Medina Foundation College

Poblacion, Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental

Email Address: [email protected]

BACHELOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION - ENGLISH

COURSE CODE: A AND H-E – READING VISUAL ARTS
1st Semester of A.Y. 2020-2021

Course Description Credit Units: 3

This course deals with exploration of the different art forms and their cultural connections for the
student with little experience in the arts. It includes a brief study of art history, and in-depth
studies of the elements, media, and methods used in creative thought and processes. In this
course, you will learn how to develop a system in understanding art in all forms.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the designed course, the student will be able to:
 Interpret works of art.
 Explain the processes involved in artistic production.
 Identify the many kinds of issues that artists examine in their work
 Explain the role and effect of the visual arts in different social, historical and cultural
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contexts.
 Describe and analyze any work of art in exploring the principles of design – the means by
which the elements in a work of art are arranged and orchestrated.
Course Outline

CHAPTER 1 – UNDERSTANDING HUMANITIES AND ART APPRECIATION

 Humanities and Art Appreciation
 Basic Assumptions, Functions and Nature of Arts
 The Visual Arts
CHAPTER 2 - ART, ELEMENTS, AND THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
 The Artist and Artisan
 The Elements of Art and Principles of Design
 Reading Image and Rule of the Third
CHAPTER 3 - HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF ART
 Art History and Development
 From the Age of Renaissance to Realism
 From the Age of Symbolism to Expressionism
 Cubism to Installation Art

PART 4 - INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF FAMOUS MUSICIANS

 Instrumental Music from Baroque to Classical Art
 The Romantic Instrumental Music
 The Romantic Period
 The Modern Period
PART 5 - SOULMAKING (ART MAKING)
 The Process of Art Making and Acts of Appropriation
 Textile Arts of the Minorities
PART 6 - VISUAL ELEMENTS IN PHILIPPINE TRADITIONAL MOTIFS AND CRAFTS
 Motifs and Symbols
 Soul, Space and Symmetry Art
 Indigenous Art
Course Materials
 Modules
 Any available gadgets
 Online learning resources
Study Schedule

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 WEEK TOPICS ACTIVITY
 HUMANITIES AND
ART APPRECIATION
 Relevance of Art
Appreciation
 Importance of Studying
Collaborative Learning (Online
Week 1: Art Appreciation and
Platform)
September 1-4, 2020 Philosophy
Online quiz
 Meanings of Humanities
and Art Appreciation
 Art History
 Creativity and
Imagination
 Basic Assumptions,
Functions and Nature of
Arts
 Basic Assumption of Arts
 Nature of Arts
 Functions of Art
a. The Personal
Function
b. The Social Function
Week 2: Watch Videos
c. The Physical
September 7-11, 2020 Online quiz
Function
 The Visual Arts
 Philosophical Perspective
of Arts
 The Subject of Art
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 Sources of Subject Art

 Kinds of Subject
 Different Level of
Meaning

The Artist and Artisan

 Medium and Techniques
of Artist
 Techniques Related to
Paintings
a. Encaustic
b. Fresco Secco
c. Fresco
d. Egg Tempera
e. Mosaic Video clip
Week 3:
f. Oil Paint Watch videos
September 14-17, 2020
g. Water Color Online research
h. Acrylic
i. Collage
j. Drawing
k. Printmaking
 The Gawad Manlilikha
ng Bayan Award
(GAMABA)
 Performance Art
 Transcreation

