UNIVERSITY OF MAKATI

College of Arts and Letters

COURSE OUTLINE
GE Art Appreciation
A. SUBJECT CODE :

B. COURSE TITLE : ART APPRECIATION

C. COURSE CREDIT : 3 Units

D.COURSE DESCRIPTION : The course is an interdisciplinary study of the arts,their analysis, evaluation and critique towards appreciation.It
coversthe visual, performing, literary andemergent arts from various civilizations of the worldas they relate particularly
with the development of art in the Philippine context. The course includes the philosophical, scientific and technological,
mathematical, psychological, anthropological, sociological and historical understanding of the artsasproducts of
aesthetic sensibilities and creative imaginations of people, their dynamic interaction with the individuals and society,
and their relation tothe concepts of beauty or its deconstruction as an underlying cultural foundation for artistic
processes.

E. PREREQUISITE : None

F.COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

GENERAL : 1.Developheightened perceptions and aesthetic sensibilitiesfor the arts.

2.Show appreciationof the arts within interdisciplinary perspectives.
3.Understand Philippine art and its situatedness in the global context.
4. Acquire cultural values for the arts of various societies.

SPECIFIC

Knowledge : 1. Relate the study of art to other disciplines.

2.Identifythe various elements, techniques and forms of art.
3.Compare and contrast the different theories of beauty towards the appreciation of art
4.Analyze art works based on aesthetic concepts and principles.
5. Distinguished the various styles of art as they developed in history.
6. Apply formal criteria and standards in the evaluation of art.
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Values : 1. Reflect on the significance of art in daily life and interactions with people in the society.
2.Advocate art as a medium for personal expression and communication.
3.Conserve the artistic creations and cultural heritage of the communities.
4.Be critical about art issues and perspectives.
5. Evaluate the ethical dimensions of some art works from cultural or religious points of view.
6. Respect the artistic forms and standards of other societies and cultures.

Skill : 1. Participate actively and productively in group activities and projects.

2.Make drawings, paintings and sculpturesor miniatures to which theories and principles of art are applied
3.Perform music, dance or drama according to art criteria and personal talents and skills.

G. REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE:

1.Quizzes
2.Group or individual activities: art creation, composition or performance
3.Reaction and opinion papers:art criticism or value judgment
4.Reflection papers: the self, art and society
5.Watching art video documentaries, movies or performances
6.Visiting the net for art websites
7.Fieldtrip to museum or galleries, or to public monuments
8.Individual Final Project: Your own work of art
9.Major examinations (Prelims, Midterms and Finals)

H.COURSE CONTENT/ OUTLINE

Hours Objectives Topic Outline Readings& Videos SuggestedActivities Evaluation

1. Distinguish the humanities and the
sciences as fields of learning.
2. Survey the place of the humanities
in the history of Western civilization.
3. Relate the Western concept of
humanities with the Filipino notion
of pagkatao.
4. Examine the history of art as a
humanistic discipline.
5. Compare and contrast the concepts
of art according to Western thought
A. Art and Humanities: Western
and Filipino Concepts
1. Art as a Humanistic
Discipline
2. The Humanities in Western
Civilization
3. The Humanities and the
Filipino Pagkatao
4. The Filipino Concept of Art
Panofsky, Erwin (1955). “The History Lecture/Discussion Class
of Art as a Humanistic Discipline ” in Recitation
Meaning in the Visual Arts. Australia: Ppt. Presentation
Penguin Books, 1955. pp. 1-25. Documen-
Individual activity: Along the taryEssay
Covar, Prospero (1992). sidewalks or local shops, find a
KaalamangBayangDalumat ng native Philippine product (work of Individual
Pagkataong Pilipino”, in art) such as basket, bracelet, hut, Presentation
http://www.journals.upd.edu.ph/index rags, textile, sandals, etc. Discussion/
.php/djwf/article/view File/ Sharing
4950/4459. Make a documentation of the

