ART 002 Concept Notes

#01 Recognizing Basic Concepts of Art (Part 1)

1. Demonstrate understanding of the different concepts about art
2. Formulate own concept of art.
3. Apply these concepts to artworks they can find in the locality

What is art?
There is no universally accepted definition of art. Although commonly used to describe
something of beauty, or a skill which produces an aesthetic result, there is no clear line in
principle between a unique piece of handmade sculpture, and a mass-produced but visually
attractive item.

“Art is created when an artist creates a beautiful object, or produces a stimulating experience
that is considered by his audience to have artistic merit.” This is simply a "working" definition:
broad enough to encompass most forms of contemporary art, but narrow enough to exclude
"events" whose "artistic" content falls below accepted levels.

#02 Recognizing Basic Concepts of Art (Part 2)

1. Demonstrate understanding of the different concepts about art
2. Formulate own concept of art.
3. Apply these concepts to artworks they can find in the locality

Definitions of Art by some artists

Art may be characterized in terms of mimesis (its representation of reality), narrative
(storytelling), expression, communication of emotion, or other qualities. During the Romantic
period, art came to be seen as "a special faculty of the human mind to be classified with religion
and science".
- Gombrich, Ernst. (2005). "Press statement on The Story of Art". The
Gombrich Archive. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008.
Retrieved 18 November 2008.

Art is a discovery and development of elementary principles of nature into beautiful forms
suitable for human use.
- Frank Lloyd Wright, writing in 1957, as cited in Frank Lloyd Wright on
Architecture, Nature, and the Human Spirit: A Collection of Quotations

Important criteria of Art

- Integrity
- Proportion/Consonance
- Radiance/Clarity

#03 Identifying the Functions of Art

1. Demonstrate understanding of the different functions of art
2. Draw an artwork showing functions of art.
3. Apply these concepts to artworks they often see in the locality.

Five Functions of ART

There are five common functions of ART: Personal, Physical, Social, Educational, and Political.
1. Personal Function – to express personal feelings.
 2. Social Function – to enforce and enhance the shared sense of identity of those in family,
community, or civilization. (this includes festive occasions, parades, dances, uniforms,
holidays and events.
3. Spiritual Function – to express spiritual beliefs about the destiny of life controlled by the
force of a higher power.
4. Educational – symbols and signs to illustrate knowledge not given in words.
5. Political – to reinforce and enhance a sense of identity and ideological connection specific
political views, parties and/or people.

#04 Revisiting the Historical Foundations of Art

1. Demonstrate understanding of art history
2. Draw an artwork using one of the perspectives from art history
3. Apply these concepts to artworks they can find in the locality

The history of art is the history of any activity or product made by humans in a visual form for
aesthetical or communicative purposes, expressing ideas, emotions or, in general, a worldview.

The history of art is a multidisciplinary branch seeking an objective of examination of art through
time classifying cultures, establishing periodizations, and observing the distinctive and influential
characteristics of art.

#05 Assessing the Value of Art and Art Appreciation

1. Know the subjective and objective perspectives in evaluating an art.
2. Demonstrate understanding of objective and subjective assessment
3. Evaluate an artwork as good art or bad art.

Appreciation – is the recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or

something.

Art Appreciation – Is a recognition of a work of art from an objective point of view – its
physical attributes, and formal construction. A detailed look at a work of art that combines
physical attributes with subjective statements based on the viewer’s reaction to the work.

#06 Enumerating the Elements of Art and Designs

1. Enumerate the elements of art.
2. Be able to draw and use the different elements of art

The elements of art are the basic components of art-marking. It is impossible to create a work
of art without using at least one of the seven elements of art. In order to be successful in art
creation, an artist must be able to intelligently use the elements of art. Artwork can also be
analyzed according to the use of the elements in a work of art.

The elements of art are visual tools that the artist uses to create a composition. These are:
1. Line
2. Shape
3. Color
4. Value
5. Form
6. Texture
7. Space

#07 Enumerating the Principles of Art

1. Enumerate the principles of art.
 2. Apply these concepts to artworks they can find in the locality
3. Be able to draw and use the different principles of art

The “principles of design” are mechanisms of arrangement and organization for the various
elements of design in artwork. Please note that different sources might list slightly different
versions of the “Principles of Design,” but the core fundamentals are essentially the same.

