Art App Prelim - Introduction and Overview of Humanities PDF

ART APP PRELIM **Week 1- INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF HUMANITIES** **HUMANITIES** - **Comes 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.** - **record...

ART APP PRELIM **Week 1- INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF HUMANITIES** **HUMANITIES** - **Comes 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.** - **These 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)** **RELEVANCE OF HUMANITIES** **Importance of Humanities** - **Man needs an image of himself.** - **Understanding of his natures.** - **Necessary for the development of a complete social man.** - **Provides man with a measure of his own passion and desire.** - **Regulate man's behavior.** **ARTS** - Art was derived from the Aryan root word "AR" which means "to put together." - Another origin came from the Latin term "ars", meaning "ability, or skills." - Hence, covering areas of artistic creativity -embraces the visual arts, literature, music and dance. - Expresses aesthetic ideas by use of skill & imagination. **DIVISION OF ART** - Visual Art -- arts that are primarily seen, and occupies space. - Paintings, Sculptures, and Architectures - Auditory Art -- this is heard and timed arts, it occupies time. - Music and Poetry - Combined or Performing Arts -- combination of both visual and auditory elements. - Drama, Theatre, Dancing, Cinema, TV, Opera **PURPOSES OF THE ARTS** - To Create Beauty - To Provide Decoration - To Reveal Truth - To Immortalize - To Express Religious Values - To Record and Commemorate Experience - To Create Order and Harmony **Week 2- ASSUMPTIONS AND NATURE OF ART** **ASSUMPTIONS AND NATURE OF ART** **Art is universal** Art has been created by all people at all times, in all countries and it lives because its well-liked, and enjoyed. **Art is not nature.** Art is made by man, whereas nature is a given around us. It is in this juncture that they can be considered opposites. What we find in nature should not be expected to be present in art too. **Art involves experience.** Art involves experience; there can never be appreciation of art without experience. **Nature of Art** - Art existed since man learned to draw and before he could even start to talk as shown by the early paintings in prehistoric period. The body of arts considered of ideas, beliefs, and values of the past, present, and future. - For as long as man existed in this planet, he has cultivated the land, altered the conditions of the fauna and the flora, in order to survive. - The word "art" comes from the ancient Latin, ars which means a "craft or specialized form of skill, like carpentry or blacksmithing or surgery." - The Ancient World did not have any conceived notion of art in the same way that we do now. To them, art only meant using the bare hands to produce something that will be useful to one's day-to-day life. - Ars in Medieval Latin means "any special form of book-learning, such as grammar or logic, magic, or astrology." - Early Renaissance artist saw their activities merely as craftsmanship, devoid of a whole lot of intonations that are attached to the word now. - During the 17^th^ century when the problem and idea of aesthetics, began to unfold distinctly from the notion of technical workmanship, which was the original conception of the word "art". - In the 18^th^ century when the word has evolved to distinguish between the fine arts and the useful arts. The fine arts would come to mean "not delicate or highly skilled in arts, but "beautiful arts". - Human history has witnessed how man evolved not just physically but also culturally, from cave painters to men of exquisite paintbrush users of the present. **The Galloping Wild Boar found in the cave of Altamira, Spain** - According to experts, these paintings were purported to belong to Upper Paleolithic Age, several thousands of years before the current era. Pre-historic men, with their crude instruments, already showcased and manifested earliest attempts at recording man's innermost interests, preoccupations, and thoughts. WEEK 3- **FUNCTIONS AND EXPRESSIONS OF ART** **FUNCTION OF ARTS** **PERSONAL -(Expression of oneself**) **SOCIAL-** - **Used for public display and celebration** - **Used to affect the collective behavior** **PHYSICAL** - Utilitarian - "Mens Sana in corpore sano" (A healthy mind, in a healthy body" **EXPRESSIONS OF ARTS** - Refers to the visual focus or the image that may be extracted from the examining the artwork - NATURE - PEOPLE AND EVENTS'MYTHS AND LEGENDS - SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS **[TYPES OF SUBJECT]** **REPRESENTATIONAL ARTS** - **These types of art have subjects that refer to object or events occurring in the real world. Often, it is also termed figurative art, because as the name suggest, the figures depicted are easy to makes out and decipher.** **NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ARTS** - **These arts do not make references to the real world, whether these are persons, places, things, or event the particular events. These are stripped down to visual elements such as shapes, lines, emotions, and even concepts** **2. CONTENT** **- Is the meaning that is communicated by the artist or the artwork** **CONTENTS OF ARTS** **FACTUAL** - **Factual pertains to the most rudimentary level of meaning for it may be extracted from the identifiable or recognizable forms in the artwork and understanding how these elements relate to one another. ** **CONVENTIONAL** - **Conventional meaning, on the other hand, pertains to the acknowledged interpretation of the artwork using motifs, signs, symbols and other cyphers as bases of its meaning. These conventions are established through time, strengthened by recurrent use and wide acceptance by its viewers or audience and scholars who study then.** **SUBJECTIVE** - **A variety of meaning may arise when a particular work of art is read. These meanings stem from the viewer's or audience's circumstances that come into play when engaging with arts.** **3. FORMS/ COMPOSITIONS** - **The overall organization of artwork. It is an outcome of the artist's effort to use elements of the arts and arrange them to artistic principles** **TWO-DIMENSIONAL** - **It has width and heights** - **Has plane/picture frame** - **Used for Drawings** - **Used for Paintings** **THREE-DIMENSIONAL** - The actual and real depth an art - It can be appreciated through tactile sense. - SCULPTURE - ASSEMBLING - MOLDING - CARVING - CASTING - CRAFTS - ARCHITECTURES **TECHNOLOGICAL MEDIA** **Photography** Photography is the art and practice of capturing images using a camera. **Film and Videos** Film and video are forms of moving image media that combine visual and auditory elements to tell stories, document events, or convey artistic expressions. **Computer Arts** Computer arts refer to artworks created using digital technology, including digital painting, 3D modeling, animation, interactive media, and other forms of art produced or enhanced through computers. [WEEK 5-VISUAL ELEMENTS] **[THE ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ARTS]**  [LINE] - [Line is a mark on a surface that describes a shape or outline. It can create texture and can be thick and thin.  Types of line can include actual, implied, vertical, horizontal, diagonal and contour line.] - [**Line** serves as **an essential building block of art**, but it can also serve as **the content itself** of a work of art, or be manipulated to evoke an emotional or intellectual response from a viewer (Fichner-Rathus, 2010). ] **[VERTICAL LINES]** [Vertical lines are poised for action. They are poised, balanced, forceful, and dynamic. They express an impression of dignity.] **[HORIZONTAL LINES]** [Horizontal lines are lines of repose and serenity. They express ideas of calmness and quiescence..] [Only ***horizontal lines*** can give a feeling of peacefulness and stillness. ] **[DIAGONAL LINES]** [Diagonal lines, like the one in your image, guide the viewer\'s eye along the direction of the line, often evoking a sense of energy or movement] **[CURVE LINES]** [Curved lines are generally associated with fluidity, softness, and grace. They evoke feelings of comfort and natural flow, often found in nature\'s shapes like waves, clouds, or the contours of the human body. ] [\ ]