GOLDEN OLYMPUS COLLEGES

SAN VICENTE, TARLAC CITY

ART APPRECIATION
MODULE

Course Title: Art Appreciation

No. of Units: 3 units

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
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 student’s competency in researching and curating art as well as conceptualizing, mounting,
and evaluating art productions. The course aims to develop student’s genuine appreciation for
Philippine arts by proving them opportunities to explore the diversity and richness and their
rootedness in Filipino Culture

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students should be able to:

Knowledge
1. Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of arts in general, including their function,
value and historical significance
2. Define and demonstrate the elements and principles and design
3. Explain and evaluate different theories of Art
4. Situate Philippine arts in global context

Skills
1. Analyze and appraise works of art based on aesthetic value, historical context, tradition, and
social relevance
2. Mount an art exhibit (concept development, production and post production, marketing,
documentation, critiquing
3. Create their own works of art and curate their own production or exhibit
4. Utilize art for self-expression and promoting advocacies

Values
1. Deepen their sensitivity to self, community and society
2. Discover and deepen their identity through art with respect to their nationality, culture and
religion
3. Develop an appreciation of the local arts

Number of hours: 3 hours every week for 18 weeks or 54 hours in a semester

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GOLDEN OLYMPUS COLLEGES

SAN VICENTE, TARLAC CITY

LESSON 5

HISTORY OF ART
I. Topic: Art History (Asian, Western, Philippines)

II. Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, the student should be able to:
a) Describe history of Asian, Western and Philippine Art
b) List relative artists and artworks per periods from Asian, Western and Philippine Art.
c) Appreciate the history of art by looking for ways to promote it.

III. Content:

Concept Notes
History of Asian Art

Asian art is diverse and rich, spanning thousands of years and dozens of countries. It is
known for its ritual bronzes, beautiful ceramics, jades, textiles, poetic painted landscapes,
garden design, elaborate goldwork, extraordinary temples, shrines, pagodas and stupas,
woodblock prints, shadow puppets and the highest art form in East Asian art—calligraphy.
Enduring Asian treasures include works such as Fan Kuan’s Travellers among Mountains and
Streams, Katsushika Hokusai’s Fugaku sanjurokkei (‘Thirty-six views of Mt Fuji’) series, and
Basawan’s Akbar Restraining the Enraged Elephant Hawa’i. Today the impact of Asia on
contemporary art is immense. Since the 1990s, Asian contemporary art has grown
exponentially due to a mushrooming of regional biennials and triennials, new contemporary art
museums, and the international recognition of artists such as Chinese-born Cai Guo-Qiang,
Japanese-born Miwa Yanagi, Korean artist Suh Do- Ho, and the Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija.

For further reading please go to this website:

https://www.oxfordartonline.com/page/asian-art

History of Western Art

Art historians describe the history of Western art in terms of successive periods and or
movements, including Classical, Medieval, Byzantine, Romanesque, Renaissance, Baroquem
 Rococo, Neolassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Modernism and
Postmodernism.

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keeps the “Fair Use” of the said information. This intend not to violate any copyrights or be subjected to copyright infringement.

For further readings and to see relative images please visit this website:
https://www.invaluable.com/bog/art-history-timeline/ Art Timeline: Western Art Movements and
Their Impact.

History of Philippine Arts

The history of Philippine art is describe according to Philippine Art Period Timeline
• Pre-colonial art period
• Spanish colonial art period
• American colonial art period
• Post-colonial art period
• Contemporary Art period

Pre-colonial art period

 Age of Horticulture/Neolithic period (6185 to 4400 BC)
 Metal Age (3190 to 190 BC)
 Iron Age (200BC to 1000BC)
 Local communities are being established and art starts to go beyond mere craft such as
stone weapons and jewelry but starts to have decorative elements, meaning and context.
 Pre-colonial traditional art has religious symbols, everyday activity such as fishing, farming,
etc., or a specific decorative art pattern to the community
 It has either the influence of local region (animistic) or Islamic based.
 There is also an exchange of art aesthetics and art processes with the Chinese and other
Asian countries who frequents as traders with our indigenous groups.
 Other pre-colonial arts are pottery, weaving, tattoo, jewelry, carving and metal craft.

Spanish Colonial Art Period (1521-1898)

 Introduced formal painting, sculpture and architecture which was inspired by the Byzantine,
Gothic, Baroque and Rococo art styles.
 Most art works are religious(Catholic) based.
 Spanish colonialism lives on with the Filipino “antique” furniture and carving designs.
 In the formation of elite Filipino class, the illustrado, pave way for the rich locals to study
abroad, a more “academic” and “western” has been learned.
 The Filipino Classicism is formed that borrows the Neo-
Classism, Romanticism, and even a hint of Impressionism.

American Colonial Art Period (1898-1946)

 The American brought in Education and Value Formation, with both following the “American
way of life” (Allice Guillermo,Sining Biswal,1994,p.4)
 Art illustration, advertising and commercial design gained popularly and incorporated in
Fine arts.
  Painting themes still largely favored genre paintings, landscapes and still life; portraits are
reserved for high ranking officials with a more academic approach to make the subject
more formal.

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Post-Colonial Art Period (1946-1986)

Art after the War: The growing and Expanding Philippine Art
 Philippine Modern Art (1946 to 1970)
 Philippine Post Modern Art (1970-1980s)
 Pop Art, Installation Art and Performance Art were dominating the post- modern period of
the Philippine Art

Philippine Contemporary Art (1980s to Present)

 The on-set of the sudden rise of personal computers and new technology created a new art
medium for the arts and human expression. But there were also countless revivals of old
style being done. This started a new direction for the art.

IV. Activity
Activity #1: 3 2 1
9 points

Directions: This game is called 3, 2, 1, stands for things you had learned from
the discussions. 3 things you learned, 2 things you discovered and 1 question
you still have. Use separate sheet for this activity. 3 points each.

Activity #2: Art History Anchor Chart

30 points

Directions: Make an anchor chart of the things you have learned from the discussion about
Asian, Western and Philippine Art History. To have an idea about anchor chart go to this
website https://youtu.be/fxoReyxDy1M- a YouTube video tutorial on how to make an anchor
chart uploaded by It Starts at Home. Use separate sheet for this activity.

The following are things to be include on your plate art history anchor chart.
 Indicate the label whether Asian, Western or Philippine Art History
 Relative Artists per period
 Art Highlights per period

You will be graded according to the rubrics below

Needs
Excellent (10) Satisfactory (8) Good (5) Improvement (2)
None of the
Following All directions You followed most You followed
directions were
Directions were followed. directions. some directions.
followed.
Contents were Contents were Some contents Content was
Content
complete. partially complete were missing. poorly stated.
 You used your
You used your You used some Lacking of ideas
Creativity own ideas and
ideas well. of your ideas. and imagination.
imagination.

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IV. Assessment

Process Questions (4 pts each)

4 Complete understanding of the problem, thorough and concise explanation.

3 Basic understanding of the problem, understandable explanation.
2 Limited understanding of the problem, unclear explanation.
1 Response does not fit the given problem, totally incorrect explanation.

1. Give the significance of studying history of art. Is it essential?

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2. How studying history of arts will improve the arts we have now?
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3. How can you promote history of the Philippine Art? In what ways?
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Reference:

Tanedo, W, D.,(2016) Philppine Art History

https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/wilfreddextertanedo/philippine-art-history- 67264203

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