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Meaning of Humanities and Art Appreciation

Humanities are studies about human culture like literature, philosophy, and history that provide general knowledge about human accomplishments throughout history. Studying humanities makes a person educated but not for a specific occupation. Art appreciation refers to gaining knowledge of qualities that define great art through exploring visual art forms or learning basic visual literacy principles. It involves analyzing an artwork's form to enhance audience enjoyment, which can be subjective based on aesthetics or more objective looking at design elements and social acceptance. Art appreciation aims to understand universal qualities of artworks.

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Meaning of Humanities and Art Appreciation

Humanities are studies about human culture like literature, philosophy, and history that provide general knowledge about human accomplishments throughout history. Studying humanities makes a person educated but not for a specific occupation. Art appreciation refers to gaining knowledge of qualities that define great art through exploring visual art forms or learning basic visual literacy principles. It involves analyzing an artwork's form to enhance audience enjoyment, which can be subjective based on aesthetics or more objective looking at design elements and social acceptance. Art appreciation aims to understand universal qualities of artworks.

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Meaning of Humanities and Art Appreciation

Aims and Learning Outcomes


That the students can:

a. Identify the meaning of Humanities and Art Appreciation.


b. To explain the meaning, nature and importances of arts in our
lives.
c. Identify the different assumption of Arts.

Humanities is derived from the Latin word humanus, which means refined
or cultured human. The humanities are studies about human culture, such as
literature, philosophy, and history. Studying the humanities gives you general
knowledge and intellectual skills rather than occupational or professional skills.
The humanities provide general knowledge about the best accomplishments of
human beings throughout history. Learning the works of Shakespeare, Plato, and
Beethoven, and our very own Jose Rizal is part of the humanities. The
humanities make a person educated, but not necessarily for a specific. Most
people require a more specific area of study beyond the humanities.
The humanities are the stories, the ideas, and the words that help us
make sense of our lives and our world (White, 1997). The humanities introduce
us to people we have never met, places we have never visited, and the ideas
that may have never crossed our minds. By showing how others have lived and
thought about life, the humanities help us decide what is important in our own
lives and what we can do to make them better. By connecting us with other
people, they point that way to answers about what is right and wrong, or what is
true to our heritage and our history. The humanities help us address the
challenges we face together in our families, our communities, and as a nation.
As fields of study, the humanities emphasize analysis and exchange of
ideas rather than the creative expression of the arts or the quantitative
explanation of the sciences.
On the other hand, Art Appreciation is referred to the knowledge of the
general and everlasting qualities that classify all great art. It is used to refer to the
exploration of visual art forms or the introduction of basic principles of visual
literacy. It refers to analyzing the form of an artwork to general audiences to
enhance their enjoyment of such works of art. It may be analyzed without
reference to subject matter, symbolism or historical context. Art appreciation can
be subjective depending on personal preference to aesthetics and form, or it can
be based on several elements and principles of design and also depends on
social and cultural acceptance. Most of the modern art critics and art historians
draw back from this term, underrating art appreciation as demanding too little
serious thought.
Art appreciation refers to the pursuit of knowledge and understanding of
the universal and timeless qualities characterizing works of art. It invokes and
analysis of the works based on acknowledged elements of composition and
principles of design, through which enjoyment of the humanities is enhanced
(Ariola, 2014).

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