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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SAN VICENTE, TARLAC CITY

LESSON 2
FUNCTIONS OF ART AND PHILOSOPHY
I. Topic: Functions of Art and Philosophy

II. Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, the student should be able to:
a) Identify the functions of art;
b) Explain and discuss the basic philosophical perspective on art;
c) Apply philosophical perspective real life scenarios.

III. Content:

Concept Notes
Functions of Art

Functions of art is an inquiry on what art is for. When it comes to functions,

different art form come with distinctive functions, some may be functional more than
others. The value of the art lies in the practical benefits from it. One may look at the
value based on its specific purpose or for personal.

Personal Functions of Art

 Personal functions of art are highly subjective and depends on the artist who created
the art. An art may be created for expressing self, for entertainment or for other
purposes.

Social Functions of Art

 If an art is opposed to personal interest and for collective interest it is considered to
have a social function. Art may convey, message such as to support, to protest,
contestation and other messages an artist intends to carry at his work.
 Political Art is a very common example of an art with a social function.
 Art can depict social conditions such as photography of industrialization and poverty.
 Performance art like plays serves social functions as it rouses emotions for a
common situation a society has.

Physical Functions of Art

 This are artworks that are crafted in order to serve physical purpose such as jars, plates,
and jewelries.
 Architecture, jewelry-making, interior design all serves physical functions.

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 Other functions of art may serve culture, history and religion. Music is an artwork used for
different purposes such events for culture, historical and religious gatherings. Sculpture,
poems, spoken poetry, movies and other form of arts are used for its specific functions.

Philosophical Perspective on Art

Art as an imitation

 In Plato’s The Republic, paints a picture of artists as imitators and art is mere
imitations. In his metaphysics or view of reality, the things in this world are only
copies of the original, the eternal, and the true entities can be found in the World of
Forms.
 Art is just an imitation of imitation. A painting is just an imitation of nature, which is
also an imitation of realty in the World of Forms.

Art as a representation

 Aristotle, agreed with Plato, however he considered art as an aid to philosophy in

revealing the truth.
 Art represents version of reality. In Arestotelian worldview, art serves two particular
purposes: art allows for the experience of pleasure and art has an ability to be
instructive and teach its audience things about life.

Art as a disinterested judgement

 Emmanuel Kant, in his Critique of Judgement, considered the judgement of beauty,

the cornerstone of art, as something universal despite its subjectivity. He recognized
that judgement of beauty is subjective.

Art as a communication of emotion

 According to Leo Tolstoy, art plays a huge role in communication to its audience’s
emotions that the artist previously experienced.
 Art communicates emotions.

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IV. Activity

Activity 1 (20 points)

Which is more functional?
Direction: Browse the internet and cite for functions of Statue and Paintings and decide which
is more functional.

Functions of Statues Functions of Paintings

Which is more functional? Explain.

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Activity 2 (15 points)

Direction: List at least five examples for each of the following.

1. Personal Function of Art

2. Social Function of Art
3. Physical Function of Art

Activity 3 (10 points)

Direction: Give your own perception of beauty. What is beauty to you? Do you have standard
to consider art as beautiful? Explain.

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Activity 4 (10 points)

Direction: Do you have any artworks in your house? Choose only one and give its history and
function.

V. Assessment

Answer the following questions based on your own understanding/ interpretation of the lesson
you learned. 5 points each.

1. Do Arts always have functions? Why? Provide your own example.

2. If an artwork has no function, is it still considered as art?
3. Why perception of beauty is subjective? Support your answer by providing your own
example.
4. What kind of artwork you are capable of doing that can showcase your emotions?
5. If there is an artwork that changed of doing that can showcase your emotions?
6. If there is an artwork that changed your perspective in life, what is it and how it inspired
you?

References:
 Jhay Cruz, I. G., (September 24, 2019) Lesson 3 Function of Art and Philosophy
https://www.scribd.com/presentation/427241720

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