ART APPRECIATION (ARTHA 111)
INTRODUCTION:
HUMANITIES
 Humanities came from the Latin word
humanus meaning refined, cultured,
and human.
 study of the different cultural aspects of
man, his frailties in life, and how they
can be improved
 records man’s quest for answers to the
fundamental questions he asks about
himself and life.
 Humanities are expressions of man’s
feelings and thoughts.
 emphasizes dignity and worthiness of
man and recognizes creative expressions
 aimed to shape students’ subjective ener-
gies (feelings, attitudes, and aspirations)
IMPORTANCE OF HUMANITIES
 Man Needs an image of himself
 Understanding his nature
 Necessary for the development of a com-
plete, social man
 Provides man with a measure of his pas-
sion and desire
 Regulate Man’s behavior
ETYMOLOGY OF ART
 ART comes from the Aryan root word
AR which means to put together
 Latin word ARS which means skills/abil-
ity
 cover those areas of artistic creativity -
embraces the visual arts, literature, mu-
sic, and dance
 expresses aesthetic ideas by the use of
skill & imagination
DIVISION OF THE ARTS
 Understanding his nature
 Visual: arts that are primarily seen, oc-
cupy space
 Auditory: heard, timed arts; exist in time
 Combined/performing arts: combines
visual & auditory elements
EXAMPLES:
 Visual arts: paintings, sculptures, and ar-
chitectures
 Auditory arts: music and poetry
 Combined: drama & theatre, dancing,
cinema & TV, opera
PURPOSES OF THE ARTS
1. Create beauty
2. Provide decoration
3. Reveal Truth
4. Immortalize
5. Express religious values
6. Record and commemorate the experi-
ence
7. Create order & harmony
WEEK TWO: BASIC ASSUMPTION OF THE
ART
 Art has been created by all people at all
times, in all countries and it lives because
it’s well-liked and enjoyed.
 Art involves experience; there can never
be an appreciation of art without experi-
ence.
ART AND NATURE
Art is not nature. Arts are made by human be-
ings. Artists frequently find their inspiration
and subject matter in nature, and artists use na-
ture as a medium, but art itself is not nature.
Art is made by human beings, and no matter
how close it is to nature, it always shows that it
was made by human beings.
The artist's function is to help us understand
the nature of things, realize the possibilities in
the world, develop insights, or enlarge our
imagination by creating or revealing new sub-
jects.
 Art is made by man; Art is everywhere.
 Art is man’s oldest means of expression;
 Art as a means of expression & communication.
“The humanities constitute one of the oldest
and most important means of expression devel-
oped by man”. Human history has witnessed
how man evolved not just physically but also
culturally, from cave painters to men of exquis-
ite paintbrush users of the present. Even if one
goes back to the time before written records of
man’s civilization appeared, he can find cases of
man’s attempts of not just crafting tools to live
and survive but also expressing his feelings and
thoughts. The Galloping Wild Boar found in the
cave of Altamira, Spain is one such example. In
1879, a Spaniard and his daughter were explor-
ing a cave when they saw pictures of a wild boar,
hind, and bison.
PRE – HISTORIC PAINTINGS
 According to experts, these paintings
were purported to belong to Upper Pale-
olithic Age, several thousands of years
before the current era. Pre-historic men,
with their crude instruments, already
showcased and manifested the earliest
attempts at recording man’s innermost
interests, preoccupations, and thoughts.
 The humanities, then, ironically, have
started even before the term has been
coined. Human persons have long been
exercising what it means to be a human
long before he was even aware of his be-
ing one. The humanities stand tall in
bearing witness to this magnificent phe-
nomenon. Any human person, then, is
tasked to participate, if not, totally par-
take in this long tradition of humanizing
himself.
 The humanities, then, ironically, have
started even before the term has been
coined. Human persons have long been
exercising what it means to be a human
long before he was even aware of his be-
ing one. The humanities stand tall in
bearing witness to this magnificent phe-
nomenon. Any human person, then, is
tasked to participate, if not, totally par-
take in this long tradition of humanizing
himself.
WEEK THREE: FUNCTION OF ART AND PHI-
LOSOPHY
POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS
VISUAL ART
 Is the kind of art form that the popula-
tion is most likely more exposed to, but
its variations are so diverse they range
from sculptures that you see in art gal-
leries to the last movie you saw. Some
mediums of visual arts include paintings,
drawings, lettering, printing, sculptures,
digital imaging, and more.
FILM
 Film refers to the art of putting together
successions of still images in order to cre-
ate an illusion of movement, Filmmaking
focuses on its aesthetic, cultural, and so-
cial value and is considered as both an
art and an industry.
PERFORMANCE ART
 Performance art is a live art and the
artist’s medium is mainly the human
body which he or she uses to perform,
but also employs other kind of art such as
visual art, props, or sound.
POETRY PERFORMANCE
 Performance Poetry is an art form where
the artist expresses his emotions not by
using paint, charcoal, or camera, but ex-
presses them through words.
ARCHITECTURE value. Artists in this field bring beauty,
charm, and comfort into many things
 Performance Architecture – is the art of
designing and constructing buildings and
other types of structures. It is often re-
ferred to as the “mother of the arts” be-
cause it houses, serves as background for,
or occurs in relation to other fields of art.
Materials used include stone, concrete,
brick, wood, steel, glass, and plaster.

