Art Appreciation

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Kim Lester Lumibao February 2, 2024

ACT 1-G GE 6

A. Part 1
1. What is Humanities?
- Humanities include the study of history, philosophy and religion, modern and ancient
languages, and literature, fine and performing arts, media, cultural studies, and other
fields. And to simply put it all, humanities is what help us to understand and to
interpret human experience, as well the societies where we belong. Humanities is
somewhat helps us also in understanding the art of the individual which helps us to
know what an artist wants to express.

2. What is Art?
- Art is the artist’s thoughts, expressions, emotions, their culture, and belief in form of
making a significant piece of work or medium. Art is the language of an individual to
express unsaid feelings and thoughts. We can also say that art is the freedom of speech,
but in artistic way, which consist also of artist’s imagination, and senses in the
surroundings.

3. What is Art Appreciation?


- Art appreciation is the study and understanding of the visual art, including painting,
sculptures, architectures, and other forms of expressions. This also involves of learning
the elements and the principles of art, as well as the historical and cultural context of a
art.

4. How did you encounter with Art?


- I encounter Art in every possible way, I see arts in streets, like graffiti, murals in
school, and I find it interesting on how a simple thoughts, turns into a art. And in
surroundings and nature, I see an art that was flawless. And to ourselves, our body is
an art, so it’s beautiful.

B. Part 2
1. Art is universal.
- Art is universal because it is everywhere. Arts is not only in canvas, sketches and
paintings, art is also in our surrounding, like nature, where we see a majestic creature
or species, where we see a plant, common or rare, but it pleasing to our eyes. We also
see art in our spaces, like our solar system, how the sunrise and sunset capture our
eyes, stars are mesmerizing at night, moon that our light in night, clouds, and other
heavenly bodies and phenomena. Art is us; our body is art, we confidently raise
ourselves in crowd, and make our life lovely like an art museum.
2. Art is Cultural.
- We see different arts in different cultures, where we see unusual ones, a creative one,
a weird yet pleasing to the eyes one and a colorful one. This is to represent their
identity proudly, their cultures and beliefs, their act, and other traits that a society
where belong has.

3. Art is not a nature.


- For some, art is their living and life, this is where they use their imaginations and
emotions to create something that reflects what is in their inner self.

4. Art involves experience


a. Art as self-expression
- This is where we can express ourselves in a form of art, which helps us to
communicate our feelings well and helps to soothe our being.
b. Art as a form of creation
- With the help of our senses and imagination, and emotions and feelings, we can create
a something new.

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