MODULE 5

ARTISTS AND ARTISANS

I. TOPIC: PAINTINGS
II. TIME FRAME:5hrs
III. INTRODUCTION

Figure 1 Lubaina Himid, Between the Two my Heart is Balanced, 1991

In art, the term painting describes both the act of painting, (using either a brush or other implement, such as
palette knife, sponge, or airbrush to apply the paint); and the result of the action – the painting as an object.

What we call art in all its forms – painting, sculpture, drawing and engraving – appeared inhuman groups all
over the world in the period known as the Upper Paleolithic, which is roughly from 40,000 to 10,000 years
ago. In Europe, sophisticated and powerful paintings from this period have been discovered in caves such as
Lascaux in France. In 1994 possibly even more astonishing works were found in the Chauvet cave in the
Ardèche Valley, also in France. Cave paintings consist of pigments such as coloured earths rubbed onto the
rock. In some cases they appear to have been mixed into a paste first. The paintings mostly represent
animals but there are some human images.

Since then painting has changed in essence very little. Supports evolved from rock faces, through the walls of
buildings, to portable ones of paper, wood, and finally cloth, particularly canvas. The range of pigments
expanded through a wide range of earths and minerals, to plant extracts and modern synthetic colourS.
Pigments have been mixed with water and gum to make a paint, but in the fifteenth century in Europe the
innovation of using oil (linseed) produced a newly flexible and durable medium that played a major part in
the explosion of creativity in Western painting at the Renaissance and after. At the same time subject matter
expanded to embrace almost every aspect of life (genres).

IV. OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson, students are expected to:
1. Identify the elements of Painting;
2. show the importance of the color wheel;
3. convey an idea about the symbolism and meaning of the colors; and
4. demonstrate knowledge about the mediums in Painting and its characteristics

.V. PRE-TEST
Figure 2 Fernando Amorsolo, Hope in the Ruins of Manila, 1945

Painting Analysis.
As a preliminary activity for the topic, analyze the painting above and answer the following questions:
1. What does the painting say to you personally?
2. What connection do you see between the subject matter and the technique used?
3. What is your subjective reaction to this work of art?
4. What do you think is the cultural meaning and context of the work of art?

V. LEARNING ACTIVITY

Assigned Reading/text

VI. LEARNING ACTIVITY

Assigned Reading/text
VII. SELF EVALUATION
Essay: Answer briefly the following questions below.
1. What are the differences between oil and acrylic paints?
2. What do you think are the benefits of paintings in our lives?
 3. What are the secondary colors? How are they formed?
4. What is the real goal of perspective in art? Explain.
5. Why line is considered the most important element in painting? Support your
answer.

VIII. REVIEW OF CONCEPTS

Painting -the expression of ideas and emotions, with the creation of certain aesthetic qualities,
in a two-dimensional visual language.

Style -distinctive manner which permits the grouping of works into related categories.
It refers to the visual appearance of a work of art that relates it to other works by the same
artist or one from the same period, training, location, "school", art movement or
archaeological culture: "The notion of style has long been the art historian's principal mode of
classifying works of art. By style he selects and shapes the history of art".

Landscaping - the form created by lines—is three-dimensional in any given scene that is
viewed. It is four-dimensional in that a spectator continues to move through the landscape
over periods of time.

Portrait - a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in

which the face and its expression is predominant.

IX. POST-TEST

X. REFERENCES
Bernaldo, Nicolas Caslib, Jr et. al Art Appreciation First Edition Rex Bookstore (2018)

Prepared by: Dr. Ana Maria Vicente-Malabanan

Subject Professor