ART, INDIVIDUAL and SOCIETY

SYLLABUS AY 2011-2012 2nd Semester

HUMANITIES IWORKING GUIDE TO THE COURSE:ART, INDIVIDUAL and SOCIETY:I. The Nature of Art Working Definitions: Glossary of Terms Art and the Cosmos The Relationship of Art and Nature Art and Soul Art and Ingenuity Steps to Genius and Creativity II. The Art Work Elements and Principles Sublimity and Magnitude Heritage and LegaciesIIII. The Artist The Image of the Artist as an Individual The Image of the Artist in an Ecology-conscious Society The Image of the Artist in Globalization

Requirements: Participate in the following activities: Educational Field Trip: National Museum and Heritage Galleries in Metro Manila Creative Exercises Yoga, Meditation, ESP and other

Sensitivity exercises Film Showings and Performing Arts Compulsary: Mid-Term Art Exhibit: Environmental Art Submit a dossier of researches for Humanities one as assigned in the Classes

I. THE NATURE OF ART

WHAT IS ART?

What are the basic assumptions of ART?

Aesthetics?

SYNAESTHESIA?

SUBLIMITY?

MAGNITUDE?

CULTURAL?

CATHARTIC?

Sensorial

Experienti

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COMMEMORATIVE

FIGURATIVE & SYMBOLIC

MANDALA OF KALACHAKRA

ART AS THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF THE SOUL

The Burj Khalifa

STEPS TO GENIUS AND CREATIVITYCuriosita – An insatiably curious approach to life and an unrelenting quest for continuous learning.

Dimostrazione – A commitment to test knowledge through experience, persistence, and a willingness to learn from mistakes.

Sensazione – The continual refinement of the senses, especially sight, as the means to enliven experience.

Sfumato – A willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox and uncertainty

Arte/Scienza – The development of the balance between Science and Art, Logic and Imagination. “Whole-Brain” thinking.

Corporalita – The cultivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness and poise.

Connessione – A recognition of and appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things and phenomena. Systems thinking.

II. THE ARTWORK

ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLESFOCAL POINTCOLORLINESHAPESPACETEXTUREPERSPECTIVEPATTERNRHYTHMDYNAMICINTENSITYUNITY AND VARIETYCONTRASTSCALE AND PROPOPORTIONSYMMETRY AND ASSYMETRY

JUDGEMENT

“Spoliarium” by JUAN LUNA

In aesthetics, the SUBLIME (from the Latin sublīmis) is the quality of greatness, whether physical, moral, intellectual, metaphysical, aesthetic, spiritual or artistic. The term especially refers to a greatness beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement or imitation.

The Analytic of the Sublime is MAGNITUDE – Immanuel Kant

ART is a Cultural HERITAGE. It is the legacy of physical artifacts (cultural property) and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations. Cultural heritage includes tangible culture (such as buildings, monuments, landscapes, books, works of art, and artifacts), intangible culture (such as folklore, traditions, language, and knowledge), and natural heritage (including culturally-significant landscapes, and biodiversity).

The deliberate act of keeping cultural heritage from the present for the future is known as Preservation (American English) or Conservation (British English), though these terms may have more specific or technical meaning in the same contexts in the other dialect.Cultural heritage is often unique and irreplaceable, which places the responsibility of preservation on the current generation. Smaller objects such as artworks and other cultural masterpieces are collected in museums and art galleries. Grass roots organizations and political groups, such as the international body UNESCO, have been successful at gaining the necessary support to preserve the heritage of many nations for the future.

III. THE ARTIST

Vincent Van Gogh1853-1890

IMAGE OF THE ARTIST AS AN INDIVIDUAL

IMAGE OF THE ARTIST IN AN ECOLOGY-CONSCIOUS SOCIETY

IMAGE OF THE ARTIST IN GLOBALIZATION

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