and Filipino thought.
6. Discover the Filipino identity
through the arts.
7. Apply the Filipino sense of art in the
Weeks appreciation of art.
1&2
(6 Hours)
1. Define art appreciation.
2. Relate the study of art to the fields
of Philosophy and Psychology.
3. Examine the human faculties as
basis for the appreciation of art.
Weeks 4. Analyze works of art according to
3&4 four levels: perceptual elements,
(6 Hours) representations, emotional sugges-
tions and intellectual meaning.
5. Make an artwork that shows the
four levels of analysis.
6. Apply the concept of art as reality to
the artworks based on Renaissance
style, cubism, de stilj, and ready-
made art.
B. Art Appreciation and the
Human Faculties
1. Art and the Human
Faculties
2. The Process of Art
Appreciation
3. Art Analysis: Perceptual
Elements, Emotional
Suggestion, Intellectual
Meaning
4. Art and the Perception of
Reality
3
artifact: Where did you buy it?
De Leon, Felipe (2011). “Defining How much? What is its local
the Filipino Through the Arts: From name? What is it made of? Its
Specialistic Innocence to color, size? Other information?
Participatory Consciousness,” in
journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/phr/ar Write a one-paragraph essay
ticle/download/4737/4273. answering the question: How
does the product or artifact
ANC-NCCA (2015). “Dayaw: Inukit, express the Filipino concept of
Hinulma, Nilikha (Iconic Symbols of art?
the Indigenous)” Episodes 3. In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8 Present the artifact and
KlO 6_Jpd-4. discuss/share your insights to the
class.
“Is there a difference between art
and craft?” in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t
Vdw60eCnJI
“Xiao Time: Damian Domingo, Ama
ng PHL Painting at
unangpormalnagurong Filipino ng
siningsaPinas” (2014) in
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=3i8muLe9vss.
Gombrich, Ernest (1960). Lecture/Discussion Quiz
“Pygmalion’s Power,” excerpt from
Art and Illusion:A Study on the Ppt. Presentation Class
Psychology of Pictorial Recitation
Representation, pp. 80-83. Group activity: Make an artwork.
Group
Orate, Allan (2000). “Art and Analyze the visual elements, the Artwork
Perception of the World,” in UE representation, the
Today, Vol. 12, No. 2., pp. 7-8 & 14. emotionalsuggestions and the Group
intellectual meanings of the Sharing and
“What is art for? Alain de Botton’s artwork. Report
Animated Guide,” (2015). In https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVlQOy Discuss/share your analysis to
t FCRI. your group.

