HUMANITIES

e Is a set of discipline that includes grammar, philosophy,

literature, history, and music. The term is derived from
the Latin word HUMANUS, which means HUMAN. This
concerns humanity.
e This explains why the arts are called the HUMANITIES.
They bring the GOOD and NOBLE in us. Through the arts,
we come to know the changing image of man… striving to
achieve the ideals that create MEANING FOR LIFE.
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 Humanities concerns humanity. It records or interprets

man’s thinking, feeling, regrets, aspirations, failures and
what he supposed not to do in the world.
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What is ART?
; Art is derived from the latin word “ARS” which means
ABILITY or SKILL.
; Art from the Italian word “ARTIS” which means
craftsmanship, skill, mastery of form, inventiveness, and
the associations that exist bet. Form and ideas, between
material and technique.
; Art is the product of man’s need to express himself.
; Art is the product of creative human activity in which
materials are shaped or selected to convey an idea,
emotion, or visually interesting form.
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What is ART?
; The word art can refer to the visual arts, including
painting, sculpture, architecture, photography,
decorative arts, crafts, and other visual works that
combine materials or forms.
; We also use the word art in a more general sense to
encompass other forms of creative activity, such as
dance, drama, and music, or even to describe skill in
almost any activity, such as “the art of bread making”
or “the art of travel.”
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What is ART?
; The skilful, systematic arrangement or adaptation of
means for the attainment of some end, especially by
human endeavour || the skill of creating something
beautiful by drawing, painting or making it with your
hands.
; Anything created by man for his own benefit and
satisfaction.
;
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What is ART?
; the skillfull arrangement or composition of some
common but significant qualities of nature such as
colors, sounds, lines, movements, words, stones, wood,
etc., to express human feelings, emotions, or thoughts
in a perfect meaningful and enjoyable way.
; Art must be manmade.
; Art must be creative, not imitative
; Art is expressed through a certain medium or material
by which the artist communicates himself to his fellow.
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What is ART?
; The conscious use of skill and creative imagination
especially in the production of aesthetic objects.( Merriam
Webster)
; Art is the activity by which a person, having experienced
an emotion, intentionally transmits it to ohers. (Leo
Tolstoy)
; Art is any creative work of a human being.
; Art is a form of expressing oneself
; Art resides in the quality of doing; process is not magic
; Art is the act of making something visually entertaining
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What is ART?
; Art is that activity which manifests beauty
; Art is mastery, an ideal way of doing things
; Art is not a thing — it is a way (Elbert Hubbard)
; Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the
world has known
; Art is a discovery and development of elementary
principles of nature into beautiful forms suitable for
human use (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Art History

x The study of objects of art in their historical

development and stylistic contexts: genre, design,
format, style. It includes painting, scuplture,
architecture, ceramics, furniture, and other
decorative objects.
x Encompasses several methods of studying the visual
arts.
x connoisseurs
x critics
x academic art historians
Art Appreciation

e It is the ability to interpret or understand man-

made arts and enjoy them either through actual
or work-experience with art tools and materials
or possession of these works of art for one’s
admiration and satisfaction.
e IT DEALS WITH LEARNING OR UNDERSTANDING
AND CREATING ARTS AND ENJOYING THEM.
Creativity

e the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into

reality. Creativity is characterised by the ability to
perceive the world in new ways, to find hidden
patterns, to make connections between seemingly
unrelated phenomena, and to generate solutions.
Creativity involves two processes: thinking, then
producing.
e A product is creative when it is (a) novel and (b)
appropriate. A novel product is original not predictable.
Creativity

e If you have ideas but don’t act on them, you are

imaginative but not creative.