Republic of the Philippines

NORTHERN ILOILO POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE

AJUY CAMPUS
Ajuy, Iloilo

CHORCEL B. ABENIDO, MIT

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AJUY CAMPUS
Ajuy, Iloilo

Course Title: ART

APPRECIATION
Course Description: Art Appreciation is a three-unit course that develops student’s ability to appreciate,
analyze and critique works of art. Through interdisciplinary and multimodal
approaches, this course equips the 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. The course also develops
students’ competency in researching and curating art as well as conceptualizing,
mounting and evaluating art productions. The course aims to develop students’
genuine appreciation for Philippine arts by providing them opportunities to explore
the diversity and richness and their rootedness in Filipino Culture.
Credit hours: 3 hours
Pre-Requisite: NONE
Program Objectives: At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

Knowledge

 Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of arts in general, including

their function, value, and historical significance
 Define and demonstrate the elements and principles of design
 Explain and evaluate different theories of art
 Situate Philippine arts in a global context

Skills

 Analyze and appraise works of art based on aesthetic value, historical

context, tradition, and social relevance
 Mount an art exhibit(concept development, production and postproduction,
marketing, documentation, critiquing)
 Create their own works of art and curate their own production of exhibit
 Utilize art for self-expression and for promoting advocacies

Values

 Deepen their sensitivity to self, community, and society

 Discover and deepen their identity through art with respect to their
nationality, culture, and religion
 Develop an appreciation of the local arts

Dear Learners,

Our courseware is specially designed to equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to further
develop your understanding in different disciplines, and expose you to new and engaging topics in arts. Consider
this module as a guide to strengthening human productivity and a tool for exploring the twenty-first century.

This will be use throughout the semester. This will serve your medium in teaching-learning process
wherein you will be assessed each lesson how much you have learned from the subject matter. You are required
to submit this module at the end of this semester or else you are mark incomplete.

Table of Contents
Preliminary Period

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Module 1. Embracing the Humanities

Difference Between the
Humanities and Sciences

Module 2. Understanding the Arts

Different Definitions of Art
Assumptions about Art

Module 3. Distinguishing Artist from Artisan

Who is an artist?
Who is an artisan?

Module 4: Recognizing GAMABA and the National Artists

GAMBABA
National Artists

Module 5. Classifying the Arts

Module 6: Functions of Arts
Module 7. Knowing the Subject in the Art
Subject and Content
Module 8. Effectively Presenting Art Subjects

Midterm Period
Module 9: Mediums of Arts
Module 10: Elements of Arts
Module 11: Principles of Arts
Module 12: Glancing Art History
Pre-Historic Art/Cave Art

A. Asian
1. Philippine pre-historic art
2. Egyptian Art
3. China
B. Western
4. Greek Art
5. Roman Art

Final Examination
Module 13: Appreciating Visual Arts)

Module 14: Appreciating Literary Arts

Module 15: Appreciating Music
Module 16: Appreciating Installation Art
Module 17: Appreciating Indigenous Arts
Module 18: Appreciating Philippine Contemporary

Module 5
CLASSIFYING THE ARTS

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Introduction
Art is classified in different ways. Various authors have their own classification of art.
Generally, arts are grouped into two: major arts and minor arts. Major arts include painting,
architecture, sculpture, literature, music, and dance. On the other hand, minor arts include the
decorative arts, the popular arts, the graphic arts, the plastic arts, and industrial arts.
The arts are generally grouped into two: major and minor arts.

Learning Outcomes
At the end of the session, learners are expected to:
a. Discuss the different forms of the arts
b. Cite examples of each form
Discussion
According to Webster, the major arts involve man’s skills to create works of art that are in form,
content, and execution, aesthetically pleasing and meaning as in music, painting, architecture, and
sculpture. They are called major arts because they appeal to the senses of sight, hearing, and feeling.
They are more notable and conspicuous in effect. On the other hand, the aesthetic factor in the minor
arts lies in the “styling”. They are addressed primarily to the sense of sight and their usefulness. The
minor arts are inferior in degree, especially in the extent of aesthetic quality.
Merriam Webster. Illustrated Contemporary Dictionary, Encyclopedia Edition,(Chicago,
Illinois: J.G. Feguson, Publishing Co., 1987, pp. 718, 757.

