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ARTS

QUARTER 1 – MODULE 3
MELC: Reflect on and derive the mood, idea, or message from selected
artworks.
PART I.
A. Introduction
The artist of Western and Classical Period are multi-talented. They are masters in the
different disciplines and media of art such as painting, sculpture, and architecture. You will learn more
on the different paintings under Western and Classical Period.
B. Discussion
PRE-HISTORIC PAINTINGS

Their paintings were seen inside the caves which may have been their way of communicating
with each other and for religious or ceremonial purposes.
CAVE OF LASCAUX
(Discovered by Marcel Ravidat in Montignac,
France on September 12, 1940)

Has nearly 2,000 figures composed mainly of

large animals native in the region, human figures and
abstract design painted in a cave as a way of
communicating each other.

Figure 1. https://tinyurl.com/h99jcdzu

ANCIENT EGYPT PAINTINGS

The purpose of Egyptian paintings is to make the dead afterlife place pleasant. It highlights the
importance of life after death and the preservation of the knowledge of the past. Most paintings were
highly stylized, symbolic, and illustrated profile view of an animal or a person using the main colors red,
black, blue, gold, and green derived from the mineral pigments that can withstand strong sunlight without
fading.
PAINTING FROM SARCOPHAGUS OF
TUTANKHAMEN XVIII DYNASTY

(Discovered by Howard Carter on November 04, 1922

in the valley of the King, Egypt)
Painted on the walls of the tomb of King
Tutankhamen in the XVIII Dynasty and shows the life
of the king while he was still on earth and the scenes he
expects to encounter in the underworld after his death.

Figure 2. https://tinyurl.com/8atyjafb

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 GREEK PAINTINGS

Paintings from the Classical period were most found in vases, panels, and tomb. They portray
natural figures with dynamic compositions. Most of the subjects were battle scenes, mythological figures,
and everyday scenes.

The two common methods of Greek painting are fresco (water-based) and encaustic (wax-based).

Vase Painting

JUDGMENT OF PARIS

Painted on an amphora, a black figure pottery

from Attica which displayed the veneration of gods and
heroes in their representation of myths.

Figure 3. https://tinyurl.com/3utema4r

Panel Painting

PITSA PANEL

Discovered during the 1930s in a cave near the

village of Pitsa,.

Painted on an amphora, a black figure pottery

from Attica which displayed the veneration of gods
and heroes in their representation of myths.

Figure 4. https://tinyurl.com/sdw32vby

Tomb/ Wall Painting

TOMB OF THE DIVER

(Built in 470 BC and was found by the Italian

archaeologist Mario Napoli on June 03, 1968, in
Campania, Southern Italy). It is a grave made of five
local limestone slabs forming the four lateral walls and
the roof and slabs carefully bonded with plaster.

Figure 5. https://tinyurl.com/2ppvnpdc

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 ROMAN PAINTINGS

Most of the Roman era paintings were copied or imitated from Hellenic Greek paintings. Fresco
technique was applied in brightly colored backgrounds; division of the wall into multiple rectangular areas
(tic-tac toe design); multi-point perspective; and a tropme-l’oeil effect.

They have wide variety of subjects such as animals, everyday life, still life, mythological subjects,
portraits, and landscapes. The development of landscape painting is the major innovation of Roman
painting from Greek painting.

HEAD OF ALEXANDER

Mosaic illustrates a battle in which Alexander

charges the Persian King Darius in the Battle of Issus.

Figure 6. https://tinyurl.com/y53fcpne

BOSCORECASE POMPEII
Fresco landscape painting believed to depict a
ceremonial rite, either a marriage or an initiation of a woman
in a mystery cult.

Figure 7. https://tinyurl.com/2ynaaz8t

BYZANTINE PAINTINGS

The lively styles which had been invented in Greece and Rome lived in Byzantium but in this
period for Christian subjects.

THE COURT OF EMPRESS THEODORA

(Found in Basilica of San Vitale in Italy) Mosaic of

an Asian Queen with dark eyes and hair with fierce
expression.

