This document outlines the course structure and content for an art and humanities class. The course is divided into three sections: 1) The Nature of Art, which defines key art terms and explores the relationship between art, nature, soul, and creativity. 2) The Artwork, covering formal elements and principles, sublimity, heritage, and legacies. 3) The Artist, examining the artist's role in individual, ecological, and global contexts. Requirements include field trips, creative exercises, film showings, and a midterm art exhibit focused on environmental art.

2. AY 2011-2012
2nd Semester
ART, INDIVIDUAL
and SOCIETY

3. HUMANITIES I
WORKING GUIDE TO THE COURSE:ART, INDIVIDUAL and SOCIETY:
I. The Nature of Art
Working Definitions:
Glossary of Terms
Art and the Cosmos
The Relationship of Art and Nature
Art and Soul
Art and Ingenuity
Steps to Genius and Creativity
II. The Art Work
Elements and Principles
Sublimity and Magnitude
Heritage and LegaciesI
III. The Artist
The Image of the Artist as an Individual
The Image of the Artist in
an Ecology-conscious Society
The Image of the Artist in Globalization
Requirements: Participate in the following activities:
Educational Field Trip: National Museum and
Heritage Galleries in Metro Manila
Creative Exercises Yoga, Meditation, ESP and other Sensitivity
exercises
Film Showings and Performing Arts
Compulsary: Mid-Term Art Exhibit: Environmental Art
Submit a dossier of researches for Humanities
one as assigned in the Classes

4. I. THE
NATURE OF
ART
What are the basic
assumptions of ART?
CULTURAL? MAGNITUDE?

5. Sensorial

7. FIGURATIVE &
SYMBOLIC
COMMEMORATIVE

8. ART AS THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF THE SOUL
MANDALA OF KALACHAKRA

12. The Burj Khalifa

13. STEPS TO GENIUS AND CREATIVITY
Curiosita – An insatiably curious approach to life and an unrelenting
quest for continuous learning.
Dimostrazione – A commitment to test knowledge through experience,
persistence, and a willingness to learn from mistakes.
Sensazione – The continual refinement of the senses, especially sight, as
the means to enliven experience.
Sfumato – A willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox and uncertainty
Arte/Scienza – The development of the balance between Science and
Art, Logic and Imagination. “Whole-Brain” thinking.
Corporalita – The cultivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness and poise.
Connessione – A recognition of and appreciation for the
interconnectedness of all things and phenomena. Systems thinking.

14. II. THE
ARTWORK

15. FOCAL POINT
COLOR
LINE
SHAPE
SPACE
TEXTURE
PERSPECTIVE
PATTERN
RHYTHM
DYNAMIC
INTENSITY
UNITY AND VARIETY
CONTRAST
SCALE AND PROPOPORTION
SYMMETRY AND ASSYMETRY

16. JUDGEMENT
“Spoliarium” by JUAN LUNA

17. In aesthetics, the SUBLIME (from the Latin sublīmis)
is the quality of greatness, whether physical, moral,
intellectual, metaphysical, aesthetic, spiritual or
artistic. The term especially refers to a greatness
beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement
or imitation.
The Analytic of the Sublime is MAGNITUDE –
Immanuel Kant

18. ART is a Cultural HERITAGE. It is the legacy of physical artifacts (cultural
property) and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited
from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the
benefit of future generations. Cultural heritage includes tangible culture
(such as buildings, monuments, landscapes, books, works of art, and
artifacts), intangible culture (such as folklore, traditions, language, and
knowledge), and natural heritage (including culturally-significant landscapes,
and biodiversity).
The deliberate act of keeping cultural heritage from the present for the future is
known as Preservation (American English) or Conservation (British English),
though these terms may have more specific or technical meaning in the same
contexts in the other dialect.
Cultural heritage is often unique and irreplaceable, which places the
responsibility of preservation on the current generation. Smaller objects such as
artworks and other cultural masterpieces are collected in museums and art
galleries. Grass roots organizations and political groups, such as the international
body UNESCO, have been successful at gaining the necessary support to preserve
the heritage of many nations for the future.

20. Vincent Van Gogh
1853-1890

21. IMAGE OF THE ARTIST AS
AN INDIVIDUAL

22. IMAGE OF THE ARTIST IN AN
ECOLOGY-CONSCIOUS SOCIETY

23. IMAGE OF THE ARTIST IN
GLOBALIZATION