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# ART A111 ## Coverage 1. Introduction to art 2. Nature and Arts 3. Creativity, Imagination and Expression 4. Popular Art Expression 5. Functions of Art 6. Subject and Content 7. Artist and Artisan ## Introduction to Art ### Humanities * Came from the Latin word *humanus* meaning refined, culture...

# ART A111 ## Coverage 1. Introduction to art 2. Nature and Arts 3. Creativity, Imagination and Expression 4. Popular Art Expression 5. Functions of Art 6. Subject and Content 7. Artist and Artisan ## Introduction to Art ### Humanities * Came from the Latin word *humanus* meaning refined, cultured and human. * Study of the different cultural aspect of man, his frailties in life and how it can be improved * Records man's quest for answers to the fundamental questions he asks about himself and about life ### Humanities * Are expressions of man's feelings and thoughts * Emphasizes dignity and worthiness of man and recognizes creative expressions * Aimed to shape students' subjective energies (feelings, attitudes and aspirations) ## Importance of Humanities: 1. Man needs an image of himself 2. Understanding of his natures 3. Necessary for the development of a complete, social man 4. Provides man with a measure of his own passion and desire 5. Regulate man's behavior ## Art * Comes from the Aryan root word *AR* which means to put together * Latin word *ARS* which means skills/ability ## Cover those areas of artistic creativity - * Embraces the visual arts, literature, music and dance * Expresses aesthetic ideas by use of skill & imagination ## Division of the Arts * **Visual arts** * That are primarily seen, occupies space. * Examples: paintings, sculptures and architectures * **Auditory arts** * Heard, timed arts; exist in time * Examples: music and poetry * **Combined/performing arts** * Combines visual & auditory elements * Examples: drama & theatre, dancing, cinema & TV, opera ## Purposes of the Arts 1. Create beauty 2. Provide decoration 3. Reveal truth 4. Immortalize 5. Express religious values 6. Record and commemorate experience 7. Create order and harmony ## Ancient World * It meant using the bare hands to produce something that will be useful to one's day-to-day life. * The Greeks had no word for 'fine art'. * The Greek *techne* and Latin *ars* referred to 'the human ability to make and perform' such as carpentry, poetry, shoemaking, medicine, etc.