HUMANITIES Is a set of discipline that includes grammar, philosophy, literature, history, and music. The term is derived from the Latin word HUMANUS, which means HUMAN. This concerns humanity. This explains why the arts are called the HUMANITIES. They bring the GOOD and NOBLE in us. Through the arts, we come to know the changing image of man… striving to achieve the ideals that create MEANING FOR LIFE. HUMANITIES Humanities concerns humanity. It records or interprets man’s thinking, feeling, regrets, aspirations, failures and what he supposed not to do in the world. ART What is ART? Art is derived from the latin word “ARS” which means ABILITY or SKILL. Art from the Italian word “ARTIS” which means craftsmanship, skill, mastery of form, inventiveness, and the associations that exist bet. Form and ideas, between material and technique. Art is the product of man’s need to express himself. Art is the product of creative human activity in which materials are shaped or selected to convey an idea, emotion, or visually interesting form. ART What is ART? The word art can refer to the visual arts, including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, decorative arts, crafts, and other visual works that combine materials or forms. We also use the word art in a more general sense to encompass other forms of creative activity, such as dance, drama, and music, or even to describe skill in almost any activity, such as “the art of bread making” or “the art of travel.” ART What is ART? The skilful, systematic arrangement or adaptation of means for the attainment of some end, especially by human endeavour || the skill of creating something beautiful by drawing, painting or making it with your hands. Anything created by man for his own benefit and satisfaction. ART What is ART? the skillfull arrangement or composition of some common but significant qualities of nature such as colors, sounds, lines, movements, words, stones, wood, etc., to express human feelings, emotions, or thoughts in a perfect meaningful and enjoyable way. Art must be manmade. Art must be creative, not imitative Art is expressed through a certain medium or material by which the artist communicates himself to his fellow. ART What is ART? The conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects.( Merriam Webster) Art is the activity by which a person, having experienced an emotion, intentionally transmits it to ohers. (Leo Tolstoy) Art is any creative work of a human being. Art is a form of expressing oneself Art resides in the quality of doing; process is not magic Art is the act of making something visually entertaining ART What is ART? Art is that activity which manifests beauty Art is mastery, an ideal way of doing things Art is not a thing — it is a way (Elbert Hubbard) Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known Art is a discovery and development of elementary principles of nature into beautiful forms suitable for human use (Frank Lloyd Wright) Art History The study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts: genre, design, format, style. It includes painting, scuplture, architecture, ceramics, furniture, and other decorative objects. Encompasses several methods of studying the visual arts. connoisseurs critics academic art historians Art Appreciation It is the ability to interpret or understand manmade arts and enjoy them either through actual or work-experience with art tools and materials or possession of these works of art for one’s admiration and satisfaction. IT DEALS WITH LEARNING OR UNDERSTANDING AND CREATING ARTS AND ENJOYING THEM. Creativity the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. Creativity is characterised by the ability to perceive the world in new ways, to find hidden patterns, to make connections between seemingly unrelated phenomena, and to generate solutions. Creativity involves two processes: thinking, then producing. A product is creative when it is (a) novel and (b) appropriate. A novel product is original not predictable. Creativity If you have ideas but don’t act on them, you are imaginative but not creative.