HUM 101

ART APPRECIATION
INTENDED LEARNING OBJECTIVES

● Give an overview of humanities and arts

● Identify the categories of arts
● Describe a personal connection to an
artwork.
What is What is
Humanities
? Art?
What is Humanities?
● comes from the Latin word “humanus” meaning (human,
refined, culture)
● how humans experienced life in different ages
cultures, and parts of the worlds
● refers to academic disciplines that seek to understand,
appreciate, and critique the human condition in all its
depth and range of meanings
● deals with finding meaning of self-expression
 Why do we study humanities?
● it helps us understand what it
means to be a human
● it help us develop our sensitivity
to values.
● it teaches one how to study and
look at how the past developed
and how it has impacted today's
world
What is Art?
● derived from the Latin word
"ars" which means ability or
skill.
● A product of man's skill or
craft
● activities that express
aesthetic ideas by the use
of skills and imagination
What is Art Appreciation?
● learned through gaining
knowledge and skills to better
understand the artwork
● appreciating the uniqueness of
manipulating talents, skills, and
materials in order to create
something
● finding relevance of an
artwork, the story behind it,
and the goal of its creation
MAJOR VARIETIES OF ART
FINE ART APPLIED ART
 FINE ART
● Arts that are created for
aesthetic enjoyment
● Art with no practical
purpose or function
● Valued in terms of visual
pleasures
● Can be found in museums
and art galleries
 APPLIED ART
● Application of design
and aesthetic to
objects of function
● Arts that are
created for
practical use
 Classifications of Art
VISUAL ART PERFORMED ART LITERARY ART
 VISUAL ART
● art forms that create works that are primarily visual in nature
“I think, I see”
Types of Visual Art

PAINTING DRAWING PHOTOGRAPHY

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 SCULPTURE CERAMICS CRAFTS

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 PERFORMED ART
● art forms that involve movement, speaking, and gestures
“I think, I hear”
Types of Performed Art

THEATER DANCE MUSIC

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 LITERARY ART
● art forms that involves writing or stories that have artistic and cultural value that
displays the beauty of speech and language to convey certain meanings.

“I think, I write”
Types of Performed Art

POEM NOVEL SHORT STORIES

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 ARTIST
● A person who
performs all
forms of
creative arts
● A creator of art
 ACTIVITY NO.1
Instruction: Answer the following questions in your
own words.

1. If you were an artist, what kind of artist will you

be? Why?
2. What art classification will you explore? Why?
3. How can you utilize the arts to express yourself,
your community, your relation to others, and with
the earth?
ASSIGNMENT NO.1
Instruction: Answer the following questions in
your own words and pass in a PDF Format.

1. Why art is ageless and timeless?

2. Why is art not nature?
3. Why does it involve experience?