ch 1: understanding art Flashcards
not a question
- art is a leisure / art is for fun
- art needs to have variety
- movement / action is used in art to convey something
- art has history (a past, a present, and a future) (art gives nostalgia)
examples of art
- film
- music
- dance
- etc.
the word humanities came from the two word?
(state the words and their meaning)
- “Humus”
* latin
* ground/earth - “Humanus”
* latin
* human
- cultured
- refined/developed
- expression
is a discipline which involves the emphasis on human expression
Humanities
art + humanities = ?
human expression
artis mean?
skilled/craftsmanship
art came from the word?
artis
it is the human creative skills or manual skills (e.g., artisans)
arts
It is indeed important in our lives
art
Art, like ________, is not easy to define.
love
Art is an activity that provides the beauty and ________________.
pleasure
Art is also made from one’s skill as well as one’s ________________ and ________________.
feelings and emotions
how can art meet some human needs?
(enumerate)
- Beauty
- Happiness and Hope
- Identifying and understanding oneself
- Grief and healing
- Remembering and mark-making
- Raising awareness
- Culture and togetherness
Though we have different notions of beauty, still, beauty is the ____________________ when we are talking about appreciating forms of art.
common denominator
what are the 2 ways of considering beauty? according to?
- relative beauty according to david hume
- absolute beauty accordimg to francis hutcheson
“beauty is in the eye of the beholder”
Relative beauty
“beauty is in the thing itself”
Absolute beauty
Consideration of beauty is subjective and depends on the person looking at the thing.
Relative beauty
It considers the view that a thing is beautiful by virtue of itself.
Absolute beauty
Beauty is objective and resides in the thing regardless of the people looking at it.
Absolute beauty