Week 4: Prelim Examinations

September 18 & 19,2020

Week 4:  The Elements of Art Show Video

September 21-25,2020 a. Line Students’ Research
b. Shapes Online quiz
c. Space
d. Value
e. Color
f. Texture
g. Form
 Principles of Design
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  Reading the Image
 The Rule of the Third
 Art History and
Development
 Art History
 Ancient CivilizationArt
a. The Egyptian Art
b. The Ancient Greek
Art
c. The Roman Arts and
Architecture
d. Chinese Art and
Painting
e. Japanese Art
The Ukiyo-e
Popular themes
Week 5:  From the Age of Watch Videos
September 28- October 2, 2020 Renaissance to Realism Making a Timeline
 The Renaissance Art Reporting and Feedback (MS
 Florence in the Slides with audio presentation)
Renaissance Online Quiz
 High Renaissance Art
(1490-1527)
 Renaissance Art in
Practice
 Expansion and Decline
 Mannerism Art
 Characteristics of
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Mannerist Painting
 Origin and Development
of Mannerism
 The Mannerist Reality
 The Baroque Art
 The Origin of the Term
 Three Main Tendencies
of the Era
 Architecture, Painting,
and Sculpture
 Rococo Art
 Sculpture and Porcelain
 Rococo Fashion
 Neo Classicism
 Neoclassicism –
Characteristics
 Romantic Art
 Origin
 German Romanticism
(1800-1850)
 Spanish Romanticism
(1810-30)
 French Romanticism
(1815-50)
 Romanticism in England
(1820-1850)
 Impact of Romanticism
 Greatest Romantic
Paintings
 The Art of Realism
Characteristics: Genres
and Subject Matter
 Realist Artists
 Famous 19th Century
Realist Paintings
 Realism in the 20th
Century
 The Art of the
Impressionist
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  Exhibitions in Paris and
The Salon des Refusḕs
 Ẽdouard Manet and the
Painting Revolution
 Post Impressionism
 Characteristics of Post
Impressionism
 Neo–Impressionism
 The Theory of Neo-
Impressionism
 From the Age of
Symbolism to
Expressionism
 Symbolism
a. Symbolist
Theory and
Albert Aurier
b. Concepts and
Styles
 Art Nouveau
a. History of Art Nouveau
b. Characteristics of Art
Nouveau
c. Types of Designs
d. Famous Art Nouveau Watch Videos
Week 6:
Artists Making a Timeline
October 5-9,2020
e. Legacy and Influence of Online quiz
Art Nouveau
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 Fauvism
a. Other Fauvist Painter
b. Characteristics of
Fauvism
 Expressionism
 The Advent of
Expressionism in
Germany
a. Characteristics of
Expressionism
b. Famous Expressionist
Artists
c. Decline of the Movement
 Cubism to Installation of
Art
 Cubism
a. The Cubist Vision
b. Cubism and Beyond
 Futurism
 Abstract or Non-
Objective Art
 Other Famous Non-
Objective Art
 Dadaism Collaborative Learning (Online
Week 7: a. History of Dadaism Platform)
0ctober 12-15,2020 b. Reception, Downfall, and Online quiz
Dissemination of Dadaist
Ideals
 Surrealism
a. Surrealist Technique
b. Concepts and Styles
c. The Rise and Decline
of Surrealism
 Constructivism
a. Constructionist Impression
and Style
b. De Stijl Art
Midterm Examinations
October 16 & 17,2020
Week 8:  Abstract Expressionism Students’ Research
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 a. Characteristics of
Abstract
Expressionism
b. Approaches and
Style
 Optical Art
Famous Op Artists
 Pop Art
a. Characteristics
b. Leading Pop Artists
c. Decline of Pop Art
 Minimalism
a. Characteristics of
Minimalist Art
b. Minimalist Painters
 Conceptual Art
a. Characteristics
b. Famous Conceptual Art
Artists and their Works
 Photo-Realism
 Characteristics of Photo-
Realism Watch Videos
 Installation Art Collaborative Learning (Online
October 19-23, 2020
a. Characteristics of platform)
Installation Art Online quiz
b. Types of Installation
c. Installation Art in the
Philippines
 Instrumental Music from
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Baroque to Classical Art

