ART APPRECIATION

1. Why is the subject art in the curriculum? It is a legal mandate from 1987
Philippine Constitution Section 2 Paragraph 3 of Article XIV.
2. APPRECIATION is derived from two LATIN words: AD = TOWARDS and
PREX = prayer.
3. Nature of Art. ART is derived from ARS = skill, an expression of idea or
experience. ART is an expression of your creative imagination. ART is an
expression of BEAUTY. It is a combination of one’s creativity (doing
something that has value/purpose) and imagination (being limitless).
4. A material that is considered to be BEAUTIFUL, can be best selling, can be
ground breaking, has a symbolic meaning, and is inherently beautiful.
5. Definitions
❖ Art is that which brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world.-Plato
❖ Art is the whole spirit of man.-Ruskin
❖ Art is the medium by which the artist communicates himself to his fellows.-
Charleton Noyes
❖ Art is anything made or done by man that affects or moves us so that we see
or feel beauty in it.-Collins and Riley.

6. ASSUMPTIONS OF ART :
▪ ART IS UNIVERSAL Art is a universal phenomenon and is as old as a
human being. Every society has its art, which is encouraged and molded
by the patronage it gets from its members. Artists as members of society
create such works of art by the existing relations in society. 
▪ ART IS CULTURAL- Art influences society by changing opinions, instilling
values, and translating experiences across space and time. Research has
shown art affects the fundamental sense of self. Painting, sculpture,
music, literature, and the other arts are often considered to be the
repository of a society's collective memory.
▪ ART IS NOT NATURE- Art is not natural because by common consent
people are not natural for many purposes. ... people are 100% nature
and yet more unlike the rest of nature than anything else on earth. So,
 the things people make are considered not natural in any context that
smacks of machine or tool assistance or knowledge in the making.
▪ ART AS EXPERIENCE- The notion of "Art as experience" implies that the
creation of art must be something of personal and knowledgeable value.
In this conception of art, the creator must have intimate or a subjective
link with their creation for both to have validity
▪ ART IS EXPRESSION- Art, at its root, is an expression and the artist is an
expresser, translating to create meaning. Art expresses and translates,
art acknowledges and reveals, art transfers and art intervenes. Art is an
expression—an expression of feeling, belief, and character.
7. Categories of Art
⮚ Visual something one appreciates through the sense of sight; appealing to
the eye Graphic – two dimensional Ex: painting, drawing
sketches, illustrations Plastic – three dimensional Ex: architecture,
sculpture
⮚ Performing an art which is a product of talent and skills into performing
Ex: theater (acting/drama), dancing, singing
⮚ Literary a written art Ex: prose – an ordinary form of writing
▪ Poetry – a written art that is particular into rhyming of words, line, and
stanzas that uses figurative languages
⮚ Applied the application of design and decoration to everyday objects to
make them aesthetically appealing. Ex: film making, photography, fashion
design
8. DIFFERENT SUBJECTS OF ART
Nature, people, emotion, places, animals, events, saints, churches, child,
fruits, toys, landscapes, seascapes, religions, etc.
9. The Artists Task
▪ shows the relationship of man to the environment
▪ create places for human purpose
▪ create extraordinary version of ordinary objects
▪ record and commemorate
▪ give tangible form of the unknown
10.FUNCTIONS of ART
PERSONAL FUNCTIONS OF ART
▪ The personal functions of art are varied and highly subjective.
▪ Functions depends on the artist who created the art.
▪ An artist may create an art out of self- expression, entertainment, or
therapeutic purpose.

SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF ART

▪ Art is considered to have a social function if and when it addresses a

particular collective interest as opposed to a personal interest.
▪ Art may convey message of protest, contestation, or whatever message
the artist intends his work to carry.
▪ Political art is a very common example of an art with a social function.
▪ Art can also depict social conditions such as photography (pictures of
poverty)
▪ Performance art like plays or satires can also rouse emotions and rally
people toward a particular end.

PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS OF ART

▪ The physical functions of art can be found in artworks that are crafted in
order to serve some physical purpose.
▪ Architecture, jewelry-making, interior design all serves physical
function.
11.PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ART

ART AS AN IMITATION

⮚ In Plato’s The Republic, paints a picture of artists as imitators and art as

mere imitation.
⮚ In Plato’s metaphysics or view of reality, the things in this world are only
copies of the original, the eternal, and the true entities that can only be
found in the World of Forms.
 ART AS A REPRESENTATION

⮚ Aristotle, agreed with Plato that art is a form of imitation.

