ART APP: UNIT 1 Lesson 1 & 2 Flashcards

1
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“Man is the measure of all things.”

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Protagoras

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2
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These are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture.

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Humanities

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3
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The study of ancient and modern languages, literature, philosophy, history, archeology,
anthropology, human geography, law, politics, religion and art

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Humanities

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4
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They are the scholars in the humanities.

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Humanists

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5
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They describe the philosophical position of humanism

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Humanists

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6
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They are the scholars that reject the philosophical position of humanism.

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Anti-Humanists

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7
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The study of humanities may also be attributed to the symmetry and balance discussed by what art piece?

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The Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci

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8
Q

Demonstrates blend of mathematics and art during the Renaissance, and Leonardo’s deep
understanding of proportions

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The Vitruvian Man

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9
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It represents a cornerstone of Leonardo’s attempts to relate man to nature

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The Vitruvian Man

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10
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“Leonardo envisaged the great picture chart of the human body he had produced through his
anatomical drawings and Vitruvian Man as a cosmografia del minor mondo. What is the meaning of cosmografia del minor mondo?

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Cosmography of the Microcosm

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11
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Humanities came from the Latin “humanus” which means, what?

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Human; being cultured and refined

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12
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It studies how individuals’ manner of expression varies as they record.

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Humanities

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13
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What are the following identified fundamental principles of Humanities which are used as guides for a
better understanding of life and man’s existence?

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  1. Human nature is inherently good.
  2. Individuals are free and are capable of making choices.
  3. Human potential for growth and development is virtually unlimited.
  4. Self-concept plays an important role in growth and development.
  5. Individuals have an urge for self-actualization.
  6. Reality is defined by each person.
  7. Individuals have a responsibility to both themselves and to others.
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14
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It is a diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts
(artworks), expressing the author’s imaginative, conceptual ideas, or technical skill, intended to
be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.

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Art

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15
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What are the three classical branches of art?

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Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture

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16
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These are included in the broader definition of arts?

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Music, Dance, Theater, Literature, Film and Interactive Media

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17
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What is the Aryan root of art or arts and its meaning?

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“Ar” that means to join or to put together

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18
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What is the Latin word of arts?

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“Sars” and “artis” that means everything that is artificially made or composed
by man

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19
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It constitutes one of the oldest and most important means of expression developed by
man.

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Art

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20
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It refers to the skillful arrangement or composition of some common but significant
qualities of nature such as sounds, colors, lines, movements, words, stone and wood to
express feelings, thoughts, imaginations and dreams in an amazing, meaningful and
enjoyable way.

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Art by Adams (2002)

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21
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It is subjective as it employs the use of perception, insights, feelings and intuition.

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Art

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22
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It provides enjoyment and stimulation specially when people understand them

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Art

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23
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It is the heightened expression of human dignity and weaknesses felt and shared so
powerfully in a world increasingly aware of its successes and failures

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Art

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24
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It is man’s expression of himself as an individual and how he views his existence

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Art

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25
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It is an art form that is need for life to be better.

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Functional Art Forms

26
Q

It is an art form need to express aesthetics and
beauty.

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Non-Functional Art Forms

27
Q

Architecture, weaving, furniture-making are an example of what art form?

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Functional Art Forms

28
Q

Painting, sculpture, literature, music, dance and theater are an example of what art form?

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Non-Functional Art Forms

29
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It may benefit the cause of man’s existence.

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Functional Art Forms

30
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It gives people sustenance as to need for life to be better

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Functional Art Forms

31
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Its benefit is mostly financial in nature

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Functional Art Forms

32
Q

It is generally applied art (- art created for use, not necessarily everyday use, but designed
to serve a purpose and with an aesthetic in mind.

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Functional Art

33
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It serves a function, but is designed artistically for the purpose of beauty.

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Functional Art

34
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It is art that serves no utilitarian purpose

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Non-Functional Art Forms

35
Q

In direct contrast with functional art, which has both an aesthetic value and a utilitarian
purpose.

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Non-Functional Art Forms

36
Q

Encompasses paintings, sculptures and all manner of fine art

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Non-Functional Art Forms

37
Q

It usually seek to engage with the viewer on an intellectual, emotional or aesthetic level

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Non-Functional Art Forms

38
Q

It is field of discipline which has attempted to explain almost all aspects of human existence.

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Philosophy

39
Q

It the studies of general and fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values,
reason, mind, and language

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Philosophy

40
Q

Philosophy is probably coined by, who?

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Pythagoras

41
Q

It is the study of the nature of art, including concepts such as interpretation,
representation and expression, and form.

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Philosophy of Art

42
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He is a philosopher of Ancient Greece who is known for his dialogues together with Socrates

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Plato (428-247 B.C.)

43
Q

He loved and hated the arts at the same time which makes his
philosophical views on art unexplainably complicated.

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Plato (428-247 B.C.)

44
Q

He was seen as a good literary stylist and great story teller and considered the arts as
threatening.

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Plato (428-247 B.C.)

45
Q

Plato also explained
that the physical world is a copy of a perfect, rational, eternal and changeless original
which he called, what?

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Forms

46
Q

Plato’s Ideas of the Arts may be summed up by the truths according to him that:

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Art is Imitation and Art is dangerous

47
Q

These are the examples of Plato of forms or ideas.

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Beauty, Justice, and the Circle

48
Q

Beauty, Justice, and The Circle are all examples of what Plato called Forms or Ideas.
Other philosophers have called them, what?

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Universals

49
Q

For Plato, these Forms are perfect Ideals, but they are also more real than physical objects. He
called them, what?

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The Really Real

50
Q

The world of the Forms is rational and unchanging; the world of
____________ is changeable and irrational.

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Physical Appearance

51
Q

He was a student of Plato who first distinguished between “what is
good and what is beautiful’’.

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Aristotle

52
Q

He stated that physical
manifestation of beauty is affected by SIZE.

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Aristotle

53
Q

Aristotle stated that physical
manifestation of beauty is affected by what?

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Size

54
Q

Aristotle considered it as imitation or a
representation of nature.

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Art

55
Q

Aristotle’s emphasis of the art is on _____ which for him is
more philosophical than Philosophy itself.

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Poetry

56
Q

Poets imitated the following according to Aristotle:

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  1. Things and events which have been or still are;
  2. Things which are said to be seen and are probable, and
  3. Things which essentially are.
57
Q

He was a German, Enlightenment philosopher who wrote
a treatise on Aesthetics: Observations on the Feelings of the Beautiful and the
Sublime.

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Immanuel Kant

58
Q

Kant’s main interest was not on art, but on what?

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Beauty

59
Q

Kant explained that it can be subjective and universal.

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Taste

60
Q

For Kant, ______ is a question of form and ______ is NOT IMPORTANT.

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Beauty; Color

61
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The Kinds of Aesthetic Responses according to Kant are

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  1. Beauty results in pleasure if there is order, harmony and symmetry; and
  2. Beauty leads to a response of awe that overwhelms the viewers of the art.