MODULE 1 Flashcards
Humanities is composed of academic disciplines that make it distinctive in both content and method from the physical and biological sciences and from the social sciences
Gabelo (2018)
deals with human phenomena
Humanities
It is a Latin word for humanities, which means human, cultured, and refined
humanus
the quality which distinguishes man, not only from animals, but also, and even more so, from him who belongs to the species homo without deserving of homo humanus (Panofsky, 1955)
humanitas
based on the philosophical view of humanism which stresses the dictum of Protagoras, a Greek philosopher, that “man is the measure of all things,” implying that the humanities emphasizes the dignity and worthiness of man and recognizes creative expressions
Estolas, Javier and Payno (2011)
the humanities are the stories, the ideas, and the words that help us make sense of our lives and our world.
White (1997) as cited by Leano and Agtani (2018)
humanities refers to the arts - visual
arts such as architecture, painting, and sculpture; music, dance, the theater or drama, and literature.
Sanchez, et al. (2012)
explained that humanities contains records of man’s quest for answers to the fundamental questions he often asks about
himself and about the world he lives in
Martin and Jacobus(2004) as cited by Gabelo (2018)
to be human is to show characteristics of rationality, benevolence and care; to be cultured and refined is to show good tastes and manners indicative of good, proper education
Gabelo (2018)
art is derived from the Latin word, ars, meaning ability or skill
Estolas, Javier and Payno (2011)
areas of artistic creativity that seek to communicate beauty
ART
People create it, and that’s enough to make it complicated and subject to many definitions
Brommer (1997)
humanity’s most
essential universal language
ART
defined art as something that brings us into direct communication
Martin and Jacobus (2008)
Art is everywhere
ART IS UNIVERSAL
timeless
ART IS UNIVERSAL
man-made
ART IS NOT NATURE
artificial
ART IS NOT NATURE
it is momentary in the constant
transformation of change
ART IS NOT NATURE
It demands taking part
ART INVOLVES EXPERIENCE
We can only appreciate art if we spend time to look at it, touch it, and feel it.
ART INVOLVES EXPERIENCE
for self-expression, or gratification
Personal Function
“merely” entertain
Personal Function
therapeutic
Personal Function
religious service
Personal Function
go beyond personal intrinsic value to art’s social benefits.
Social Function
Influences social behavior
Social Function
Display and celebration
Social Function
function of an object is generally essential in the basic form
Physical Function
determined primarily by its operational
function
Physical Function (ARCHITECTURE)
common interest and needs
Physical Function (ARCHITECTURE)
Time has proved that their designs best enable them to accomplish their purpose.
FUNCTION AND BEAUTY
The concept of this encounter compels us to come to grips with the aesthetic experience, or the manner in which makes sense of the world as we see, touch, hear,
taste, feel and intuit it
Art as aesthetic performance
art as signifying practice of cultural knowledge sheds light on the close relationship between technique and technology of meaning
Art as discourse and signifying system of cultural knowledge