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COLLEGE OF ARTS
AND SCIENCES
COURSE MODULE IN
ART
APPRECIATION
A.Y. 2023 – 2024
COURSE FACILITATOR: REOPER P. CEGAYLE, DA
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Email: rpcegayle@nonescost.edu.ph
MODULE
Art is something that is perennially around us.
- Some people may deny having to do with arts but it is indisputable that life presents us with many
forms of and opportunities for communion with arts.
A politician shuffling her music track while comfortably seated on her car looking for her favorite song.
- Ones whose exposure to music is only limited to one genre finds it lacking not to have been exposed
to more.
A student marveling at the intricate designs of a medieval cathedral during his field trip.
- Ones whose idea of a cathedral is limited to the locally available ones, finds enormous joy in seeing
other prototypes in Europe.
The word “art” is from a Latin ars which means craftsmanship, inventiveness, mastery of form, skill. It
includes literature, music, paintings, photography, sculpture, etc. It serves as an original record of human
needs and achievements. It usually refers to the so-called “fine arts” (e.g., graphics, plastic, and building) and
to the so-called “minor arts” (everyday, useful, applied, and decorative arts).
It is the process of using our senses and emotions in making creative activities.
It is a human capability to make things beautiful (e.g., buildings, illustration, designing, painting, sculpture,
and Photography) through the production of his/her imagination depending on the preparation, theme,
medium, and values used.
Significantly, the word artist comes from the French word “artiste” and the Spanish “artista”, which
means “performer”. It is someone who creates art that is merely trades and professions by which different
people make their livings (Goines, 2004).
Artist is most often refers to those who create within a context of the fine arts such as acting, dancing, drawing,
filmmaking, painting, sculpture, writing, photography, and music. They are those who use imagination, and a
skill to construct works that may be judged to have aesthetic importance. Creativity is a characteristic of an
artist that progressed in the extent of his/her life to express feelings.
Likewise, Humanities is more concerned on how a person expresses his/her feelings. These feelings can
be in facial manifestations or body movements. Laughing, crying, clenching our fists, curling our toes,
stretching out our fingers, and crossing our arms are representations of humanities.
As a branch of knowledge, humanities explores on human conditions through the use of analytical, critical, or
theoretical methods.
These methods are in the form of ideas and words that help makes our life more meaningful.
Moreover, humanities can also be as the study on how an individual documented and processed his/her
experiences particularly in connecting to others. Imparting humanities as an academic science is designed to let
our learners (particularly the new generations) become creative and artistic individuals. Humanities help the
students to connect with the community through art exposure like museum outings, concerts, theatre
performance, etc.
Framework and Perspectives
MAJOR ART
Made by artists and primarily concerned with the form of beauty
⚫ Engaged by a merchant to paint, in miniaturismo style, albums of people wearing their daily costumes
⚫ Founded the first Art School in the Philippines Escuela Dibujo y Pintura in Tondo Manila in 1821
⚫ Professor and Director of the Philippine Art Academy. The academy was closed after his death
producing Filipino artists trained in Western artistic tradition
⚫ Went to Europe in 1877, and studied in Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
⚫ Won gold medal in Exposicion Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1884 for Spoliarium
⚫ Arrested for murdering his wife and mother-in-law, but was acquitted on grounds of crime of passion.
Las Virgines Cristiana espuestas al population, (The Christian Virgins Exposed to the Populace) 1884, Silver
Medal, Exposicion Nacional
El Asesinato del Gobernador Bustamante (1904), depicting the assassination of the governor-general in 1719.
JEEPNEY ART
Not only concrete objects in the real world but also anything in the realms of imagination can be used as a
subject in art.
Representational Art
• An artwork that has a subject • Also known as objective art (easily objectify
the subject)
• Paintings • Sculptures
• Photography • Graphic arts
• Theatre
What is Content?
A Content is not subject or things in the painting. Content is the communication of ideas, feelings and
reactions connected with the subject. When we look at a painting its content is what is sensed rather than what can
be analyzed. It is the ultimate reason for creating art. It is the theme which bears the essence or substance of a thing
or an object.
2. Animals
• Commonly used in any art forms.