⮚ However, Aristotle considered art as an aid to philosophy in revealing the
truth.
⮚ , Aristotle conceived of art as representing possible versions of reality.
⮚ For Aristotle, all kinds of art do not aim to represent reality as it is, it
endeavors to provide a version of what might be or the myriad possibilities
of reality

ART AS A DISINTERESTED JUDGMENT

❖ Immanuel Kant, in his Critique of Judgment, considered the judgment of

beauty, the cornerstone of art, as something that can be universal despite its
subjectivity.
❖ Kant recognized that judgment of beauty is subjective.
❖ However, even subjective judgments are based on some universal criterion for
the said judgment.

ART AS A COMMUNICATION OF EMOTION

❖ According to Leo Tolstoy, art plays a huge role in communication to its

audience’s emotions that the artist previously experienced.
❖ In the same that language communicates information to other people, art
communicates emotions.
❖ As a purveyor of man’s innermost feelings and thoughts, art is given a unique
opportunity to serve as a mechanism for social unity.
❖ Art is central to man’s existence because it makes accessible feelings and
emotions of people from the past and present.
 12.Types of Subject on an Art

❖ Representational

⮚ With subject. Represents objective images of people or objects and also

visualize on as a resemblance on the real-world. Recognizable subject of an
art

❖ Non- Representational

❖ Without subject. It does not depend on reality. Creates purely aesthetic

reasons. Highly subjective and difficult to define

13. Kinds of subject

● History, Still life,Animals ,Figures ,Nature ,Landscape ,Seascape
,Cityscape ,Mythology and Myth ,Dreams and Fantasies.
14.Content
▪ Overall meaning or intention of the piece.
▪ It manifests the message of the artist with his work.
▪ Stating and delivering a message can involve the subject, techniques
used, colors used.
15.Levels of meaning
❖ Factual- 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 - pertains to the acknowledged interpretation of the artwork
using motifs, signs, and symbols and other cyphers as bases of its meaning.
❖ Subjective - it pertains to the variety of meanings that can arise when a work
of art was read.
❖ Iconography- It is the study of content of art such as the depicted subjects,
particularly its composition and elements that are distinct from artistic styles.

16. Artistic medium refers to the type of material used to create a work of art,
be it paintings, sculptures, and everything in between. When you visit art
museums, you will likely encounter paintings with a small display card
 stating the title of the painting, the artist's name, and the medium used to
make that painting or sculpture. For example, a painting might have a
listing 'oil on canvas', while a sculpture might be made of marble or steel.

17.Medium of Art
▪ Visual Arts:is one of the finest forms of art to express feelings, emotions,
and imagination of an artist. It is simply an expression of an artist who
holds apparatuses including graphite pencils, pen, ink, wax shading,
pencils, colored pencils, charcoal, chalk, pastels, and much more relies
upon its purpose and nature. The main forms of visual arts include
ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpting, photography, and much more.
▪ Literature Arts: is exceptionally self-expressive because, this creative
writing expresses the writer or author emotions, feeling, a point of
views, and much more. This form of arts is informative yet imaginative
(style of writing), where it generally uses metaphorical literary dialects,
phrases, and much more. The main form of literature arts includes
Poetry, Fiction writing, Play-writing, Epic poetry, and much more.
Remember, Literature Arts is creative and highly entertaining forms of
art as we all love listening to stories, we all enjoy reading Novels. In this
way, Literature Arts are one of the most cherished forms of art by the
audience.
▪ Performing Arts: One of the most expressive, appreciated, and loved by
the millions of people, Performing Arts includes drama, music, dance,
theater, and much more. Performing Arts like dance generally uses
sound (music), as well as a body along with expression, resulting in a
rhythmic enigma. Unlike the other forms of art, the artist in the
performing Arts is generally known as the performer. While, the
performer can likewise be determined into dancer, singer, musicians,
comedians, actors, and so on.
18. MEDIUM - tool/s someone used to create an artwork
Visual (Painting)
▪ Oil, Acrylic, Tempera ,Watercolor, Fresco
 Visual (Drawing/ Illustration)

▪ Comics, Book design, Typography, Advertisements

Visual (Sculpture)

