Grade 9 ARTS 1ST QUARTER

Module 1: WESTERN AND CLASSICAL ART TRADITIONS

Fourth Week : Medieval Art
b.Romanesque
c. Gothic

Romanesque

Sculptures

Some of the famous sculptural pieces are reliquaries, altar frontals, crucifixes, and devotional images.
Small individual works of art were generally made of costly materials for royal and aristocratic patrons. These
lightweight devotional images were usually carried in the processions both inside and outside the churches

Architecture

Romanesqeu architecture displayed solid masonry walls, rounded arches and masonry vaults. It is the
period of great building activities in Europe, castles, churches, monasteries arose everywhere

The doorways of Romanesque’s churches are often grand sculptured portals. Wood or metal doors are
surrounded by elaborate stone sculpture arranged in zones to fit architectural elements

The groin-vaulted crypt of

Worcester Cathedral

Painting

These are largely placed mosaics on the walls of the churches thatfollows a strict frontal pose.

It has a remarkable variety of artistic traditions such as modeling and treatment of faces and draperies
that follow Byzantine convention while there freshingly decorative feeling comes from southern French styles. It
also shows traces of Mozarabic influence (Arabize influence) through elongated oval faces, large staring eyes
and long noses, figures against flat colored bands and heavy outlining.
 Christ in Majesty, painting from the Church of
Saint Clemente, Tahull, Lerida Spain, c. 1123
Musue Nacional d’Art de Catalunya,Barcelona

Christ wears a greyish, white robe with a blue mantle.Underneath the Mandorla (Italian word for Almond,
in painting, it is used to described anenclosure surrounding holy figures) is a black band with white writing.
Each side of the center window are three arches resting on columns of capitals in green, red and black in
between of figures of Virgin Mary and five saints are columns with wavy line patterns going vertically.

Gothic

Sculptures

Gothic sculptureshave a greater freedom of style. They no longer layclosely against the wall, but begun to
project outward.Figures were giventheir own particular attitudes instead of being set into particular patterns
andare more lively and realistic.

Architecture

This design included two new devices:pointed arch which enabled builders to construct much higher
ceiling vaults and stone vaulting borne on a network of stone ribs supported by piers and clustered pillars.

Cathedral of Chartres,also known as the Notre dame

Cathedral (1145- 1260)

- Has rich architecture and design

- Splendid stained glass windows

- Thousands of sculptured figures

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Painting

Paintings have been confined in the illumination of manuscript pages and the painting of frescoes on the
walls of churches in cosmopolitan style, elegant, mannered and sophisticated.

Subjects usually depicts popular legends and love stories, patterns like “mille fleur” or thousand flowers
show influence which may have been due to the Crusades.

Stained glass windows were created to transform the vast stone interiors with warm and glowing color and at
the same time to instruct Christians in their faith .

The paintings show some realistic details and shows naïve naturalism .
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Grade 9 ARTS 1ST QUARTER

Fourth Week
Activity 1. Answer the following questions

1.What are the characteristics of Romanesque and Gothic painting?

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2.Compare Romanesque sculpture and Gothic sculpture

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Activity 2. Mosaic Greeting Cards

Materials

Recycled candy wrapper or any snack wrapper,Scissors,Glue,Ruler,Bond Paper

Procedure
1. Create your design for your greeting card mosaic.
2. Clean the recycled candy wrapper that you will use for your mosaic.
3. Cut your candy wrapper into small squares, rectangles or circles
4. Start pasting your candy wrappers into your design.

Grade 9 MUSIC 1ST QUARTER

Fourth Week
Define each word
Mass
Pastores
Pabasa
Senakulo
Salubong
Komedya
Flores de Mayo
Santacruzan

1. What folk traditions and practices are still in Roman Catholic churches in the Philippines?
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2. At present, how do Filipinos (especially Catholic) celebrate Lenten season?

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