The principles of art represents how the artist uses the elements of art to create an
effect to help convey the artist’s intent.

7 principles of art and design

1. Balance
a. Symmetry
b. Asymmetry
c. Radial Symmetry
2. Contrast
3. Emphasis
4. Movement
5. Gradation
6. Rhythm
7. Harmony
8. Unity/Variety

#08 Revisiting the National Artists in the Philippines

1. Know the difference between art curators and art collectors;
2. Demonstrate learning of national artists, curators and collectors;
3. Determine the status of Filipino collectors and curators.

National Artists
The Order of National Artists (Orden ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining) is the highest national
recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made significant contributions to the
development of Philippine arts; namely, Music, Dance, Theater, Visual
Arts, Literature, Film, Broadcast Arts, and Architecture and Allied Arts. The order is
jointly administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and
the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and conferred by the President of the Philippines
upon recommendation by both institutions.

#09 Revisiting the National Artists, Curators and Collectors in the Philippines
1. Differentiate art curators and art collectors;
2. Demonstrate learning of national artists, curators and collectors;
3. Determine the status of Filipino collectors and curators.

Art Curators have an eye and passion for staging artwork in a way that creates interest in an
art exhibition.

To be an art curator requires multi-tasking as the job entails being responsible for a museum's
collection, selecting art to be displayed in a museum, organizing art exhibitions in galleries or
public spaces, researching artists, plus writing catalogue essays.

Art museum curators work with art collections and exhibitions in an art museum.

Art Collectors
“Someone who has a passion for art could become a collector. One has to live with art to
understand it and eventually it becomes a part of your personality. The collection grows with
the person. You should only collect what you like and judge what the work stands for. There
are still no artists who have the caliber of the masters of the yesteryears. Our younger
generations need to be exposed to artwork.” - Zahra David, coordinator at Ejaz Art Gallery

#14 Looking Closer into Painting

1. Demonstrate the uses of each medium of art
2. Determine which work of art can each medium apply
3. Be able to use at least two of the mediums of art.

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface

(support base). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other
implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used.

In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. It can refer to a
finished product (painting); and an act (the artist is painting).

#15 Discovering Photography

1. Identifying the basic techniques of Photography
2. Use and apply the concepts and techniques in Photography

Photography is the art or process of producing images by the action of radiant energy
and especially light on a sensitive surface (such as film or an optical sensor)

- Portrait photography or portraiture  is a photograph of a person or group of people

that captures the personality of the subject by using effective lighting, backdrops, and
poses.

- Landscape photography shows spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending,
but other times microscopic. Landscape photographs typically capture the presence of
nature but can also focus on man-made features or disturbances of landscapes.

#16 Recognizing the Philippine Crafts

1. Know and recognize Philippine crafts
2. Appreciate the things that are made in the Philippines
3. Submit own handicraft.

HANDICRAFT Product (artisanal craft) Aesthetic production created by hand or by using tools
Process Technique used Ex. weaving Skill Craftsmanship Mode of expression Motor skills requires
the hand to control and manipulate both materials and tools

BASIC ELEMENTS OF HANDICRAFT

DESIGN Drawing, model, mould, pattern, plan or specification to work
MATERIAL Basic substance as an input
TECHNIQUE Method and process of treating the materials

#18 Recognizing Cultural Appropriation

1. Recognize the types of cultural appropriation
2. Determine examples of cultural appropriation
3. Relate cultural appropriation in their day to day life.
Cultural appropriation is a concept in sociology dealing with the adoption of the elements of
a minority culture by members of the dominant culture. It is distinguished from equal cultural
exchange due to the presence of a colonial element and imbalance of power.

#21 Discovering Literature: The Power of Words

1. Identify the elements of Literary Arts
4. Analyze a poem using the elements of a poem.
5. Write a poem utilizing the elements

Literature - is writing considered to be an art form, or any single writing deemed to have
artistic or intellectual value, often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary
usage.

Poetry - a piece of writing that usually has figurative language and that is written in separate
lines that often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme.

