Subject: Contemporary Art from the Regions

Lesson: Forms of Art

Date: November 27, 2017

I. Objectives
A. Focus Skill: Analyze how art varies according to form
B. Support Skill
1. Determine different forms of art
2. Compare and contrast different forms of art
3. Enumerate works in different art forms

II. Learning Content

Topic: Forms of Art
Concepts: Forms of Art in the Philippines
Materials: Laptop and Projector
Students: Grade 12
Reference: Contemporary Arts from the Regions by Rex Publishing House

III. Learning Procedure

A. Motivation
The teacher posts a picture of different races. The teacher then probes the
students whether one is better than the other. Finally, the teacher points out
that like humanity and race, art has different formations which only show that it
is great.

B. Presentation of the Lesson

I. What art is this?
The teacher presents exemplars of different art forms and the students will
be asked to identify whether it is painting, sculpture, literature, theatre,
dance, or architecture.

II. Sticky Note of Art Forms

The teacher instructs the students to identify which among the three art
forms appeals to the most and why. The teacher asks the students to talk
to different people with different art choices.
 III. Discussion on the Historical Overview of Philippine Art
The teacher shows a table on how art evolved over time from pre-colonial
era to the contemporary era. Aside from the table, the teacher also
supports the table with illustrations. Afterwards, the teacher groups the
class into three. Each group shall share their thoughts how painting,
sculpture and architecture developed.

Historical Overview: Philippine Art

Form Pre- Spanish American Japanese Postwar 70’s-
Conquest Period Period Period Republic Contemporary
(1521-1898) (1898 – (1941-45) (1946-
1940 1969)
Painting Potter; body Religious (icon Landscape, Wartime
adornment, and portraiture, scene
and ornament ecclesiastical), genre, (aggression,
secular interior, still nationalism,
portraiture. life atrocities,
Sculpture Pottery, Santos, furniture, Free symbolic
carving, and reliefs, altar standing protest,
woodwork pieces, jewelry, relief, public aspiration for Modern, Figurative, non-
and metalwork, fieta, peace) conservative, figurative, art for
expression ornamentation abstract, art’s sake,
Propaganda experimental, multimedia, mixed
public art media, transmedia
Indigenizing
and
Orientalizing
works, genre,
idyllic
(Amorsolo,
Francisco,
Ocampo)
Architecture Dwellings Church plaza City planning
and houses, complex, town parks,
shelters, planning, waterfronts,
worship fortification, civic civic and
areas, official buildings and gov’t
residence, installations, structures, Real estate, safe housing,
mosques, private public works, accessories, tenements, squatters,
masjid, state residences, apartments, convention arch, commercial
edifices commercial residences, business, condos, malls,
Public Works subdivisions, development, low
structures, offices,
cemeteries, health and cost housing.
bridges, public
lighthouse education,
business
chalet
 IV.Generalization
Art like humanity comes in different forms and they appeal to us differently
as well. One has to focus on the fact that humanity can express themselves
in various ways. The differences in art only shows us our human capacity to
be creative.

IV. Evaluation
Instagram Post – Given a picture of a Mannuggul Jar, make an Instagram
caption for it. As a feedback, go around the class as ask for written comments
from your classmates. Afterwards, the teacher instructs the students to read
their captions in front of the class and share how their peers reacted to it.

Prepared by: Ian Harvey A. Claros

English Teacher, Senior High School
Antonio Maceda Integrated School