Art Appreciation

ZGE 1101
ARCH 1F
TTh 9:00-10:30
 Module 1 Humanities

• Panofsky describes HUMANISM as

maintaining our rationality and freedom
while still keeping in mind our own fallibility
and frailty. Thus, responsibility for
ourselves and tolerance to others (p. 2).
 Humanities

• the one of nature and the one of culture.

• The human being---- TAO
• The human person---- PAGKATAO
 Humanities
• Panofsky pumps the breaks on his essay
by asking why we should consider art
history as part of "the humanities". The
question begs the practical answer that we
are interested in the past, but further still,
because we are interested in reality.
Everything that has happened historically
and scientifically was and in real life to a
certain degree and thus our interest in it.
 Humanities and Science

• Humanities is wisdom ( meaning)

• Science is knowledge (exactness)
• Both complement together
 The Humanities in Western Civilization

• Cosmocentric- Miletus in Ionia

• Theoscentric- Theo-God
• Anthroposcentric- Man
• Scientific Technocentric- Technology
• Eclectic- Heterogeneous; combination of
various elements;
 What does it mean to be human?
How a human being becomes a human
person?
 The Western, Eastern, and the Philippine Culture

Western Eastern Philippines

When
What/Description
Who
Examples
 Arts and Crafts
Art Crafts