1. Relate the study of Art Appreciation
to the fields of Philosophy,
Anthropology and Sociology
2. Define aesthetics as a branch of
philosophy concerned with art.
3. Enumerate the various terms used
in Aesthetics.
4. Classify the arts based on the
perception by the senses.
5. Discover the Filipino aesthetic
worldview.
6. Demonstrate the Filipino sense of
Weeks
beauty in some indigenous, ethnic,
5&6
folk and pop arts.
(6 Hours)
7. Compare the Filipino sense of art
and beauty to that of Western and
Japanese.
8. Formulate an aesthetic approach to
Art Appreciation.
9. Make an artwork that shows the
Filipino concept of art and beauty.
“What is the Treachery of Images,”
(2041) in https://www.youtube.com/
watch? v=atHQpANmHCE.
C. Aesthetics: The Study of Miller, Ellen (2004), “Introduction to
Art and Beauty Aesthetics” in http://users.rowan.
edu/~millere/Introduction
1. The Field of Aesthetics %20to%20Aesthetics.htm
2. Aesthetics Terms
3. Hierarchy of Beauty Jocano, Landa F (2001). “Aesthetic
4. The Filipino Aesthetic Dimension,” in Filipino Worldview,
Worldview Quezon City: PUNLAD Research
House, 2001. pp.135-144.
Lloren, Gregg S (2011). “Horror
Vacui and the Pinoy Inclination for
Filling Up Every Inch of Space” in
https://www.academia.edu.
“Pop Art Jeepney in the Lovely
Philippines,” in https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=Pxt8YziLy8Q.
“Japan Minimalists: A Way of Life,”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ACUE_Y67qlk.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
4
Make a class report about the
analysis and the group
sharing/discussion
Lecture/Discussion Quiz
Ppt. Presentation Class
Recitation
Individual Activity: Make an
artwork that shows the Filipino Individual
concept of space and beauty Artwork
(horror vacui) by painting the
white oslo paper with many Group
different colorful representational Discussion
or formal designs until the paper
is completely covered with colors. Class
Debate
Watch the film clip:
“Magandakaba?” from the Movie
PetrangKabayo, (2010) in
https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=GYar6rGb
ukM.
Have a group discussion, and
then class debate about the
notion of beautyas shown in the
film according to the Filipino
concepts of labas and loobin the
articles by Covar and Jocano.
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1. Relate the study of art to the field of
philosophy.
2. Examine the imitation theory by
Plato as a philosophy of art and
beauty
3. Compare and contrast imitationism
and representationism.
4. Identify artworks, styles, artists and
philosophers that abide with
imitation or representation theory.
5. Evaluate the merit or demerit or
artworks based on the principles of
Week 7
imitationism.
(4 Hours)
6. Examine the style of romantic
realism in Philippine art based on
representation theory.
7. Interpret imitationism as the
philosophical basis of ancient Greek
art and of some classical
compositions in music.
8. Formulate a philosophical
approach to Art Appreciation.
9. Make works of art where the theory
of representationism and the style
of romantic realism are applied.
D. Art and Philosophy:
Imitationism and
Representationism
1. Imitation Theory of Art
and Beauty
2. Philosophical Theory of
Music
3. Representation Theory of
Art
4. Romantic Realism in
Philippine Art and
Literature
Orate, Allan C. (2010). “Lecture
Notes on Aesthetics: Theories of Art
and Beauty,” from Blended Learning
Modules.
Shimamura, A. P (2012). “Towards a
Science of Aesthetics.” In A. P.
Shimamura& S. E. Palmer, Aesthetic
Science: Connecting Minds, Brains
and Experiences, Oxford Univ.
Press, 2012. pp. 3-28.
Plato, “Allegory of the Cave” in
Republic, VII 514 a, 2 to 517 a, 7.
Translation by Thomas Sheehan
(1992).
“What is Art? maARTeako.” In
https://www.youtube.com/results?se
arch_ query=ma arte+ ako.
“Xiao Time “Fernando Amorsolo:
Ang Grand old Man ng Philippine
Art” https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=nC9hVHbGC
SA
Lecture/ Discussion Class
Recitation
Ppt. Presentation
Group
Assign members of the group to Artwork
make a representational work of
art. One member is the artist, and Group
another one is the model. The Discussion
artist must copy the appearance
of the model exactly as he or she Group
looks like. Report
Assign other members of the
group to make landscape painting
based on the style of Romantic
Realism in Philippine art.
Discuss your insight about the
application of the art theories to
the artworks.
Have a group report about the
artworks and the application of
the theories.

1. Relate the study of art to the field of
philosophy.
2. Compare and contrast formalism,
expressionism, hedonism and other
theories of art.
3. Identify artworks, styles and artists
Weeks
that abide with the formalist, func-
8 &9
tionalist and hedonistic theories.
(5Hours)
4. Apply the theories to art analysis.
5. Interpret formalism as foundation of
modern non-objective art.
6. Formulate a philosophical approach
to the study of Art Appreciation.
7. Evaluate the merit or demerit of
E. Art and Philosophy: Formalism,
Expressionism, Hedonism
1. Formalist Theory of Art
2. Expression Theory of Art
3. Aesthetic Hedonism
Kandinsky, Wassily (1911). “Theory” Lecture/Discussion Quiz
excerpt from Concerning the
Spiritual in the Arts, pp. 46- Ppt. Presentation Class
52.Inhttp://www.semantikon.com/art/ Recitation
kandinskyspiritual inart.pdf Assign members of the group to
make a formal work of art. The art Group
Tolstoy, Leo (1897). Excerpt from should contain only colors, Artwork
What is Art. In shape, lines and other visual
https://www.google.com.ph/webhp?s elements, without any Group
ourceid=chromeinstant&rlz=1C1RLN recognizable representations of Discussion
S_enPH670PH670&ion=&espv=2&i things. and Report
e=UTF 8#q
=what+is+art+leo+tolstoy+pdf. Assign other members of the
group to make an expressionist

