Humanities - “The humanities constitute one of

- came from the Latin word the oldest and most important
humanus meaning refined, cultured means of expression developed by
and human. man”.
- study of the different cultural - Human history has witnessed how
aspect of man, his frailties in life man evolved not just physically but
and how it can be improved also culturally, from cave painters
- records man’s quest for answers to to men of exquisite paintbrush
the fundamental questions he asks users of the present.
about himself and about lif - Even if one goes back to the time
before written records of man’s
Humanities civilization has appeared, he can
- are expressions of man’s feelings find cases of man’s attempts of not
and thoughts emphasizes dignity just crafting tools to live and
and worthiness of man and survive but also expressing his
recognizes creative expressions feelings and thoughts.
- aimed to shape students subjective - The Galloping Wild Boar found
energies (feelings, attitudes and in the cave of Altamira, Spain is
aspirations) one such example. In 1879, a
Spaniard and his daughter were
ETYMOLOGY OF ART exploring a cave when they saw
ART pictures of a wild boar, hind, and
- comes from the Aryan root word bison.
AR which means to put together
Latin word ARS which means PREHISTORIC PAINTINGS
skills/ability cover those areas of - According to experts, these
artistic creativity - embraces the paintings were purported to belong
visual arts, literature, music and to Upper Paleolithic Age, several
dance expresses aesthetic ideas by thousands of years before the
use of skill & imagination current era.
- Prehistoric men, with their crude
DIVISION OF THE ARTS instruments, already showcased
1. Visual: arts that are primarily seen, and manifested earliest attempts at
occupies space recording man’s innermost
2. Auditory: heard, timed arts; exist interests, preoccupations, and
in time thoughts.
3. Combined/performing arts:
combines visual & auditory The humanities, then, ironically, have
elements started even before the term has been
EXAMPLES: coined. Human persons have long been
4. Visual arts: paintings, sculptures exercising what it means to be a human
and architectures long before he was even aware of his being
5. Auditory arts: music and poetry one. The humanities stand tall in bearing
6. Combined: drama & theatre, witness to this magnificent phenomenon.
dancing, cinema & TV, opera Any human person, then, is tasked to
participate, if not, totally partake in this
Art - is man’s oldest means of expression; long tradition
Art - as a means of expression & of humanizing himself.
communication.
PURPOSES OF THE ARTS
 1. Provide decoration - Materials used include stone,
2. Reveal truth concrete, brick, wood, steel, glass,
3. Immortalize and plaster.
4. Express religious values
5. Record and commemorate 5. Dance
experience - is series of movements that
6. Create order & harmony follows the rhythm of the music
accompaniment.
POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS 6. Literary art
VISUAL ARTS - goes beyond the usual professional,
- Is the kind of art form that the academic, journalistic, and other
population is most likely more technical form of writing.
exposed to, but its variations are so - It focuses on writing using a
diverse they range from sculptures unique style, not following a
that you see in art galleries to the specific form or norm.
last movie you saw. - It may include both fiction and
- Some mediums of visual arts nonfiction such as novels,
include paintings, drawings, biographies and poems.
lettering, printing, sculptures, 7. Theater
digital imaging, and more. - uses live performers to present
accounts or imaginary events
1. FILM before a live audience.
- refers to the art of putting together - performance usually follows a
successions of still images in order script, though they should not be
to create an illusion of movement, confused with literary arts.
Filmmaking focuses on its 8. Applied
aesthetic, cultural, and social value - arts incorporate elements of style
and is considered as both an art and and design to everyday items with
an industry. the aim of increasing their
2. Performance Art aesthetical value.
- Performance art is a live art and the - Artists in this field bring beauty,
artist’s medium is mainly the charm, and comfort into many
human body which he or she uses things that are useful in everyday
to perform, but also employs other life.
kind of art such as visual art, props,
or sound. THE FUNCTIONS OF ART
3. Poetry Performance a. AS A THERAPY
- Poetry is an art form where the - In its therapeutic function, art can
artist expresses his emotions not by be and is used as therapy for
using paint, charcoal, or camera, individuals with a variety of
but expresses them through words. illnesses, both physical and mental.
4. Architecture
- is the art of designing and
constructing buildings and other b. ART AS ARTIFACT
types of structures. - Art also functions as an artifact: A
- It is often referred to as the product of a particular time and
“mother of the arts” because it place, an artwork represents the
houses, serves as background for, ideas and technology of that
or occurs in relation to other fields specific time and place.
of art.
- As we look back over history, we invocation to gods.
find in art striking, and in some - Music - also was essential to dance
cases, the only, tangible records of because music assures
some peoples. synchronicity among dancers.
- The insights we gain into cultures,  Art as a Representation
including our own are enhanced  Art as a Disinterested Judgment
tremendously by such artifacts as  Art as a Communication of
paintings, sculptures, poems, plays, Emotion
and buildings.
c. PERSONAL FUNCTION OF SUBJECT AND CONTENT
ART 1. Subject
- The personal functions of art are - refers to the visual focus or the
varied and highly subjective. image that may be extracted from
- This means that its function depend examining the artwork.
on the person- the artist who 2. Content
created the art. - is the meaning that is
communicated by the artist or the
d. SOCIAL FUNCTION OF ART artwork.
- Art is considered to have a social
function if and when it addresses a
particular collective interest as
opposed to a personal interest.
- Political art is a very common
example of an art with a social
function.
- Art may convey message of
protest, contestation, or whatever
message the artist intends his work
to carry.

