Introducing the Humanities

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Introducing the Humanities


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HUMANITIES: What is it?

The term Humanities comes from the Latin

word, humanitas

It generally refers to art, literature, music,

architecture, dance and the theatrein which

human subjectivity is emphasized and

individual expressiveness is dramatized.


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HOW IMPORTANT IS HUMANITIES?

The fields of knowledge and study falling underhumanities are dedicated to the pursuit ofdiscovering and understanding the nature of

man.The humanities deal with man as a being of

purpose, of values, loves, hates, ideas andsometimes as s seer, or prophet with divineinspiration.

The humanities aim at educating.


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THE ARTS: What is it?

The word art usually refers to the so-calledfine arts (e.g. pictorial, plastic, andbuilding) and to the so-called minor arts

(everyday, useful, applied, and decorative arts) The word art is derived fromarti, which

denotes craftsmanship, skill, mastery of form,inventiveness.

Art serves as a technical and creative recordof human needs and achievements.


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What are the Arts?

Those significant achievements of the humanrace which illuminate and illustrate thedistinctive characteristics of man as a social,

rational and spiritual being (De Leon, 2000).

Sporre (2000) pointed out that they are theprocesses, products, and experiences thatcommunicate aspects of human living in avariety of ways


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Some definitions of art according to

philosophers:

Art is that which brings life in harmony with thebeauty of the world. Plato

Art is the whole spirit of man.- Ruskin

Art is the medium by which the artist communicateshimself to his fellows. - Charleton Noyes

Art is anything made or done by man that affects ormoves us so that we see or feel beauty in it. -Collinsand Riley


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What is Aesthetics?

- The concept began with Greeks

- Central Questions:

How ought we to define Beauty? Can works of art impart knowledge?, and if so,

what kind of knowledge?

What are the functions of art (e.g., emotional,political, spiritual, ethical)?

- Can ones tastes be disputed?


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FUNCTIONS OF THE ARTS

Personal/Individual Function

Social Function

Economic Function

Political Function

Historical Function

Cultural Function

Religious Function

Physical Function

Aesthetic Function


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Imagine life without ART

Art is the center of culture. The highest

expression of who we are.

Arts fill the gap of boredom in life.

Art adds color to life. It uplifts the soul.

ART functions in many ways

depending onhow we perceive it and how we respond to it.


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Ideas/Approaches to the study of the

Arts...

-use a method of analysis that works for theparticular work

-look at component parts and how they worktogether

-place work in social, political, cultural context

-discover its purpose (intention)

-uncover how it was received by contemporaries

-learn iconography (subject matter of art object) -investigate biographical remarks, which may

include psychological revelations


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The Core Components of ART

Art is BOTH form and content.

*Form means: The elements of art,

the principles of design and

the actual, physical materials that the artisthas used.


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Contentis idea-based and it means:

-What the artist meant to portray,

-What the artist actually did portray

and

-How we react, as individuals, to boththe intended and actual messages.


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Art = form + content

Artist : Edvard Munch (1893)

Type: Oil, tempera, and pastel

on cardboard

Location: National Gallery, Oslo,Norway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Munchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_paintinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery,_Oslohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery,_Oslohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_paintinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Munchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Munchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Munch


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Lascaux (Lascaux Caves) is the setting of a complex of caves in

southwestern France famous for its Paleolithiccave paintings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_paintinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_paintinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic


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The Parthenon


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Greek Mythology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_paintinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh


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Artist Vincent van Gogh Year 1889 Type Oil on canvas

Dimensions 73.7 cm 92.1 cm (29 in 36 in) Location Museum

of Modern Art (F612, JH1731) [1], New York City
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Goghhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_paintinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Arthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Arthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Baart_de_la_Faillehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Hulskerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starry_Nighthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starry_Nighthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Hulskerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Baart_de_la_Faillehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Arthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Arthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_paintinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Goghhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sumerianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sumerian


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Neo-SumerianGreat Ziggurat of Ur, near

Nasiriyah, Iraq
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sumerianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sumerianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ziggurat_of_Urhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasiriyahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasiriyahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ziggurat_of_Urhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sumerianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sumerianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sumerianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sumerian


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Artist Michelangelo Year 15011504 Type Carrara marble

Location Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrarahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accademia_di_Belle_Arti_Firenzehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accademia_di_Belle_Arti_Firenzehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accademia_di_Belle_Arti_Firenzehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrarahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrarahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrarahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo


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Classifications of ART

Plato and Aristotle: art as a creative outputcan produce real things or manifest images

Galen (2ND Century A.D. physician): it is vulgar

or liberal Quintilian, a Roman rhetorician: art is any of

the following> theoretical (e.g. astronomy),

practical (e.g.dance), or productive (painting) Cicero: The highest form of art (major form) is

Politics and Military arts.


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Classification of ART as per the Cultural Center

of the Phils. and the Natl. Comm. on Culture

and the Arts

1. Architecture (Applied Arts)

2. Visual Arts

3. Music4. Literature

5. Dance

6. Cinema / Film7. Theatre / Drama


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The Commonalities of the ART forms

Disciplinary own terms/concepts/principles

Core components> FORM and CONTENT

The Artist

The Composition The Technique

The Medium

The Style and Conventions

General Functions (Secular or Religious)

Genres


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Basic Art Concepts

Subject (Still life, Landscape, Nature,Portraiture and Abstract)

Content (idea, theme, message) Medium (material art is made of)

Techniques (the process or method)

Style (the time, manner orconvention)


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Arts and Culture

The Humanistic Disciplines History

Religion

Philosophy (Aesthetics)

At present, what fields of study or disciplines are

actively promoting or enriching ARTS and

CULTURE?


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ART HISTORY

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