artworks using formalist, expres-
sionist and hedonistic principles.
8. Make works of art that show the
application of the theories.
1. Relate the study of art to the field of
philosophy.
2. Compare and contrast aesthetic
functionalism, action theory and
institutional theory.
3. Identify artworks, styles, artists and
philosophers that abide with
functionalism, action theory and
institutional theory.
4. Apply the theories to art analysis.
5. Formulate a philosophical approach
Week 10
to Art Appreciation.
(4 Hours)
6. Evaluate the merit or demerit of
works of art based on the theories.
7. Interpret institutional theory as the
foundation of postmodern art.
8. Make works of art that show the
application of action theory and
institutional theory.
1. Relate the study of art to the field of
sciences such as Biology,
Weeks
Archaeology, Physics, Chemistry
11 & 12
and Computer Science and
(5 Hours)
information Technology
2. Identify artworks, styles and artists
that used principles of science.
F. Art and Philosophy:
Functionalism, Action Theory
and Institutional Theory
1. Aesthetic Functionalism
2. Action Theory
3. Institutional Theory
G. Art and Science: Elements,
Medium, Design and
Technology
1. The Darwinian Theory of
Beauty and Art
2. Elements and Media of
“Kandinsky and Schonberg” in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I
0DX YTN0OAM
“ArtSleuth VAN GOGH, The Starry
Night (final version).” In https://
www.youtube.com/results?search_q
uery=Artsleuth+Van+Gogh+Starry+
Night+MOMA.
Danto, Arthur (1964). “The Artworld”
in Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 61,
Issue 19. American Philosophical
Association Eastern Division 61st
Annual Meeting, pp. 571-584.
Rosenberg, Harold (1952). “The
American Action Painters,” in
http://www.
csus.edu/indiv/o/obriene/art112/readi
ngs/rosenberg%20american%20acti
on%20painters.pdf
“Pollock.” In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J
Z3glUYHa3Q
“3 Minute Wonder, Marcel Duchamp,
Fountain” in https://www.youtube.co
m/results?search_query=3+minute+
wonder+marcel+duchamp+fountain
Benjamin, Walter (1935). “The Work
of Art in the Age of Mechanical
Reproduction,” in
http://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/benj
amin.pdf
Shanken, Edward (2009). “Art in the
Information Age: Technology and
6
work of art. The art should
contain human emotions
expressed in either
representational or symbolic way.
Discuss/share your insight with
the group, then have a group
report about the artwork and the
application of the theory.
Lecture/ Discussion Class
Recitation
Ppt. Presentation
Group
Group Activity: Make a work of art Artwork
based on action theory.
Group
Group activity: Watch and listen Discussion
to the performanceof the and Report
composition 4’33” by John Cage
bythe BBC SymphonyOrches- Individual
tra,” in Essay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=81EQ16UqhZg).
Then have a group discussion
justifying that this pieceis music
according to institutional theory,
Individual activity: Write an essay
justifying that Cage’s4’33”is
music according to institutional
theory.
Lecture/Discussion Quiz
Ppt. Presentation Class
Recitation
Group activity: Each member of
the group takes a selfie picture. Group
The whole group takes a groupie Artwork
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3. Explain the biological theory of art
and beauty.
4. Analyze the chemical compositions
of some media used in the visual
arts.
5. Apply some concepts in physics to
the elements of art, design and
composition.
6. Formulate a scientific and
technological approach to Art
Appreciation.
7. Examine the emergent art forms in
the age of computer and information
technology.
Visual Art
3. Design and Principles of
Composition
4. Application of Technology
to the Production of Art
5. The Art of Selfie and
Groupie
Conceptual Art,” in
https://artexetra.files.wordpress.com/
2009/02/shanken artinfoage.pdf.
“Self-portraits and social media: The
rise of the ‘selfie’,” in http://www.bbc.
com/news/magazine-22511650.
“The Darwinian Theory of Beauty by
Dennis Dutton” in https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=PktUzdnBqW
I.
“Michelangelo and the Science of
Fresco Painting: Chemistry Meets
Art,” in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l
UddM_Y_snQ.
picture.
Group
Make a digital copy of the selfies Sharing
and the groupie to a laptop, and
arrange them using either Adobe
Photoshop, Paint, Power Point or
any other applications of your
choice.
Have a group sharing answering
“Who am I?” as shown in the
selfie picture.
Then post the picture in the social
media, Facebook.