e. PHYSICAL FUNCTION OF
ART
- The physical functions of art are
the easiest to spot and understand.
- The physical functions of art can
be found in artworks that are
crafted in order to serve some
physical purpose.
f. Other Functions of Art
- Music
- as an art is also interesting to talk
about in relation to function.
- Music in its original form was
principally functional.
- Music - was used for dance and
religion. Unlike today, when one
can just listen to music for the sake
of music’s sake, the ancient world
saw music only as an instrument to
facilities worship and
Representational art
- These types of art have subjects
that refer to object or events
occurring in the real world.
- Often, it is also termed figurative
art, because as the name suggest,
the figures depicted are easy to
makes out and decipher.
Non-representational art
- This art does not make a reference
to the real world, whether it is a
person, place, thing, or even a
particular event.
- It is stripped down to visual
elements such as shapes, lines,
emotion, and even concept.

CONTENT IN ART
- Levels of meaning

1. Factual
- pertains to the most
rudimentary level of meaning for
it may be extracted from the
identifiable or recognizable
forms in the artwork and
understanding how these
elements relate to one another.

2. Conventional meaning
- on the other hand, pertains to
the acknowledged interpretation
of the artwork using motifs,
signs, symbols and other cyphers
as bases of its meaning. These
conventions are established
through time, strengthened by
recurrent use and wide
acceptance by its viewers or
audience and scholars who study
then.

