HUM101 Humanities are the study of the different cultural aspect of man, his frailties in life and how these can be improved. Also means understanding man and his affairs rather than just a prescribed unchangeable body of accepted facts and theories. * It comes from Latin word “Humanus” which means- human, culture, refined. * It has various connotation: depending on political, social, economic, artistic, and cultural forces * Refers to a loosely defined group of cultural subject area.
Dictum of the Greek philosopher Protagoras “Man is the measure of all things, ‘meaning that the humanities uplift the dignity and values of man and his tendencies.”
Culture is the disparity between man and animal; thus to be cultured is to possess refinement in taste and manners and these include speech, knowledge, belief, arts and technologies.
Arts enhance daily experience and they are linked to the very quality of life. The word art encompasses meanings, including ability, process and product. As ability art is the human capacity to make things of beauty and things that stir us; it is creativity. As process, art encompasses acts, such as drawing, painting, sculpture, and designing building and using the camera to create memorable works. As products, art is the completed work—an etching, a sculpture, a structure, a tapestry, a portrait, a song.
Purposes of Art. Role of Humanities in human’s life.
General View of the Arts
Art was derived from the Aryan root word “AR” which means to put together, while still another,/ “while still another” origin of the word art come from Latin “ars” which mean ability or skill.
A work of art is the product of the imagination of the artist dependent on the following factors like the material/medium, subject, theme, values, influences, period, belief, inspiration, preparation and other.
Nature of Art
Some of the purposes of Art are the ff: