Art Appreciation

ARTA 111
Course Description
Key content covered, skills and knowledge to be learned
 Art Appreciation is a three-unit course that develops
students' 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 students' competency in researching
and curating (selecting, organizing, and looking after the items
in (a collection or exhibition) art as well as conceptualizing,
mounting, and evaluating art productions. The course aims to
develop students' genuine appreciation for Philippine arts by
providing them opportunities to explore the diversity and
richness and their rootedness in Filipino culture.
Course Outcomes
What students should know
At the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of arts in
general, including their function, value, and historical
significance.
Define and demonstrate the elements and principles of
design
Explain and evaluate different theories of art
Situate Philippine arts in a global context
Analyze and appraise works of art based on aesthetic
value, historical context, tradition, and social relevance.
Mount an art exhibit (concept development production
and postproduction, marketing, documentation,
critiquing).
Create their own works of art and curate their own
production or exhibit.
Utilize art for self-expression and for promoting
advocacies.
Deepen their sensitivity to self, community, and society.
Discover and deepen their identity through art with
respect to their nationality, culture, and religion.
Develop an appreciation of the local arts.
Course Outline
Structured in the order you'll use it in your online course.
WEEK UNIT OUTCOME COURSE CONTENT
• Identify the meaning and importance of the
arts, and Significant Concepts and General
1 • Explain the relationship between the artist and Overview of Humanities
his art
• Clarify misconceptions about art;
• Differentiate art from nature; and Assumptions and Nature of Arts:
2 • Characterize the assumptions of the arts Creativity, Imagination, and
Expression

• Distinguish directly functional and indirectly Functions and Philosophical

functional art and
3 • Classify artworks according to subject&
Perspectives on Art / Subject and
Contents
content.
WEEK UNIT OUTCOME COURSE CONTENT

• Differentiate between artists' and artisan Artist and Artisans: Production

4 approach/ technique toward a particular Process, Medium, Technique,
medium Curation

• Identify and analyze the various present in

5 visual, auditory, and combined arts Elements and Principles of Art

6 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
WEEK UNIT OUTCOME COURSE CONTENT
History of Art :
• Identify the underlying history, philosophy of
the era or movements. A. The Visual Arts: Painting,
• Classify the various art movements by citing Sculpture and Architecture
their important characteristics such as historical -Prehistoric: Egyptian,
background, factors, influential person, socio- Greek, Hellenistic, Roman
7 political issues, and prevalent artists art
to • Identify the underlying history, philosophy of Medieval: Renaissance,
the era or movements, forms, and media. Baroque, Classical, Rococo,
11 • Present the history and movements of the arts Romanticism, Realism
through a timeline and cite important
characteristics in an artwork based on the era  Naturalism, Impressionism
movement and Post-Impressionism
• Identify the various genres in music and make a Modern and Post-Modern:
creative interpretation of the different musical
works Contemporary
B. Music and Performing Arts
WEEK UNIT OUTCOME COURSE CONTENT
History of Art :
• Identify the underlying history, philosophy of
the era or movements. A. The Visual Arts: Painting,
• Classify the various art movements by citing Sculpture and Architecture
their important characteristics such as historical
background, factors, influential person, socio- Prehistoric: Egyptian, Greek,
7 political issues, and prevalent artists art Hellenistic, Roman
to • Identify the underlying history, philosophy of Medieval: Renaissance,
the era or movements, forms, and media.
11 • Present the history and movements of the arts
Baroque, Classical, Rococo,
Romanticism, Realism,
through a timeline and cite important
characteristics in an artwork based on the era Naturalism, Impressionism and
movement Post-Impressionism
• Identify the various genres in music and make a Modern and Post-Modern:
creative interpretation of the different musical Contemporary
works
B. Music and Performing Arts
WEEK UNIT OUTCOME COURSE CONTENT
13 • Trace and summarize the development of the Asian and Philippine Art
Asian and Philippine arts.
• Discuss the concept of "soul making",
Appropriation and Improvisation, and develop Soul making, Appropriation, and
14 students' artistic potentials through soul Improvisation
making.

• Strengthen students initiative and artistic • Workshops on Appropriation

15-17 sensibilities and Improvisation
• Art Exhibit Presentation

18 FINAL EXAMINATION
Prelim (20%)
Term Paper (5%)
Midterm (20%)
Performance Tasks (35%)
Finals (20%)
GRADING SYSTEM
Introduction:
ART APPRECIATION (ARTA 111)
 Study of the different cultural aspect of
man, his frailties in life and how it can be
HUMANITIES improved
Came from the Latin
word humanus Records man’s quest for answers to the
meaning refined, fundamental questions he asks about
cultured and himself and about life
human. Are expressions of man’s feelings and
thoughts
Emphasizes dignity Aimed to shape students
and worthiness of subjective energies (feelings,
man and attitudes and aspirations)
recognizes creative
expressions
Importance of Humanities
MAN NEEDS NECESSARY FOR PROVIDES MAN
AN IMAGE OF THE WITH A
HIMSELF DEVELOPMENT MEASURE OF HIS
UNDERSTANDING OF A COMPLETE, OWN PASSION &
OF HIS NATURES SOCIAL MAN DESIRE

REGULATE MAN’S BEHAVIOUR

ETYMOLOGY OF ART Latin word ARS which means
Comes from the Aryan root skills/ability
word AR which means to put
together
Cover those areas of artistic creativity -embraces the visual arts,
literature, music and dance
Expresses aesthetic ideas by use of skill & imagination
 DIVISION OF THE ARTS
VISUAL Arts that are primarily seen, occupies space
AUDITORY Heard, timed arts; exist in time
COMBINED/
PERFORMING Combines visual & auditory elements
ARTS