module 1 Flashcards
It was derived from the Latin word “HUMANUS,” meaning human, cultured, or refined; it embraces the social sciences and the
philosophy.
HUMANITIES
It came from the word “ARS” which means skill; it is synonymous with skill, cunning, artifice and craft, which all mean the faculty
of what is devised.
ART
PRODUCING ART WORKS for them is a lucrative job. They have other purposes in engaging art activities. Others do it to
produce things of beauty, like architectural wonders and masterpieces.
ARTISTS
Artists have their personal reasons for indulging in art. For instance Gary Valenciano, renders concerts for free because he
loves singing;
PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL FUNCTION
A man is a social being and as such he associates with these fellow beings. This association is evidenced by the choral singing
and group dancing in religious rites and other practices.
SOCIAL FUNCTION
Many people believe that it does not pay to be an artist. However, this belief in negated by these facts. Joanne K. Rowling, the
author of the best – selling Harry Potter series, became one of the most highly – paid women in British history. Paintings of
great painters such as Da Vinci and Michelangelo are worth million dollars now.
ECONOMIC FUNCTION
When Imelda Marcos, a patroness of the arts, became the governor of Metro Manila, she promoted her political programs by
means of the arts. Part of her beautification program was the painting of murals along national roads and busy streets
frequented by motorists
POLITICAL FUNCTION
Paintings, sculptures, architectural works and other art forms serve to record historical figures and events. Paintings of French
kings, sculpture of Philippine heroes, tombs of rulers (Pyramids of Egypt and Taj Mahal of India, and the Our Lady of EDSA
Shrine.
HISTORICAL FUNCTION
Buildings, furniture (chairs, tables, etc.), clothes, and the like form part of the country’s material culture, while music, dance and
language, which is incorporated in oral and written literature and drama, form part of its non-material culture.
CULTURAL FUNCTION
Almost all, if not all, art forms evolved from religion. People in the olden times worshipped their gods in the form of songs and
dances.
RELIGIOUS FUNCTION
Houses and other buildings are constructed to protect their occupants and all the others inside them.
PHYSICAL FUNCTION
Artworks serve to beautify. Paintings serve to decorate houses and other buildings. Sculptures serve to decorate churches and
similar edifices.
AESTHETIC FUNCTION
The place where the artist stays influences his works. Marble sculptures are plenty in Romblon because marble abounds in that
province in the same way as wooden sculptures abound in Paete,
GEOGRAPHICAL FACTOR
Historical events exert a great influence on artists, particularly the writers. Jose Rizal’s novels, Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo, graphically highlight the events that took place in the country during the last century of Hispanic rule.
HISTORICAL FACTOR
Social relationships affect artists, too. The English writer Ben Jonson composed his “Song to Celia”; similarly the Italian
sonneteer Francesco Petrarch wrote poems for his lady love named Laura.
SOCIAL FACTOR
