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Protagoras

“Man is the measure of all things.”

humanities

are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture


humanities

the study of ancient and modern languages, literature, philosophy, history, archeology, anthropology, human geography, law, politics, religion and art


Humanists (or humanity scholars)


scholars in the humanities

Humanists (or humanity scholars)


describes the philosophical position of humanism, which some "anti-humanist“ scholars in the humanities reject

Vitruvian Man of Leonardo da Vinci

Demonstrates blend of mathematics and art during the Renaissance, and Leonardo's deep understanding of proportions


It represents a cornerstone of Leonardo's attempts to relate man to nature.


humanus



being cultured and refined

As the word humanities came from the Latin “__” which means human, cultured and refined, man is taught to be as what the term exactly means: ___ and ___


Humanities

__ studies man and the manner in which he conducts himself from the time of his existence to the present (Martin & Jacobus, 2004)


Art

a diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks), expressing the author's imaginative, conceptual ideas, or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.

painting, sculpture and architecture

The three classical branches of art:

art

Until the 17th century, __ referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences.

ar


to join or put together


sars or artis


artificially made or composed by man

Nature of the Arts


Art or arts is of Aryan root “__” which means ___ and has its Latin term being “__” or “__” which means everything that is __

art

Nature of the Arts


__ constitutes one of the oldest and most important means of expression developed by man.


art

It refers to the skillful arrangement or composition of some common but significant qualities of nature such as sounds, colors, lines, movements, words, stone and wood to express feelings, thoughts, imaginations and dreams in an amazing, meaningful and enjoyable way. (Adams, 2002)


subjective

Nature of the Arts


Art is __ as it employs the use of perception, insights, feelings and intuition.


art

Nature of the Arts


- It is the heightened expression of human dignity and weaknesses felt and shared so powerfully in a world increasingly aware of its successes and failures- It is man’s expression of himself as an individual and how he views his existence, and- also provides enjoyment and stimulation specially when people understand them


Functional Art Forms

The Forms of Art Differentiated


- The need for life to be better



ex: Architecture, weaving, furniture-making

Functional Art

- generally applied art (- art created for use, not necessarily everyday use, but designed to serve a purpose and with an aesthetic in mind)


- serves a function, but is designed artistically for the purpose of beauty.


Non-Functional Art Forms

The Forms of Art Differentiated


- The need to express aesthetics and beauty



ex: painting, sculpture, literature, music, dance and theater

Non-functional art forms

- art that serves no utilitarian purpose- in direct contrast with functional art, which has both an aesthetic value and a utilitarian purpose- encompasses paintings, sculptures and all manner of fine art- usually seek to engage with the viewer on an intellectual, emotional or aesthetic level


Philosophy

field of discipline which has attempted to explain almost all aspects of human existence.


Philosophy

study of general and fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.

Pythagoras

Philosophy - term was probably coined by __

Art or Aesthetics

study of beauty and taste, concerned with the nature of art and used as a basis for interpreting and evaluating individual works of art


Art or Aesthetics

branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as the philosophy of art


Art or Aesthetics

examines subjective and sensor-emotional values, or sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste


Philosophy of art

the study of the nature of art, including concepts such as interpretation, representation and expression, and form.

Plato (428 – 347 BC)

- is a philosopher of Ancient Greece who is known for his Dialogues together with Socrates.



- He loved and hated the arts at the same time which makes his philosophical views on art unexplainably complicated.

Plato (428 – 347 BC)

He believed that “though arts can be used to train citizens to have an ideal society, using arts to accomplish this should be strictly controlled”.

FORMS

Plato also explained that the physical world is a copy of a perfect, rational, eternal and changeless original which he called __



Other philosophers have called them Universals.



ex: Beauty, Justice, and The Circle


1. Art is imitation


2. Art is dangerous.

Plato’s Ideas of the Arts may be summed up by the truths according to him that:




Really Real

For Plato, these Forms are perfect Ideals, but they are also more real than physical objects. He called them the "__".

Aristotle (384 – 322 BC)

was a student of Plato who first distinguished between “what is good and what is beautiful''.



For him, the universal elements of beauty are manifested by order, symmetry and definiteness.

SIZE

Aristotle exemplified in his Poetics, he stated that physical manifestation of beauty is affected by __.

Aristotle (384 – 322 BC)

He considered art as imitation or a representation of nature and his emphasis of the art is on POETRY which for him is more philosophical than Philosophy itself.


Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804)

was a German, Enlightenment philosopher who wrote a treatise on Aesthetics: Observations on the Feelings of the Beautiful and the Sublime.



His main interest was not on art but on BEAUTY that it is a matter of TASTE. Kant explained that TASTE can be both SUBJECTIVE and UNIVERSAL. For KANT, beauty is a question of form and color is NOT IMPORTANT.


Artists

person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only


Artists

term is often used in the entertainment business, especially in a business context, for musicians and other performers (less often for actors)


Artiste

French for artist

Artisan

(from French: artisan, Italian: artigiano) is a skilled craft worker who makes or creates things by hand that may be functional or strictly decorative, for example furniture, decorative arts, sculptures, clothing, jewellery, food items, household items and tools or even mechanisms such as the handmade clockwork movement of a watchmaker


artisanal

used in describing hand processing in what is usually viewed as an industrial process, such as in the phrase artisanal mining


Architecture

art form that reflects how we present ourselves across the earth’s landscape, and, like other expressive mediums, it changes with styles, technologies and cultural adaptations

Architecture

not only provides worldly needs of shelter, workspace and storage but also represents human ideals in buildings like courthouses and government buildings and manifestations of the spirit in churches and temples


Architecture

considered as the most functional of all the art forms


Sculpture

hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects

Sculpture

An enormous variety of media may be used, including clay, wax, stone, metal, fabric, glass, wood, plaster, rubber, and random “found” objects. Materials may be carved, modeled, molded, cast, wrought, welded, sewn, assembled, or otherwise shaped and combined.


Painting

- application of pigments to a support surface that establishes an image, design or decoration- describes both the act and the result- two-dimensional art form


Supports

different surfaces where painting can be applied wood, canvas, plaster, clay, lacquer, and concrete

Dance

movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music and within a given space, for the purpose of expressing an idea or emotion, releasing energy, or simply taking delight in the movement itself


Music

- Also, a cultural activity whose medium is sound- performed with a vast range of instruments and/or vocal techniques ranging from singing to rapping


Theater

collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage


théatron


theáomai

theater may also mean specific place of the performance as derived from the Ancient Greek __, "a place for viewing", itself from __, "to see", "to watch", "to observe".


Literature

- anybody or collection of written work


- refers to writing considered to be an art form or any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, and sometimes deploys language in ways that differ from ordinary usage.


- may be oral or written



Classifications:FictionNon-FictionProsePoetry


Visual Arts

Classification of Art Forms:


those which are felt by the senses which includes sculpture, painting and architecture.


Performing Arts

Classification of Art Forms:


those performed like Music, Dance and Theater


Digital Arts

Classification of Art Forms:


arts which includes photography and installation arts