Lesson 1: The Study of Humanities, It's Nature and Meaning

Vocabulary flashcards identifying key concepts, definitions, and classifications of arts from Lesson 1.

Ars

The Latin word from which 'art' is derived, meaning ability or skill.

Art

A product of man's skill or craft that applies to activities expressing aesthetic ideas through skill and imagination to create objects, environments, and experiences shared with others.

Venus of Willendorf

Clay statuettes of a fertility goddess unearthed in archaeological diggings, serving as evidence of early man's attempt to objectify ideas and beliefs.

Work of Art (Bogart)

A record of a particular artist's view that involves imagination and skill, reflecting the individual, the character of the period, and the place where it was produced.

Art Appreciation

An intellectual involvement with an artwork that requires understanding its elements and how they are put together in a harmonious pattern of relationships, rather than just responding emotionally.

Visual Arts

Artworks perceived by our eyes, categorized into graphic arts and plastic arts, with the motto 'I think, I see.'

Graphic Arts

Visual artworks that have a flat two-dimensional surface, such as painting, drawing, photography, commercial arts, and printing industry products.

Plastic Arts

Visual arts that have three-dimensional forms, including architecture, landscape design, interior design, sculpture, industrial design, and clothing apparel design.

Performing Arts

Art forms including theater, play, dance, and music that involve movement, speaking, and gestures, guided by the motto 'I think, I hear.'

Literary Arts

Art forms including essays, short stories, novels, poetry, and dramas, guided by the motto 'I think, I write.'

Popular Arts

Art group characterized as gay and lively, including film, newspaper, magazine, radio, and television.

Gustatory Art of the Cuisine

An art category that involves skill in food preparation.

Decorative Arts

Visual objects produced for beautifying structures such as houses, offices, and cars; also referred to as applied arts.

Leonel Ventura's View on Art

The statement that the value and importance of arts lies not in the canvas, hue, oil, or tempera, but in its contribution to our life and its suggestions to our sensations, feelings, and imagination.