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Subject: G-ARTS (ARTS APPRECIATION)

Semester: 1ST SEMESTER

COURSE OUTCOMES:

▪ Apply knowledge and understanding of arts in general, including their function, value,
and historical significance;
▪ Demonstrate responsible citizenship and pride of being a Filipino by appreciating local
arts;
▪ Discover and deepen their identity through art with respect to their nationality, culture,
and religion; and
▪ Create their own works of art and curate their own production or exhibit.;
▪ To reflect on the value of art to human.
 Introduction

Art appreciation refers to the pursuit of knowledge and understanding of the universal
and timeless qualities characterizing works of art. It invokes an analysis of the works based on
acknowledged elements of composition and principles of design, through which enjoyment of the
humanities is enhanced.

Lesson I. Overview of the Humanities

Focus
✓ To determine students’ expectations of the course
✓ To characterize artistic expression based on personal experiences with art
✓ To determine the general concepts of the course humanities

Pre-Assessment
Directions: Answer the following questions. Write the letter of your answer on your activity
sheet.

1. What is humanities?
a. An academic discipline that study aspects of human society and culture.
b. The study of fundamental nature of knowledge, reality and existence, especially
when considered as an academic discipline.

2. What is the basic goal of humanities for man?

a. wisdom
b. happiness

3. Why is art included in the curriculum?

a. to complete your education as one of those collegiate courses in every program
b. Art is universal; it crosses through time and places.

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 Exploring
Directions: Reflect on the statement below. Write your thoughts on the space provided.

Do not teach children to be rich.

Teach them instead to be happy.

Firming-up
1. Why do you think human is the subject of Humanities?
2. What is the role of “happiness” to human?
3. Is man can live without decoration or without art?

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 Deepening in Details

WHAT IS HUMANITIES?

- Humanities came from the Latin word “humanus”, it is the study “of how humans have expressed
themselves through the art throughout the history. (Dr. Yagyagan)
- Humanities also means human, culture and refined. (Van de Bogart, 1970)
- Humanities emphasize the dignity of man and recognize creative expressions. (Estolas, 1995)
- Humanities are records of man’s experiences, his values, his sentiments, his ideals and his goals.
- They are ultimately the expression of man’s feelings and thoughts. (Zulueta, 1994)

Human being is the basic subject of the Humanities. It aims to offer happiness to human
being. It also aims to direct human being to achieved happiness without money as instrument or
anything that belonged to the world.

In other words, since HAPPINESS is the basic object of man’s move, the Humanities
underscores art because it gives man happiness in its finest level; the Humanities sired art.

IMPORTANCE OF THE HUMANITIES

In this world of so much unfairness, in this world cruel to its people, in this world only few
heart survive, everyone needs solace. Everyone needs silence from the everyday commotion,
everyone needs exit from his troubled heart, everyone needs HAPPINESS.

This happiness which everyone wants to have can be achieved out of nothing.
You don’t need money …

All we need to do is to find your happiness. Try to compose a song, write a poetry, novel
or short story, to watch a troupe dancing on the street on the plaza, to view a statue or painting, to
enjoy looking at buildings in a finest design or anything that will make you happy.

IS MAN CAN LIVE WITHOUT DECORATION OR WITHOUT ART?

IS WOMAN CAN BREATHE WITHOUT MAKE UP?

It is like saying that woman can have her breath without applying make-up on her face. She
can live without make up so long as she has food to eat.

Considering that make up is an art, how will you justify your answer?

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 We all have different opinions. Others might say yes; some may say no! But, what do you
think is being emphasized with the questions above?

It may be true that we don’t need anything, but the truth being pointed out is, meaningful
and enjoying life.

DO YOU LIVE A MEANINGFUL LIFE RIGHT NOW?

Imagine a life with abundance of food, yet there is no music, no movie houses or dance
occasions, there is no art.

Now imagine an old woman without make-up on her face, is it the face she desires? Imagine
your life today without anything only food. Is it a meaningful and enjoyable life?

Life without art is boring, unbecoming and dying. This is why humanities is important.

WHY IS ART INCLUDED IN THE CURRICULUM?

It is not only to complete your education as one of those collegiate courses in every program
but through Art, you can travel back in time, you can travel back to the early existence of human
being. You can understand every kind of aspiration, dreams and wants of the early people.

It is history in form, but clothes with all aspect of beauty so that art and studying makes the
understanding of history more entertaining and interesting.

There are points that history course cannot penetrate which art can do. The study of history
to a particular place and period as designed for the course.

Art is universal; it crosses through time and places.

HOW ARTS AFFECT YOU AS AN ARTIST?

Artist are influenced by the happenings that surround them. They cannot get away from
these happenings if they meant to be understood by their audience who at the same time their
contemporaries.
Losing their connection with the period is losing the meaning of their works.

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 Activity 1

REFLECTION
Directions: Answer the following questions posted on the MS Teams.

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