1. Presented by:
Ireneo Ignacio
INTRODUCTION
AND
ASSUMPTIONS
Chapter 1

2. WHAT IS
ART?
It is something
perennially around us.

3. WHAT IS
ART?
Comes from the Latin,
ars which means a
“craft or specialized
form of skill”.

4. WHAT IS
ART?
It is a medium of
expression because
through arts we
express our ideas,
emotions, and feelings,
without using words.

5. EXAMPLE OF
ARTWORKS
RED PATH, ST PREX
by Alexej von Jawlensky, 1915
PERSIAN NIGHTINGALES
by Paul Klee, 1917
PARK by Paul Klee,
1920.

6. WHY DO WE
NEED TO STUDY
HUMANITIES?

7. WHY DO WE NEED
TO STUDY
HUMANITIES?
• The humanities serve to provide
the student with certain skills and
values through the arts.
• Students learn to appreciate the
importance of value that no other
subject can describe those values
which are directly an exact.

8. ASSUMPTIONS OF ARTS

9. Timeless, spanning generations
and continents through and
through.
ART IS UNIVERSAL
Misconception: Artistic made long time
ago. Age is not a factor in determining art.

10. -Dudley, et al. 1960
“Art is not good because it is
old, but old because it is
beautiful.”

11. WORKS OF RIZAL
AND FRANCISCO
BALAGTAS
Noli Me Tangere
by Jose Rizal, 1887
El Filibusterismo
by Jose Rizal, 1891
Florante at Laura by
Francisco Balagtas, 1838.

12. Arts regardless of origin, time,
and place are liked and
enjoyed by people
continuously.
ART IS UNIVERSAL

13. REFERENCES
• https://www.slideshare.net/RyanBuer/what-is-art-introduction-
and-assumptions
• https://www.slideshare.net/JefersonObtinalla1/lesson-1-
introduction-to-art-appreciation
• https://www.slideshare.net/RazelVillamilBuling/group-2-
assumptions-of-artpptx

14. THANK YOU!