▪ Metal, Wood, Stone ,Glass, Terracotta, Assemblage

MUSIC

▪ Instrumental, Vocal, Ensemble

DANCE

▪ Folk/Ethnic, Social, Interpretative

Theatre

▪ Script, Performer, Audience

19.Curation is a field of endeavor involved with assembling, managing, and
presenting some type of collection.
20.Technique, style, your look, whatever you want to call it is as individual as
your signature. Yes, your paintings might look a bit like some other artist,
and so long as it's not contrived, that's OK. We all strive for originality but
with so many artists out there it would be hard for one artist's work to not,
somewhere in the world, have their work resemble another artist's work.
The technique in Art is the manner and ability with which an artist, writer,
dancer, athlete, or the like employs the technical skills of a particular art or
field of endeavor. the body of specialized procedures and methods used in
any specific field, especially in an area of applied science. method of
performance; the way of accomplishing.
21.NATIONAL LIVING TREASURES
❖ In April 1992, the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan or the National Living
Treasures Award was institutionalized through Republic Act No. 7355. Tasked
with the administration and implementation of the Award is the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the highest policy-making and
 coordinating body for culture and the arts of the State. The NCCA, through the
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan Committee and an Ad Hoc Panel of Experts,
conducts the search for the finest traditional artists of the land, adopts a
program that will ensure the transfer of their skills to others, and undertakes
measures to promote a genuine appreciation of and instill pride among our
people about the genius of the Manlilikha ng Bayan.
❖ First awarded in 1993 to three outstanding artists in music and poetry, the
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan has its roots in the 1988 National Folk Artists
Award organized by the Rotary Club of Makati-Ayala. As a group, these folk
and traditional artists reflect the diverse heritage and cultural traditions that
transcend their beginnings to become part of our national character. As
Filipinos, they bring age-old customs, crafts, and ways of living to the attention
and appreciation of Filipino life. They provide us with a vision of ourselves and
our nation, a vision we might be able to realize someday, once we are allowed
to be true to ourselves as these artists have remained truthful to their art.
❖ As envisioned under R.A. 7355, "Manlilikha ng Bayan" shall mean a citizen
engaged in any traditional art uniquely Filipino whose distinctive skills have
reached such a high level of technical and artistic excellence and have been
passed on to and widely practiced by the present generation in his/her
community with the same degree of technical and artistic competence.
22.How Does One Become a Manlilikha ng Bayan?

To become a "Manlilikha ng Bayan", the candidate must possess the following

qualifications:

► a. He/she is an inhabitant of an indigenous/traditional cultural community

anywhere in the Philippines that has preserved indigenous customs, beliefs,
rituals, and traditions and/or has syncretized whatever external elements
that have influenced it.

► b. He/she must have engaged in a folk art tradition that has been in
existence and documented for at least fifty (50) years.

► c. He/she must have consistently performed or produced over a significant

period, works of superior and distinctive quality.
 ► d. He/she must possess a mastery of tools and materials needed by the art,
and must have an established reputation in the art as master and maker of
works of extraordinary technical quality.

► e. He/she must have passed on and/or will pass on to other members of

the community their skills in the folk art for which the community is
traditionally known.

► A traditional artist who possesses all the qualities of a Manlilikha ng

Bayan candidate, but due to age or infirmity has left him/her incapable of
teaching further his/her craft, may still be recognized if:

► a. He/she had created a significant body of works and/or has consistently

displayed excellence in the practice of his/her art, thus achieving important
contributions for its development.

► b. He/she has been instrumental in the revitalization of his/her

community's artistic tradition.

► c. a. He/she has passed on to the other members of the community skills in

the folk art for which the community is traditionally known.

► d. His/her community has recognized him/her as a master and teacher of

his/her craft.

23.What are the incentives received by the awardee?

❖ A Manlilikha ng Bayan awardee receives a specially designed gold medallion,
an initial grant of P100,000, and a P10,000 monthly stipend for life. In
consonance with the provision of Republic Act No. 7355, which states that "the
monetary grant may be increased whenever circumstances so warrant," the
NCCA board approved an additional monthly personal allowance of P14,000
for the awardees as well as a maximum cumulative amount of P750,000
medical and hospitalization benefits annually similar to that received by the
National Artists and funeral assistance/tribute fit for a National Living
Treasure.
24.LIST OF AWARDEES – GAMABA
▪ GINAW BILOG (+ 2003)
Poet
Hanunuo Mangyan
Panaytayan, Oriental Mindoro
1993
▪ MASINO INTARAY (+ 2013)
Musician and Storyteller
Pala’wan
Brookes Point, Palawan
1993
▪ SAMAON SULAIMAN (+ 2011)
Musician
Magindanao
Mama sa Pano, Maguindanao
1993
▪ LANG DULAY (+2015) 
Textile Weaver
T’boli
Lake Sebu, South Cotabato
1998
▪ SALINTA MONON (+  2009)
Textile Weaver
Tagabawa Bagobo
Bansalan, Davao del Sur
1998
▪ ALONZO SACLAG
Musician and Dancer, Kalinga
Lubuagan, Kalinga
2000
▪ FEDERICO CABALLERO
Epic Chanter
Sulod-Bukidnon
 Calinog, Iloilo
2000
▪ UWANG AHADAS
Musician
Yakan
Lamitan, Basilan
2000
▪ DARHATA SAWABI (+ 2005)
Textile Weaver
Tausug
Parang, Sulu
2004
▪ EDUARDO MUTUC
Metalsmith
Kapampangan
Apalit Pampanga
2004
▪ HAJA AMINA APPI (+ 2013)
Mat Weaver
Sama
Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi
2004
▪ TEOFILO GARCIA
Casque Maker
Ilocano
San Quintin, Abra
2012
▪ AMBALANG AUSALIN
Textile Weaver, 2016
(born 4 March 1943)
▪ ESTELITA BANTILAN
Mat Weaver, 2016
(born 17 October 1940)
 ▪ YABING MASALON DULO
Ikat Weaver, 2016
(born 8 August 1914)
25.Elements of arts
basic components of art-making to make a good criticism according to the
used of elements.

