HUMANITIES:

Meaning,
Significance
and
Components

HUMN 5

ARTS, MAN AND SOCIETY

HUMANITIES

– Is the study of different cultural aspect of man, his frailties

(weakness) in life and how these can be improved.
– Understanding man and his affairs rather than just a prescribed
unchangeable man body of accepted facts and theories.
– From Latin word "Humanos" which means human, cultured,
refined.
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– Greek philosopher "Protagoras"

– Humanities uplift the dignity and
values of man and his tendencies.
– It refers to the Arts — the visual
arts like painting, sculpture,
architecture
– Performing Arts — music, dance,
drama, or theater arts or other
popular arts.
We all look for Art to;
 Brighten our rooms
 Enhance our interior decor
 Beautify our cities
 Embellish our places of worship
ARTS AS ABILITY – Arts is a passion
• Art is the human capacity to make things of – is an artistic movement as well as a
beauty and things that stir us; it is creativity. creative sentiment where the end
ARTS AS PROCESS product of art and craft, the objet
d'art (work of art/found object), is
• Arts encompasses acts, such as drawing,
painting, sculpture, designing buildings, and not the principal focus.
using the camera to create memorable works. – Use this as an opportunity to
ARTS AS PRODUCT familiarize yourself with some legal
systems as well.
• Art is the completed work, an etching
(engraving) , a sculpture, a structure, a tapestry,
a portrait, a song.
Purposes of Art Role of Humanities in Man's life

– Serves no function and that – It can regulate the type of behavior

that is considered appropriate to
is exist for its own sake. an individual.
– There is something about the – Teaching of humanities is essential
in order for one to gain the
essence of art that knowledge to achieve the status of
transcends the human cultured man.
occupation with usefulness. – It is an active force as we pursue
our life goals.
 General view of Arts Nature of Art

– From Aryan root word "AR" which – Art existed since man learned to
means to put together, while still draw and before he even start to
another talk as shown by the early
– From Latin "ars" which means ability paintings in pre-historic period.
or skill. – Art is not nature; art is made by
– A work of art is the product of human.
imagination of an artist dependent on – Art creates a permanent
the following factors like the material impression of the passing scene.
or medium, subject, theme, values, – Art never grows old as seen and
influences, period, belief, inspiration, interpreted by the artist.
preparation and other.
SOME PURPOSES OF ARTS

1. To create beauty - Standards of beauty in

and of themselves are by no means
universal — for beauty is in the eye of
the society's beholder.
2. To provide Decoration
3. To reveal truth
4. Immortalize
5. To express religious values
6. To record and Commemorate Experience
7. To Create Order and Harmony
PRINCIPLES OF ARTISTIC
COMPOSITION

– the act of composing and  Proportion - comparative relationship of the

organizing the elements of art. parts of or composition to each other and to
Artistic composition takes place the whole. Henri Matisse in his "Large
according to aesthetic principles Reclining Nude". In interior decoration,
such as proportion and scale, unity, proportion is obtained by considering the
balance and rhythm. size of the furniture, the design of the
wallpaper, the length of the curtains, the size
of the rug, and the size of the room.
 Scale - is the relative size of an object
compared with others of its kind, its setting or
human dimensions.
 Unity or Harmony - These exist if the various
parts of a design will give an appearance of
belonging together.
 Unity- oneness or wholeness.
 Organic Unity and Unity in Variety - each
element in the work of art is necessary to its
value. It must be unified and must "hang
together" as one entity.
 Balance - a work of art possesses balance when its visual or actual
weights or masses (including color masses) are distributed in such a
way that they achieve harmony.
 Formal balance (symmetrical balance) - achieved by making
both sides are exactly alike. (insert picture)

 Informal balance (asymmetrical balance) - is an

alternative to symmetry that is far more difficult to
master. (insert picture)
Formal balance (symmetrical balance) Informal balance (asymmetrical balance)
 Rhythm - is the regular repetition of
sensory impressions.

 Emphasis - means giving the proper

importance to the parts or to the whole.
This is most noticeable in the art of
advertising. Color is use to create
emphasis. Emphasis is important
because it relieves monotony.
BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE
ARTS
– Elements of the fine arts
– Subject, medium, line, color, texture, volume,
perspective, form, and style.
– Elements of music
– Rhythm, melody, dynamics, harmony, texture, form,
color and style.
– Elements of Literature
– As to poetry, as to novels, as to short story, as to
essay.
 Criteria’s:
 Sincerity - satisfies the question on whether the artist's intention is
perfectly honest of if he/she is striving for effect either by sentimentality
or sensation.
 Universality - is the quality of an artwork that should answer the
elements of truth in the artwork which is something permanent and not ASSESSING A
just of the momentary value.
WORK OF ART
 Magnitude - tells about the scope and significance of a work of art.
 Craftsmanship - perceived from the point of view of a master or a group "What makes any work
of artists of art great?" - An
artwork that has stood
the test of time yet still
remains meaningful.
 STYLES OF
ART
• Realism - portrays people
and things as they are seen
by the eyes or really thought
to be, without idealization,
without distortion. An art or
a work is realistic when the
presentation and
organization of details on the
work seem so natural.

• Abstraction - abstract means

"to move away or separate"
It may convert reality into
forms that can be
appreciated for its own sake.
 Cubism - style of painting in which objects are broken up into
fragments and patterns of geometric structures and are depicted
on the flat canvass as if from several points of view.
• Symbolism - is a • Expressionism - form • Surrealism - uses art as a
weapon against the evils
visible sign of and color are freely
and restrictions that
something distorted by the surrealist see in the society.
It is an invented word
invisible such as an artist in order to
meaning "super surrealism“
idea or a quality. achieve or
heightened
emotional impact.
 • Fauvism - uses extremely bright colors

• Futurism - It emphasized speed, technology,

youth, violence, and objects such as the car,
the airplane, and the industrial city.
 o Functional- classification of the art according to its
usefulness. FUNCTIONS
OF ARTS
• The arts are important to all
of us because they provide
information and enjoyment,
build self-confidence,
promote cultural and
o Non Functional - other classification of art which is "art for art."
spiritual up liftmen and
provide avenues for
discovery of spiritual and
emotional dimensions of life.
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