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K12 YS-11

BOOK 1

MAPEH
MUSIC

Module 46
Module 46

Music of the Medieval, Renaissance


and the Baroque Period
Guitar – History, Parts and its
Functions

Hi! Have you ever imagined yourself performing in front of a crowd? I’m sure you
did! Performing is one way for us to boost our self-confidence. It is indeed great
that once in a while we expose ourselves in the field of music. It can be in the form
of dancing, singing, and acting as well. In this module you will encounter some of
foreign performers. You will also experience analyzing songs. Everything you want to learn
about music is in this module. So, are you excited now? I will not keep you waiting so let’s begin.

PRETEST

Before we proceed with the lesson you need to take the pretest first.

I-A. Write the letter of the best answer on the space provided before each number.
________ 1. He composed “Claire de Lune”.
A. Arnold Schoenberg C. Igor Stravinsky
B. Claude Debussy D. Edvard Munch
________ 2. It is a musical genre that means a syncopated rhythm.
A. jazz C. ragtime
B. popular D. rock
________ 3. It is a group that has been the most successful rock band in the world during
the 90’s.
A. Beatles C. Air Supply
B. Peter, Paul, and Mary D. The Journey
________4. It means spoken rhyming lyrics.
A. jazz C. resting
B. rapping D. rolling
________5. It is a combination of elements of African American gospel music and rhythm
and blues.
A. jazz C. RNB
B. rock D. soul music
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B. Give what is being asked in the following.

6-8 Three characteristics of the composers of the Post Romantic period.


9-10- Two bands that have been successful in the 90’s

How did you find the test? Did you fare well? Let’s find out what you score means.
If you got:
10 - Excellent job!
7-9- Very Good! You may proceed.
If you are done, you may continue with the succeeding activities.
4-6- Good! But you don’t worry because you can learn all of that on this module
0-5- Fair. But it is fine. Do not feel bad. You can still move on, but you need to work on
the whole module and so do your best.

Take time to study the lesson and do all the necessary activities given. If you have
clarifications to make, just feel free to approach your facilitator.

Good luck and have fun.

Activity 1

Directions: Answer the following questions referring to the picture below.

1. What can you say about the picture?


__________________________________________________________________________
2. Do you know the name of the painting?
__________________________________________________________________________
3. What is the name of the painter and what is his genre in painting?
__________________________________________________________________________
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If your answer is that the picture was like a dizzy situation, you are right! The painting
is entitled “The Scream” by Edvard Munch. Munch is an expressionist painter. The picture is
related to our first lesson the Post-Romanticism period. It is sometimes called the contemporary
period in music. Do you want to know more? Well, I’m sure you do, so keep going.

Let us first define the Music of the Post Romantic Period

The major characteristics of this period are extensive when it comes to melodic and
harmonic chromatics, enlarged orchestral resources, effective developmental treatment, and
intense subjectivity.

Impressionism

Impressionism originated as an art movement that presents an immediate impression of


an object or an event.

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Vincent van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) Starry, Starry Night, Olive Trees with
Yellow Sky and Sun, and Wheatfield with Crows
Impressionist painters tried to show what the eyes sees at a glance, rather than what they
feel or the emotions behind the object or incident. Most of the time, their subject is nature.
Impressionist paintings are also similar with Impressionist Music. Its music can be described
generally as having refinement, delicacy, vagueness and an overall illuminous atmosphere.
Descriptive qualities can be heard in the music with the use of dissonances, uncommon scales
like the whole tone scale. These descriptive qualities suggest sounds like waterfalls, waves,
wind, sea, and other natural forms. These descriptive musical elements can be heard from the
works of French composers like Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

Claude Debussy (French, 1862-1918).


Founder and perhaps the only full-fledged representative
of impressionism. Debussy sought to create a musical style that
could complement that of the impressionist poets and painters. His
musical technique owes something to such composer as Chopin.
He composed the famous “Claire de Lune”.

The most important French composer of the early twentieth century was born in Paris
in the town of St. Germain-en-Laye, where his parents kept a china shop. He entered the Paris
Conservatory when he was eleven. Within a few years he shocked his professors with bizarre
harmonies that defied the sacred rules.

