HUM 101
Art Appreciation
Art Appreciation is a three-unit course that develops students ability to
appreciate, analyze, and critique works of art. Through interdisciplinary and
multimodal approaches, this course equips students with a broad knowledge
of the practical, historical, philosophical, and social relevance of the arts in
order to hone student's ability to articulate their understanding of the arts.
The course also develops student's competency in researching and curating
art as well as conceptualizing, mounting, and evaluating art productions. The
course aims to develop student's genuine appreciation for Philippine arts by
providing them opportunities to explore the diversity and richness and their
rootedness in Filipino culture.

Beauty is in the eyes of
the beholder.

INTRODUCTION TO
HUMANITIES

What is humanities?
- The term humanities comes from the Latin word “humanus”

It generally refers to art, literature, music, architecture,
dance, theater in which human subjectivity is
emphasized and individual expressiveness and
dramatized.

In the Renaissance, the word came to refer to the set of
disciplines taught in the universities, which included
grammar, history, literature, music, philosophy and
theology.

Why study humanities?

What is Art?

Art is derived from the Latin word “ars” meaning ability or skill. It is a
product of man’s skill or craft. In more specialized sense, art applies
to such activities that express aesthetic ideas by the use of skill and
imagination in the creation of objects, environment and experiences
which can be shared by others.

What is Art appreciation?

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