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CLE (lesson 1, Christian moral Life)
Christian moral life
 It’s about the Gospel. It’s about growing in
love and holiness.
 Living the message of the Gospel
 It’s the commitment in the thought, word,
and action to the ongoing process of freeing
oneself from the enslaving sin and
becoming a true disciple of God.
 Involves being sincere and mature in
following Christ.
Authentic – being truly the person God created
him/her.
Liberating – freedom from sin through Christ.
(Lesson 2, 3, 4, 5,6,7)
Human Person – is the key to a moral life
Incarnation – The son of God assumed a human
nature; Jesus becoming human; the World made
flesh.
(Human person: Open and Rational)
Full selves – Positive development of social,
physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual
aspects of a person.
The person’s nature as open and relational can be
traced back in the Genesis 2:18, when God said
that it’s not good for man to be alone.
Being BY, being WITH, and being FOR speak the
truth that a person is a product of the past,
continues to grow and develop in the present, and
lives not only for himself but for other people in love
and service.
(Human person: Conscious Being)
Persons are endowed with intellect and will.
Having self-awareness through knowing and free
willing becomes the basis for moral life.
Knowledge and freedom impute in a person’s
responsibility and accountability
Will – capacity to choose
Intellect – capacity to know
Discern – the act or process of determining the
(Human person: Embodied Spirit)
Person are embodied spirits. Thay have a body
and soul. The body and soul as one make up the
human person. Our bodies are the essential part of
our being human, not merely an “instrument” that
we “use” according to our whims.
Manichaeism – majoy religions founded by the
Iranian prophet Mani which believes that the body
is a source of evil.
St. Paul admonishes to everyone that “body is a
temple of the Holy Spirit, who’s in you, whom you
have received from God… So, Glorify God in your
body” (1 Corinthians 6: 19-20). The body is good
and holy For God made it a dwelling place of the
Holy Spirit.
To embody – to intimately give or connect the body
to (the spirit)
To dignify – to make worthy
(Human Person: Historical Reality)
History speaks of the past. It tells and gives you
the reason how to be present came to be.
Christians come to understand themselves
through the history of salvation narrated in the
Bible. It shows interplay between good and bad, sin
and forgiveness, joy and sorrow, and success and
failure.
Pilgrim – a person who journeys to a sacred place
for religious reasons; Christians in a journey toward
the Kingdom of God.
Historical – pertaining to the past, being subject to
time (past, present and future)
(Human person: unique yet Fundamentally Equal)
Persons are unique yet fundamentally equal. As
unique individuals, people differ in many ways:
physically, emotionally, intellectually, and morally.
Unique – being different, possessing a different
distinct quality, attribute or characteristic.
Rational Soul – according to Aristotle, a soul
capable of reason, or simply referring to the human
beings different from that of plants and animals.
(Lesson 8, 9)
(Human Acts)
Morality - is concerned with human acts.
Human act
 is an act that comes from deliberate and
free exercise of Freedom.
 Are often deliberated from the acts of man.
Deliberation – It means that person has
knowledge or awareness of the act. It can be
expressed in verbal or non-verbal means.
Freedom – It means that the person has control
over an act, whether to pursue it or not.
Voluntariness – It means that the person who’s
free and aware of the act wills or desires an act to
happen
For Christians, the ultimate norm of morality is the
person of Jesus Christ.
Constituents – refers to that which makes or
comprises of, from the verb “to constitute”
(Modifiers of Human Acts)
Modifiers of human acts refers to those that affect
the essential quality of knowledge, freedom, and
voluntariness.
The five modifiers are the Following:
 Ignorance – is the lack or absence of
knowledge that ought to be present It’s also
called privative knowledge.
