Lecture+2 1-+Art+and+the+Human+Essence
Lecture+2 1-+Art+and+the+Human+Essence
Lecture+2 1-+Art+and+the+Human+Essence
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Art and the
Human Essence
DR. ALLAN C.
DR. ALLAN
ORATE, UE C.
ORATE, UE
Who am I?
THE BASIC QUESTION
IN THE HUMANITIES
Who am I?
“I am a human being.”
What is a
human being?
THE
HUMAN
ESSENCE
VISUAL
ELEMENTS
COLORS: Red,
Yellow, Blue, White,
Black
SHAPES: Rectangles,
Square
LINES: Straight,
Horizontal and
Vertical DR. ALLAN C.
Amorsolo
Winnowing VISUAL
COLOR
Rice, 1957 ELEMENTS
SHAPES
LINES
REPRESENTATI
ONS PEOPLE:
Woman
Farmers
ANIMALS:
Chicken
Carabao
THINGS:
Trees
Nipa Hut
Sky
Clouds
Mountain
EVENTS
Winnowing
Planting
Cooking
DR. ALLAN C.
Munch
The Scream
1893
VISUAL
ELEMENTS
COLORS, SHAPES,
LINES
REPRESENTATIO
NS THINGS,
PEOPLE,
EVENTS
EMOTIONAL
SUGGESTION
FEAR OR TERROR: Shown by
the facial expression, and by the
curving lines of red, yellow,
orange of the sky
DR.
DR. ALLAN
ALLAN C.
C.
Steenwyck, The
Vanities
of Human Life
1645
VISUAL ELEMENTS
COLORS,
etc.
REPRESENTATIONS
THINGS,
etc.
EMOTIONS
SUGGESTIONS
SADNESS
INTELLECTUAL
MEANINGS
CONCEPTS, IDEAS,
SYMBOLS
INTELLECTUAL MEANING: Ideas, Concepts and
Symbols in Art
From the Book
of Ecclesiastes
in the Bible
MEMENTO MORI
Reflecting about
Death
Steenwyck
The Vanities
of Human Life 1645
LIGHT Optimism SHELL Wealth SKULL Death DARK Pessimism
Hope, God
MUSICAL CLOCK Time
INSTRUMENTS
Beauty LAMP End of Life
JAR Celebration
BOOK Knowledge