CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES

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 “Science educates our minds and
the humanities educate our feelings and
sensitiveness so that we may use our
minds that we are forgetting that
we are human beings”

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 ART
APPRECIATION
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Humanities- is the study of humans.
Art serves as an expression of the human
experience.

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What is art?
-defined as an expression of one’s
thoughts and emotions in a transmittable
form.

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Work of art
-is a record of a particular artist’s view.

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 Similarities and
Difference of Art works

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• Verbal Art
-Poetry, Prose, Drama and Musical
Compositions

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• Visual Arts
-Painting, Sculpture and
architecture.

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Artist in the world of Art

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• TheVisual Artist include the
painter, the and the sculpture.

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•Artist for Music and Arts
(Art of Movement) are the musician,
dancer, singers, composers, performer,
instrumentalist, bandmaster and
etc.

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• The Literary Artist are
known as poets, novelist, writers,
authors, playwrights and dramatists.

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Why Artist have so many names?
The artist are called by so many names
because of their varied expertise in the use
of different media or materials

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ART GROUP

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 The Arts are generally grouped into
major and minor arts.

Major arts include painting, architecture,

sculpture, literature, music and dance. They
are called Major arts because they
appeal to the senses of sight,
hearing and feeling.

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 Minor arts include the decorative arts,
the popular arts, the graphic arts, the
plastic arts, and industrial arts.

The aesthetic factor in the minor art

lies in the “styling”. They are addressed
primarily to the sense of sight and their
usefulness.
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1. Plastic Arts- These have three-
dimensional forms. Under this are:
architectural designs and construction
of buildings . Structures, landscapes,
interior designs, jewelry's, ceramics,
and clothing apparel.

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2.Performing Arts- These include the theater
play, dance, and music. They involved
movement, speaking and
gestures.
3.Literary Arts- These includes the
short stories, novels, poetry and dramas.
4.Popular Arts- These includes the film,
newspaper, magazine, radio and
television. This characterized as gay or
lively.
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5.Gustatory Art of the Cuisine- This
involves skill in food preparation.
6.Decorative Arts-They are produced for
beatifying houses, offices, cars, and other
structures. They are also called as applied arts.

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Values and Reasons for Art

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For variety of reasons, the arts are
valuable in our lives.
• We create things to serve our practical
purposes.
• We make things that are pleasing to the
eye or ear.
• Art works are also valuable sources of
inspiration and aesthetic experience.

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• We commemorate certain
occasions with paintings, songs,
dances and dramatic plays to
remind the importance of such
events to keep them memorable
and pleasurable.

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Some Basic Assumption About the Arts

Our attitude towards the arts may be

influenced by the these assumptions:

1.Art has been created by the various people,

at all places and time. Art exists because it is
liked and enjoyed. Art does not grow old.

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2. Art is something to be seen, or heard.
3.Art is the product of man’s
imagination, good taste and skill in
doing things.
4.Nature is artful Its beauty and
artistry could be enhanced.

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