“Software for Creating Digital Art”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
lqSJf58_k7g.

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

1. Relate the study of art to the field of H. Art and Mathematics: Aesthetic Panofsky, Erwin (1955). “The History Lecture/Discussion Class
Mathematics. Formalism of the Theory of Human Proportion Recitation
2. Identify artworks, styles, artists and as a Reflection of the History of Ppt. Presentation
philosophers that abide with the 1. Aesthetic Formalism Styles,” in Meaning in the Visual Individual
formalist theory. 2. Harmony of Proportion Arts. Australia: Penguin Books, Individual activity: Watch the Artwork
3. Interpret aesthetic formalism as a 3. The Golden Measure 1955. pp. 117-134. “How to Draw the Human Face”
mathematical theory of art and 4. Mathematical Structure of in Classroom
beauty Music “Vitruvian Man,” in https://www.youtube.com/watch? Art Exhibit
Week 13
4. Show that music has a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian v=pE2-CGTtQzc.
4 Hours
mathematical structure. _Man.
5. Formulate a mathematical approach Draw a human face based on the
to Art Appreciation. “Donald Duck and the Golden Mean canons of proportion shown in the
6. Evaluate the merit or demerit of Ratio,” in https://www.youtube.com/ video.
works of art based on the formalist results?search_query=golden+ratio+
theory. donald+duck. Exhibit your artwork in the class
7. Make works of art that shows the
application of mathematics. “Music and Math: The Genius of
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8. Apply formalist theory in analyzing Beethoven-Natalya St. Claire,” in

some classical and modern arts. https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAxT0m
RGuoY

1. Relate the study of art to the field of
Anthropology.
2. Interpret cultural relativism as an
anthropological theory of art and
beauty
3. Identify artworks, styles and artists
that abide with cultural relativism.
4. Formulate an anthropological
approach to Art Appreciation.
Weeks 5. Discover the cultural norms of art
14 & 15 and beauty of different societies in
(5 Hours) the world.
6. Evaluate the merit or demerit of
works of art based on cultural
relativism.
7. Be sensitive to the aesthetic
standards of various societies and
cultures.
I. Art and Anthropology: Cultural
Relativism
1. Cultural Relativism in
Aesthetics
2. Culture, Beauty and the
Female Body
3. The Art of Pleasure in
Hindu Culture and
Religion
4. Aesthetic Relativism in
Popular Culture
5. Batok: Art of the Tattoo
Glazer, Mark “Cultural Relativism,” in
http://www.ciampini.info/file/
CULTURAL%20 RELATIVISM.pdf.
BBC. “Lip Plate of Suri Women-
Tribe,” in https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=2Mz1vaTeUSY.
National Geographic. “Why do these
[Padaung] women stretch their
necks?” In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0
FME1At3vmI.
“History Day Documentary: Chinese
Foot Binding,” in https://www.you
tube.com/watch?v=BPknlFz4Aqg
I-Witness. “AngHulingMambabatok,”
in https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=x83lUBrxp4A.
Lecture/Discussion Quiz
Ppt. Presentation Class
Recitation
Individual activity: Write a
reaction paper on the Reaction
documentary films about beauty Essay
and women’s bodies in Suri,
Padaung and Chinese cultures. Class
Mention something about the Discusssion/
following three issues: (a) beauty Debate
and pain, (b) patriarchy and
women’s subordination, and (c)
individual choice versus social
convention.
Have a class discussion/debate
on the morality of these cultural
practices: Are they good or bad?