3. Subjectivities
- if it consulted, a variety of
meaning may arise when a
particular work of art is read.
- These meanings stem from the
viewer’s or audience’s
circumstances that come into
play when engaging with art.
“DALAGANG BUKID” • Object:
Fernando Amorsolo, who was touted as • Artist: The object has a lot of aesthetic
the “Grand Old Man of Philippine Art.” value and is appreciated for this
quality as it pleases the individual.
Artist • Artisan: The object though utilitarian has
- is a person who performs any of certain aesthetic attributes to it
the creative arts. This captures all
forms of art. is an art practitioner Cologne Cathedral in Germany
such as painter, sculptor, - This is also a collaboration
choreographer, dancer, musician, between the artist who made the
etc. who produces or creates design and the Artisan who help in
indirectly functional arts with the construction of the whole
aesthetic value using imagination. building.
- The specialty of an artist is that he Artisan and Guilds
is able to create art for the sake of - These guilds where towns had
art itself. formalized groups of artisans or
craftsmen who took on a particular
Artisan specialization or trade; shoemakers,
- is a skilled worker who makes textile and glass workers,
things by hand. carpenters, carvers, masons,
- This includes various objects armorers, and weapon-makers,
ranging from jewelry to furniture. among others.
- Guilds were a type of social
Artisan fellowship, an association
- should not be confused with an structured with rules, customs,
artist because there is a clear rights, and responsibilities. With a
difference in the things that they lifetime commitment to a particular
create. trade, an artisans develops
- is able to produce something that immense skill and expertise in his
has a functional value; although it cr
should not be limited to its use
value alone. PHILIPPINE Artisans
- Church of the Most Holy Trinity in
What is the difference between Artist Loay, Bohol.
and Artisan - Spanish friars commissioned a lot
Definitions of Artist and Artisan: of artisans to carve, paint, and
• Artist: An artist is a person who performs engrave images for churches and
any of the creative arts. public sites.
• Artisan: An artisan is a skilled worker
who makes things by hand. What is an Art Curator?
Characteristics of Artist and Artisan: Art curators
Artistic Value: - are employed by museums and art
• Artist: The object has a clear artistic galleries to design, develop and
value. manage installations and exhibits.
• Artisan: The object has an artistic value. - This requires them to acquire
Functional Value: works of art, ensure proper storage
• Artist: The object has no functional and help maintain museum
value. collections.
• Artisan: The object has a functional - Art curators typically specialize in
value. specific areas of art, like Western,
 Asian or contemporary art. The job Treasures Award was created in
duties of a curator are vast. 1902
- They may put on public events like - • a “Manlilikha ng Bayan” who is a
lectures and workshops, write “citizen engaged in any traditional
grants and conduct fundraising art uniquely Filipino whose
activities. In addition, they conduct distinctive skills have reached such
research projects and write papers a high level of technical and artistic
for publication excellence and have been passed
on to and widely practiced by the
Role of an Art Curator? present generation in his/ her
Art curator community with the same degree
- is more of the interpretation and of technical and artistic
development of the artwork(s) or competence” (NCCA,2015).
the collection(s) through - This artists’ practice may fall under
establishing the significance, the following categories: folk,
relationship, and relevance of these architecture, maritime transport,
materials----in isolation and/or as weaving, carving, performing arts,
part of a wider narrative. literature, graphic and plastic art,
- Some of the roles expected of ornament, textile or fiber art,
curators are the ability toresearch pottery and other artistic
and write, as an arbiter of design expressions of traditional culture.
and layout , and deciding for the
display and hanging of materials
foe exhibition.

The two major awards given to artist in

the Philippines are the Order ng
Pambansang Alagad ng Sining (Order
of national Artist) and Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan (National Living
Treasures Award).
- The conferment of the Order of
National Artist is the “highest
national recognition given to
Filipino individuals who have
made significant contributions to
the development of Philippine
Arts; namely, music, dance,
theater, visual arts, literature, film,
broadcast art, and architecture and
allied arts.
- The order is jointly administered
by the Philippines (CCP) and
conferred by the President of the
Philippines upon recommendation
by both institutions” (NCCA,
2015)

The Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan

(GAMABA) or The National Living
The elements of visual arts - They are poised, balanced,forceful,
1. Lines and dynamic.
2. Colors - They express an impression of
3. Texture dignity.
4. Perspective - Only vertical lines can be used to
5. Space express an orderly feeling
6. Form
7. Volume Horizontal Lines
- are lines of repose and serenity.
The Elements of Visual Arts - They express ideasof calmness and
quiescence..
Line - Only horizontal lines can give a
- is a mark on a surface that feeling of peacefulness and
describes a shapeor outline. It can stillness.
create textureandcan bethick
andthin. Diagonal lines
- Types of line can include actual, - are used to create feelings of
implied, vertical, horizontal, movement or action.
diagonaland contourline
Curved lines
- is an important element at the - sometimes referred as S curves,
disposal of every artist. suggest gracefulness or sexiness.
- always has direction, always
moving. If you want to photograph S curves, the
- as used in any work of art, may human body makes for a wonderful
either be straight or curved. subject.