 Baroque instrumental
Music
a. Johann Pachelbel
b. Antonio Vivaldi
c. Johann Sebastian
Bach
d. George Frederick
Handel
e. Franz Schubert
 Classical Instrumental
Music
a. Josef Haydn
b. Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart
c. Ludwig Van
Beethoven
 The Romantic
Instrumental Music
 The Romantic Period
a. Carl Maria Von
Weber
b. Frederic Chopin Students’ Research
c. Robert Schumann Reporting and Feedback (MS
Week 9: d. Franz Liszt slides with audio presentation)
October 26-30, 2020 e. Richard Wagner Online quiz
f. Jacques Offenbach
g. Johannes Brahms
h. Pyotr Ilyich
Tchaikovsky
i. Nikolai Rimski
Korsakov
j. Richard Strauss
 The Modern Period
a. Claude Debussy
Week 10 : b. Arnold Schoenberg Students’ Research
November 3-6, 2020 c. Maurice Ravel Online Quiz
d. John Cage
e. Phillip Glass
Week 11:  The Process of Art Watch Videos
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 Making and Acts of
Appropriation
a. Soulmaking (Art
Making)
b. The Art Making
Process
c. Stages of Art Making
 Seven Da Vincian Collaborative Learning (online
November 9-13, 2020
Principle platform)
 Acts of Cultural Online quiz
Appropriation
a. Object Appropriation
b. Stylistic
Appropriation
c. Motif Appropriation
d. Subject
Appropriation
 Textile Arts of the
Minorities
 Textile Art
a. The T’nalak Process
b. T’nalak and T’boli Art
c. Dagmay
d. Pis- syabit
e. Seputangan
f. Inaul
 Motifs and Symbols
Week 12:  Decorative Motifs and MS Slides Presentation
November 16-19, 2020 Symbols Classification Online Quiz
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a. Motif
b. Classification of Motif
Geometric Motif
Realistic or Natural Motif
Stylized Motif
Abstract Motif
c. Symbol
Types of Symbol
 Indigenous Philippine
Arts and Craft
PRE-FINAL EXAMINATIONS
November 20 & 21, 2020
 Soul, Space and
Symmetry Art
 Art and Space
 Space and Perspective
 The Torogan
 The Ifugao Bale
 Bahay Kubo Students’ Research
Week 13:  Bahay na Bato Watch videos
November 23-27,2020  Other Indigenous Houses Online quiz
in the Philippines
a. Badjao Houseboat
b. The Higaonon Tree
House
c. Mandaya House
 Symmetry Art
Okir
Week 14:  Improvisation of Art MS Slides Presentation
December 1-4,2020 Forms Online quiz
a. Contact-Body
Improvisation
b. Sound Improvisation
c. Theater Improvisation
 Solving improvisational
Challenges
 Indigenous Art
a. Architecture
b. Sculpture
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 c. Weaving
d. Pottery
e. Body Adornment
 Muslim Art Collaborative Learning (Online
 The Development of Platform)
Week 15:
Islamic Art in the Watch videos
December 7-11,2020
Philippines MS Slides Presentation
 Art of Filipino Muslims Online quiz
Watch Videos
 Christian Art
Students’ research
a. Painting
Week 16: Online Portfolio
b. Sculpture and
December 14-18, 2020 (Video Simulation) on the Actual
Architecture
presentation of Art
c. Graphic Arts
Online quiz
 Contemporary Arts Students’ research
Week 17:  Known Filipino Written report with
December 21-23, 2020 Contemporary Artist and Documentation
Works Online quiz
 Practices and Movements
in Contemporary
Philippine Art
a. Social Realism in a
Philippine
Perspective Watch videos
Week 18:
b. Figurative Art MS Slides Compilation of data
January 4-7, 2021
c. Abstract Art or Non- Online quiz
representational Art
d. Conceptual Art
e. Pop-surreal and
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Lowbrow art
f. Practices
Final Examinations
January 8 & 9, 2021

Course Requirements

 Complete Attendance
 Daily, Weekly, Unit Test
 Class Participation (Reporting, Projects, and Assignment)

Grading System

Major Examination -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 %

Daily, Weekly, Unit Test -------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 %
Class Participation, Reporting, Performance (Project/Assignment)----------30 %
Attendance, Conduct and Behavior in Google Classroom-------------------- 10 %
100 %

Important reminders
 Treat online class like a “real class”.
 Attend classes regularly.
 Practice Time Management.
 Improve Basic technical skills.

Instructor’s Contact Details

Hazel Dionson
0926-226-6839
[email protected]