1. Relate the study of art to the field of
Psychology.
2. Interpret Gestalt Psychology and
Psychoanalysis as theories of art
and beauty.
3. Identify artworks, styles and artists
that abide with the psychological
Week 16 theories.
(4 Hours) 4. Formulate a psychological approach
to Art Appreciation.
5. Evaluate the merit or demerit of
works of art based on psychological
principles.
6. Explain the psychological concepts
of subliminal suggestion and
escapist behavior in the
J. Art and Psychology: Perception
and Symbolism
1. Gestalt Principles Applied
to Visual Arts
2. Perception of Space:
Perspective
3. Symbolic Meaning:
Psychoanalyzing the Art
and the Artist
4. Subliminal Suggestions
and Escapism in Music
“Gestalt Principles” Applied in the Lecture/Discussion Class
Visual Arts, in Recitation
http://facweb.cs.depaul. Ppt. Presentation
edusgrais/gestaltprincples.htm. Individual
Individual Activity. Draw a box Artwork
Freud, Sigmund (1916). Leonardo according to the rules of linear
da Vinci: A Psychosexual Study of perspective.Refer to the Classroom
Infantile Reminiscence. Project Ppt.Presentation for the Art Exhibit
Gutenberg EBook, in instructions.
www.gutenberg.org. Reflection
Write an essay about music and Essay
Gale, Harlow (1988). “Schopen- human life reflecting on the
hauer’s Metaphysics of Music” in musical composition “Gloomy
http:// users.skynet.be/johnde Sunday”
ere/wlpdf/wlar0001.pdf.
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appreciation of art and music “Dancing Walk Like an Egyptian” by

7. Apply Psychoanalysis in The Bangles,” in https://www.youtu
understanding the personality of the be.com/watch?v=27_WSpWaiQBB.
artists and the symbolic meanings
of their artworks. “Popular Backmasking,” in
8. Make a drawing which applies the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
psychological theory of perception. QmhW5 QiMymw.
9. Be sensitive to the individual
personalities of the artists. “Gloomy Sunday: The Hungarian
Suicide Song,” (2013), inhttps://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55FP1L
fkkVQ.

1. Relate the study of art to the field of
History
2. Survey the historical development
of styles or movements in Western
Art.
3. Identify artworks and artists who
were major proponents of art styles.
4. Compare and contrast the various
styles of art.
Weeks
5. Show the history of Western art by
17 & 18
means of a timeline.
(5 Hours)
6. Create a timeline for Philippine art
history.
7. Explain the theory of the death of
art.
8. Formulate a historical approach to
Art Appreciation.
K. Art and History: The Evolution
of Artistic Styles
1. Styles of Classical Art
2. Styles of Modern Art
3. Styles of Postmodern Art
4. Philippine Art Styles and
Movements
5. Theory of the End of Art
Guillermo, Alice C. “Philippine Visual
Arts,”(1998) in
http://nlpdl.nlp.gov.ph:81/CC01/NLP
00VM052mcd/v3/v1.pdf.
Danto, Arthur (1999). “Hegel’s End
of Art Thesis,” in http://www.rae.com.
pt/Danto%20hegel%20end%20art.
“History of Ideas: Art,” in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z
7ECzdu UWx0.
“Xiao Time: MgaInterpretasyonsa
Parisian Life ni Juan Luna,” (2015).
Part 1, in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
RUDbg_QEy2M, Part 2, in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7
_8M4qYmPgU.
Lecture/Discussion Quiz
Ppt. Presentation Class
Recitation
Group Activity: Create a timeline
of Philippine Art History. Use as Group
your sources the article by Alice Project:
Guillermo Philippine Visual Arts Timeline
and your own general knowledge
of Philippine history. Name the
prevailing art styles, schools or
movements during the period.List
the noted artists and artworks of
period.Identify the significant
historical events in the Philippines
that happened during the period.
Final individual art project: visual,
performance, or literary

FINAL EXAMINATION
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I. SUMMARY