5. Still Life
• Allows us to look into the beauty of a certain object and able to play in its representation.
• 3D Approach
• Usually done by an insider artist or a devoted member of a religious group. If not they are artisans who
followed a traditional practice
ARTIST
■ Defined as an art practitioner who produces or creates indirectly functional arts with aesthetic values using
imagination.
■ They provide us paintings, sculptures, dances, music, literary pieces, etc. as the means of provoking our
thoughts, ideas, and emotions that are necessary to discover ourselves and our being.
■ A formal art study would be an advantage, but it is not a requirement to practice art.
■ Acquiring or learning skills in art is not just taught and learned in a formal art school but also acquired
informally…
■ More artists feel free in making their art.
■ “An artist will do whatever it takes to make the work right.”
ARTISAN
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■ People have different perceptions on the importance of artists and artisans in our society. They are the same in
the sense that they both develop works of art; hence, they are also different since they address different needs
of human beings.
■ Artisans works are also noticed and valued- only in different ways and levels.
■ The relevance and usefulness of the artisans works make them essential in our daily living.
■ Artisans are there to facilitate easy living.
■ A craftsman such as carpenter, carver, plumber, blacksmith, weaver, embroider, etc. who produces directly
functional and/or decorative arts.
■ They help us in meeting our basic needs such as food, clothing, dwelling, furniture, kitchen, utensils, and
everything that makes our life easy are crafted by artisans.
1. Line
Horizontal Lines are generally restful, like the horizon, where the sky meets land.
Vertical lines seem to be reaching, so they may seem inspirational like tall majestic trees or church steeples.
Other lines that are very measured, geometric, directional and angular are called Constructive lines. They tend
to appear to be human-made because of their precision.
2. Shape
Shape is created when a line becomes connected and encloses space. It is the outline or outward
appearance of something. Shapes are 2 Dimensional (2-D) which means there are 2 ways they can be
measured.
You can measure its HEIGHT and its WIDTH.
3. Form
A Form is a shape that has become 3- Dimensional (3-D) Form has HEIGHT, WIDTH and
DEPTH--which is the 3rd dimension. Depth shows the thickness of the object. Forms are NOT flat like shapes
are.
How to turn shapes into form?
4. Color
Color can add interest and reality to artwork. The use of a 12-step color wheel will help us understand
color more effectively. When light is reflected through a prism, colors can be seen.
These colors are: Red, Yellow, Orange, Green, Indigo, Blue and Violet
Remember the anagram: ROY G BIV
A long time ago, artists decided that these colors would be more useful to them if they were placed in
a wheel fashion. This became known as the color wheel.
+ =
+ =
Yellow and Blue= Green
+ =
When you mix a primary and a secondary color together you get an intermediate color.
For example:
Red and Orange= Red-Orange
Yellow and Green= Yellow-Green
Blue and Green= Blue-Green
Red and Violet= Red-Violet
Yellow and Orange= Yellow-Orange
Blue and Violet= Blue-Violet
Color Schemes
Color is divided into groups based on the way they are placed on the color wheel:
3-4 colors “next-door-neighbors” to each other creates an analogous color scheme.
2 colors that are directly opposite each other (going across the center) create a complementary color
scheme.
A Triadic color scheme uses 3 colors that are equally spaced apart on the color wheel.
Have you ever felt “blue?” Been “green’ with envy? Called a “yellow” coward?
It is important that artists understand the effects of color when they are trying to get the viewers of
their art to feel a particular way.
Warm colors are those that have Reds, Yellows and Oranges. Warm colors seem to advance (or
come forward) in an artwork.
Cool colors are those that have Blues, Greens and Violets. Cool colors seem to recede (or go back
into) an artwork.
Color Value
When you use only one color plus its tints and shades, you are using a monochromatic color scheme.
A tint is a color plus white. A shade is a color plus black
5. Texture
Texture is the way the surface of an object actually feels. In the artistic world, we refer to two
types of texture---tactile and implied.
Tactile or real
• This is the way the surface of an object actually feels. Examples would be sandpaper, cotton balls, tree bark,
puppy fur, etc.
6. Space
This is the distance around, between, above, below, and within an object.