Expressionism

Expressionism was invented by art critics to describe a painting which is developed as a


reaction to the art movement called Impressionism. Impressionist painters tried to show what
the eyes see at a glance and how objects appear at a particular moment. In contrast, expressionist
painters used striking colors and distorted shapes to convey certain emotions and expression of
scenery.

Edvard Munch (December 12, 1863 January 23, 1944) ‘Anxiety’, and ‘The Scream’

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Expressionism conveyed the anguish of the poor and the horrors of war which made it
a social protest. Thus, applied to music, expressionism is generally described as music that
expresses true emotion with the use of exaggeration. Expressionist music was very atonal and
dissonant. In the music of Arnold Schoenberg, these atonality and dissonances were manifested,
thus making him one of the famous expressionist of his time.

‘Melancholy’

Arnold Schoenberg (Austrian, 1874-1951)


Schoenberg is most closely identified with the twelve
tone system composition or the chromatic scale. His famous
composition is the “Pierrot Lunaire”.
He was born in Vienna. He began to study the violin at
the age of eight, and soon afterwards made his initial attempts
at composing. Having decided to develop his life to music,
he left school while he was in his teens. The early death of
his father left him in straitened circumstances. For a time
he earned his living by working in a ban, and meanwhile
continued to compose, working entirely by himself. Presently
he became acquainted with a young musician two years older
than himself, Alexander von Zemlinsky, who for a few months
gave him lessons in counterpoint. This was the only musical
instruction he ever had.

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Neoclassicism

Jacques-Louis David Oath of the Horatii

Neoclassicism is a musical style known for its clarity and form, balance, and order. This
style was inspired 18th century music’s form and concept. Neoclassicism combined this 18th
century style with the new trends of musical styles in the 20th century that include tonal center,
melodic shape, and chromaticism.
The leading early neoclassical composer is the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. His
Neoclassicist compositions are “Apollo”, “Pulcinella”, and “Orpheus”.

Igor Stravinsky (Russian-American, 1882) Stravinsky once


wrote, “The artist imposes a culture upon himself and ends by
imposing it upon others”. This is an apt description of one who
has at various periods in his creative life assimilated virtually all
the major works.
It is granted to certain artists to embody the profoundest
impulse of their time and to affect its artistic life in the most powerful
fashion such an artist is Igor Stravinsky, the Russian composer
who for half a century has given motivation to the main trends
in contemporary music. Stravinsky was born in Oranienbaum, a
summer resort not far from St. Petersburg (Lenigrad), where his
father was the leading bass at the Imperial Opera.

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Other Composers of the Post Romantic Period

Giacomo Puccini was the foremost composer of


Italian opera at the turn of the century. He was one of
those fortunate artists who combined a refined sensibility
with the popular touch. Coming out of a great tradition,
he was able to communicate directly and easily with a
varied public that the Romantic Period had brought into
being.
He was born in Lucca, son of a church organist in
whose footstep he expected to follow. It was at Milan,
where he went to complete his studies. He studied at the
conservatory with Amilcare Ponchielli, composer of “La
Gioconda”. The ambitious young musician did not have
to wait long for success.

Richard Strauss the most publicized composer of


the early twentieth century was born in March. His father
was a virtuoso horn player who belonged to the court
orchestra. His mother was the daughter of Georg Pschorr,
a successful brewer of Munich beer.
Strauss played the piano when he was four and
composed his first piece at the age of six. His father, a
confirmed anti-Wagnerite, saw to it that he was brought
up “in strictly classical way”. As a result, his early
instrumental works show an allegiance to chamber music,
concerto, and symphony.

The Post Romantic Period or Contemporary Music was a big factor in the current music
of today. The living proof of these influences are the genres of music that we are and still using.
Keep reading the succeeding discussions about the genres of music.
So how do you relate with these music and art styles? Do you find these artworks realistic
or abstract? How can we explain these styles in music? In our next activity we’ll try to listen to
the works of these composers and try to explain the quality conveyed in those works.

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Research Activity 1

Directions: List down two examples of compositions or works of the aforementioned composers
from the Post Romantic Period. Listen and write a personal description about the composition/
work.

1. Arnold Schoenberg

2. Claude Debussy

3. Giacomo Puccini

4. Igor Stravinsky

5. Richard Strauss

BE HOOKED!

Are you familiar with the group of people in the above pictures above? What particular
music genre do these performers belong? Now, can you describe their music?