- Lines are the first element of art From the arch of a foot to the curve of a
and are continuous marks that are neck, you can find many ways to capture
made on any surface with a moving curved leading lines by photographing the
point. human form.
- Lines can be used in various ways
to create different compositions. It is up to the artist how he conveys his
- A line can be used to express message, in the best way possible
- various things or feelings; it can be through the use of lines.
used to show various moods or
anything abstract. There are various ways to integrate
lines into a photograph
To help strengthen the overall
composition and draw attention to a
specific focal point.
Line serves as an essential
building block of art, but it canalso serve
as the content itself of awork of art, or be The Art Element of Color
manipulated to evokean
emotional or intellectual response from a Color
viewer (Fichner-Rathus, 2010). - refers to the visual perception of
light being reflected from a surface
Vertical Lines of an artwork.
- Vertical lines are poised for action.
In the most basic classification, colors can - White - stands for purity and
be divided into three groups: primary, innocence
secondary and tertiary. - Red - is associated with blood,
anger andfear
Attributes of Color - Green - implies happiness
Hue andabundance
- is the termforthe pure
spectrumcolors commonly referred
to by the "color names"- red,
orange, yellow, blue,
greenvioletwhich appearin the hue Meanings of Colors Conveyed
circle orrainbow. by the Rose
- Theoretically all hues can bemixed  Redis - for“I love you”
fromthree basic hues, known as  Pink - conveys “Thank you”
primaries.  White - says “Youare heavenly”
 Coral – speaks of desire.
Value  White roses - denote secrecy,
- refers to the lightness or darkness reverence and humility.
of a color.  Deep pink roses - convey gratitude
- It is the quality which depends on and appreciation.
the amount of light and dark in
 Light pink - express sympathy,
color.
grace and gentility
 Red roses - also meancourage and
Tints
fortitude
- are values above the normal
Shades  Yellow roses - stand for freedom
- are values Below the normal.  Red and Yellow - stand
Intensity forjovial /happy feelings
- refers to the brightness or darkness  Orange roses – speak of enthusi as
of color. It gives color strength. mand desire
- When a hue is vivid form, it is said  Red and White - convey unity
to bein full intensity. When it is
dulled, it is said to be partly TEXTURE
neutralized. - is the element that deals more
directly with the sense of touch.
Attributes color: Hue, Intensity, Value - applies to how an object feels or
appears to feel.
Color Wheel - can be either implied or actual.
- A colorwheel is an abstract Texture
illustrative organization of color - is the element that deals more
hues aroundacircle, that shows directly with the sense of touch.
relationships between primary, - It has to do with the characteristics
secondary, andtertiary colors,etc. of surfaces which can be rough or
smooth, fine or coarse, shiny or
Psychology of Colors dull, plain or irregular
- Colors have varied psychological
and emotional connotations.
- Black - is associated with death
andgloom Two types of texture
1. Implied texture
 - expresses the idea of how a - As an element of art, refers to
surface might feel. For example, a distancesor areas around, between
painting of a blanket might convey or within componentsof apiece.
the idea that the blanket is soft. - Space can be positive (white or
2. Actual texture light) or negative (black or
- on the other hand, is texture that dark),open or closed, shallow or
can actually be felt. deep and twodimensional
- For example, a ceramic bowl orthreedimensional.
might feature a carved texture that - Sometimesspaceisn't actually
could be felt when holding that within apiece, but the illusion of it
bowl. is.
Kinds of Space
Perspective 1. Positivespace
- deals with the effect of distance - the areas in awork of art that arethe
uponthe appearance of objects, subjects, or areas of interest.
bymeansof which the eye judges 2. Negativespace
spatial relationships. - areas aroundthe subjects, or areas
Types of perspective of interest
1. Linear
- perspective is the Shape, Form, and Volume are words that
representationofan appearance are used to describe distinct areas or
of distance by means of parts of works of art or architecture.
converging lines.
- It has to do with the direction of Form
lines and with the size of objects. - applies to the over-all design of a
2. Aerial perspective work of art.
- is the presentation of relative - It describes the structure or shape
distances of objects by gradations of an object.
of tone or color. The Art Element of Form
- Objects become fainter in the Form
distance due to the effect of the - refers to a three-dimensional
atmosphere. object.
- Objects appear to be lighter in - As such, form is an art term that is
color as they recede into the only applied to those artworks
distance or atmosphere. that are three-dimensional, such
as sculpture and pottery.
- Forms, much like shapes, can be
geometric or organic.
The Art Element of Space - Geometric forms - have hard lines
Space and edges.
- refers to how the artist fills the - Organic forms are - curvy and
surface on which a work of art is more free-form.
created.
- It can also refer to the expression Types of Form
of depth within a work of art. Form and shape can al so be descri bed as
- When talking about a three- either organic or geometric.
dimensional object, space is the 1. Organic forms
actual volume that is taken up by - such as these snow-covered
the artwork. boulders typically are irregular in
Space outline, and often asymmetrical.
 - Organic forms are most often
thought of as naturally occurring.
2. Geometric forms
- are those which correspond to
named regular shapes, such as
squares, rectangles, circles, cubes,
spheres, cones,andother
regularforms.

Volume
- refers to the amount of space
occupied in three dimensions.
- It refers to solidity or thickness.