 Passions – refer to those bodily appetites
or tendencies, like love, hatred, grief, horror,
hope, despair, courage, fear, or anger.
 Fear – It refers to a feeling or reaction to
danger or threat.
 Violence - Is an external force applied by a
person to compel another to perform an act
against his/her will.
 Habit – refers to acts developed out of
repetition and which facilitates the
performance of an act in a certain manner.
Appetite – refers to the desires of the tendencies
of the body
Culpability – worthy of blame or sanction
Invincible – can’t be overcome.
(Lesson 10: Authentic Freedom)
Authentic freedom is doing what’s good. It’s in
doing what’s good and promoting the well-being of
others that one becomes truly free.
Evil enslaves. It damages and destroys. It’s an
apparent good, it appears to be good, but it’s not.
It’s like an illegal drug that can make you feel good
temporarily.
Authentic freedom isn’t “the right to say and do
anything” but to “do the good”
Authentic – means real, true
Liberation – is the act of setting someone free
from slavery, imprisonment, or oppression.
Racial prejudice – is a negative belief toward a
person/group of persons of a different race.
(Lesson 11: Freedom from and Freedom for)
Authentic Freedom has two aspects: Freedom
from and Freedom for
Interior Obstacles Exterior Obstacles
Ignorance, disordered Violent force or even the
passion, fear, personality threat of violence, inherited
defects, bad habits, pre handicaps and defects.
judices, or psychological External substances like
disturbances drugs, social pressures
This freedom form is directed toward freedom for.
Freedom for is “freedom for growing as full
persons and children of God, sharing in the life of
Christ, our liberator, through his spirit.
Corruption – refers to the destruction of one self
as a person.
Full person – to think, act, and speak like Jesus,
the Son of Man
True Self Becoming – is becoming a person of
love, peace, kindness, forgiveness, etc. As
exemplified by Christ.
(Lesson 12: Chirstian Faith in Morality)
Christian faith fundamentally affects and influences
a person’s moral life.
Christian faith provides reasons for acting in a
Christian way.
Christian faith develops the attitudes and
disposition pf Christ for us.
Christian faith influences by inspiring “Christ like”
Affections
Fidelity – is faithfulness
Conscience – is an ability to judge whether an act
is good or bad.
Virtue - good habit
(Lesson 13: Repentance)
The call to reform is a call to repentance. It requires
a change of heart.
Repentance calls for turning away from sin and
moving. The real treasure is the word of God.
Perduring condition – remaining in existence
throughout a period of time, enduring.
Individualistic – thinking or doing things very
independently, often without consideration of
others.
(Lesson 14: Discipleship)
Based on Mark 9:35, being a disciple is losing
one’s life for the sake of the Gospel
Based on Luke 22:26 and 9:60-62, being a disciple
means being a humble servant – one who desires
the well-being of the people and proclaiming the
Kingdom of God through good works.
(Lesson 15: Love)
Christian moral life is a life of love. This love springs
from the love of God to His people, “not that we
have God, but that he has loved us sent his son as
an offering for our sins” (1 John 4:10) “God has
loved us, so we must have the same love for one
another” (1 John 4:11)
Three Characteristics of love are:
 Forgiving
 Universal
 Necessary
Love forgives. It’s inclusive. It doesn’t discriminate.
It keeps human relationship burning and alive.
Two direct effects of Love:
 Fellowship (Koinonia)
 Service (Diakonia)
“Love your neighbor as you love yourself” (Romans
13:9)
Fellowship - A communion of persons with the
Father in Christ through the Holy Spirit.
(Lesson 16: New Law)
The new law of the kingdom of God doesn’t call for
legalistic observance but rather a filial one. It’s not
an external show but the “quality of the heart” that
matters.
Christian moral living isn’t a mere observance of
the written law but of the spirit of the law. The spirits
of the law in accordance with the will of God.
The new law of Christ is the Law of love, the law of
the Kingdom of God.