DANCE that are useful in everyday life.

 Dance is series of movements that follows

the rhythm of the music accompaniment. POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS
 Dance (French dancier) generally
refers to human movement either used as AS A THERAPY
a form of expression or presented in a so-
 In its therapeutic function, art can be and
cial, spiritual or performance setting.
is used as therapy for individuals with a
 Choreography is the art of making
variety of illnesses, both physical and
dances, and the person who does this is
mental.
called choreographer.
ART AS ARTIFACT
LITERARY ART
 Art also functions as an artifact: A prod-
 Performance Literary art goes beyond the
uct of a particular time and place, an art-
work
usual professional, academic, journalis-
represents the ideas and technology of
tic, and other technical form of writing. It
that specific time and place. As we look
back over history, we find in art striking,
focuses on writing using a unique style,
and in some cases, the only, tangible
not following a specific form or norm. It
records of some peoples. The insights we
may include both fiction and non-fiction
gain into cultures, including our own are
such as novels, biographies and poems.
enhanced tremendously by such artifacts
THEATER as paintings, sculptures, poems, plays,
and buildings.
 Theater uses live performers to present
accounts or imaginary events before a PERSONAL FUNCTION OF ART
live
 Art The personal functions of art are var-
audience. Theater art performance usu-
ied and highly subjective. This means
ally follows a script, though they should
that its function depends on the person-
not be confused with literary arts.
the artist who created the art.
APPLIED ARTS  Artwork that is created to express the
feelings and emotions of the artist.
 Applied arts incorporate elements of  Examples: self-portrait, paintings that
style and design to everyday items with describe an emotional in the artist life.
the aim of increasing their aesthetical
SOCIAL FUNCTION OF ART
 Art is considered to have a social func-
tion if and when it addresses a particular
collective interest as opposed to a per-
sonal interest. Political art is a very com-
mon example of an art with a social func-
tion. Art may convey message of protest,
contestation, or whatever message the
artist intends his work to carry.
NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ART
 These types of art have subjects that refer
to object or events occurring in the real
world. Often, it is also termed figurative
art, because as the name suggest, the
figures depicted are easy to makes out
and decipher.

PHYSICAL FUNCTION OF ART

 The physical functions of art are the easi-
est to spot and understand. The physical
functions of art can be found in artworks
that are crafted in order to serve some
physical purpose.

