Jed Emerich I.

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Activity 01

In the space provided explain in writing each of the situation cited below.

1. In general, what do you think are the benefits you will get from the subject Art
Appreciation? This topic can include future consideration like, what’s the use of this
subject to you ten years from now?
- The benefits I think I will be able to get from the Art Appreciation subject is an
improvement in aesthetical taste and a better understanding of what elements
contribute to a pleasing output. Application of art is so broad, from editing templates
to planning out buildings. In order to make art, one has to understand and appreciate
existing art. This subject will in turn give me a more elaborate understanding of the
human psyche on what pleases the eye and what mood is evoked by a piece of art.

2. Give a sample picture of each of the branches of humanities and try to illustrate each
sample.

a) Fine Arts

Van Gogh’s Starry Night - This mid-

scale, oil-on-canvas painting is
dominated by a moon- and star-filled
night sky. It takes up three-quarters of
the picture plane and appears
turbulent, even agitated, with intensely
swirling patterns that seem to roll
across its surface like waves. It is
pocked with bright orbs—including the
crescent moon to the far right, and
Venus, the morning star, to the left
center surrounded
by concentric circles of radiant white
and yellow light.
 b) Practical Arts

Giovanni Bernini’s Il Moro - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, (born December 7,

1598, Naples, Kingdom of Naples [Italy]—died November 28, 1680,
Rome, Papal States), Italian artist who was perhaps the greatest sculptor
of the 17th century and an outstanding architect as well. Bernini created
the Baroque style of sculpture and developed it to such an extent that
other artists are of only minor importance in a discussion of that style.
The Il Moro was one of his distinct works.

c) Performing Arts

Les Mierables - Les Miserables is the masterpiece of the musical theater of Alain Boublil and
Claude-Michel Schonberg, based on the novel by writer Victor Hugo published more than 156
years ago. It is considered one of the great novels of the nineteenth century, a paradigm of
French romanticism that analyzes the French society of his time, by reasoning about good and
evil, about law, politics, ethics, justice, and the religion. The play takes place during the events
of the June 1832 insurrection, where Victor Hugo presents much of his own political ideology. It
tells an exciting story, where the struggle for freedom and justice is a timeless testimony of great
human passions. With some of the most beautiful songs written for musical theater, this epic
and inspiring story has become one of the most successful musicals in the history of the theater
in the great capitals of the world.