Filial – referring to a child-parent relationship
Righteousness – the quality of being right or just.
Fidelity – means faithfulness, commitment, and
loyalty.
(Lesson 17: Beatitudes)
The Beatitudes offer the paradoxical promises that
sustain hope in our tribulations; they announce the
blessing and reward already obscurely experienced
by the faithful, and manifested in the life of the
Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints.
Jesus promised a unique type of happiness to
those who live out the Beatitudes: “to inherit God’s
Kingdom, to possess the earth, to be a child of
God, to receive mercy, to see God”
Vocation – is a calling for a mission from (God)
Passion of Christ – refers to Jesus’ trials, suffering
and death.
(Lesson 18: Response to God’s Kingdom)
The response to the Kingdom can be outlined in
three dimensions. This includes “respect for the
worth of others: solidarity with all; and fidelity to
God and to another”
First, respect for one another. Paul urges one to
love another and stop being haughty (cf. Romans
12:10-16).
Second, solidarity, Solidarity refers to “the firm and
persevering determination to commit oneself to the
good of all and each individual because we are all
really responsible for all” (SRS 38).
Third, fidelity to Go and to one another. It’s to the
faithful disciple that the joy of the kingdom is
granted: “Well done, my good and faithful servant.
Come share your master’s joy” (Matthew 25:11)
Banquet – called supper in the days of Christ and
was partaken toward the closing of the day.
(Lesson 19: The Church and Christian Moral Living)
a. Active Agent in Forming Christian Character
- The Church plays an important role in the
formation of moral consciousness or
character of her members.
b. Bearer of Moral Tradition
- The church who helps members gain a
sense of who they are as a Filipino
Catholics through her moral tradition.
c. Community of Moral Deliberation
- The Church provides directives/guidelines
and the moral reasoning on many moral
issues that beset the country.
Moral Character – is the presence or lack of
virtues which serve as disposition to act in certain
ways.
Moral Tradition – comprises the custom or beliefs
that provide constancy in moral living
Moral Deliberation – the process of determining
the moral decision on moral issues/situations.
(Lesson 20: Obstruction to the Kingdom of God)
Sin is an “an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary
to the eternal law”. It’s against the plan and will of
God.
St. Paul II describes sin as a product of man’s
freedom.
Eternal law – refers to the mind of God and his
plan
Covenant - is a sacred agreement between God
and his people.
(Lesson 21: Sense of Sin)
Today’s sense of sin, however is continuously
threatened and weakened by secularism. “The sin
of century is the loss of the sense of sin” (RP 18).
Furthermore, “A true sense of sin is a grace as we
perceive in the saints, who (paradoxically)
manifested, without exception, a far keener sense
of sin than the ordinary sinner” (CFC 765)
Secularism – the non-recognition of the spiritual
and religious element in worldly matters
Religious ignorance – the lack of knowledge of
God’s words and Church’s teachings
(Lesson 22: Dimensions of Sin and Social Sin)
Sin has three different dimensions: spiral, sickness,
and addiction.
1. Sin, as a spiral, is like a virus that infects
and pollutes our thinking and feeling,
making us slaves of bad habits and
negative attitude.
2. Sin, as sickness, weakness our will to
overcome it and temptation.
3. Sin, as an addiction, can make us
powerless as it progressively becomes
compulsive and obsessive.
Sin, as a spiral can lead others to sin through bad
example. As a sickness, it does affect how a person
regards and relates to God, people and things. As
addiction the person continue his/her commission
doe to false experience and empty promise of
happiness.
Dimensions – is an aspect or feature of sin
Spiral - showing continuous and dramatic increase
(Lesson 23: Seven Capital sins)
The seven capital since are called “capitals” which
means “head” in Latin.
The Seven Capital sins:
Pride – exalting oneself beyond what is due
and true.
Lust – disordered desire for, or inordinate