OTHER FUNCTION OF ART

 Music as an art is also interesting to talk
about in relation to function. Music in its
original form was principally functional.
Music was used for dance and religion.
Unlike today, when one can just listen to NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ART
music for the sake of music’s sake, the
 This art does not make a reference to the
ancient world saw music only as an in-
real world, whether it is a person, place,
strument to facilities worship and invo-
thing, or even a particular event. It is
cation
stripped down to visual elements such as
to gods. Music also was essential to
shapes, lines, emotion, and even concept
dance
because music assures synchronicity
 Jackson Pollock, detail of “Number 1A”
among dancers.
 Art as a Representation SOURCES OF SUBJECTS
 Art as a Disinterested Judgment
 Art as a Communication of Emotion  NATURE
 HISTORY
SUBJECT AND CONTENT  Greek and Roman Mythology
 Judeo- Christian Tradition
Subject refers to the visual focus or the image
that may be extracted from examining the  Sacred Oriental Texts
artwork.  Other works of art

 Content is the meaning that is NATURE

communicated by the artist or the  Vincent van Gogh "Die Ebene von Au-
artwork. vers"
TYPES OF SUBJECTS
HISTORY lar work of art is read. These meanings
stem from the viewer’s or audience’s cir-
cumstances that come into play when en-
 Battle of Waterloo gaging with art.

Greek and Roman Mythology SUBJETIVE

 Discobolus” – Greek original by the  “Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo at

sculptor Myron of 450-440 BC Sistine Chapel

Sacred Oriental Texts WEEK FOUR: ARTIST AND ARTISAN

 “"Shah Jahan Receiving Dara Shikoh" SOME OF THE GREATEST ARTISTS

Judeo- Christian Tradition IN THE WORLD
 "Shah “Interior of Westminster  “MONALIZA” by LEONARDO DA
 Sistine Chapel” – Michelangelo VINCI (1452-1519)Known for Painting,
drawing, sculpting, science, engineering,
KINDS OF SUBJECTS architecture, anatomy
 History  “THE STARRY NIGHT” VINCENT
VAN GOGH Dutch post-impressionist
 STILL LIFE
1853-1890
 ANIMALS
 “The Creation of Adam” -Michelan-
 Myth
gelo, in full Michelangelo di Lodovico
 Landscape
Buonarroti Simoni, (1475-1564), Italian
 Seascape Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect,
 Figures and poet who exerted an unparalleled in-
 Nature fluence on the development of Western
 CITYSCAPE art.
 Mythology  DALAGANG BUKID Fernando Amor-
 Dreams solo, who was touted as the “Grand Old
 FANTASIES Man of Philippine Art.”

CONTENT IN ART Who is an Artist?

LEVELS OF MEANING  An artist is a person who performs any of

 Conventional meaning, on the other
hand, pertains to the acknowledged in-
terpretation of the artwork using motifs,
signs, symbols and other cyphers as
bases of its meaning. These conventions
are established through time, strength-
ened by recurrent use and wide accep-
tance by its viewers or audience and
scholars who study then.
 When subjectivities are consulted, a vari-
ety of meaning may arise when a particu-
the creative arts. This captures all forms
of art.is an art practitioner such as
painter, sculptor, choreographer, dancer,
musician, etc. who produces or creates
indirectly functional arts with aesthetic
value using imagination.
 The specialty of an artist is that he is able
to create art for the sake of art itself with-
out needing any ulterior motives.