Figure 8. https://tinyurl.com/kv37dbab

ROMANESQUE PAINTINGS

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 The paintings of the Romanesque Period are largely placed mosaics on the walls of the churches
that follow a strict frontal pose.

CHRIST IN MAJESTY

(Circa 1123 by an artist named Master of Taull

located in Barcelona)

Spanish Fresco transferred into a canvas in which

Christ is depicted in full frontal view with the gospels in his
left and his right hand blessing the viewers and was
surrounded by the mandorla (almond-shaped frame).
Figure 9. https://tinyurl.com/y4m2mx9w

GOTHIC PAINTINGS

Gothic Era paintings have been confined in the illumination of manuscript pages and the painting
of frescoes on the walls of churches in cosmopolitan style, elegant manner, and sophistication.

ROSE WINDOW FROM THE NORTH

TRANSCEPT

(Designed by Jean De Chelles and Pierre de Montreull

in 1260) Stained glass windows created to transform the vast
stone interiors with warm and glowing color.

Figure 11. https://tinyurl.com/9s5hhv5e

LADY AND THE UNICORN TAPESTRY

(1506 - 1513)

Series of six tapestries created in the style of thousand

flowers, often considered as one of the greatest works of art
of the Middle Ages in Europe.

Figure 12. https://tinyurl.com/tr5nmw

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 THE SHEPHERD DAVID

(13th Century) Gothic manuscript illustration

which shows some realistic detail and naïve naturalism.

Figure 13 https://tinyurl.com/rvk2s74r

C. Readings
Most common methods of Greek painting:
1. Fresco - method of painting water-based pigments on a freshly applied plaster usually on a wall
surface. Colors are made with grind powder pigments in pure water, dry and set with a plaster to
become a permanent part of the wall. Ideal for murals, durable and has a matte style.
2. Encaustic – developed to use by Greek ship builders, who used the hot wax to fill the cracks of
the ship. Soon pigments (colors) was added and used to paint a wax hull.

VASE PAINTING
Kerch Style also referred to as Kerch Vases are red-figured pottery named after the place where it was
found.
Shapes commonly found are:
1. pelike (wine container)
2. lekanis (a low bowl with two horizontal handles and a low broad foot)
3. lebes gamikos (with high handles and lid use to carry bridal bath)
4. krater (bowl use for mixing wine and water)

Most common motifs were mostly scenes from the life of women (often exaggeratedly idyllic),
mythological beings that were popular among the people of the black sea, or a scene form mythical story
or event. It used a technique an artistic manner.

MOSAIC
It is an art process where an image is created using an assemblage of small pieces of colored
glass, stones, or other materials. This technique uses for decorative art or interior decorations.

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PART II. ACTIVITY PROPER
Activity 1
Direction: Name the artworks found below. Choose your answers inside the box.

LADY AND THE UNICORN TAPESTRY THE SHEPHERD DAVID

THE COURT OF EMPRESS THEODORA CAVE OF LASCAUX
BOSCORECASE POMPEII TOMB OF THE DIVER

1. ________________________________ 2. _______________________________

3. ________________________________ 4. _______________________________

5. ________________________________ 6. _______________________________

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ACTIVITY 2
Direction: Describe the painting below. What do you think the artist wants to portray in his masterpiece?
A rubric will be used to rate your answer.
MY ART REFLECTION
Title: ____________________

Descriptions: ____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________

CRITERIA 5 4 3 2 1 Total
Ideas and Substantial, Sufficiently Limited Limited There is no
Content specific develop content with content with clear or
and/or content with adequate adequate specific
illustrative adequate elaboration elaboration explanation
content elaboration or or of the
demonstrating or explanation. explanation. answer.
strong (deep) explanation Specific More
analysis of the information specific
topic. is needed to information
follow the is needed to
directions follow the
more directions
closely. more closely
Writing Most sentence Many Some A few Sentences
Sentence varied in sentences sentences sentences were short
Fluency length and varied in varied in varied in and did not
structure. length and length and length. Most flow well.
Writing had a structure. structure. sentence did Sentences
natural flow Some Some flow structure did
that ae it easy sentences sentences smoothly not change
to read. flow did flow
smoothly smoothly.
Total Score

