ch 1: understanding art

Question 1

not a question

Answer 1

• 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)

Question 2

examples of art

Answer 2

• film
• music
• dance
• etc.

Question 3

the word humanities came from the two word?

(state the words and their meaning)

Answer 3

1. “Humus”
   * latin
   * ground/earth
2. “Humanus”
   * latin
   * human

• cultured
• refined/developed
• expression

Question 4

is a discipline which involves the emphasis on human expression

Answer 4

Humanities

Question 5

art + humanities = ?

Answer 5

human expression

Question 6

artis mean?

Answer 6

skilled/craftsmanship

Question 7

art came from the word?

Answer 7

artis

Question 8

it is the human creative skills or manual skills (e.g., artisans)

Answer 8

arts

Question 9

It is indeed important in our lives

Answer 9

art

Question 10

Art, like ________, is not easy to define.

Answer 10

love

Question 11

Art is an activity that provides the beauty and ________________.

Answer 11

pleasure

Question 12

Art is also made from one’s skill as well as one’s ________________ and ________________.

Answer 12

feelings and emotions

Question 13

how can art meet some human needs?

(enumerate)

Answer 13

• Beauty
• Happiness and Hope
• Identifying and understanding oneself
• Grief and healing
• Remembering and mark-making
• Raising awareness
• Culture and togetherness

Question 14

Though we have different notions of beauty, still, beauty is the ____________________ when we are talking about appreciating forms of art.

Answer 14

common denominator

Question 15

what are the 2 ways of considering beauty? according to?

Answer 15

1. relative beauty according to david hume
2. absolute beauty accordimg to francis hutcheson

Question 16

“beauty is in the eye of the beholder”

Answer 16

Relative beauty

Question 17

“beauty is in the thing itself”

Answer 17

Absolute beauty

Question 18

Consideration of beauty is subjective and depends on the person looking at the thing.

Answer 18

Relative beauty

Question 19

It considers the view that a thing is beautiful by virtue of itself.

Answer 19

Absolute beauty

Question 20

Beauty is objective and resides in the thing regardless of the people looking at it.

Answer 20

Absolute beauty

Question 21

who believed the “golden mean”?

Answer 21

greeks

Question 22

what are the components of the “golden mean”

Answer 22

ingredients:
* symmetry (balance)
* proportion (shape, size, volume, etc.)
* harmony (unity of elements & principles)

Question 23

who believed that beuty lies in the “imitation of nature” or “mimesis”?

Answer 23

aristotle & plato

Question 24

what does the term “mimesis” mean?

Answer 24

“imitation”

Question 25

who believed in the contrasting iedas of "creatio ex nihilo" and "creatio ex materia"

Answer 25

st. augustine

Question 26

"creatio ex nihilo" means?

Answer 26

* creation of God * whatever God created/nature are beautiful and therefore absolute in beauty

Question 27

"creatio ex materia" means?

Answer 27

* creation of artists * copies(of the creation of God) are lesser in beauty and therefore relative in beauty

Question 28

art is an expression of?

Answer 28

feelings

Question 29

There is something about art that **mirrors the soul** of those willing to confront it.

Answer 29

Happiness and Hope

Question 30

In a **societal** tone, artworks tend to **echo the hopes and anxieties** of an age.

Answer 30

Happiness and Hope

Question 31

There is a **wide range of properties** of art why it gives a sense of joy and hope to its audience.

Answer 31

Happiness and Hope

Question 32

American Psychologists(USA) believed that art can be a form of?

Answer 32

theraphy (temporary happiness and hope)

Question 33

When paintings are placed in a **daunting environment** such as hospitals;

Answer 33

Happiness and Hope

Question 34

The **experience and process of creating art itself;**

Answer 34

Happiness and Hope

Question 35

Identifying oneself with the properties of an artwork: an homage to something; works addressing **diaspora, displacement**, and other **social issues**.

Answer 35

Happiness and Hope

Question 36

it is when one transfers their home culture/customs from one place to another(?)

Answer 36

diaspora

Question 37

A lot of social issues evidently reflect this **struggle for identity**:

Answer 37

Identifying and Understanding the self

Question 38

gender issues, disconnectedness brought on by social media, regionalism, and even mental health issues. (GDRM)

Answer 38

Identifying and Understanding the self

Question 39

Art can serve as a powerful tool to help us **communicate** and **relay our confusion.**

Answer 39

Identifying and Understanding the self

Question 40

Even psychological interventions use **art as therapy** to aid in *processing some sensitive experiences*.

Answer 40

Identifying and Understanding the self

Question 41

Throughout the years, artists have interpreted these **shared human experiences** in different ways, which also help us process our grief.

Answer 41

Grief and Healing

Question 42

Some may use art as a tool to **express pain** and **process** it in therapy. Nonetheless, it plays an important role in making grieving somehow **dignified.**

Answer 42

Grief and Healing

Question 43

The monument of **Rizal in Luneta Park** is one example of a type of art that helps us remember.

Answer 43

Remembering and Mark-making

Question 44

Without the ***tangible characteristic*** of art, we will not be able to sustain our **nationalistic values** well enough.

Answer 44

Remembering and Mark-making

Question 45

In the Philippines, many *socially-concerned artists* have emerged in the **age of modernism** portraying **politicians and the governments system** in their most hateful actions.

Answer 45

Raising Awareness

Question 46

Lastly, forms of art are often **localized** so that they bring **identity also to certain regions.**

Answer 46

Culture and Togetherness

Question 47

This is **very evident here in the Philippines**, which is geographically separated by thousands of islands – we are very **regionalized.**

Answer 47

Culture and Togetherness

Question 48

art has the power to?

Answer 48

**Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, to inspire and to motivate.**

Question 49

3d art that people burn during rallies

Answer 49

effigy

Question 50

.

Answer 50

even the smallest dot can create the most beautiful art