1 Combined/performing arts: combines
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 students' ability to
articulate their understanding of the arts.
 develops students' competency in
researching and curating (selecting,
organizing, and looking after the items in (a
collection or exhibition) art as well as
conceptualizing, mounting, and evaluating
art productions
 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 students' ability to
articulate their understanding of the arts.
Humanities
 came from the Latin word humanus
meaning refined, cultured and human.
 study of the different cultural aspect of man,
his frailties in life and how it can be
improved
 records man’s quest for answers to the
fundamental questions he asks about
himself and about life
 are expressions of man’s feelings and
thoughts
 emphasizes dignity and worthiness of man
and recognizes creative expressions
 aimed to shape students subjective
energies (feelings, attitudes and aspirations)
ART
 comes from the Aryan root word AR which
means to put together
 Latin word ARS which means skills/ability
DIVISION OF THE ARTS
 Visual: arts that are primarily seen,
occupies space paintings, (sculptures and
architectures)
 Auditory: heard, timed arts; exist in time
(music and poetry)
visual & auditory elements (drama &
theatre, dancing, cinema & TV, opera)
PURPOSES OF THE ARTS
 Create beauty
 Provide decoration
 Reveal truth
 Immortalize
 Express religious values
 Record and commemorate experience
 Create order & harmony
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VISUAL ARTS Is the kind of art form that the
population is most likely more exposed to, but its
variations are so diverse they range from
sculptures that you see in art galleries to the last
movie you saw. Some mediums of visual arts
include paintings, drawings, lettering, printing,
sculptures, digital imaging, and more
 Film refers to the art of putting together
successions of still images in order to create
an illusion of movement, Filmmaking
focuses on its aesthetic, cultural, and social
value and is considered as both an art and
an industry
 Performance art is a live art and the artist’s
medium is mainly the human body which he
or she uses to perform, but also employs
other kind of art such as visual art, props, or
sound.
 Poetry is an art form where the artist
expresses his emotions not by using paint,
charcoal, or camera, but expresses them
through words.
 Architecture – is the art of designing and
constructing buildings and other types of
structures.
 It is often referred to as the “mother of the
arts” because it houses, serves as
background for, or occurs in relation to other
fields of art.
  Materials used include stone, concrete,
brick, wood, steel, glass, and plaster.
 Dance is series of movements that follows
the rhythm of the music accompaniment
 Literary art goes beyond the usual
professional, academic, journalistic, and
other technical form of writing. It focuses on
writing using a unique style, not following a
specific form or norm. It may include both
fiction and non-fiction such as novels,
biographies and poems.
 Theater uses live performers to present
accounts or imaginary events before a live
audience. Theater art performance usually
follows a script, though they should not be
confused with literary arts.
 Applied arts incorporate elements of style
and design to everyday items with the aim
of increasing their aesthetical value. Artists
in this field bring beauty, charm, and
comfort into many things that are useful in
everyday life.
Subject refers to the visual focus or the image that
may be extracted from examining the artwork
Content is the meaning that is communicated by
the artist or the artwork.
Representational art have subjects that refer to
object or events occurring in the real world. Often, it
is also termed figurative art, because as the name
suggest, the figures depicted are easy to makes out
and decipher.
Non-Representational art does not make a
reference to the real world, whether it is a person,
place, thing, or even a particular event. It is stripped
down to visual elements such as shapes, lines,
emotion, and even concept.
 Factual pertains to the most rudimentary
level of meaning for it may be extracted
from the identifiable or recognizable forms
in the artwork and understanding how these
elements relate to one another.
 Conventional meaning, on the other hand,
pertains to the acknowledged interpretation
of the artwork using motifs, signs, symbols
and other cyphers as bases of its meaning.
These conventions are established through
time, strengthened by recurrent use and
wide acceptance by its viewers or audience
and scholars who study then.
subjectivities meanings stem from the viewer’s or
audience’s circumstances that come into play when
engaging with art.