Write your answers here

____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

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Your answers are correct! Let me share something with you. Music is really a self-expression
of one’s emotion, idea, preference or choice, and also a reflection of one’s attitude. It does not
necessarily mean that when you are a rock music performer, your attitude is also distorted and
wild. Your current emotion, idea, preference or choice can be just a simple music genre to a
complicated one. Let us move on to the discussion of music genres.

Let us know what different Music Genres are…

Ragtime (alternatively spelled rag-time) is a musical genre that enjoyed the peak of its
popularity between 1897 and 1918. Its main characteristic trait is its syncopated, or “ragged,”
rhythm. It began as dance music in the red-light districts of African American communities in
St. Louise and New Orleans years before being published as popular sheet music for piano.

Broadway theatre commonly called Broadway, is a theatrical performance presented in


the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the theater district centered along
Broadway, in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City. Along with London’s West End
theatre, Broadway theatre is widely considered to represent the highest level of commercial
theatre in the English-speaking world.

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Jazz is music that originated at the beginning of the 20th century, arguably earlier, within
the African-American communities of the Southern United States. Its roots lie in the African-
American adoption of European harmony and form into existing African musical elements. Its
African musical basis is evident in its use of blues notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation
and the swing note. From its early development until the present day, jazz has also incorporated
elements from popular music especially, in its early days, from American popular music.

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock ‘n’ roll) is a genre of popular music
that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily
from a combination of African-American genres such as blues, jump blues, jazz, and gospel
music, together with Western swing and country music. Though elements of rock and roll can
be heard in blues records from the 1920s and in country records of the 1930s, rock and roll did
not acquire its name until the 1950s.
The term “rock and roll” now has at least two different meanings, both in common usage:
referring to the first wave of music that originated in the mid-1950s and later developed into
the more encompassing international style known as “rock music”, and as a term simply
synonymous with rock music in the broad sense.

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Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply
alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the
1980’s and became widely popular in the 1990’s. The name
“alternative” was coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-
inspired bands on independent record labels that didn’t fit
into the mainstream genres of the time. As a specific genre of
music, alternative rock consists of various subgenres that have
emerged from the indie music since the 1980s, such as grunge,
indie rock, Britpop, gothic rock and indie pop. These genres
are unified by their collective debt to the style and/or ethos of
punk, which laid the groundwork for alternative music in the
1970s.

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B and RnB, is


a genre of popular African-American music that originated in the
1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe
recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans,
at a time when “urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy,
insistent beat” was becoming more popular.
The term has subsequently had a number of shifts in meaning.
In the early 1950s, the term rhythm and blues was frequently applied
to blues records. Starting in the mid-1950s, after this style of music
contributed to the development of rock and roll, the term “R&B”
used to refer to music styles that developed from and incorporated
electric blues, as well as gospel and soul music. By the 1970s, rhythm
and blues was used as a blanket term for soul and funk. In the 1980s, a
newer style of R&B developed, becoming known as “Contemporary
R&B”.

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Popular music is a music genre that
features a noticeable rhythmic element,
melodies and hooks, a mainstream style
and a conventional structure. The basic
form for pop music is the song, usually
consisting of verse and repeated chorus.

Folk Music is a genre of


song which talks about the lives of
people living in a specific country or
locality.

Classical Music is a genre considered to


be serious, intellectual, and is usually written in
a traditional or formal style, as opposed to such
genres like pop, rock and folk music.

Ballad is a slow romantic popular song. A ballad is a form


of verse, often a narrative story which is set to music.

The term hip hop refers both to a musical (see hip hop
music) and cultural genre or movement (hip hop culture) that
was developed predominantly by African Americans and
Latinos (primarily of Puerto Rican ethnic heritage) in urban
communities, which started in the 1970’s.

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Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in
the late 1960s.While sometimes used to refer to most types
of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes
a particular music style that originated from ska and rock
steady. Reggae is based on a rhythmic style characterized by
accents on the off-beat, known as the skank.
So those are the genres of music that show an evident
effect of not just the music of the post romanticism as well as
other music such as classical and romantic. Let’s now have
the next activity for you to learn how to analyze a specific
song.

