H U M A N ITIES

(A R T A P P R EC IATIO N )

Prepared by:
Mariam Fatima Cruz Sta.Ana, MAPsych

HUMANITIE
S

 They are areas in which human

subjectivity is emphasized and Individual

expressiveness is dramatized.
The importance of human being and his
feelings is the main concern of the
HUMANITIES..
One learn what it is to be a human by
studying HUMANITY

 The humanities are

therefore, the record

of mans experiences,
his values, his
sentiments, his ideals
and his goals.
The humanities are
ultimately the
expressions of mans
feelings and
thoughts.

 Humanities provied

enjoyment and
stimulation, particularly
when one tries to
understand and appreciate
them.
During the Renaissance,
the word came to refer to
the set of disciplines
taught in Universities
which include grammar,
rhetoric, history, literature,
music and Philosophy.

Renaissance
As a cultural movement, it

encompassed innovative
flowering of Latin and
vernacular literatures,
beginning with the 14thcentury resurgence of
learning based onclassical
sources, which
contemporaries credited
toPetrarch, the
development of linear
perspectiveand other
techniques of rendering a
more natural reality in
painting, and gradual but
widespreadeducational
reform.

PH ILO SO PH Y
Is a body of

knowledge aimed
to make man a
FULL MAN, a full
man means
cultured, refined
and well-rounded.

ARTS
The arts constitute

one of the eldest

and most important
means of
expressions
developed by man.
In nearly every
country, the earliest
arts go back to the
Pre-historic times.

TH E ILLIAD AN D TH E O DYSSEY

The Illiad and O dyssey

TheIliadis a

powerful, beautiful,
and awe-inspiring
work of ancient
Greece. It combines
the horridness and
sometimes
mundaneness of war
into a epic poem filled
with art, illustrious
descriptions.

The "Odyssey" is a

magnificient piece of
literature that we find
absolutely spectacular
in the fact of its
potential for helping us
understand pre-history
of many ancient
cultures, and because
of the fact that it is so
well written.

ARTS
Has been created by people at all times,

it lives because it is liked and enjoyed.

Art involves personal experience of an
individual accompanied by some
intensity of emotion.
Is made by man , no matter how close it
is to nature.
Is a product of mans need to express
himself and is not limited to revelation
of emotions alone.

ARTS

 Arts are outlet of our slumbering passions.

In real life, passions frequently move men

to immoral or disorderly actions. Examples:

passions of drama
Emotions of poetry
Moods of music
Fancies of paintings

Arts are powerful means to reform

man, to change his deviant behavior

into social order, and to overcome his
feelings of loneliness.

W ays ofPresenting Art

Realism
Abstraction
Symbolism
Fauvism
Dadaism
Futurism
Surrealism

REALISM
Realism

It is the attempt to
portray the subject as
is. The artist selects,
changes, and arranges
details to express the
idea he wants to make
clear.
The artist main function
is to describe accurately
what is observed
through the senses.

REALISM
Willem ClaeszHeda
(Banquet Piece with Mince Pie)

Giora Eshkol
(Daydreaming)

ABSTRACTIO N
It means to move

away or separate.
Abstract art moves
away from
showing things as
they really are.
The art work is not

realistic.

TYPES O F ABSTRACT
Distortion.

The subject is in
misshaped
condition.

 Elongation. The

subject is
lengthened for
protraction or
extension.

 Mangling,--

Subjects are either

cut, lacerated,
mutilated or
hacked.

 Cubism. Subjects

are shown in basic

geometrical
shapes.

Starry N ight by Vincent Van G ogh

SYM BO LISM
Symbolism

The presentation
of an invisible sign
such as an idea or
a quality into
something visible.

M em ento M ori(Just in Case Im

G one Tom orrow )

FAU VISM
Themes are either
ethical,
philosophical or
psychological.
Subjects express
comfort, joy or
happiness.

D AD AISM
Dadaism

A protest movement
formed in 1916 by a
group of artist in
Zurich, Switzerland.
They try to provoke the
public with outrageous
forms of arts.
Came from the French

word dada meaning

hobby horse.

FU TU RISM
Futurism

Its works aims to

capture the speed
and force of
modern industrial
society and to
glorify the
mechanical energy
of modern life.

SU RREALISM (Super Realism )

Surrealism

Founded in Paris in
1924 by French poet
Andre Breton.
It tries to reveal a new

and higher reality than

that of daily life. They
claim to create a
magical world more
beautiful than the real
one through art.