enjoyment of, sexual pleasure.
Wrath or Anger – destructive
aggressiveness
Gluttony – excessive indulgence in food or
drink
Envy – Begrudging others’ talent success,
and wishing them evil.
Greed – desiring what belongs to others,
leading to dishonesty, stealing, and injustice
Sloth – laziness and escape from exerting
due effort.
Indulge – is to do something one enjoys
Begrudge – is to feel bad or biter about something
or someone.
Inordinate – is being unreasonable, excessive, and
unrestrained.
(Lesson 24: God’s Grace)
One needs the grace of God to strengthen him/her
in this spiritual battle.
Grace is God’s loving presence. It’s the spirit within
the person – guiding strengthening, protecting, and
sanctifying. Hence the spirit is:
1. Needed from the start to obey the love
commandment
2. The goal of our loving, namely, a deeper,
fuller presence of God in us through the
Holy Spirit.
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit is a spirit who:
1. Adopts us as children of the Father
2. Enables us to love as Christ commanded
3. Empowers us to bear witness to Christ and
to know the truth
4. Draws is into community unity and service
5. Inspires us to live a truly Christian life
Sacraments are celebrations of God’s loving
presence.
Sanctify – to make holy
Redemption – being saved from sin.
Unit 2
(Lesson 1: Christ, the Moral Norm)
The basis of Christian moral norm by which all
one’s thoughts, words, and deeds are evaluated
isn’t another law but the person of Jesus.
Norm – is a standard, basis, or law
Truly human – It’s the person God wants one to
be, different from higher (angels) or lower creatures
(animals)
(Lesson 2: Chirstian Law)
St. Thomas Aquinas defined law as “an ordinance
of reason, promogulated by competent authority for
the sake of the common good”
Ordinance or reason – means that law must be
thought of, is prudent and purposeful, not based on
a capricious whim.
Promulgated – means that the law must be
communicated with sufficient notice to its subjects
while respecting their fights and dignity.
Competent authority – means that the la must be
drafted, introduced, and approved by those who
have legitimate power to do so
Common good – means that the law is for the
betterment of the people. It’s for the benefit or
interest of all.
Ordinance – is an order that’s blinding
Legitimate – means lawful, justified, and true
(Lesson 3: Functions of the Law)
Catechism for Filipino Catholics #803 identifies the
different functions of the law.
a. Criteria for Judging
"Moral norms provide criteria for judging
who we are and how we should act. Moral
norms afford us a broader basis for judging
than our own limited personal moral
experience."
b. Moral Development
Moral norms/laws help our moral
development especially in the formation of
conscience by expressing typical patterns of
moral behavior and human values.
c. Point of Reference
Moral norms provide stability and
consistency in our lives by acting as a
constant and reliable point of reference.
d. Ideal
Positive norms/laws can challenge us by
stretching us in view of an ideal or
correcting us by illuminating our faults.
The principle of morality states: What’s legal isn’t
necessarily moral.
Moral development – development of the sense of
the right and wrong
Legal – Conforms to the law of the state
Moral – conforms to the moral norms (natural law
and conscience)
(Lesson 4: Law in the Old Testament)
The Old Testament laws are not only moral
demands nor prescriptions for a religious ritual but
legal stipulations for social behavior. This law:
a. flowed directly from the covenant relationship
of Yahweh's loving call, creating His Chosen
people;
b. considered obedience to God's comprehensive
law as the hallmark for the believing Israelite, and
c. God's great gift brings great joy to His people:
"In your decrees I rejoice and, in your statutes, I
take delight" (Psalm 119).
Unfortunately, the Old Testament law was
predominantly interpreted legalistically during the
time of Jesus. External compliance, rather than
obedience of the heart, was observed. Two specific
abuses stand out.
Covenant – is a solemn agreement between God
and the people
Ordinances – are rules, orders, and decrees