▪ Line
Path of a moving point. Define the edges of shapes and forms
▪ Shape
Two-dimensional (2D), When a line connects to itself, flat
▪ Form
Three-dimensional (3D), Actual or implied, Having height, depth and
width
▪ Color
Hue of an object when light is reflected off of it
▪ Texture
way something feels or the way it looks like to feel
▪ Space
area around a subject in an artwork, shown with size, overlap, and
proportion
▪ Value
lightness and darkness of colors used in artwork
26.Principles of arts
the way the artist use the elements of an art to make an effect and to
depict and delivery clearly the idea or feeling of the artist

▪ Patterns repetition of lines, shapes, and colors used in artwork

▪ Contrast using of different elements in an artwork; darkness and
lightness, roughness and smoothness, curved lines and straightness.
▪ Balance distribution of visual weight of objects in an artwork. Use of
colors, sizes and texture.
▪ Emphasis main idea, focus. In short, what caught your eyes first to see.
 ▪ Unity using of similar elements that brings each part of the artwork
together
▪ Proportion/ Scale using of different sizes of something
▪ Rhythm/ Movement a visual element that makes an effect of action or
motions

27. Techniques or methods of presenting a subject of an art

▪ REALISM- refers to the artistic movement began in France in the 1850s.
The introduction of photography became the reason of the popularity of
realism which refers to producing an “objectively real” visual.
Depicting what eyes can see, ears can hear, what senses receive
▪ ABSTRACTION- Total opposite of realism
Latin word “abstractus” means draw away or to Latin past participle
“abstraher; ab(s) “away” and trahere “draw”.
It presents the artist ideas or feelings with exaggeration of emotions. It
portrays the artist moods or feelings.
Forms of Abstraction
⮚ Distortion
the subject is presented with misshapen condition or twisted
regular shapes
⮚ Elongation
the subject is being lengthened, a protraction or extension
⮚ Mangling
the subject is presented are cut, lacerated, mutilated, torn,
hacked, or disfigured
⮚ Cubism
the subject is presented with combinations of geometric shapes.
It was also describe as pieces of fractured glass looking method
⮚ Abstract Expressionism
applying paints rapidly with force on their canvasses to show
feelings and emotions
 ▪ SYMBOLISM
visible sign of something invisible like ideas or qualities
uses symbol to intensify the meaning, and making the artwork more
subjective and conventional
▪ FAUVISM
French word “les fauves” means wild beasts
uses bright colors and emphasizes spontaneous idea
Henri Matisse was first labelled as Fauve because of using this method.
▪ DADAISM
came from the word “dada” which means hobby-horse
a technique of presenting an art subject in a non-sensical way.
▪ SURREALISM
known as super realism
Focuses on the real things manifesting on imaginations and fantasies of
people, real things that can be found on unconscious minds or dreamlike
objects.
▪ IMPRESSIONISM
known as optical realism for its interest in actual viewing experience,
using the effect of color, light and movement on the subject depicted on
an artwork
It focuses on describing the visual sensations derived from nature.
Impressionism movement; means human eye is a marvellous instrument
28.ART CRITICISM
⮚ Involves one’s own interpretation.
A way to help an individual to understand a particular work of art by using
the one’s knowledge about art theory
A way to establish where an artwork belongs to depending on its depicted
different artistic styles and movements base on the art history
29.Assessing a Work of Art
▪ DESCRIPTION
▪ ANALYSIS
▪ INTERPRETATION
▪ EVALUATION
▪ ART CRITICISM