Activity 2

Directions: Let’s have this listening/analysis activity. Follow the directions given.
1. Choose three songs.
2. Write the title, composer/performer.
3. Identify the genre of each song.
4. Choose a part in a song, it can be the verse or chorus, or it can also be the bridge.
5. In a music writing notebook, write the lyrics of the chosen part below each staff.
6. Notate the rhythmic patterns of the song on the staff.

If you partly forgot your music theory and its elements, I have here some reviewers.

LET’S REVIEW

Melody
Melody is a musical line made up of a single set of tones or pitches. It is what we usually
remember in a song. Melody is known as the most basic element of communication between the
composer and the listener.
Melody has direction. It can be ascending, descending, or stationary. There are also
different tonal movements when it comes to melody. It is determined by the distances in each
of the tones called intervals. These tonal movements maybe stepwise, skipwise, repetitive or
leapwise.

Harmony
The small vertical representation of music in which two or more tones are sounded
simultaneously. When three or more tones are heard simultaneously, a chord is heard and there
is harmony.
Harmony adds richness and color to a melodic line, resulting in different musical effects.
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Texture
The visual characteristic and appearance of an object. In music, texture is a basic element
that is used to describe the overall quality of the sound of a piece.

Kinds of Texture
• Monophonic – Refers to a single melody or musical line without any form of
accompaniment.
• Homophonic – In this kind of texture, the melodic line is supported by an
accompaniment.
• Polyphonic – This kind of texture contains two or more independent musical
lines(melodies)
• Heterophonic – This texture is formed by two or more performers simultaneously
singing or playing different versions of what is essentially the same melody.

Tempo
The element which refers to the speed of music. The fastness or slowness of a musical piece
or a specific part of a composition.

Tempo Markings:
Largo – Very slow Allegretto – Moderately fast
Lento – Slow
Allegro – Fast
Adagio – Slow at ease Vivace – Quickly lively
Andante – Moderately slow Presto – Very fast
Moderato – Moderate

Dynamics
The element which refers to the volume of music. The loudness and softness of a song or
any musical composition.

Dynamic Marks:
Piano (p) – Soft Fortepiano (fp) – Loud then soft
Mezzo piano (mp) – Slightly soft Cresendo – Gradually becoming louder
Mezzo forte (mf) – Slightly loud Decrescendo – Gradually becoming softer
Sforzando (sfz) – Instantly loud

Notation – It is a method of writing down music so that it can be performed vocally and
instrumentally. It is a kind of code that allows other people to interpret music. These symbols
tell us three basic things about music; how long or short the sound is (duration), how high or
low the sound is (pitch), and how the music should be played (expression).

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Staff – A basic musical symbol which consist of five parallel lines and four spaces. The staff is
enclosed by bar lines at the sides. Each line and space of the staff has a particular tone and pitch
name.

Clef – A musical symbol which determines the location of a particular pitch on the staff. It is
placed at the left most part of the staff. There are two most common clef signs used in notation,
the treble clef or G-clef and the bass clef or F-clef.

The treble clef or G-clef The bass clef or F-clef

The lines and spaces of the staff

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The pitch names and the so-fa syllables

C D E F G A B C
do re mi fa sol la ti do

Notes – These are set of symbols that indicate the relative duration of tones.

Whole Note (4) counts = an open round white note which has the longest time
value of sound

Half Note (2) counts = an open round white note with a stem

Quarter Note (1) count = a shaded round black note with a stem

Eighth Note (½) count = a shaded round black note with a stem and a flag
attached to it.

Sixteenth Note (¼) count = a shaded round black note with a stem and two flags
attached to it.

Thirty-second Note (1/8) coun = a shaded round black note with a stem and three flags
attached to it.

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Rests are symbols to indicate the relative durations of silences in music.

Whole rest (4) = a symbol of silence written under the fourth line of a
music staff. It has the longest time value of silence.

Half rest (2) = a symbol of silence written on top of the third line of a
music staff.

Quarter rest 1 = a symbol of silence written on the staff. Use either of the
two; one looks like an inverted Z and the other is a short
zigzag.

Eight Rest (½) = looks like number seven. It is a stem with one flag to the
left.

Sixteenth rest = a stem with two flags to the left.

Thirty-second rest = a stem with three flags to the left.

Rhythmic Patterns are combinations of long and short sounds, notes and rests.