(Lesson 5: Law in The New Testament)
Christ said: “I will put my spirit within you, and make
you live by my statutes” (Ezekiel 36:27). He
therefore, came to not to “abolish the law and the
prophets, but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17).
Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament law by:
a. Inaugurating the new law of the kingdom of God
"The law and the prophets were in force until John.
From his time on, the Good News of God's
Kingdom has been proclaimed" (Luke 16:16).
b. Proclaiming his new commandment of love
This love "transcends all human wisdom and all
morality, and summons his disciples to the
sovereign demands of their calling." "Be perfect just
as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew 5:48;
cf. CCC 1967-72).
c. Perfecting the dietary laws and the Sabbath Law
Christ perfected the dietary laws regulating eating
and purity of food by disclosing their "pedagogical"
meaning and by recalling that the Sabbath rest is
not broken by serving God or neighbor (cf. Matthew
12:5; Luke 13:15-16; 14:2-4).
d. Setting the precepts of the law in a hierarchical
order
Jesus set the precepts of the law in a hierarchical
order in which everything is subordinated to love of
God and neighbor. His law of love, which "sums up
the law and the prophets" (Matthew 7:12), radically
transformed the ancient "Golden Rule" from a law
of simple mutual give-and-take to a law of positive
love (cf. CCC 1789, 1970).
Catechism of the Catholic Church explains the
relationship between the Old and New Law.
Pedagogical – refers to the methods and practice
of teaching
Sabbath – is a day of religious observance and
abstinence from work kept by the Jews from Friday
evening to Saturday evening.
Jews – people originating from the Israelites or
Hebrews
Precept – is a commandment or direction given as
a rule of action or conduct.
(Lesson 6: The Great Commandments)
Based on CFC 812-818, in these two
commandments, Christ
a. Brought out the inner bond between love of
God and love of neighbor
b. Exemplified the triple “heart, soul, and
strength” of the “love-of-God-injunction” in
his life and teaching.
c. Gave radically new interception to
“neighbor”
d. Christ reduced the whole law and the
prophets to this and only this double
commandment: “Love is the fulfillment of the
law” (Romans 13:10)
Injunction – an act of Enjoining
Samaritan – a member of the people inhabiting
Samaria in biblical times.
(Lesson 7: The liberation Law of Christ)
 The new law frees people from sin and
fashions them into the likeness of Christ.
This love enables them to conform their live
to that of Christ.
 The new law of love liberates one from
externalism, pretensions, and hypocrisy.
  The new basis for moral life is taught by Historical Background
Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.
• American Minstrels performed the
 Beatitudes “express the vocation of the
compositions of American songwriters
faithful associated with the glory of his
(Stephen Foster- “Father of the American
Passion and Resurrection; they shed light
Music”
on the actions attitudes characteristic of the
Christian Life” • Tin Pan Alley –Song Publishing Company
(19th -20th century)
The eight beatitudes are means to true happiness.
• Lyricism combined with European Operetta
Chair of Moses – signifies the place of authority
in a modern kind of play –Musical
that the scribes and Pharisees had in interpreting
the law. General Classifications
Hypocrisy – means a pretention/faking to be what Ballads
one isn’t or to believe what one doesn’t.
Theme: Love
Basic Catechism
Style: Expressive Folksong in narrative
Every catholic is a Catechist verse
Catechism – subject matter Origin: French “Chanson Ballade” or
“Balade” refers to a dancing song
Catechesis – process of teaching the catechism
At present: refers to a love song in a slightly
Catechetical – the course description
pop or rock style
ARSE – Augustinian Recollect Exercise
Artists:
Praying, singing, reading the Gospel, reflecting
Duke Ellington
1. Lectio
Irning Berlin
2. Oratio
3. Meditation George Gershwin
4. Communication
Standard
Theme: Love
MAPEH
Style: Any particular popular genre or style
Music which became part of popular culture