Weeks Topics No. of Hours

Week 1 & 2 Art and Humanities: Western and Filipino Concepts 6
Week 3&4 Art Appreciation and the Human Faculties 6
Week 5&6 Aesthetics: The Study of Art and Beauty 6
Week 7 Art and Philosophy: Imitationism and Representationism 4
Week 8&9 Art and Philosophy: Formalism, Expressionism, Hedonism 5
Week 10 Art and Philosophy: Functionalism, Action Theory and Institutional Theory 4
Week 11&12 Art and Science: Elements, Medium, Design and Technology 5
Week 13 Art and Mathematics: Aesthetic Formalism 4
Week 14 & 15 Art and Anthropology: Cultural Relativism 5
Week 16 Art and Psychology: Perception and Symbolism 4
Week 17 & 18 Art and History: The Evolution of Artistic Styles 5
Total Number of Hours 54

J.REFERENCES

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Danto, Arthur (1964). “The Artworld” in Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 61, Issue 19. American Philosophical Association Eastern Division 61st Annual Meeting, pp.
571-584.
Danto, Arthur (1999). “Hegel’s End of Art Thesis,” in http://www.rae.com. pt/Danto%20hegel%20end%20art.
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Documentary Videos and Movies

“3 Minute Wonder, Marcel Duchamp, Fountain” in https://www.youtube.co m/results?search_query=3+minute+wonder+marcel+duchamp+fountain

ANC-NCCA (2015). “Dayaw: Inukit, Hinulma, Nilikha (Iconic Symbols of the Indigenous)” Episodes 3. In https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=8KlO 6_Jpd-4.“Is
there a difference between art and craft?” in https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=tVdw60eCnJI
“ArtSleuth VAN GOGH, The Starry Night (final version).” In https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Artsleuth+Van+Gogh+Starry+Night+MOMA.
Japan Minimalists: A Way of Life,” in https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ACUE_Y67qlk.
BBC. “Lip Plate of Suri Women-Tribe,” in https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=2Mz1vaTeUSY.
“The Darwinian Theory of Beauty by Dennis Dutton” in https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=PktUzdnBqWI.
“Donald Duck and the Golden Mean Ratio,” in https://www.youtube.com/ results?search_query=golden+ratio+donald+duck.
“Gloomy Sunday: The Hungarian Suicide Song,” (2013), in https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=55FP1LfkkVQ.
“History Day Documentary: Chinese Foot Binding,” in https://www.you tube.com/watch?v=BPknlFz4Aqg
“History of Ideas: Art,” in https://ww w.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ECzdu UWx0.
I-Witness. “AngHulingMambabatok,” in https://www.you tube.com/wat ch?v=x83lUBrxp4A.
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“Kandinsky and Schonberg” in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0DX YTN0OAM

“Michelangelo and the Science of Fresco Painting: Chemistry Meets Art,” in https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=lUddM_Y_snQ.
“Music and Math: The Genius of Beethoven-Natalya St. Claire,” in https:// www.youtube.com/watch? v=zAxT0mRGuoY
National Geographic. “Why do these [Padaung] women stretch their necks?” In https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=0FME1At3vmI.
“Pollock.” In https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=JZ3glUYHa3Q
“Popular Backmasking,” in https://ww w.youtube.com/watch?v=QmhW5 QiMymw.
“Software for Creating Digital Art” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= lqSJf58_k7g.
“What is art for? Alain de Botton’s Animated Guide,” (2015). In https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVlQOyt FCRI.
“What is the Treachery of Images,” in https://www.youtube.com/ watch? v=atHQpANmHCE.
“What is Art? maARTeako.” In https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ query=ma arte+ ako.
“Xiao Time: Damian Domingo, Ama ng PHL Painting at unangpormalnagurong Filipino ng siningsaPinas” (2014) in https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=3i
muLe9vss.
“Xiao Time “Fernando Amorsolo: Ang Grand old Man ng Philippine Art” https://www. youtube.com/ watch?v=nC9hVHbGCSA
“Xiao Time: MgaInterpretasyonsa Parisian Life ni Juan Luna,” (2015). Part 1, in https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=RUDbg_QEy2M, Part 2, in https://www.you
tube.com/watch?v=7_8M4qYmPgU.

Power Point Lecture-Presentation

Power Point Lecture-Presentation on Art Appreciation