ART APPRECIATION AND HUMANITIES - VOCABULARY FLASHCARDS

Vocabulary-style flashcards covering key terms and concepts from the lecture notes on humanities and arts.

Humanities

The study of human culture, life, and experiences; from Latin humanus meaning refined, cultured, and human; records humanity's search for answers about life and about oneself.

Humanus

Latin root meaning refined, cultured, and human.

Arts

Creative expressions across visual arts, literature, music, and dance; derived from the Aryan root AR (to put together) and Latin ars (ability or skills); expresses aesthetic ideas through skill and imagination.

Visual Arts

Arts that are primarily seen and occupy space; examples include painting, sculpture, and architecture.

Painting

A visual art form that uses pigment to create images on a surface.

Sculpture

Three‑dimensional artwork created by shaping materials.

Architecture

The design and construction of buildings; a visual art.

Auditory Arts

Arts that are heard and timed; include music and poetry, and can include monologue.

Music

The art of organizing sounds in time to produce melody, harmony, rhythm, and expression.

Poetry

A literary art form that uses rhythmic language and imagery to convey ideas and feelings.

Monologue

A long speech delivered by one person as part of a dramatic work.

Combined/Performing Arts

Arts that blend visual and auditory elements; include drama, theatre, dance, cinema, TV, opera; examples of works such as Rak of Aegis and Ang Huling El Bimbo.

Rak of Aegis

A Filipino musical cited as an example of a performing arts work.

Ang Huling El Bimbo

A musical; a performing arts work.

Maria Clara at Ibarra

A performing arts work (a show) illustrating the performing arts category.

Purposes of the Arts

The aims of art, including creating beauty, providing decoration, revealing truth, immortalizing, expressing religious values, recording and commemorating experience, and creating order and harmony.

To Create Beauty

One purpose of the arts—producing aesthetically pleasing and harmonious works.

To Provide Decoration

Decorate spaces and objects with artistic design.

To Reveal Truth

Use art to express deeper realities and insights about life and the world.

To Immortalize

Preserve people, moments, or ideas beyond their lifetimes through art.

To Express Religious Values

Convey religious beliefs or values through artistic expression.

To Record and Commemorate Experience

Document events and memories through art.

To Create Order and Harmony

Organize elements of art to achieve balance and cohesion.

Relevance of Humanities

The importance of humanities in shaping self-image, understanding human nature, developing a complete social person, measuring passion and desire, and regulating behavior.

Self-image

The mental picture a person has of themselves, influenced by humanities.

Understanding of human nature

Knowledge of human tendencies, emotions, and behaviors.

Development of a complete social man

Growth toward a well-rounded, socially capable person.

Measure of passion and desire

Humanities provide a gauge of people's feelings and aspirations.

Regulate behavior

Humanities help guide and control how people act.