Pop music Mostly slow or moderate tempo with a

relaxed mood
 “Music of the Populace”
 Music for entertainment if large audience Features highly singable melodies within the
performed whether through radio or in live range and technical capacity of listeners
performances. Artists:
 Classifications of this music is based on:
 Numbers of listeners Frank Sinatra
 Sales of recordings Nat King Cole
How to distinguish Pop Music from other Matt Monroe
recorded music today?
OPM Standards
 Hook: a short musical idea that the listener
easily remembers. Freddie Aguilar
 Any non-folk style of music gained mass Sharon Cuneta
popularity
 Celeste Legaspi Beastie Boys
Apo Hiking Society Eminem
Rock and Roll Kanye West
Style: Afro-American forms (Blues, Jazz, Jay-Z
and Gospel music with Western swing and
ARTS
country music)
Paco Gorospe (Picasso of the Philippines)
Instrumentation: piano, saxophone,
modern instruments (electric musical (1939-2002)
instruments)
 One of the most succesful Filipino artists of the
Origin: Name derived from the motion of a 20th century Francisco "Paco" Gorospe was
ship on the ocean born in Binondo, Manila. His colourful
depictions of his Filipino natives gained world
Artists:
wide acclaim through international exhibitions
Elvis Presley such as in America in 1962.
Beatles  was born on July 10, 1939 in Binondo, Manila
Disco  He passed away at the age of 63, on
September 22, 2002. This information is
Style: Rock music that was more danceable
consistent across multiple sources, confirming
(Mid 1970’s-1980’s)
his death in 2002.
Instrumentation: strings, horns, electric
 He admired the Yakan tribe, the Bogobos and
guitars, and electric piano or synthesizers
the Tausugs. He was inspired by their colourful
Origin: “discotheque” means a library for attire, native jewelry and bare bosoms, carrying
phonograph records their children, breastfeeding them in public
without being self-conscious, that city folks are
Artists: so sensitive about.
ABBA  Paco experimented with crayons, before using
Bee Gees watercolours and finally shifting to oil paintings.

Pop Music  Sometimes he even painted billboards in

Cagayan de Oro in the beginning.
Parallel with Disco Era, other pop music
superstars continued to emerge: 1960

