10 Questions
What are the principal hues in visual arts?
red, yellow and blue
Which color is dominant in a cool classification?
Blue
When a hue is completely neutralized, it becomes colorful.
False
What does 'value' refer to in visual arts?
Darkness or brightness
Match the type of color harmony with its description:
Complementary Harmony = Combination of any two opposite colors in the color chart. Double Complementary Harmony = Combine any two adjacent colors with their complements. Split Complementary Harmony = Employs three colors to produce it with any color except the 3 secondary colors. Double Split Complementary Harmony = Combination of any sets of split complementary harmony.
What does the term 'Humanities' generally refer to?
Art, literature, music, architecture, dances, and theatre
During the Renaissance, what disciplines were referred to as 'Humanities'?
Grammar, rhetoric, history, literature, music, and philosophy
Art has been created by people at all times and is not limited to emotions alone.
True
_______ is the means by which an artist communicates his/her ideas.
Medium
Match the Visual Arts Medium with the corresponding description:
Watercolor = Length and width only such as paintings, drawing, and photography Sculpture = Art of carving, molding, or producing works of art in three dimensions Music = Art of combining and regulating sounds of varying pitch to produce compositions expressive of ideas and emotions Woodwinds = Includes instruments like flute, clarinet, piccolo, and oboe Chiarascuro = Means of modeling a figure in depth and articulating the form
Study Notes
Humanities
- Definition: Art, literature, music, architecture, dances, and theatre; areas where human subjectivity is emphasized and individual expressiveness is dramatized.
- Records of human experiences, values, sentiments, ideas, and goals.
- Expressions of human feelings and thoughts.
Humanities vs Social Sciences
- Humanities: Focus on the individual, internal world, and subjective nature of study.
- Social Sciences: Focus on types and groups of people, institutions, and processes of society, with a scientific and objective approach.
Historical Development of Humanities
- Ancient Period: Writings about moral teachings by Latin writers and philosophers.
- Medieval Period (12th-14th Centuries): Focus on metaphysics and religious things (scholasticism) for spiritual life and preparations for the afterlife.
- Renaissance Period (15th-18th Centuries): Humanities were disciplines in schools and universities that focused on the intrinsic value of human life on earth, including Greek literatures, fine arts, music, history, theology, philosophy, and rhetoric.
- Modern/Contemporary: Rise of sciences (social sciences) affected the development of humanities as a free and encompassing discipline.
Arts
- Definition: One of the oldest and most important means of expressions developed by people.
- Functions: To find meaning, serve a utilitarian purpose, and be capable of serving the purpose for which it was designed.
- Social Functions: Influence collective behavior or people for a cause.
- Physical Functions: Many works of art were primarily made to perform certain functions to make our lives comfortable.
- Two Schools of Thought:
- Arts for the sake of arts (aesthetics and individual satisfaction).
- Arts as a medium or instrument of social change (depicting social realities and advocating for change or reforms).
The Subject of Art
- Varied and can refer to any person, object, scene, or representation in a work of art.
- Representational Art: Arts that have subjects, e.g., painting, sculpture, graphic arts, literature, and theatre.
- Non-Representational Art: Arts that do not have subjects, e.g., music, architecture, and functional arts.
Ways of Presenting the Subject
- Realism: Depicting objects as they appear in nature.
- Abstraction: Simplifying and reorganizing objects and elements according to the artist's creative expression.
- Distortion: Twisting, stretching, or deforming the natural form and shape of an object to create an emotional effect.
- Surrealism: Combining realism and distortion.
Medium
- Definition: The means by which an artist communicates his/her ideas.
- Materials used to translate feelings or thoughts into a beautiful reality.
- Classifications:
- Visual Arts (Space Arts): Mediums that can be seen or occupy space.
- Auditory Arts (Time Arts): Mediums that can be heard and are expressed in time.
- Combined Arts (Performing Arts): Mediums that can be both heard and seen and exist both in space and time.
Technique
- Definition: The manner in which the artist controls his/her medium to achieve the desired effect.
- Ability by which an artist fulfills the technical requirements of his/her particular work of art.
Learn about the distinction between Humanities and Social Sciences, focusing on individual expression and group dynamics. Explore the subjective and objective aspects of these fields.
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