Professional Documents
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Understanding Art
How art can meet some human needs?
➢Beauty
➢Happiness and Hope
➢Identifying and understanding oneself
➢Grief and healing
➢Remembering and mark-making
➢Raising awareness
➢Culture and togetherness
Now the question is…
What is Art, Art
Appreciation and
Humanities?
Humanities: Its Meaning, Importance
and Scope
“Humus” – ground
“Humanus” - human
- cultured
- refined
HUMANITY
ARTS
“ars”
vs
Relative Absolute
❑Lastly, forms of art are often localized so that they bring identity
also to certain regions. This is very evident here in the Philippines,
which is geographically separated by thousands of islands – we are
very regionalized.
Culture and Togetherness
Art has the power to transform, to
illuminate, to educate, to inspire and to
motivate