According to Manaois, there are two (2) general dimensions of arts, namely, (1) fine arts or
independent arts made principally for aesthetic enjoyment through the senses, especially visual and
auditory such as painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, theater, performing arts, and (2) practical
arts or utilitarian arts intended for practical use or the development of raw materials for functional
purposes such as industrial art, civic art, commercial art, graphic art, agricultural and fishery art.
Estolas (1995) grouped arts into:
1. Visual Arts. These artworks are perceived by our eyes which may be classified into graphic arts
and plastic arts. Graphic arts have flat two-dimensional surface such as painting industry. It
covers the commercial arts like the design of books, advertisements, signs, posters and other
displays for advertisements. Plastic arts are visual arts which have three-dimensional forms.
Under this grouping are: architectural designs and construction of buildings and other
structures; landscape of gardens, parks, playgrounds, and golf courses with plants ,trees, vines
and ground cover;
2. Performing Arts. These include the theater, play, dance, and music. They involve movement,
speaking and gestures.
3. Literary Arts. These include the short stories, novels, poetry and dramas.
4. Popular Arts. These include the film, newspaper, magazine, radio and television. This group is
characterized as gay and lively.
5. Gustatory Art of the Cuisine. This involves skills in food preparation.
6. Decorative Arts. They are visual objects produced for beautifying houses, offices, cars and
other structures. They are also called applied arts.

Estolas, Josefina V., Clarita G. Javier, & Nieves Pada-Payno. Introduction to Humanities(Arts
for Fine Living). Mandaluyong City: National Book Store, Inc.
Sanchez, Abad, and Jao (2001) grouped arts into:
1. Visual arts. These include graphic arts (which include drawing, painting, photography, etc. or
in which portrayals of forms and symbols are recorded on a two-dimensional surface) and
plastic arts (which comprise all fields of visual arts for which materials are arranged in three-
dimensional forms namely, structural architecture, interior arranging, crafts, sculpture,
industrial design, dress and costume design and theatre design.

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2. Literature. These include

drama, essay, prose fiction, poetry, and miscellaneous (history, biography, journals, diaries,
and other works not formally classed as literature).
3. Music. These include vocal music; instrumental music; music combined with other music like
opera, operatta and musical comedy, oratorio and cantata; and other forms like ballet music
and background music for motion pictures.
4. Drama and Theater. These include tragedy, melodrama, comedy, miscellaneous
5. Dance. These include ethnologic, social or ballroom dances, ballet, modern, musical comedy

Sanchez, Custodiosa A., Paz F. Abad, & Loreta V. Jao. (2001). Introduction to Humanities.
Quezon City: Rex Printing Company, Inc.
Barrios( ) classified arts into two: according to purpose and according to media and forms.
1. According to purpose
A. Practical or useful arts are those human activities directed to produce artifacts, tools
and utensils used in doing households and everyday chores.
Examples: basket weaving agriculture, etc.
B. Liberal Arts involve the development of man’ intellectual reasoning.
Examples: Mathematics, Astronomy, Grammar
C. Fine Arts are the products of the human creative activity as they express beauty in
different ways and media for the satisfaction and relaxation of man’s mind and spirit.
Examples: painting, sculpture, architecture
D. Major Arts are characterized by their actual and potential expressiveness and by a
purely disinterested purpose.
Examples: music, poetry, sculpture
E. Minor Arts are works connected with practical uses and purposes.
Examples: interior decoration, porcelain

2. According to Media and Forms

A. Plastic Arts are developed through space and perceived by the sense of sight.
Examples: painting, sculpture, architecture
B. Phonetic Arts are based on sounds and words as media of expression.
Examples: music, drama, literature
C. Kinetic Arts make use of the rhythmic movement as the elements of expression.
Example: dance
D. Pure Arts utilize only one medium of expression.
Examples: sound in music, color in painting
E. Mixed Arts use two or more media.
Example: The opera(which is a combination of music, poetry, and drama)
Barrios, Romeo A. ( ). An Experimental Approach in the Study of the Humanities. Ermita, Manila:
Educational Publishing House.

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