology
• Creating art helps me find true meaning for what I am
seeking, hiding from, need, or want to communicate and
honor. When in doubt, I create art to better understand
myself, where I am going, where I have been, and what
is going on. Art helps feed my soul and keep me safe in