Artists: Enrolled in the University of Sto. Thomas as a

Diana Ross, Supremes, Olivia Newton
John, Elton John. The Carpenters, Celine
Dione, Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Lady Gaga,
Bruno Mars, and many more.
Hip Hop and Rap
Style: Highly rhythmic with chanted words
(rap)
Instrumentation: DJ’ing, scratching and
beatboxing, synthesized beat
Artists:
Fine Art Student, studied under Hongkong artist
David Cheng, but after one year more or less
dropped out of the UST.
He settled down in Ermita, Manila, and joined with
a group of artists and opened up his own gallery in
Mabini.
1961-1965
His paintings were patronized by Lyd Arguilla at
the Philippine Art Gallery and sold in the United
States.
1968
 A fire burned down his Gallery in Ermita/
Manila. Therefore he moved to Laguna and lived
and worked for 2 years there. In 1970 he reopend
his Gallery in Mabini/ Ermita.
1983
Again a fire burned down his Gallery and he
was forced again to move to Laguna. It was that
time his art was reflected in several magazines and
newspapers
Sabungero
1990, “Sabungeros” was commissioned by
Philippine Airlines for the cover of their playing
cards which were given to the passengers.
Three Women
Flower Vendor
 Paco Gorospe created a significant number of
artworks due to his passion for art and his
dedication to his craft. Throughout his career,
he explored various mediums such as wood,
metal, watercolor, crayons, and oil paintings,
showcasing his versatility and creativity.
 His artistic journey began with experimenting
with crayons and billboards before transitioning
to more traditional mediums like watercolors
and oils.
 Gorospe's commitment to breaking
conventional norms and his ability to control
colors allowed him to produce a diverse range
of paintings, reflecting landscapes, local folk,
market scenes, animals, and nature.
Paul Klee
 was a Swiss painter born on 18 December
1879 in Munchenbuchsee, Switzerland.
 He was a highly creative and independent
individual, a transcendentalist, a talented
musician and artist. His highly individual style
was influenced by movements in art that
included expressionism, cubism, and
surrealism.
 Klee was a natural draftsman who
experimented with and eventually deeply
explored color theory. He was an important
figure in the development of early 20th-century
avant-garde art.
 At the age of 60, he passed away on June 29,
1940, Muralto, Switzerland because of an
illness.
 At the age of 60, he passed away on June 29,
1940, Muralto, Switzerland because of an
illness.
 At the age of 60, he passed away on June 29,
1940, Muralto, Switzerland because of an
illness.
 Paul Klee’s father, Hans Klee, was German
and a music teacher at the Bern State
Seminary in Hofwil . His mother Ida Maria Frick
was Swiss and a professional singer. He also
had an elder sister called Matilda.
 His training as a painter began in 1898 when
he studied drawing and painting in Munich for
three years.
LADY WITH A PARASOL, 1885
(PAUL WAS AROUND 5 YEARS OLD)
DRAWING OF BERN, 1892
(PAUL WAS 12 YEARS OLD)
 Paul Klee was known for his oil and watercolor
paintings of abstractions and landscapes.
Seeing the works of avant-garde artists such
as Delaunay, Picasso, and Braque motivated
Klee to experiment with abstractions. He
eventually settled on the style after infusing a
lush of colors that he previously ignored.
 Klee is known for his simple stick figures,
suspended fish, moon faces, eyes, arrows, and
quilts of color, which he orchestrated into
fantastic and childlike yet deeply meditative
work.
KLEE INFLUENCED BY
Girl Before a Mirror, 1932
Pablo Picasso
Circular Forms
Robert Delaunay
Bottle and fishes
Georges Braque
 Abstract artists such as Robert Delaunay,
Georges Braque, and Pablo Picasso influenced
Paul Klee’s style. A trip to Tunisia compelled
Klee to use bright colors in his artworks, a
feature that distinguished him from other
artists. Primarily, the still-life works of cubists
influenced Klee’s first foray into painting
abstractions, a medium he eventually
mastered.
 Klee was a voracious reader and lover of music
(he was also a beautiful writer and a gifted
violinist). Even when filled with squares and
rectangles, his paintings—like Redgreen and
Violet-Yellow Rhythms (1920)—pulse with
rhythm motivated by the modulations of Mozart
and Bach, or the cadence of poems by
 Apollinaire and Rilke, another close friend of  An artist with a knack for organisation, Klee
Klee’s. created more than 10,000 paintings,
watercolours, prints and drawings, each
 He was also interested in the art of children
different from the next – and he catalogued the
and those suffering psychological disorders,
lot, allowing us to chart his progress.
which he regarded as pure forms of expression
(he believed they had the “power to see”), and  He had a remarkable ability to make shapes
the hieroglyphs of African languages and art. A and colours pulse and sing.
1914 trip to Tunisia with Macke and Louis
Weib U. Tier (Woman and Beast) [Invention 1],
Moilliet deeply affected Klee, inspiring his rich
1904
color palette and distinctive language of
mystical symbols (glowing stars and suns,
topsy-turvy checkerboards, disembodied
heads) that he would evolve over the course of
his career.
Redgreen and Violet-Yellow Rhythms , 1920

Burdened Children, 1930

 The works of the great Swiss-German

modernist are whimsical and childlike, and at
the same time full of inventiveness and wit. He
liked 'taking a line for a walk' – and we like
tagging along with him. At times that line
extends into a series of stripes. Elsewhere it
stretches taut into a tightrope. Klee tugs our
gaze left and right with iridescent swatches of
This is Paul Klee’s most famous Artwork
colour – a full moon, say, suspended between
Senecio 1922 rooftops – and glimpses of an eye or an ear
amid otherwise abstract shapes.
Portrait Sketch of a Costumed Lady, 1924
SEPERATION IN THE EVENING, 1922

TWITTERING MACHINE, 1922

Quotes From Paul Klee

FLOWER MYTH, 1918  “Beauty is as relative as light and dark.
Thus, there exists no beautiful woman,
none at all, because you are never certain
that a still far more beautiful woman will not
appear and completely shame the
supposed beauty of the first. ”
 A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.”
 The painter should not paint what he sees,
but what will be seen.”

Southern (Tunisian) Gardens, 1919

Hoffmaneske Szene, 1921