1. Pattern within a measure: Clap the patterns.

2. Combination of pattern and beat: Tap the beat and clap the pattern.
Pattern:

4
Beat: 4

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3. Pattern with creative echo: Clap or tap the pattern.
Orig∙∙∙inal

Echo

Were you able to recall the different concepts needed in the activity? I’m sure you did. If
you still have questions, feel free to approach your facilitator.
Let us pause for a while and do the next activity!

Activity 3

Directions: Choose one genre of music. From that genre, choose a song and perform it with
a group or individually. Perform with the proper expression and make sure to sing in correct
pitch, rhythm and dynamics. Good luck! You will be rated according to the rubric.

Performance Rubric
Check the indicator that is evident in the script writing and cross it out if it is not evident.
Write 4-3.1= 100-91 3-2.1 = 90-81 2-1.1 = 80-71 1=70

Indicators 4 3 2 1 Score
1. Choice of song ( 40%)
• Chose a song came Satisfied all Satisfied 3 Satisfied 2 Satisfied at
from the Luzon Prov- the indica- of the indi- of the indi- least one X 30% =
inces tors cators cators indicator
• The chosen song is a
folksong
• The chosen song came
from the country
• The chosen song is
written in Filipino and
other dialects
2. Delivery of Song (40%)
• Sang in correct pitch Satisfied all Satisfied 3 Satisfied 2 Satisfied at
• Sang in correct rhythm the indica- of the indi- of the indi- least one X 40% =
• Sang with expression tors cators cators indicator
• Sang in correct style

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3. Stage Deportment (30%) Performs Performs Performs Performs
with con- with con- with confi- with con- X 30% =
fidence all fidence at dence at the fidence at
throughout the begin- beginning the end of
the perfor- ning and at of the per- the perfor-
mance the end of formance mance
the perfor-
mance
TOTAL

Revised: Ms. Ma. Niña Rose I. Agustino


Acknowledgement: Ms. Marilou Ubina; Dr. Marilyn Balagtas; and Ms. Maria Virginia Egipto

MUSIC OF THE POST ROMANTIC PERIOD

• The major characteristics of this period are extensive when it comes to melodic and
harmonic chromaticism, enlarged orchestral resources, effective developmental treatment,
and intense subjectivity.
• The Composers of the Period
1. Claude Debussy (French, 1862-1918). Founder and perhaps the only full-fledged
representative of the Impressionism.
2. Arnold Schoenberg (Austrian, 1874-1951) though Schoenberg is most closely
identified with the twelve tone system or the chromatic system.
3. Igor Stravinsky (Russian-American, 1882)
4. Giacomo Puccini was the foremost composer of Italian opera at the turn of the
century.
5. Richard Strauss the most publicized composer of the early Twentieth Century.
• Impressionism originated as an art movement that presents an immediate impression of
an object or an event. Its music can be described generally as having refinement, delicacy,
vagueness and an overall illuminous atmosphere.
• Expressionism is generally described as music that expresses true emotion with the use of
exaggeration
• Neoclassicism combined this 18th century style with the new trends of musical styles in the
20th century that include tonal center, melodic shape, and chromaticism.

GENRES OF MUSIC
• Ragtime or “ragged,” rhythm.
• Jazz is a kind of music that originated at the beginning of the 20th century, arguably earlier,
within the African-American communities of the Southern United States.

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• Broadway theatre commonly called Broadway, is a theatrical performance presented in
the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the theater district centered
along Broadway, in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan, New York City.
• Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock ‘n’ roll) is a genre of popular music
that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s,
primarily from a combination of African-American genres such as blues, jump blues, jazz,
and gospel music, together with Western swing and country music.
• Popular music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and
hooks, a mainstream style and a conventional structure.

I think you are ready to take the post test but before that be sure to review the important
concepts you have learned.

POSTTEST

I-A. Write the letter of the best answer on the space provided for.

________ 1. What is the title of this painting that was inspired by romanticists?

A. “Anxiety” C. “The Shout”


B. “Melancholy” D. “The Scream”

________ 2. He composed the “Claire de Lune”

A. Arnold Schoenberg C. Igor Stravinsky


B. Claude Debussy D. Edvard Munch

________3. It is a musical genre that means a syncopated rhythm.

A. jazz B. popular C. ragtime D. rock

________4. It is a musical genre that uses blue notes.


A. jazz B. popular C. ragtime D. rock

________5. It is a representational duration of tones.

A. melody B. notes C. rests D. rhythm

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________6. These are durations of silence.

