LESSON 1 INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES AND world.

In order to adjust, be adaptable and

NATURE OF ARTS versatile.

o He is endowed with human universal phenomenon

Outline
religion or the worship of God
● Definition of Humanities and Why Study Humanities
● Definition of Arts and Why Study Art Appreciation
▪ Man has faith and belief; he will join a religion
which satisfies all these things.
Objectives
1. Define the concept Humanities ● Man is immersed in a way of life of a certain place which
2. Enumerate and discuss the importance of Humanities
is passed from one generation to the next. This is
3. Define the concept of art
known as culture.
4. Brainstorm about the importance of studying art
appreciation to BSPT/BSPO/ students
o Man lives in a society where he is capable of
discovery and learning

What makes man, a man? o He can create gadgets and tools

Philosophical question: no right or wrong answer, just have
an argument. ▪ Ancient people could survive because of their
ability to think (rational) and adaptiveness (tools
for survival).
Man
o He can learn a language, make laws and follow a
● Man is the highest form of an animal. religion

● Man is also an animal but unlike them, he, alone o Capable to create and appreciate work of arts:
possesses the following characteristic features: part of nature or man-made

o Ability to think, learn and be educated ▪ Capable of appreciation for the arts is related to
humanities.
▪ Intellect
▪ Humanities: what makes man a man? What
o Organize things in order to accomplish ends makes him a human being and what
distinguishes him? Appreciating art is the trait.
▪ Man has a goal and dreams in life
▪ Being exposed to the element of beauty, good,
o Has oral and written language which enables him to acceptable or AESTHETICS
communicate and preserve ideas

▪ The ability to speak and of speech (language) What is Humanities?

that would enable him to interact with others.
We are social animals. ● Encompasses all discipline which aim to make students
“human”
o Establishes permanent institutions
o All the disciplines included in humanities are
▪ People are collective, belong in the society, and disciplines which envisions or aims to make
involved in a lot of things. He was the one who students human.
created and strengthened permanent
institutions. o Be exposed to more things: pursuit of happiness for
you to realize what is more in life (it is what makes
o Man is open to the world you a man)

▪ We are observant, aware, curious, and thirsty o Be well-rounded for the totality of your human
for knowledge. This led to openness to the sense.
 o Disciplines aim for the development of the human When you study humanities and art appreciated, do not just
from being students. look at the visible. Look closer and critically. Look at various
perspectives. This leads to discovery and learning. This
o Be good in all aspects for you to realize that you are subject is interdisciplinary.
a human being.

o Subjects included in humanities (art appreciation) Why study Humanities?

make students human (well-mannered, refined,
educated) and cultured. (walang pinag-aralan 1. To equip students with a culture that is necessary to
stereotype; professional = refined) complete his being.

● Derived from Latin word “humanus”, meaning human 2. For students to live happily beyond the things that
and cultured satisfy using the practicalities of life

● Those significant achievements of the human race o Not all people are content. But there are others who
which illuminates and illustrates the distinctive consider themselves as wealthy not because of
characteristics of man as a rational being (De Leon, monetary standards or wealth.
2000, in Clores, et. al, 2012)
3. Serve to provide the student with certain skills and
o Humanities is not only discipline, characteristics, or values through arts: painting, sculpture, architecture,
values. The fulfillment or a manifestation of a man photography, dance, drama and cinema.
is the ability to create (institutions, artwork,
manmade creations). o It provides a venue for students to develop their
skills which allow them to express themselves in
● Humanities includes the study of ancient and modern various forms of arts.
languages, literature, philosophy, history, archaeology,
anthropology, human geography, law, politics, religion, o Hone your talents and skills by becoming a
and arts. professional.

o It involves various disciplines o Create artwork which reflects your soul and
personality. This would make your artwork unique
o All these disciplines are intended to make students and creative.
into a man.
4. Aim to shape student’s subjective energies (his
● Humanities concerns about humanity, where it records feelings, attitudes, and aspiration) in accordance with a
or interprets man’s thinking, feelings, regrets, particular view of the social world
aspirations, failures, and he supposed not to do in the
world o Social world: awareness of the things around you.

o Have some advocacy or changes.

How many faces are there? What is/are the difference/differences of knowledgeable
person, a learned person and a person full of wisdom?
- Knowledgeable: the confident understanding of a
subject, potentially with the ability to use it for a specific
purpose
You are preparing yourself to be a knowledgeable
person (studying) that you will use in your professional
life.
7 visible: bald man, girl at the ear, child being carried, girl
at the pillar, two faces facing each other (man and woman),
- Learned: someone who has been admitted to
old man
membership in a scholarly field
 Because of the knowledge you acquired from studying, ● Applies to activities that express aesthetic ideas by the
you practice and apply it, you make use of that work in use of skill and imagination in the creation of objects,
order for you to improve your life and help others. You environment and experiences.
are learned because you apply your knowledge to
improve your quality of life along with others’. o Art does not only pertain to skills and product but it
also pertains to application of activities.
- Full of wisdom: able to make correct judgments and
✔ Amorsolo painting: environment – it has something
decisions. It is an intangible quality gained through our
to do with his experiences.
experiences in life.
You share what you’ve learned in life and inspire other ● Processes and products and experiences that
people to do the same. You aspire to help other people communicates aspects of human beings in a variety of
because of your knowledge and what you’ve learned. ways and which do not use words.
Helping even in small ways.
● Art defines as “the use of skill and imagination in the
Only few are self-actualized (Abraham Maslow) creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or
experiences that can be shared with others.”
- The fourth person is an experienced person who
has experienced all three and is capable of still o Aesthetic objects that are intended to delight the
becoming. senses.

- Teens are often forgetting their role as a Filipino o Shared to others: analyzed, critiques or appreciated
citizen and the purpose of their profession for the
Philippines.

Think of a title regarding the sculpture:

What makes art an art? (In general)

What is art?
● Derived from a Latin word “ars” meaning ability or skill

● Skill pertains to the proficiency in doing an activity

● Skill and product which are primarily intended to delight

the senses and produce satisfying experiences of the Venus of Willendorf, 28,000–25,000 BC
beautiful
The ur sculpture of art history, this tiny figurine measuring
o Art reveals the ability or the skill (with proficiency in just over four inches in height was discovered in Austria in
doing the activity) of the one behind it or its creator 1908. Nobody knows what function it served, but
guesswork has ranged from fertility goddess to
o You could see the manifestation of the ability or skill masturbation aid. Some scholars suggest it may have been
through the product produced or ART. a self-portrait made by a woman. It’s the most famous of
many such objects dating from the Old Stone Age.
o Your purpose is to delight the senses of a viewer
because of the aesthetic value and to satisfy the
beautiful (in the eye of the beholder).

● “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.”

● Covers those artistic creativity (uniqueness) that seek

to communicate beauty primarily through the senses of
humans and generations