LESSON 1 No words, no definition or
ART - is part of our life, society, expression but immediate
culture and civilization. involvement in the event or of the
Art is everywhere - It has grown out of moment.
everyone's need to express his/her
personal and social values, beliefs, LEXICO DICTIONARY - art is defined
and penetrating psychological insights as the expression or application of
into human reality. human creative skill and imagination,
typically in a visual form such as
DEFINITION OF ART painting or sculpture, producing works
PLATO - art are forms like painting, to be appreciated primarily for their
sculpture, architecture, tragedy and beauty or emotional power.
the like are regarded as techne or
"skilled craft". Plato believe that art GLOLIER INTERNATIONAL
forms are nothing but just an imitation DICTIONARY
of nature or of human life and action - art is the conscious production or
arrangement of sounds, color, forms,
ETEMOLOGY OF ART movement, or other elements in the
ARYAN- the word ART is taken from manner that affects the sense of
its root "ar" meaning "join", or "put beauty; specifically, the production of
together" the beautiful in the graphic or plastic
GREEK - derived from two verbs, medium.
artezein which means to "prepare"
and arkiskein is simply "to put AESTHETIC - is defined as a branch of
together" philosophy that has something to do
MODERN TIMES- the word ART is with the study and appreciation of
limited to express the fine arts. beauty.
It is the inquiry and curiosity of the
ARISTOTLE - art is the expression of creative process, the work of art,
"right reason of making things." aesthetic experience, principle of
- He believed that any form of criticism, and the role of art in
human activity, to which intended society.
to change or transform things This philosophy of art applies to
under the configuration of right whatever is beautiful in art and life.
reason is considered art. - Greek word "eisthesis" which
means "perception"
ROBERT IRWIN - perceives art as "a - It is a branch of philosophy devoted
continuous examination of our to the study of art and beauty used
perceptual awareness and continuous during the 18th century by
expansion of our a awareness of the Alexander Baumgarten (1714-
world around us." 1762)
ZEN BUDDHISM - art is its own Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten -
death. The more it defines its He was a German philosopher. He was
meaning, the more it corrupts its the first to use the word "aesthetics",
essence. in a work which defined beauty as
For Zen, art is not second-hand perfection and stressed such
knowledge but an immediate and information as gathered through the
nothing to do with intellect and senses
emotion.
David Hume - The Scottish It induces opinion in the form of an
philosopher David Hume (1711-1776) artwork to general viewers to
used taste rather than aesthetic. For enhance not just their enjoyment
him, it is refined ability to perceive but also their pure judgment on
quality in an artwork particular works of art.
Art Appreciation is a way to stimulate
Immanuel Kant - The German ideas and allows individuals to show
philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724 their feelings when viewing artwork. It
1804) who studied judgment of beauty helps develops critical and innovative
formed the basis of modern aesthetic skills in thinking and teaches essential
theory. He believed that judgments of qualities in listening, observing, and
beauty universal but grounded in the responding to multiple viewpoints. It
physical world-only for objects of also requires an ability to differentiate
possible experience. what is happening and what is not.
for him, the capacity to acquire (Gargaro & Jilg, 2016 and Sanger,
representation through the way in 2012)
which we are affected by objects is
called "sensibility. DO YOU BELIEVE ART IS
LESSON 2 EVERYWHERE??
WHY STUDY HUMANITIES?
- It deals with the broad areas of PERCEPTION AND STAGES IN
human creativity and studies the CREATING ARTS
essential involvement of human - The word "art" is from a Latin arti,
character, values and perception. meaning craftsmanship,
inventiveness, mastery of form,
MEANING AND IMPORTANCE OF skill. It includes literature, music,
HUMANITIES paintings, photography, and
Etymologically, the term "humanities" sculpture.
is from Latin word humanus which - It serves as an original record of
means educates. It refers to learning human needs and achievements.
of arts such as architecture, dance, Fine Arts - Graphics, Plastic,
literature, music, painting, theatre, and Building
and sculpture (Sanchez, 2011) Minor Arts - Everyday, Useful,
Applied, and Decorative Arts
HUMANITIES - The study of - The word artist comes from the
humanities stimulates individual to French word artiste and the
develop a good interpersonal ability Spanish artista, which means
and to understand the multi-cultural "performer."
society through their arts, languages, - Based from scientific studies, the
histories and cultures. power of art on the brain has an
effect on the quality of human life
ART APPRECIATION (Ercole Vellone, 2017)
It is a way to motivate ideas and - Art has always been a way of
allow individuals to illustrate their touching our souls and connecting
feelings when they viewed an our thoughts, feelings, and
artwork. perceptions to our own
It centers on the critique on the experiences. Being a deep
qualities, value and beauty of work experience of ourselves, art can
of art. help us to understand ourselves
and enhance our lives through our 2. EXPRESSION OF THOUGHT -
creativity It refers to the imagination of
- Appreciating art helps a person the artist
follow the hierarchy needs toward
a stage of self-actualization or D. INTUITION - It refers as the
"being need" spiritual involvement to art.
Self-actualization - desire to Intuition as explained by Zen
become the most that one can Buddhism that art is not a second-
be hand knowledge, but serves as
Esteem - respect, self-esteem, "immediate" cognitive power and
status, recognition, strength, has nothing to do with intellectual and
freedom emotion.
Love and belonging - friendship,
intimacy, family, sense of ASSUMPTIONS OF ART
connecting [Link] ART IS UNIVERSAL?
Safety needs - personal [Link] ART IS NOT NATURE?
security, employment, [Link] DOES ART INVOLVE
resources, health, property EXPERIENCE?
Physiological needs - air, water,
food, shelter, sleep, clothing, Art is Universal
reproduction - Timeless, spanning generations
and continents through and
NATURE OF ART through.
A. CREATIVITY - Highest form of Misconception:
species Artistic made long time ago. Age is not
- CREATIVITY is universal. a factor in determining art.
- Creativity is also found in diversity "Art is not good because it is old, but
of species that live in this kind of old because it is beautiful" (Dudley, et
ecosystem. al 1960)
- Arts regardless of origin, time, and
B. IMAGINATION - is more important place are liked and enjoyed by
than knowledge. people continuously.
Knowledge - is limited to all we know
and understand. Art is not Nature
Imagination - embraces the entire - Man's expression of his reception
world and has unlimited power to go of nature.
through infinity. - Art is man's way of interpreting
nature.
C. EXPRESSION - refers to how an - Art is made by man, whereas
artist conveys their emotions, nature is given around us.
ideas, and experiences through
their work. It's the artist's way of Art involves Experience
communicating their inner world to - Unlike fields of knowledge that
the viewer, often using various involve data, art is known by
artistic mediums like visual arts, experiencing.
film, dance, or literature. - A work of art that cannot be
2 Typical Ways of EXPRESSION: abstraction from actual doing. In
1. EXPRESSION OF EMOTION - It order to know what an artwork is,
refers to the feelings of an we have to sense it, see, and hear
artist. it