A. melody B. notes C. rests D. rhythm

________7. It is a group that has been the most successful rock band in the world during the
90’s.

A. Beatles C. Air Supply

B. Peter, Paul, and Mary D. The Journey

________8. It means spoken rhyming lyrics.

A. jazz B. rapping C. resting D. rhythming

________9. It is a combination of elements of African American gospel music and rhythm and
blues.

A. jazz B. rock C. RNB D. soul music

________10. It is an event where a musician or a group of musicians, like a choir, band, or or-
chestra, performs in front of an audience.

A. concert B. contest C. recital D. recording

B. Give what is being asked in the following.

11-13- Three characteristics of the composers of the Post Romantic period.

14-16- The different genres of music from 60’s to 90’s

17-18- The two bands that have been successful in the 90’s

19-20- Two Paintings from the Post Romantic Period

21-23- Three musical styles of the Post Romantic Period

24-25- Explain why preparation is needed in conducting an event like a concert.

You’re okay, congratulations!

0 mistake - Wow! You really worked hard to accomplish this module. Great job! Now, you
may take the mastery activities.
Few errors- Very good! Just review the lesson where you made most of the mistakes and take
the mastery test if you are ready

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Not okay, redo or do other supplementary activities

More errors - Good! But you need to do the reinforcement activities. Then, go back to
those items you failed to answer correctly.
Several mistakes - Fair! But don’t feel sorry because you can do it again. Read the module
once again and you may ask help from your facilitator. More exercises are
waiting for you to in this module. Work doubly hard. You can make it

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Ministry.
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America: Oliver Ditson Company.
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Inc.
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Websites:
http://www.Slideshare.net
Wikipedia.com
Google images
www.8notes.com
www.free-scores.com
www.makingmusifun.net

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K12 YS-11
BOOK 1

MAPEH
ARTS

Module 49
In this module you will learn more about different art forms. How modern art affects your
daily life and its contribution to society.

Pretest

Choose the best answer from the box below:

1. __________________________________ 2. __________________________________

3. __________________________________ 4. __________________________________

5. __________________________________
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Abstract Art Expressionism Cubism
Pop Art Impressionism Op Art
Surrealism Dadaism Modern Art

How did you fare? Let’s see what your score suggests.
10 Excellent job! You may proceed and read the rest of the lesson.
7-9 Very Good! You need to review the area where you made mistakes. If you are done,
you may continue with the succeeding activities.
4-6 Good! But you need to focus on and study the areas where you made the most
number of the mistakes.
0- Fair. But it is fine. Do not feel bad. You can still move on, but you need to work on
the whole module and do your best.
Take time to study the lesson and do all the necessary activities given. If you have
clarifications, just feel free to approach me.

Good luck and have fun!

Be hooked!

Hi! Let’s start our lesson with this activity. Look at the picture below. What can you say
about it? Write your answer / answers on the line that follows.

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I know you have several answers regarding the set of pictures above.
Before we go to the lesson proper, let me give you an idea what modern art is. Modern
art comprises artistic work fashioned during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to
the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is
usually related with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of
experimentation.
Modern art is considered as the creative response to the rationalist practices and viewpoints
of new lives and ideas provided by the technological advances. Artists worked to signify their
experience of the modern life in appropriate and innovative ways. Modern art is characterized
by the artist’s intent to depict the existence of the subject, according to his/her sole perspective..
But when did actually modern arts begin? Perhaps the closest date identified was when Edouard
Manet showed his work Le déjeuner sur l’herbe in the Salon des Refusés in Paris. As the time progressed,
the emergence of new media (photography, film etc ) brought about several options helpful in
developing Modern Art; although, there is no specific time where modern art started but the arts
in the past made a huge significance in the development of Modern Arts today. Let us now move
forward to different Modern Art movements.

