ART

(and Humanities)
Crismae Pilar, MLIS, RL
Subject Matter Expert
GE 7 (Art Appreciation)
1st Term, 2022-2023
 Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

a) define humanities and art;

b) distinguish art appreciation from art history; and
c) explain the importance of art in contemporary
society.
 What is HUMANITIES?
01

• It came from the Latin word “humanitas” which means

educated.
• It is more concerned on how a person expresses his/her
feelings.
• Humanities can also be the study of how an individual
documented and processed his/her experiences
particularly in connecting to others (Stanford University, 2016)
 What is HUMANITIES?
02

• Imparting humanities as an academic science is

designed to let the learners (particularly the new
generations) become creative and artistic individuals.
 WHY DO
HUMANITIES
MATTER?
ART APPRECIATION
vs.
ART HISTORY
 Art Appreciation
• Is an attitude toward art.
• It allows us to understand deeply the purpose of an artwork
and recognize the beauty it possesses (Collins & Riley, 1931).
• Being able to look at a work of art and form a wise opinion
of the work.
• It is also having the knowledge, background and
understanding of the universal and timeless qualities that
comprise all works of art.
• Therefore, deals with the learning or understanding and
creating artworks and enjoying them.
 • The aesthetics
and form of art
Art Appreciation
depends on: • Elements and
The principles of
personal design
preference • Social and
cultural
acceptance
 Thus,
Appreciation of art
is SUBJECTIVE
 Art History
• It is a discipline of studying arts through the lens of history.
• It involves dealing with objects and works of art in their
historical development and stylistic contexts.
• In simple terms, the job of art historians is to study visual and
tangible objects humans make and map them in history
(Pooke & Newall, 2008).
 • To place art in a
social and
historical context
Purposes of Art • When a person has
History more context when
looking at a piece of
artwork, he could better
understand more than
the story behind that
particular piece of
artwork
 Art:
Meaning and
Importance
 1. As an ability - Art is the skill
of man to make things
beautiful and stirring; it is
Imagination and creativity
Describing art in
3 ways: 2. As a process - Art involves
activities creating pictures and
unforgettable works

3. As a product - Art is the

completed work or final output
Why study
art?
it helps us helps us enhances our
understand develop our creative skills,
individual skills in nurtures our
differences. decision- imagination and
promotes
making and
originality and
problem innovativeness.
solving.
THANK
YOU!