What is Humanities?

The disciplines that study the

expressions of human beings and explore
what it means to be human are
philosophy, language, social science,
history, literature, religion, and art.
 What is Humanities?
Humanities came from the Latin word
“Humanus,” it is the study of how humans
have expressed themselves through the
arts throughout the history.
 What is Humanities?
• ART explores what it means to be
human.
• Painting, music, sculpture, film, poetry,
and theater helps people to see and
understand what it means to be human.
 What is Humanities?
• Humanities stimulates intellectual inquiry
and seeks answers, to the central
questions of the meaning of human life.
• The humanities interprets answers to life
as they emerge from products of human
experience.
PRODUCTS OF HUMAN
EXPERIENCE ARE:
• Religion • Drama
• Art • Film
• Music • Literature
• Dance
• During Medieval Age
– The humanities dealt with the metaphysics of the
religious philosopher.
• During Renaissance Period
– To make man richer because during that time only the
rich people can make art like paintings, sculpture and
etc.
• During 19th and 20th Century
– Is to appreciate and understand the importance of
human being, his ideas and aspirations
It helps us recognize fundamental values
and principles such as beauty, truth, love,
and faith.
It develops our capacity for critical
thinking and appreciation for cultural
heritage.
It fosters understanding across barriers
of race, class, gender, or ethnicity.
 It introduces us to people we have met,
places we have never visited, and ideas
that never crossed our minds.
To appraise the value of creativity.
• Humanities are the key to understanding
the diversity and richness of all cultures.
• The humanities are socially useful for
critical and imaginative thinking about
the issues that confront us as citizens and
as human beings.
• Art is a product made with the intention
of stimulating the human senses, the
human mind and spirit, the driving force
for art is human creativity.
• Art = the product of human work and
thought
Artist is a term applied to a person
who engages in an activity deemed to
be an art. An artist also may be
defined unofficially, as “a person who
expresses themselves through a
medium.”
An artwork is normally assessed in quality
by the amount of stimulation it being
about.
• Who does the art impact?
• How many people can relate to the art?
• How much can the art be appreciate? Why?
• How much influence does the art have on the
past? On human condition?
• Most artworks that are widely considered to
be “masterpieces” possess these attributes.
 The humanities of art
concern the human
condition, struggle, psyche,
behavior, and nature: past,
present, and future.
We communicate our
struggles to others
through Art.
How to Analyse
Paintings
 Knowing how to write a formal
analysis of a work of art is a
fundamental skill learned in an art
appreciation-level class.
I. General Information
II. Brief Description
III.Form
IV.Opinions and Conclusions
Subject Matter (Who or What is
Represented?)
Artist or Architect (What person or group
made it? Often this is not known. If there is a
name, refer to this person as the artist or
architect, not “author.” Refer to this person by
their last name, not familiarly by their first
name.)
• Date (When was it made? Is it a copy of
something older? Was it made before or after
other similar works?)
• Provenance (Where was it made? For whom?
Is it typical of the art of a geographical area?)
• Location (Where is the work of art now?
Where was it originally located? Does the
viewer look up at it, or down at it? If it is not in
its original location, does the viewer see it as
the artist intended? Can it be seen on all sides,
or just on one?)
• Technique and Medium (What materials is it
made of? How was it executed? How big or
small is it?)
In a few sentences describe the work.
• What does it look like? Is it a representation of
something? Tell what is shown.
• Is it an abstraction of something? Tell what
the subject is and what aspects are
emphasized.
• Is it a non-objective work? Tell what elements
are dominant.
Note: This section is not an analysis of the work
yet, though some terms used in Part III might be
used here. This section is primarily a few
sentences to give the reader a sense of what the
work looks like.
This is the key part of your paper. It should
be the longest section of the paper. Be sure
and think about whether the work of art
selected is a two-dimensional or three-
dimensional work.
Art Elements
1. Line (straight, curved, angular, flowing, horizontal,
vertical, diagonal, contour, thick, thin, implied etc.)
2. Shape (what shapes are created and how)
3. Light and Value (source, flat, strong, contrasting, even,
values, emphasis, shadows)
4. Color (primary, secondary, mixed, complimentary, warm,
cool, decorative, values)
5. Texture and Pattern (real, implied, repeating)
6. Space (depth, overlapping, kinds of perspective)
7. Time and Motion
Principles of Design
1. Unity and Variety
2. Balance (symmetry, asymmetry)
3. Emphasis and Subordination
4. Scale and Proportion (weight, how objects or
figures relate to each other and the setting)
5. Mass/Volume (three-dimensional art)
6. Rhythm
7. Function/Setting (architecture)
8. Interior/Exterior Relationship (architecture)
This is the part of the paper where you go
beyond description and offer a conclusion
and your own informed opinion about the
work. Any statements you make about the
work should be based on the analysis in
Part III above.
1. In this section, discuss how and why
the key elements and principles of art
used by the artist create meaning.
2. Support your discussion of content
with facts about the work.