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Orientation to Art
ONE
 Personal Starting Point

 What are your memories and

experiences about art?

 Where do we find Art?

 What do I consider as a form of Art?

 Have you met an artistic person?

 Is art a luxury only the rich can

afford?
What is Art?
Art comes from the Latin word “ARS” , meaning
anything humans make, or man made.
“Plan for what is difficult while it
is easy, do what is great while it is
small. The difficult things in this
world must be done while they are
easy, the greatest things in the
world must be done while they are
still small. For this reason sages
never do what is great, and this is
why they achieve greatness”
The boxer Muhammad Ali
(Cassius Clay) describe his
style as

“float[ing] like butterfly and

sting[ing] like a bee.”
Art implies a certain orderliness,
rationality, and grace.
What is Art?
Art refers to any object, thing or procedure, which
expresses feelings and sentiments, ideas, imagination
which show skills in using
materials, techniques and procedures.
 Characteristics of Art Works

• 1. They are man-made;

• 2. They are universal;
• 3. They are united;
• 4. They are diversified;
• 5. They are expressive;
• 6. They are creative;
• 7. They are beautiful.
 HUMANITIES
HUMANITIES

HUMANISM HUMANISM
. HUMANITARIANISM

HUMANITARIANISM
Humanities/Humus (Homin) - Homo, hominem MAN
Humanities is the study of man’s nature, his culture, the evolution of his
thinking and ideas, his aspirations and ideals, acquired through the
examination of his works by historical analysis.
Fine arts as an expression about human experience and
the reality within us and outside through a medium.
 “Why is art so varied — so different
from country, culture to culture? Is
there a one definition of art; or is art
defined by a culture so that what is art
in one is not in another?”
ART, NATURE and the WORLD
Nature is not art, rather it is the context
and source for Art.
•Art begins as a human
encounter or experience of
nature in all its depth and
variety.

•At its obvious are the works if

landscape painters, who go out
in the open, PLEIN AIR as
French call it, and records what
they see.
 “Works of art can express ideas or
feelings, but nature cannot.”

Natural objects
vs.
Artifacts

“Works of art can imitate nature, but

nature cannot imitate nature.”
Natural objects
1. Non-transformation
2. Transformation
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 Intrapersonal

Inner world of thoughts, imagination, feelings,

and desire.
Societal and Interpersonal

Large group encounters and one-on-one

encounters.
Metapersonal and Transcendent
Those who don’t believe in reality beyond human senses, or
our understanding and day to day experience , we pick and
choose.
Made by Human Hands
A Popular term used to designate art
today is design, as in graphic design.

Design comes from the Italian word

designare which means to draw or to
draw line; it also means to set
“boundaries”.