Humanities

Humanities
 As a discipline, humanities is a broad field. It includes not only
the fine arts such as painting, sculpture, and architecture, but also
the performing arts such as music, dance, drama, and opera, and
the literary arts such as prose and poetry.
 Moreover, it encompasses all studies which aim to make students
“human” in as much as it was derived from the Latin word
“humanus”, meaning human, cultured, or refined. Thus, it
embraces the social sciences and the philosophy.
What is Art
 Art came from the word "ars" which means skill. It is
synonymous with skill, cunning, artifice, and craft, which all
mean the faculty of what is devised. Webster, however, points
out, "Art may be used interchangeably with all the other terms
but, in its most distinct sense, it contrasts with them in
implying a personal, unanalysable creative power; skill
stresses technical knowledge and proficiency; cunning
suggests ingenuity and subtlety in devising, inventing, or
executing: artifice suggests mechanical skill especially in
imitating things in nature; craft may imply expertness in
workmanship or suggest trickery and guile in attaining one's
ends.
PRINCIPLE OF
ARTS
 HARMONY
 It is the most essential factor in a composition. Also called
unity, harmony is achieved when all elements of a thing
are put together to come up with a coherent whole. Every
part of a work of art is necessary to the composition to the
extent that all the parts exhibit a sense of belonging
together and a pleasing relationship with one another. If
one of the parts does not complement the others, the lack of
harmony results.
 BALANCE
 Known as physical equilibrium, balance is stability
produced by even distribution of weight on each side of the
things.
 FORMAL BALANCE
 Formal balance exists if the weights at equal distance from
the center are equal. It is also called symmetrical balance
because the things displays symmetry.
 INFORMAL BALANCE
 Informal balance is present when the left and right sides of
the thing, though not identical in appearance, still display
an even distribution of weight. It is also know as
asymmetrical or occult balance.
 RHYTHM
 Rhythm is the continuous use of motif or a repetitive
pattern of succession of similar or identical items. It can be
achieved by alternation, radiation, progression or
parallelism.
 PROPORTION
 Proportion is the comparative relationship of the different
parts in relation to the whole, it is the proper and pleasing
relationship of one object with the others in design.
 According to Polyclitus, a well-proportioned human body
is eight head parts, that is, the head is one-eighth of the
entire human body.
 EMPHASIS
 Emphasis is giving proper importance to one of more parts
of the thing or the whole thing itself. It is achieved by the
means of size or proportion, shape, color, line, position and
variety. More often than not, the artists emphasizes the one
with the bigger size or proportion, the one with different
shape or color, the one with striking lines, the one
positioned at the center, and the one that is unique.
 Division of
Art Study
  Di vi s i on of Ar t S tu d y
 Aesthetics or Art Appreciation – Aesthetics, the science
of beauty, is that division of art study in which individuals
learn to admire the artists, value highly different works of
art and appreciate the role of art in the society.
 Art History – the division of art study in which the student
acquires knowledge of the artists, their backgrounds, their
masterpieces and their significant contributions in various
fields of art
  Di vi s i on of Ar t S tu dy
 Art Production – division of art that lets the individuals
learn to use his creativity and apply his artistic knowledge
and skills in producing his own works of art

 Art Criticism – Art Criticism is that division of art study in

which the individual learns to use his/her own judgement in
evaluating different artworks based on the criteria set
Elements of the
Visual Arts
 ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ARTS
1. LINE. A line is a series of connected dots or a prolongation of a point
to show the shape or form of any piece of art. It is an important element
of visual arts because all painters, sculptors, and architects use lines as
springboard of their finished products. (Vertical Lines, Horizontal
Lines, Diagonal Lines, Broken or Jagged Lines, Straight Lines,
Curved Lines, Repeating Lines, Contrasting Lines, Modified Lines.)
2. COLOR. Color is the most important and most noticeable of all the
elements of visual arts. Dependent on the presence of light, it is that
property of an object that makes it appealing the visual sense.
ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ARTS
 ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ARTS
3. Texture. Texture is the element of the visual arts. associated with
the sense of touch. It is the surface characteristic of an area.
4. Shape. Shape is the external appearance of clearly defined area. It
contributes to the final form of the artwork.
5. Space. Space is the area or surface occupied by the artwork. A
painting covers a flat surface such as a wall.
 ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ARTS
6. Volume. Allied to space, volume is the amount of space occupied by an
object in three dimensions. Pertaining to solidity or thickness, it is
perceived in two ways: by contour lines or outlines or shapes of objects
and by surface light and shadows (Sanchez, Abad, and Jao, 2002).
7. Perspective. Perspective is synonymous with point of view, angle of
vision, or frame of reference. It is the point where the artist stands to
view his subject as he creates his artwork.
8. Form. Form refers to the overall composition of the artwork. It
describes the entire shape or organization of the thing or object created.
Methods on
Presenting
the Subject
 RE AL I S M
 Method of presenting the subjects as they appear in real
life.

PLANTING RICE –AMORSOLO, MONA LISA – DA VINCI

1951
 AB S TR ACT I O NI S M
 “Drawing away from realism”. The word abstractionism
was derived from the verb abstract meaning to draw away.
Therefore, the abstractionist draws away from reality as he
creates his artworks.
 METHOD: distortion, mangling, elongation, cubism,
and abstract expressionism.
 AB S TR ACT I O NI S M
 Distortion – presenting the subject in a misshaped form.
 AB S TR ACT I O NI S M
 Mangling – Presenting the subjects with parts which are
cut, lacerated, mutilated or hacked with repeated blows.
 AB S TR ACT I O NI S M
 Elongation –
presenting the subject
in an elongated form.

THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST –

EL GRECO
 AB S TR ACT I O NI S M
 Cubism – Presenting the subject with the use of cubes
and other geometric figures.

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VICENTE MANANSALA AUSTRIA
 ABSTRACT
 Presenting theEsubject
XPRESSIONISM
with the use of strong
Color, uneven brush
strokes, and rough
texture with the
deliberate lack of
refinement in
application of the paint.
 SURREALISM
 Representing the
subject as if the
subject does not form
part of the real world.
 SYMBOLISM
 Presenting the subject
symbolically, that is,
the artist shows his
subject as it appears in
real life, but he intends
to let it represent
something.
 FA U V I S M
 Optimist realism
 Presenting the real-life
subject with use of
bright colors
suggesting comfort, joy
and pleasure.
 DADISM
 Shocking realism.
 Real-life subjects with
intention to shock the
audience through the
exposition of the evils
in the society.
 Dada means Hobby
horse.
 EXPRESSIONISM
 Emotional realism
 It present the real-life
subject with the
intention to express
emotions, pathos, chaos,
fear, violence defeat,
mobility, and tragedy.
 IMPRESSIONISM
 Based on the artist’s
impression.
 Presents real-life
subject with emphasis
on the impression left
in the artist mind or
perception, particularly
the effect of light on
the object used as
subject.
 FUTURISM
 Futurism is realism in the future. It
is presenting a subject that relates
not to the present, but to the future.
An example is a painting of a
futuristic machine or a futuristic
human being such as an android. In
the art of film-making, "Star Wars,"
"Star Trek," "E. T," and "Back to the
Future" are considered futuristic.
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