Modern Art Movements/Periods


1. Impressionism – in early 19th century a group of artists (sculptor, painter, printmakers
etc ) launched an exhibition in Paris that led to the movement called Impressionism. One of the
famous impression art is Claude Monet’s Impression, Sunrise. The painting was accused as of
being a sketch or “impression” and not a finished work of art. Impressionism sought to capture
impression of fleeting or passing moments by representing the effects of light and differing
weather conditions on sceneries, landscapes, and cityscapes of everyday life. Some of the
impressionist artists include Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Gustave Caillebotte. Look at one
of Monet’s works, Impression, Sunrise on the next page.

“ Impression, Sunrise”
Artist: Claude Monet
Year: 1879
Medium: Oil and Canvas

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The painting shows a scene of the harbor of LaHavre, in France. This work characterizes
Monet’s work throughout his lifetime. It is sketched in oil paints on canvas, and painted quickly
to capture the atmospheric or natural light moment. While on vacation, Monet from his window
one spring morning sketched Impression, Sunrise. His work is very spontaneous as he captured a
particular light effect. Monet gave the title, Impression, Sunrise, because he did not feel that there
was enough detail to title the painting as Harbor of LeHarve.

Characteristics of Impressionism Art

– Small/short/thin broken but visible brush strokes


– Accurate depiction of light
– Rendered shadows and Highlights in Color
– Gives an effect of spontaneity and effortlessness

2. Expressionism – a modernist movement originating in Germany at the beginning


of 20th century. The works in this movement are characterized as presentation of the world
solely from a subjective perspective. Distortion is radical in artworks for emotional effect to
evoke moods or ideas. Expressionism emerged as a response to a widespread anxiety about
humanity’s relationship conflict with the world and lost feeling of reality and spirituality.
Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, and James Ensor proved to be influential to the
Expressionists. They encourage distortion of form and deployment of strong colors to convey
variety of anxieties and yearnings. Look at some examples.

The Scream
Artist: Edvard Munch
Year: 1893
Medium: Pastels

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Throughout his artistic career, Munch focused on scenes of death, agony, and anxiety
in distorted and emotionally charged portraits. In his most famous painting, The Scream, he
conveys the battle between the individual and society. The setting of The Scream was suggested
to the artist while walking along a bridge overlooking Oslo. Much recalls, “the sky turned as
red as blood. I stopped and leaned against the fence…shivering with fear. Then I heard the
enormous, infinite scream of nature.” The Scream evokes the jolting emotion of the encounter
and exhibits a general anxiety toward the tangible world.
Another example of an artwork in the movement of Expressionism is the Starry Night of
Vincent van Gogh.

Starry Night
Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Year: 1889
Medium: Oil and Canvas

This painting has risen to the peak of artistic achievements. It is the most well-known
images in modern culture and one of the most replicated and sought after print; from Don
McLean’s song ‘Vincent’ (Starry, Starry Night), to the numerous number of merchandise
products sporting this image.
Van Gogh painted Starry Night while in an Asylum at Saint-Remy in 1889. During Van
Gogh’s younger years (1876-1880) he wanted to dedicate his life to evangelization of those in
poverty. Many believe that this religious endeavor may be reflected in the eleven stars of the
painting. In Genesis 37:9 the following statement is made:
“And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have
dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance
to me.”

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c. Cubism – a style of art that abandoned traditional strategies for creating the illusion
of space, such as perspective, and instead presented three-dimensional forms with abstract,
geometric shapes, often offering several views simultaneously. Pablo Picasso and Georges
Braque are generally credited with developing cubism at the turn of the twentieth century. Here
are examples:

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon


Artist: Pablo Picasso
Year: 1907
Medium: Oil and Canvas

This painting was shocking even to Picasso’s closest artist friends both for its content and
its execution. The subject matter of nude women was not in itself unusual, but the fact that
Piscasso painted the women as prostitutes in aggressively sexual postures was novel. Picasso’s
studies of Iberian and tribal art is most evident in the faces of three of the women. They rendered
as mask-life, suggesting that their sexuality is not just aggressive, but also primitive.
The painting was widely thought to be immoral when it was finally exhibited in public in
1916. Braque is one of the few artists who studied it intently 1907, leading directly to his Cubist
collaborations with Piscanno.
d. Dadaism – An art movement based on deliberate irrationality and the rejection of
traditional aesthetic values. Marcel Duchamp and Hannah Höch, among others, are associated
with dadaism; they were part of a loosely allied group of artists unified by their collective
disillusionment after the brutality of World War I.

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