The document discusses the importance of studying arts and humanities. It explains that humanities help understand human culture and experience through analytical methods, while arts are a fundamental form of human expression that shape cultural identity. The document then provides an overview of different historical periods of art from prehistoric times to contemporary eras, highlighting major styles and artists. It concludes by examining common assumptions about the nature of art, such as it being universal, not depicting nature directly, and being experiential.

1. • Art appreciation is a three-unit course that
develops student’s ability to appreciate, analyze
and critique works of art.
• Before, art was deemed as something that is
impractical and compromising.
• Art in all its field offer a lot more: creative problem
solving, critical thinking, a deeper sense of human
understanding, development of our intrinsic
human sensibilities which make us more holistic
members of this society.

2. At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
1. discuss the relationship and importance of Arts and Humanities;
2. examine the meaning of Arts and its changing perceptions throughout history;
3. demonstrate understanding on the role/s of Arts and Humanities in gaining better
perspective in life
4. identify and analyze the assumptions and nature of Art

3. UNDERSTANDING
ARTS AND
HUMANITIES: WHY
THEY MATTER

4. • Humanities are branches of knowledge that attempt to understand and interpret human
culture and experience through methods of inquiry that are analytical, critical, and
systematic.
• We study Humanities because they constitute one of the oldest and most important means
of expression developed by man (Dudley et al., 1960).
• They shape and cultivate our identity as humans and ultimately, direct our steps in
understanding who we are and in making sense of the world that we live in.

5. • Studying the Arts matters because it is the most fundamental yet the highest form of human
expression.
• It is among the highest expression of culture embodying its ideals and aspirations,
challenging its assumptions and beliefs, and creating new visions and possibilities for it to
pursue (Sayre, XVI).
• art is a tool through which humans extend their senses; it reaches out from the inside to the
outside as mirrors of our thoughts and emotions, the past and the future.
• Therefore, in studying arts and humanities, it is important to note that we are trying to learn
about the creation (arts), the ones who make these creations (artists/artisans), and the
society that produced or prompted these creations.

6. THE MOST BORING TOPIC: HOW DID ART
BEGIN?
• How can we better understand the climate of art now if we do not know how it has been
influenced by artist who strove to evolve the meaning and expression of art?
• the word “art” has assumed various meanings depending on how it was received and
perceived by a particular culture and the milieu that surrounds it
• the word art came from the Latin word “ars” which means skills or crafts

7. PRIMITIVE/ PRE-HISTORIC TO CLASSICAL/
ANCIENT PERIOD
• art only as a tool for survival
• Ancient Art was produced by advanced civilizations, which refers to those with an
established written language.
• Cave paintings, Venus figurines which are considered portable sculptures
• Greek standard of beauty:

8. MEDIEVAL PERIOD/ MIDDLE AGES
• This period was dominated by religious themes particularly Christianity.
• The “death” of artistic freedom due to canonical standards of visual interpretation
• The rise of Gothic Art especially in Gothic Churches
• Popular art: Stained glass windows and illuminated manuscript

9. CATHEDRAL OF
FREIBURG CITY,
GERMANY

10. RENAISSANCE PERIOD
• the word “Renaissance” means rebirth of reborn, hence what was being reborn in this
period was meaning of art inherent in its ancient form of craft.
• This period focused on the originality of form and content and centered on personal
expression apart from cultural
• The time of “Masters”

11. THE
MASTERS
Raphael Sanzio Donatell
o
Van Eyck
Michaelangelo
Da Vinci

12. BAROQUE
• Grandiose and ornate art
• Artistic innovation: “Spotlight effect”
• Artist to note: Caravaggio (Italy), Diego Velasquez (Spain), Antonio Gaudi (Barcelona)

13. Defeat of Sennacherib
Battle of Amazon

14. 19TH CENTURY
• Emergence of “isms”
• Neoclassicism: Greek and Roman Classic revived
• Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism
• Photography comes into the scene

15. 20TH CENTURY MODERN ART
• Garish colors explored in Fauvism
• Abstracted sculpture emerged
• Simplified forms in paintings by Picasso and Matisse
• Art movement: Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, Expressionism
• Mondrian’s purely geometric art

16. MONDRIAN
ART
Composition with Re, Yellow and
Blue, 1942
Piet Mondrian

17. ART DURING THE WARS
• Dadaism: the art movement that defies logic
• Surrealism: stepping into the dreamworld
• American Art blossoms (Jackson Pollock) American Abstract Expressionism

18. MURAL ON INDIAN
RED GROUND

19. 20TH CENTURY TO CONTEMPORARY
• Highly experimental and radical
• Pop art defines the consumer culture
• Minimalism: glorifying the simplest art elements
• Birth of conceptual art
• Photography is further developed which paved way to art movement: Photorealism
• Neo-expressionism: strong subject matter
• CONTEMPORARY ART: A very diverse art scene; the rise of appropriation, photography-
derived works, graphic style of art, experimental works, multimedia and multi-modal art

20. ASSUMPTIONS
AND NATURE OF
ART

21. ART IS UNIVERSAL AND TIMELESS
• Art is enjoyed, done, consumed and appreciated by everyone.
• Appeals to all and has spanned across generation.
• It is believed that a great piece of art will never be obsolete
• The works of art outlive their creators

22. ART IS NOT NATURE
• Art is man-made
• Art is considered as a man’s expression of his reception of nature.
• It is not art’s responsibility to depict accurate reality because for every piece of art that you
encounter is the artist’s own interpretation of his/her surroundings.

23. ART IS EXPERIENTIAL
• Art is just experience, or the actual doing of something
• Experiencing art is not only limited to the actual doing or crafting of artworks, it also
includes exposure to these creations and thus it does not necessitate extravagance