What is an Artisan?
 An artisan is a skilled worker who makes
things by hand. This includes various ob-
jects ranging from jewelry to furniture.
 An artisan should not be confused with
an artist because there is a clear differ-
ence in the things that they create. An ar-
tisan is able to produce something that
has a functional value; although it should
not be limited to its use value alone.
What is the difference between Artist and
Artisan
 Artist: An artist is a person who per-
forms any of the creative arts.
 Artisan: An artisan is a skilled worker
who makes things by hand.
Characteristics of Artist and Artisan:
 Artistic Value:
 Artist: The object has a clear artistic
value.
 Artisan: The object has an artistic
value.
 Functional Value:
 Artist: The object has no func-
tional value.
 Artisan: The object has a func-
tional value.
 Object:
 Artist: The object has a lot of
aesthetic value and is appreci-
ated for this quality as it pleases
the individual.
 Artisan: The object though utili-
tarian has certain aesthetic at-
tributes to it.
Cologne Cathedral in Germany
 An example of early Gothic architecture.
 This is also a collaboration between the
artist who made the design and the Arti-
san who help in the construction of the
whole building.
Artisan and Guilds
 These guilds where towns had formalized
groups of artisans or craftsmen who took
on a particular specialization or trade;
shoemakers, textile and glass workers,
carpenters, carvers, masons, armorers,
and weapon-makers, among others.
Here, the practice of artists was not
grounded on the idea of individual capac-
ities or success; rather, in the commit-
ment to work together as a collective.
 Guilds were a type of social fellowship,
an association structured with rules, cus-
toms, rights, and responsibilities. With a
lifetime commitment to a particular
trade, an artisan develops immense skill
and expertise in his craft.
PHILIPPINE Artisan
 Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Loay,
Bohol.
 Spanish friars commissioned a lot of art
sans to carve, paint, and engrave images
for churches and public sites. These
guilds where towns had formalized
groups of artisans or craftsmen who took
on a particular specialization or trade;
shoemakers, textile and glass workers,
carpenters, carvers, masons, armorers,
and weapon-makers, among others.
Here, the practice of artists was not
grounded on the idea of individual capac-
ities
What is an Art Curator?
 Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Loay,
Bohol.
 art curators are employed by museums
and art galleries to design, develop and
 manage installations and exhibits. This
requires them to acquire works of art,
ensure proper storage and help main-
tain museum collections.
 Art curators typically specialize in spe-
cific areas of art, like Western, Asian or
contemporary art. The job duties of a
curator are vast. They may put on pub-
lic events like lectures and workshops,
write grants and conduct fundraising
activities. In addition, they conduct re-
search projects and write papers for
publication..
Role of an Art Curator?
 the role of the curator is more of the in-
terpretation and development of the art-
work(s) or the collection(s) through es-
tablishing the significance, relationship,
and relevance of these materials----in
isolation and/or as part of a wider narra-
tive. Some of the roles expected of
curators are the ability to research and
write, as an arbiter of design and layout,
and deciding for the display and hanging
of materials foe exhibition
Film Making
1. Production Process
2. preproduction.
3. production, and
4. postproduction.
Awards and Citations.
 the two major awards given to artist in
the Philippines are the Order ng Pam-
bansang Alagad ng Sining (Order of na-
tional Artist) and Gawad sa Manlilikha
ng Bayan (National Living Treasures
Award).
 The conferment of the Order of National
Artist is the “highest national recognition
given to Filipino individuals who have
made significant contributions to the de-
velopment of Philippine Arts; namely,
music, dance, theater, visual arts, litera-
ture, film, broadcast art, and architecture
and allied arts. The order is jointly ad-
ministered by the Philippines (CCP) and
conferred by the President of the Philip-
pines upon recommendation by both in-
stitutions” (NCCA, 2015).
 The Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
(GAMABA) or The National Living Trea-
sures Award was created in 1902 a
“Manlilikha ng Bayan” who is a “citizen
engaged in any traditional art uniquely
Filipino whose distinctive skills have
 a “Manlilikha ng Bayan” who is a “citizen
engaged in any traditional art uniquely
Filipino whose distinctive skills have
reached such a high level of technical and
artistic excellence and have been passed
on to and widely practiced by the present
generation in his/ her community with
the same degree of technical and artistic
competence” (NCCA,2015). This artists’
practice may fall under the following cat-
egories: folk, architecture, maritime
transport, weaving, carving, performing
arts, literature, graphic and plastic art,
ornament, textile or fiber art, pottery and
other artistic expressions of traditional
culture.