Art Appreciation

1. Arts
Appreciation
UNDERSTANDING THE
FUNCTIONS OF
HUMANITIES TO THE LIFE
OF A MAN

2. What is
Humanities?
A set of discipline that includes
grammar, philosophy, literature,
history & music.
Man is the center of Humanities.

3. Derived from the Latin word “humanus”
means human.
It records or interprets man’s thinking,
feeling, regrets, aspirations, failures & what
he is supposed to do & not to do in the world.
It gives comfort/relief from the boring
world.

4. Art that is the by-product
of humanities is looking at
things beyond matters.

5. Why Study
Humanities?
It is true that the subject does not direct
anyone to finding fortune.
The question becomes a demonstration of
a complete ignorance to the true meaning
of life.

6. To equip students with culture that is
necessary to complete his being.
St. Thomas Aquinas “Art is opposite to the
practical”.
Art is concerned on something that lives
beyond matters.

7. Branches of
Humanities

8. Fine
Arts
It is a creative art, especially visual art
whose products are to be appreciated
primarily or solely for their imaginative,
aesthetic, or intellectual content.

9. Paintin
g
This is a kind of art, which main
process is applying color or
pigment to a surface.

10. Literatu
re
 This is a kind of art which main medium
are the written words.
 There are two main classifications Prose &
Poetry.

11. Performing
Arts
 It includes a range of disciplines which are
performed in front of a live audience,
including theatre, music, and dance. Theatre,
music, dance and object manipulation, and
other kinds of performances are present in all
human cultures.

12. Dancin
g
It combines movement of feet, hands &
body in rhythm.

13. Balle
t
 It is a stage performance of narrating a
story by combining dance & music w/o a
dialogue.

14. Singing/Musi
c
The art of putting together the sounds in
order.

15. Movi
e
Motion picture that
blends together the
fundamental & vital
elements of music,
painting, literature &
music.

16. Theat
er
 This is another form of stage
performance of a play or
drama w/ basic medium is
dialogue.

17. Practical
Arts
 It is an art or craft, as
woodworking or
needlework, that serves a
utilitarian purpose

18. Sculptu
re
 It refers to the breaking & or piecing together
a hard stone or other shapeable materials to
represent something imagined or real.