HUMANIYIES 1- SYLLABUS

Subject Code: Humanities 1

Nomenclature: Introduction to Arts, Perception and Appreciation
Units Credit: 3
Prerequisite Subject: None

I. Course Description: This course on the appreciation of art is based upon looking at artworks for arts
sake to broaden and enlighten the cultural background of the student. It introduces the creative
expressions in their various forms and functions which includes a critical evaluation of selected works of
painting, sculpture, and architecture. The categories of these artistic expressions are analyzed. Whether
these be in the fine and the folk arts, or as space, temporal, and the combined arts, or as specialist and
communal art, these creations and their process, appreciation, and function fosters a deeper
understanding and appreciation of Man vis--vis his milieu.

II. Course Objectives: At the end of the course, the student should be able to:

Cognitive:
1. To understand and value the intuitive and affective areas of human experiences in relation to the
arts;2. To broaden the understanding of the movement of life and thought as these are revealed in the
various art images and expressions of a community or society.
Psychomotor:
1. To expose to the various art mediums and techniques and arts expressive elements;
2. To disclose the personal, cultural and social meanings and significance of the works of art;
3. To develop skills and confidence in articulating their perceptions and reactions to a work ofart;
4. To provide opportunity in a group process to create a work in any genre.

Affective:
1. To appreciate the distinctiveness and universality of human values and experiences; and compare
these with those of other cultures;
2. To appreciate the richness of Philippine art and the countrys artistic heritage while understanding the
Filipino point of view in these creative resources.

III. Methodologies/Strategies/Techniques
Lecture Class Reporting Group Discussion Brainstorming
Research Paper Interactive Discussion Inductive Method
Deductive Method Exercises Method Group Activity Demonstration
Critical Reading


IV. Course Content:
CONTENT/TOPICS TIMEFRAME
(hrs.)
Remarks
I. Introduction to Humanities
1. Setting Class Expectations
2. How Art Will Be Studied (Conceptual Paradigm)
a. Historic (diachronic)
b. Structural (synchronic or aesthetic-critical judgment approach)
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II. Defining the Humanities: Situating in the 21stCentury
1. Meaning and importance of art amidst globalization
2. Art vis--vis Science: The Chicken and Egg Story
3. Humanity and Culture
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III. The Creative Process: Man the measure of all things
1. Man, Society, and Nature: The Basic Assumptions of Art
2. Creating Expressions: An overview of the Arts (nature and theories)
3. Classifications: Genre creating

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lV. The Different Classification Art Genre
1. Visual vs. Auditory
2. Space vs. Time vs. Space-Time
3. Representational/Objective vs. Presentational/Non-objective
4. Specialist (Fine) vs. Folk/Mass/Traditional
5. Western vs. Non-Western
6. Mimetic Vs. Affective vs. Expressive
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V. Synchronic Study
1. Subject
2. Function
3. Medium, Elements and Technique
a. The artist and his medium
b. The artist and his technique
4. Style
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VI. Aesthetics and Judgment
1. Critical Judgment Approach
2. Formal qualities, Mediums, Elements
3. Organizing in space and time
4. Principles of Design (harmony, unity, balance, proportion, rhythm,
emphasis, subordination)
5. Expressive contents
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VII. The Major Art Genre
1. Visual (Painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, graphic
arts, computer image processing, animation, animatronics)
2. Temporal (Music, Literature, Poetry, digital music)
3. Performance (Theater, Dance, Film, video, performance art)
4. Mixed media (performance art, installations
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VIII. The Diachronic Study
1. Art Frame: Man, Art and Society
2. Creative Expressions vis--vis Temperaments vis--vis Styles vis--vis
Milieu
3. Western Art History: General Survey (from hunting
primitive slave society
the age of the information highway)
4. Pre-history (ancient river civilizations)
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5.Classical (Greco-Roman)
6.Medieval (Early Christian, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic)
7. Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque, Rococo, Neo-classical, Romantic,
Realistism323
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8. Modern eclecticism, Post-Modern
IX. Philippine Art History
1. Defining Specialist vs. Traditional
2. Evolution and Revolution
3. Pre-colonial, Spanish colonial, seditious art, American colonial, Post
1946, Contemporary, Post Modern and other explorations
4. Form, function and value

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Total (54
hrs.)


V. Course Requirements
A. Regular Attendance1) All students are required to regularly and promptly attend all class sessions.2)
Midterm: Written Report, Research Paper,3) Final term: Portfolio
VI. Grading System
Class participation,
quizzes, activities, recitation, attendance
33.33%Major Exams
33.33%Projects
33.33%
VII. Integration
A. Suggested Topics
1. Basic Intellectual Competencies
2. Perspectives
B. Suggested Activities
1. Class Debate
VIII. References
1. Dudley, Louise and Austin Faricy (1995).
2. The Humanities .5
th
ed. New York: Mcgraw-Hill.Ortiz, Ma. Aurora, et. al. (1996).
3. Art: Perception and Appreciation .Manila: University of theEast, 1976.Van de Bogart, Doris. (1990).
4. Introduction to the Humanities . Massachusetts: Barnes andNoble, 1970.
Internet Sources
Humanities Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology. Article
online.<www.msuiit.edu.ph/ipag/studies/humanities> 13 July 2011.
Arts Appreciation Texarkana College. Article online. <http://old.texarkanacollege.edu/ >
11 January 2012