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Line serves as an essential building block of art,
but it can also serve as the content itself of a work
of art, or be manipulated to evoke an emotional or
intellectual response from a viewer
 Vertical lines are poised for action. They
are poised, balanced, forceful, and dynamic.
They express an impression of dignity and
an orderly feeling
 Horizontal lines are lines of repose and
serenity. They express ideas of calmness
and quiescence;
can give a
feeling of
peacefulness
and stillness.
 Diagonal lines
are used to
create feelings
of movement or
action.
 Curved lines, sometimes referred as S
curves, suggest gracefulness or sexiness.
Three Main Types of Lines
 Repetition occurs when two or more lines
are drawn within a corner following the lines
of the corner.
 Contrast Lines that are in opposition to
each other form
 Transition line is a line that connects two
workflow elements. Transition lines allow
you to define what the next step in a
workflow will be
Color refers to the visual perception of light being
reflected from a surface of an artwork
Hue is the term for the pure spectrum colors
commonly referred to by the "color names" - red,
orange, yellow, blue, green violet - which appear in
the hue circle or rainbow. Theoretically all hues can
be mixed from three basic hues, known
as primaries
color wheel  is an abstract illustrative organization
of color hues around a circle, that shows
relationships between primary, secondary, and
tertiary colors, etc.
Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.
It is the quality which depends on the amount of
light and dark in color.
Intensity refers to the brightness or darkness of
color. It gives color strength. When a hue is vivid
form, it is said to be in full intensity. When it is
dulled, it is said to be partly neutralized.
 Tints are values above the normal
 Shades are values below the normal
Black is associated with death and gloom
White stands for purity and innocence
Red is associated with blood, anger and fear
Green implies happiness and abundance
TEXTURE is the element that deals more directly
with the sense of touch
 Implied texture expresses the idea of how
a surface might feel. For example, a
painting of a blanket might convey the idea
that the blanket is soft.
 Actual texture, on the other hand, is
texture that can actually be felt. For
example, a ceramic bowl might feature a
carved texture that could be felt when
holding that bowl.
Perspective deals with the effect of distance upon
the appearance of objects, by means of which the
eye judges spatial relationships.
 Linear perspective is the representation of
an appearance of distance by means of
converging lines.
 Aerial perspective is the representation of
relative distances of objects by gradations
of tone or color
Space refers to distances or areas around,
between or within components of a piece.  Proportion refers to the relative size and scale of
 Positive space - the areas in a work of art
that are the subjects, or areas of interest.
 Negative space – areas around the
subjects, or areas of interest
Form applies to the over-all design of a work of art;
It describes the structure or shape of an object.
 Organic forms such as these snow-
covered boulders typically are irregular in
outline, and often asymmetrical. Organic
forms are most often thought of as naturally
occurring.
 Geometric forms are those which
correspond to named regular shapes, such
as squares, rectangles, circles, cubes,
spheres, cones, and other regular forms. 
Volume refers to the amount of space occupied in
three dimensions; It refers to solidity or thickness
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Principles of Design refer to the visual strategies
used by artists, in conjunction with the elements of
arts – for expressive purposes
RHYTHM Is organized movement, a beat, a
repetition; is created by repetition, and repetitive
patterns convey a sense of movement
Regular Repetition means of creating rhythm in
which elements of a composition are duplicated at
orderly or fixed intervals.
Balance is the concept of visual equilibrium, and
relates to our physical sense of balance. It is a
reconciliation of opposing forces in a composition
that results in visual stability.
 Symmetrical Balance the type of balance
in which the elements of a work are
balanced by similarity of form or
arrangement on either side of a dividing line
or plane, or to correspondence of parts, as
in size, shape, or position.
 Asymmetrical Balance the type of balance
in which there are more than slight
differences between the divided areas of a
work, yet there is an overall sense of
balance.
the various elements in a design. The issue is the
relationship between objects, or parts, of a whole.
This means that it is necessary to discuss
proportion in terms of the context or standard used
to determine proportions.