ART APPRECIATION: GE6 HUM 101 Instructor: ROMA DELA FUENTE, LPT works purportedly written before the beginning of recorded history, are believed to be man’s attempt at recording stories and tales that have been passed on, known, and sung throughout the years. Art is something that is perenially around us. Some people may deny having to do with the arts but it is indisputable that life presents us with many forms of and opportunities for communion with the arts. Perenially- in a way that lasts a very long time, or happens repeatedly or all the time: Art has always been timeless and universal, spanning generations and continents through and through. In every country and in every generation, there is always art. In the Philippines, the works of Rizal and Balagtas are not being read because they are old. Florante at Laura and Ibong Adarna is another Filipino Masterpiece that always captured the imagination of the young with its timeless lessons. The first assumptions then about the humanities is that art has been crafted by all people regardless of origin, time, place and it stayed on because it is liked and enjoyed by people continuously. Art will always be present because human beings will always express themselves and delight in these expressions. Art is man’s expressions of his reception of nature. Art is man’s way of interpreting nature and therefore, art is not nature. Art is made by man, whereas nature is given around us. What we find in nature should not be expected to be present in art too. Art is based on an individual’s subjective experience of nature. It is not meant to accurately define a thing like a nature. Indisputable- true, and impossible to doubt: The word “art” comes from the ancient Latin, ars which means a “craft or specialized form of skill, like carpentry or smithying or surgery”- Collingwood, 1938 Smithy- a place where things are made out of metal, especially iron or steel, by heating and using a hammer. Ars in Medieval came to mean something different. It meant “any special form of book-learning, such as grammar or logic, magic or astronomy.” It was only during the Renaissance Period that the word reacquired a meaning that was inherent in its ancient form of craft. Early Renaissance artists saw their activities merely as craftsmanship, devoid of a whole lot of intonations that are attached to the word now. ART IS NOT NATURE Craftsmanship- skill at making things. During 17th Century, the problem and idea of aesthetics, the study of beauty, began to unfold distinctly from the notion of technical workmanship, which was the original conception of the word ‘art’. In 18th Century, the word has evolved to distinguish between the fine arts and the useful arts. The fine arts would come to mean “not delicate or highly skilled arts but beautiful arts”. – Collingwood, 1938. On the other hand, useful arts is concerned with the skills and methods of practical subjects such as manufacture and craftsmanship. “The humanities constitute one of the oldest and most important means of expression developed by man” - Dudley et al.,1960 Human history has witnessed how man evolved not just physically but also culturally, from cave painters to men exquisite paintbrush users of the present. ASSUMPTIONS OF ART Assumptions - something that you accept as true without question or proof. ART IS UNIVERSAL Literature has provided key works of art (e.g. Illiad and Odyssey, Mahabarata and Ramayana). These Subjective- influenced by or based on personal beliefs or feelings, rather than based on facts. Objective- based on real facts and influenced by personal beliefs or feelings. not ART INVOLVES EXPERIENCE Art does not require a full definition, art is just experience. By experience means “actual doing of something” - Dudley et al., 1960 Affirmed that all art depends on experience, and if one is to know art, he must know it not as a fact or information but as experience. An important aspect of experiencing art is its being highly personal, individual, and subjective. In philosophical terms, perception of art is always a value judgment. Matters of taste are not matter of dispute. ART APPRECIATION: GE6 HUM 101 Instructor: ROMA DELA FUENTE, LPT Disputean argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or 2 countries with a common border. One should underscore that every experience with art is accompanied by some emotion. A stage play or motion picture is particularly one of those art forms that evoke strong emotions from its audience. Underscore- to emphasize the importance something. SUMMARY Humanities and the art always been part of man’s growth ad civilization. Since the dawn of time, man has always tried to express his innermost thoughts and feelings about reality through creating art.