Positive and Negative space is a way that an artwork is divided. When planning a work of art, both
areas must be examined so that they balance one another. Drawing items running off the page and zooming in on
objects are ways to create visual interest within a work.
Space is basically divided into 3 parts: Foreground, Middle Ground and Background
Deep Space may show objects up close but objects are shown far away too.
Perspective is also a way of showing space in a work of art. Perspective is when the artist uses a
vanishing point on the horizon and then creates a sense of deep space by showing objects getting progressively
smaller as they get closer to the vanishing point.
Objects may overlap as well. When objects are overlapped it is obvious that enough space had to be in the
picture to contain all the objects that have been included.
1. Balance
This is the way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in a work.
× Symmetrical Balance. The parts of an image are organized so that one side mirrors the other.
× Asymmetrical Balance. When one side of a composition does not reflect the design of the other.
× Radial Balance. This is any type of balance based on a circle with its design extending from
center.
× Contrast. A large difference between two things to create interest and tension.
4. Unity
This happens when all the elements and principles work together to create a pleasing image.
5. Variety
This is the use of differences and change to increase the visual interest of the work.
6. Proportion
This is the comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree;
SCALE.
*Note: to understand more about Fauvism, you can watch this video entitled Fauvism- Overview- Goodbye Art
Academy
2. Cubism. (1907-1914). the first abstract art developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. This has been
considered the most influential art movement of the 20th century. Organic forms were broken down into a
series of geometric shapes and reassembled in an abstract form. The cubist artist views an object from many
angles selected from sight, memory and movement.
• Synthetic Cubism. Explores the use of foreign objects as abstract signs. The use of collage on a
painting is one good example of a “Synthetic Cubism”.
3. Dada (1916-1923). An artistic and literary movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland. It emerged out
negative reactions to the horrors of World War I and rationalism. A sort of revolution against the very concept
of art that rejected reason and logic, irrationality and intuition.
Example: Marcel Duchamp- leading dada artist, used ready- made or mass- produced objects. He is well known for
his work“Fountain”, a urinal, turned upside down to which he submitted to an exhibition in 1917.
4. Surrealism (1922-1939 AD). The works feature the element of surprise, evocative juxtaposition of strange
images in order to include unconscious dream elements. In painting, it is expressed in two techniques: the
Naturalistic technique in the works of Salvador Dali and the Abstract technique in the works of Joan Miro.
Mystery and Melancholy of a Street The Treachery of Images (This is Not a Pipe)
Giorgio de Chirico (1914) René Magritte (1929)
*Note: to understand more about Surrealism, you can watch this video entitled Surrealism- Art Vocab Definition
5. Abstract Expressionism (1940-1960s). An American post-World War II art movement that emerged in the
1940’s and flourished in the ‘50s. This is regarded by many as the golden age of American art and the first
American movement to achieve international influence. Although artists in this movement vary greatly in
style, yet they all share the same outlook in the freedom of individual expression.
Convergence Woman V
Jackson Pollock (1951) Willem de Kooning (1952-1953)
*Note: to understand more about Abstract Expressionism, you can watch this video entitled Abstract Defined- From
Goodbye Art Academy
*Note: to understand more about Pop Art, you can watch this video entitled What is Pop Art- What does Pop Art
Mean?
7. Optical Art (1960s). Also known as Op Art, a style of visual art. The term is used to describe artworks which
seem to swell and vibrate through their use of optical illusion. This method of painting concerns with the
interaction between illusion and picture plane that produces dramatic visual effects that are difficult for the
eye to resolve. This is a dynamic visual art, stemming from a discordant figure- ground relationship that
causes the two planes to be in contradictory and the creation of effects using pattern and line.
Current
Bridget Riley (1931) Vega Or
Victor Vasarley (1969)
8. Photorealism (1960s- 1970s). The subject matter, usually everyday scenes, is portrayed in an extremely
detailed, exacting style. It is also called super realism, especially when referring to sculpture. It is the genre of
painting using cameras and photographs to gather visual information and to create a painting that appears to
be photographic.
*Note: to understand more about Photorealism, you can watch this video entitled What is Photorealism- What does
Photorealism Mean?