Lesson 1 & 2: Humanities & Assumptions of Art

Question 1

Came from Latin word “humanus” meaning refined, cultured, and human.

Answer 1

Humanities

Question 2

Study of different cultural aspects of man, his frailties in life and how it can be improved

Answer 2

HUMANITIES

Question 3

Expression of man’s feelings and thoughts
Emphasizes dignity and worthiness of man and recognizes creative expressions
Aimed to shape students’ subjective energies

Answer 3

HUMANITIES

Question 4

IMPORTANCE OF HUMANITIES (5)

Answer 4

Man needs an image of himself
Understanding of his natures
Necessary for the development of complete, and social man.
Provides man with a measure of his own passion and desire
Regulate man’s behavior

Question 5

Came from the Aryan root word “AR” which means to put together.
Latin word “ARS” which means skills/ability
Cover those areas of artistic creativity-embraces the visual arts, literature, music, and dance.
Expresses aesthetic ideas by use of skill and imagination

Answer 5

ARTS

Question 6

Division of the Arts (3)

Answer 6

visual, auditory, combined/ performing arts

Question 7

arts that are primarily seen, occupies space

Answer 7

Visual

Question 8

heard, timed arts, exist in time

Answer 8

Auditory

Question 9

combines visual & auditory elements.

Answer 9

Combined/ Performing arts

Question 10

Purposes of the Arts (7)

Answer 10

Create beauty
Provide decoration
Reveal truth
Immortalize
Express religious values
Record and commemorate experience
Create order and harmony

Question 11

BASIC ASSUMPTIONS OF ART
(7)

Answer 11

Art has been created by all people at all times, in all countries and it lives because its well-liked and enjoyed
Art involves experience; there can never be an appreciation of art without experience.
Art is not nature.
Art is made by man;
Art is everywhere.
Art is man’s oldest means of expression;
Art as a means of expression & communication.