Humanities and Arts Lesson 1 PDF

Comes from the Latin word Humanus – human, cultured, refined. Study of different cultural aspect of a man has its own connotation with political, social, economic, artistic and cultural forces and history refers to loosely defined group of cultural subject area. Not a group of scientific or technic...

Comes from the Latin word Humanus – human, cultured, refined. Study of different cultural aspect of a man has its own connotation with political, social, economic, artistic and cultural forces and history refers to loosely defined group of cultural subject area. Not a group of scientific or technical subjects; rather it refers to arts - the visual arts – painting, sculpture, architecture; performing arts- music dance, drama or theater arts plus other popular arts. enhances daily experience and linked to the quality of life beauty, truth and self expression encompasses many things including ability, process and product it is human capacity to make things of beauty and things that stir us; it is creativity encompasses acts – drawings, paintings, sculpture, portrait, or song, buildings, pictures and/or videos To create beauty To provide decoration To reveal truth To immortalize To express religious values To record and commemorate experiences To create order and harmony Principle of Artistic Composition Proportion - scale Unity/ harmony Balance Rhythm Emphasis Large reclining nude by Henri Matisse Rhythm – regular repetition of sensory impression The most important in all art forms Subject, medium, line, color, texture, volume, perspective, form and style Rhythm, melody, dynamics, harmony, texture, form, color, style As to poetry, as to novels, as to short story, as to essay  “What makes every work of art great?” Realism – portrays people and things as they are seen by the eyes or really thought to be. Winnowing Rice by Fernando Amorsolo Abstraction - Shows feeling or personal ideas Abstract by Pablo Picasso Cubism – a style of painting introduced by Pablo Picasso and Braque in which objects are broken up in fragments and patterns of geometric structures and are depicted on the flat canvas as if from several points of views. Symbolism – is a visible sign of something invisible Spolarium by Juan Luna Expressionism – Rising Sun by Hans Hofman emotional expressions in expressionistic paintings. Form and colors are freely distorted by the artist in order to achieve or heightened emotional Surrealism defies logic. Dreams and the workings of the subconscious mind inspire surrealistic art (French for "super- realism") filled with strange images Examples are dream imagery, fantasies and hallucinations Fauvism – most of the artists tried to paint pictures of comfort, joy and pleasure. The Red room by Henry Matisse They used extremely bright colors, traditional nudes, still life and landscapes. Expressive and emotional, often consisted of flat planes of strong color. Futurism glorifies the mechanical energy of modern life. Subjects included automobiles, motorcycles and railroad trains to express the vitality of a modern city.