HUMANUS

a body of knowledge aimed to make

man “human, cultured, and refined”

Having the nature of Norms, being

Adaptation of
people, being a civilized and
environment
person socialized
It generally refers to art, literature,
music, architecture, dance and the
theater—in which human subjectivity is
emphasized and individual
expressiveness is dramatized.
The expression of ourselves through
painting, sculptures, dancing, mosaic, cross
stitch, collage)
The study of man’s expressions, feelings,
thought, intuition, values and ideas.
 It serves to provide
1 the students certain
skills and values
through the arts.
Students learn to
appreciate the
importance of value
that no other
subject can describe
MEDIEVAL AGE
Deals with the metaphysics of the religious philosopher
RENAISSANCE
To make man richer because during that
time only the rich people can make art
like painting and sculpture.
DURING 19TH AND 20TH
To appreciate and understand the
importance of human beings, his ideas
and aspirations.
It introduces us to places we
have never visited.
It introduces us to ideas that
never crossed our minds.
It introduces us to persons we
never met
By showing how others have lived and thought
about life, it helps us decide what is important in
our lives and what we can do to make them
better.
By connecting us with other people, they point the
way to answers about what is right or wrong, or
what is true to our heritage and our history.
It helps us address the challenges we face
together in our families, our communities, and as
a nation.
It develops ones critical and imaginative
thinking about the issues that confront us as
citizens and as human beings.
It makes us understand and appreciate
the experiences of others.
ARTS
ARTS
“Lifeblood”
of humanities
It is an essential factor
that motivates an
individual to create and
appreciate a thing of
beauty
If you are to make an art,
what will it be and why?
Any creative skill, a talent, a
painting, a design, a colorful
creation, an original composition
and a masterpiece
Aristotle – “art is the right reason of making
things.” It is the process of creating things
that is guided by good intention and it does
not violate the universal concept of justice.
Art’s general function is to satisfy
our individual needs for personal
expression, our social needs for
display, celebration, and
communication and our physical
needs for utilitarian objects and
structures.
PERSONAL FUNCTION
•Art makes individual aware of
others ways of thinking, feeling,
and imagining that have never
occurred to him/her before.
SOCIAL FUNCTION
It seeks or tends to influence the
collective behavior of people.
It is created to be seen or used
primarily in public situations.
PHYSICAL FUNCTION
 The forms and
structures of art make
one to live his/her life
comfortably.
ART IS EVERYWHERE
Art is part of one’s life.
He/she cannot ignore its
presence even if he/she
tries to.
ART as EXPRESSION
and COMMUNICATION
Art is created through
expressing ones feelings
and emotions.
ART IS NOT NATURE
A work of art is man-made.
Although art may closely
resemble nature, it can
never duplicate nature.
ART PERFECTS NATURE
Although nature displays order and
harmony, sometimes it is in its chaotic
state. Artist duplicate things they like
and eliminate the undesirable
elements in nature to convey their
message of love and beauty.
ART’S MESSAGE IS UNIVERSAL

Art must be universally significant

Webster dictionary:
Beauty is an
assemblage of
perfection through
which an object is
rendered pleasing to
the eye.
Plato: Beauty is equated
with the sublime identity
with good.
Aristotle: Beauty is a symmetry,
proportion, and an organic
order of parts into united whole.
Spinosa: A thing is beautiful if
we desire it, and desire it
because it is good; and if it is
good, it is therefore beautiful.
Realist: “Beauty is
where you find it.”
Idealist: “Beauty is in
the eye of the
beholder.”
Santayana: Beauty is
pleasure objectified.
TYPES OF BEAUTY
 One finds from objects or scenes in nature
which conforms or approximate to his idea of
how beauty should be made or formed, which
expectation is the result of man’s accumulated
knowledge or total aesthetic experiences.
A type of beauty which conforms to the
general expectations of man in a
particular society, period and culture
according to subject, function or genre
that it represents.
 A type of beauty as found in nature
(not man-made)
Objects which exhibits manifestations
that there has been no intervention
made by man.
A type of beauty realized the moment man
tries to make some changes in nature in
order to realize some concept,
atmosphere or mood.
 The type of beauty that is realized from
the actual physical or material presence
of the work of art.
It refers to the decorative function of the
work of art that helps beautify the place.
A type of beauty discerned from works of
art which subjects are about religion, or
beauty found in noble and virtuous life.
 A type of beauty that is discerned after
giving due consideration to points or
elements or a meaning found beyond the
surface or composition’s observable
features
1. Practical or Useful Arts
•Are human creations used to
produce artifacts, tools, and utensils
used in doing household and
everyday chores
Example: basket weaving, agriculture
 2. Liberal Arts
•Involves the development of man’s
intellectual reasoning

Example: Mathematics, Astronomy,

Grammar
3. Fine Arts
• Are the products of human creative activity as
they express beauty in different ways and media
for the satisfaction and relaxation of man’s mind
and spirit

Example: painting, Sculpture, Architecture

4. Minor Arts
•Are works connected with
practical uses and purposes

Example: Interior decoration,

Porcelain art
5. Major Arts
•Are characterized by their actual and
potential expressiveness and by a
purely disinterested purpose

Example: Music, Poetry, Sculpture

 Plastic Arts
•Are developed through
space and perceived by the
sense of sight

Example: Painting, Sculpture,

Architecture
2. Phonetic Arts
•Are based on sounds and
words as media of expression

Example: Music, Drama,

Literature
Kinetic Arts
•Make use of rhythmic
movement as the
elements of expression

Example: Dance
 Pure Arts
•Utilize only one medium of
expression

Example: Sound in music,

Color in painting
Mixed Arts
•Use two or more media

Example: Opera (Music,

Drama, Poetry)