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KEY TO CORRECTIONS

Activity 1
1. TOMB OF THE DIVER
2. CAVE OF LASCAUX
3. LADY AND THE UNICORN TAPESTRY
4. BOSCORECASE POMPEII
5. THE SHEPHERD DAVID
6. THE COURT OF EMPRESS THEODORA

Activity 2
Refer to the criteria

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PART III. SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
A. Direction: Encircle the ten (10) words or artworks that portray the paintings of Western Classical
Period.

Rose Window from the North Transcept Fresco Wall Painting

Mosaic Pyramid of Giza Dolmens
Last Judgment Doric Pitsa Panel
Queen Nefertiti Kerch style Khufu
Caves Menhir Parthenon
Ionic Encaustic Corinthian
The Shepherd David Hagia Sophia Krater

B. Direction: Write TIK if the statement about Western Classical Art is correct and TOK if it is incorrect.
Underline the word/s that make/s the statement incorrect then write the correct word/s on the space
provided.
______________1. The paintings of the Gothic Period are largely placed mosaics on the walls of the
churches that follow a strict frontal pose.
______________2. Paintings from the Classical period were most found in vases, panels, and tomb.
______________3. Fresco is method of painting water-based pigments on a freshly applied plaster
usually on a wall surface.
______________4. Roman paintings were seen inside the caves which may have been their way
of communicating with each other and for religious or ceremonial purposes.
______________5. The purpose of Egyptian paintings is to make the dead afterlife place pleasant.

C. Direction: Study the picture below and answer the following question. A rubric will be used to rate
your answer.

1. What are the art elements and principles

that you can see in the picture?
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
2. What is the message or idea of the
painting?
____________________________________
____________________________________

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 Rubric

CRITERIA 5 4 3 2 1 Total
Ideas and Substantial, Sufficiently Limited Limited There is no
Content specific develop content with content with clear or
and/or content with adequate adequate specific
illustrative adequate elaboration elaboration explanation
content elaboration or or of the
demonstrating or explanation. explanation. answer.
strong (deep) explanation Specific More
analysis of the information specific
topic. is needed to information
follow the is needed to
directions follow the
more directions
closely. more closely
Writing Most sentence Many Some A few Sentences
Sentence varied in sentences sentences sentences were short
Fluency length and varied in varied in varied in and did not
structure. length and length and length. Most flow well.
Writing had a structure. structure. sentence did Sentences
natural flow Some Some flow structure did
that ae it easy sentences sentences smoothly not change
to read. flow did flow
smoothly smoothly.
Total Score

References:

A. Books

Mary Grace J. Badiola, Mary Ann C. Vecino, Danilo S. Duyan, Mae B. Bongcawil, Jenny C.
Mendoza, Ace Sauden B. Pambuan, Lourdes R. Siobal, 2014, A Journey Through Western Music and
Arts 9, Philippines: Department of Education, pp. 187-205

B. Online and Other Sources

https://architecturecompetitions.com/the-3-orders-of-ancient-greek-architecture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_art
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/ancient-art.htm
https://www.theartstory.org/movement/classical-greek-and-roman-art/history-and-concepts/
https://www.scribd.com/document/471691513/arts9-module

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 DIVISION SELF LEARNING MODULES (SLM)
ARTS 9 - QUARTER 1 – MODULE 3
ANSWER KEY: SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
A.
Rose Window from the North Transcept
Fresco
Wall Painting
Mosaic
Pitsa Panel
Kerch style
Caves
Encaustic
The Shepherd David
Krater
B.
1. TOK – GOTHIC - ROMANESQUE
2. TIK
3. TIK
4. TOK – ROMAN – PRE-HISTORIC
5. TIK

C. Refer to the criteria

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