Prose - written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
Essay
Short Story
Novel
Fables
Play - a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving
conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage

#22 Identifying Forms and Methods of Sculpture

1. Differentiate free standing from relief sculptures
2. Appreciate sculpture as a form of art
3. Apply the methods of sculpture in their own project

Sculpture – an artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three-
dimensional art objects. The designs may be embodied in freestanding objects, in reliefs on
surfaces, or in environments ranging from tableaux to contexts that envelop the spectator.

#23 Appreciating Music Part 1: Elements of Music

1. Recognize the different Elements of Music
2. To evaluate the presented music using the elements
3. Create their own original song

Music - vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of
form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
Classification of Musical Instruments
Wind- are typically grouped into two families: Brass instruments (horns, trumpets,
trombones, euphoniums, and tubas) Woodwind instruments (recorders, flutes, oboes,
clarinets, saxophones, and bassoons)
Percussion - his is a wide-ranging, inclusive list of percussion instruments. It
includes: Instruments classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as struck or friction idiophones,
struck or friction membranophones or struck chordophones.
String - any musical instrument that produces sound by the vibration of stretched
strings, which may be made of vegetable fibre, metal, animal gut, silk, or artificial
materials such as plastic or nylon. 

#24 Appreciating Music Part II: Instrumental Music

1. Recognize instrumental music
 2. Reflect and appreciate instrumental music
3. Create a drawing or poem as interpretation of the song

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics, or singing, although it

might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a Big Bandsetting.
The music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments. An instrumental can exist
in music notation, after it is written by a composer; in the mind of the composer (especially in
cases where the composer himself will perform the piece, as in the case of a blues solo guitarist
or a folk music fiddle player); as a piece that is performed live by a single instrumentalist or
a musical ensemble, which could range in size from a duo or trio to a large Big Band, concert
band or orchestra.

#25 Making Trans-Creation

1. State the formula of trans-creation
2. Differentiate Trans-creation from interpretation
3. Create a trans-created art (music to text)

Trans-creation - is a methodology that works best when it starts at the concept and discovery
phases. It involves careful brief interpretation, back translation and detailed commenting.
It is re-creating an art into another form of art without compromising its message and meaning,
rather enhancing it to have a greater impact and reaches a greater scope of audience.
 The formula:
o Translation + Creation = Trans-creation
Example of trans-creation
 Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh transcreated to Vincent (Song)
 Historical document transcreated to Dance (festival dance)

#26 Looking into Dance

1. State the basic elements of dance.
2. Differentiate Loco-motor from non-locomotor choreography
3. Apply basic movements in interpreting a nursery rhyme

Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human

movement. This movement has aesthetic and symbolic value, and is acknowledged as dance by
performers and observers within a particular culture.

Elements of Dance
 Space: refers to the space through which the dancer’s body moves (general or personal
space, level, size, direction, pathway, focus).
 Time: is applied as both musical and dance elements (beat, tempo, speed, rhythm,
sudden, slow, sustained).
 Force/Energy: the force applied to dance to accentuate the weight, attack, strength, and
flow of a dancer’s movement (sharp, strong, light, heavy, bound, free-flow).
 Relationship: refers to the relationship the dancers’ body parts have to everything else
(spatial relationships, time relationships, relationship to music, and to each other).

#27 Drama and Theatre

1. Appreciate drama and theatre show
2. Create their own sculpture through

Theatre - is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers, typically actors or

actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a
specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience
through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance.

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. Considered as a genre

of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes
ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory.

#28 The Production Process

1. Be able to create their own advertising video
2. Identify processes in film making

The Production Process

The production process refers to the stages (phases) required to complete a media product,

from the idea to the final master copy. The process can apply to any type of media production
including film, video, television and audio recording. The stages in each medium vary; for
example, there is obviously no storyboard in an audio recording. However the same general
concepts work for any medium.

The three main stages of production are:

1. Pre-production: Planning, scripting & storyboarding, etc.
2. Production: The actual shooting/recording.
3. Post-production: Everything between production and creating the final master copy.

Other stages include:

 Financing: This happens before pre-production, and involves budget forecasting, finding
investors, etc.
 Screenplay: This can be considered a separate stage before pre-production.
 Distribution: After post-production, delivering the content to the audience (e.g. film
prints, CD/DVD, etc).