Asian Development Foundation College

P. Burgos St. Tacloban, City

Appreciation
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PREFACE
Welcome to Art Appreciation. This module is made to cater to your needs. The purpose of this
module is to help you while you are studying at home. This also serves to open opportunities for
you to learn new things about this subject.

The entire course will deal on the following:

1. Determine the importance of Arts Appreciation as an integral part of a well-

rounded education.
2. Discover the different principles of exercise training.
3. Explain the types of fitness activities and its benefit.
4. Execute properly the different gymnastics stunts.
5. Perform competent rhythmic gymnastics with the use of the different stunts.

How the Module is Organized

Week Course outcomes Topics

1-2 Module 1 What is Art: Introduction and

Assumptions.

3-4 Module 2 Art Appreciation: Creativity,

Imagination, and Expression.
5-6 Module 3 Functions and Philosophical
Perspectives on Art
7-8 Module 4 Subject and Content of Art

9 MIDTERM EXAMINATION

10-11 Module 5 Element and principles of Art

12 Module 6 Art in Early Civilization

13 Module 7 Art of Emerging Europe

14-15 Module 8 Caught in Between: Modern and

Contemporary art
16-17 Module 9 Soul Making, appropriation and
Improvisation
18 FINAL EXAMINATION

How to use this Module

As the government limits our face-to-face interaction and prohibit mass

gatherings, distance learning is a major component of learning delivery for this school
year. Distance learning means lessons will be delivered outside the traditional face-to-
face setup as the country deals with this pandemic.

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 Learning is in the form of individualized instruction that allow you to use self-
learning modules (SLMs). Where you can actively construct you own knowledge
through the experiences you will gain in reading and answering this learning modules.
To finish this course and be able to gain all the competencies and skills expected
to demonstrate the learning outcomes as stated in this course, you should take time to
read everything written in the module, actively and conscientiously answer all the
exercises.
TO THE LEARNERS:
This module has icons that you should be familiar with as you work through the entire
modules of this subject.

In this part you will know the contents of this module.

What is this
module all

about

This part of the module will tell you what are the
learning competencies that you need to achieve.
What will you
learn from this
module

This is short activity or review of the previous lesson

that aims to help you bridge the current to the past
Let’s See What lesson.
You Already
Know

In this part the new lesson will be introduced to you

through various activities such as stories, songs,
poems, motivational questions or situations.
Let’s Try This

In this part the new lesson will be discussed. The

concepts will help you understand the new concepts
and skills.

Let’s Learn

What Can You

Do This part contains activities and questions that can
help you translate theoretical learnings to practical
application.

This part contains questions and activities that aims to

Let’s See What process the lessons that you learned in this module.
You Have This involves activities and exercises that aims to
Learned enhance your understanding and skills related on the
topic at hand

What Have You

Learned? This part contains questions and activities that aims to
assess and measure the level of learning of the target
competencies.

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Module 3

At the end of the module, a glossary of terms is

prepared for you to serve as your guide on the
different concepts and terms found in the module.

Glossary

At the end of the module, references are provided.

References

Functions and
Philosophical
Perspectives on Art
What is this module all about?

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you better
understand the importance of Arts in our daily lives by walking you through discovering
your strengths and weakness, your talents and skills. As a bonus, you will be given fun
enrichment activities. Be careful in answering the exercises and tasks by carefully reading
every given instruction. Let’s begin!

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 What Will You Learn From This Module?
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1.1 Distinguish between directly functional and indirectly functional art;
1.2 Explain and discuss the basic philosophical perspectives on the art;
1.3 Realized the function of some art forms in daily life; and
1.4 Apply concepts and theories on beauty and aesthetics in real life scenarios.

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Now you will be learning different Assumptions of art. Study the inputs given and be
ready to complete different activities that will test your knowledge and understanding as
you go through the lesson.

Let’s Learn
Lecturette
FUNCTIONS OF ART
Different art forms come with distinctive functions. There is no one to one
correspondence between an art and its function. Some art forms are functional than
others.
Roughly and broadly, the functions of art are classified into three: personal(public
display or expression), social (celebration or to affect collective behavior), and physical
(utilitarian). Let us try to understand each of these three.
PERSONAL FUNCTIONS OF ART
The personal functions of art are varied and highly subjective. This means that its
functions depends on the person- the artist who created the art. An artist may create an
art out of the need for self-expression. This is the case for an artist who needs to
communicate an idea to his audience. It can also be mere entertainment for his
intended audience. Often, the artist may not even intend to mean anything with his
work.
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF ART
Art is considered to have a social function if and when it addresses a particular
collective interest as opposed to a personal interest. Political art is a very common
example of an art with a social function. Art may covey message of protest,
contestation, or whatever message the artist intends his work to carry. Often, art can
also depict social conditions. Photography as an art form, delivers this kind of function
by taking photos of subjects in condition that people do not normally take a look at or
give attention to. Pictures of poverty may carry emotional overtones that may solicit
action or awareness from their audience .
PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS OF ART
The physical functions of art can be found in art work s that are crafted in order to
serve some physical purpose. A Japanese raku bowl that serves a physical functions in
a tea ceremony is an example. Architecture, jewelry-making, and even interior design
are all forms of art that have physical function.
OTHER FUNCTIONS OF ART
Music as an art is also interesting to talk about bin relation to function. Music in
its original form was principally functional. Music was used for dance and religion.
Today music has expanded its function and coverage music is listened to and made by
people for reasons that were foreign to early civilizations.
Sculpture on the other hand, is another functional art that has long existed for various
purpose. Just like music, from the early days of humanity, sculptures haver been made
by man most particularly for religion. But Today sculpture were also made to
commemorate important figure in history just like Jose Rizal’s monument.
DOES ART ALWAYS HAVE TO BE FUNCTIONAL?
While it has been shown that most arts are functional, still there are some which
are not. The value of a work of art does not depend on function but on the work itself.a
functional object cannot be claimed to be beautiful unless it can perform its function
sufficiently.

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Despite these, efficiency cannot be mistaken as beauty. While it certainly determines
beauty in some works of art, an efficient functional object is not necessarily beautiful.

PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE ON ART

ART AS AN IMITATION
Plato (2000) in his masterpiece, The republic, particularly paints a picture of artist
as imitators and art as a mere imitation. In Plato’s metaphysics or view of reality, that
things in this world are only copies of the original, the eternal, and the true entities that
can only be found in the world of Forms. For example, the chair that one sits on is not a
real chair. It is an imperfect copy of the perfect chair in the World of Forms.
ART AS A REPRESENTATION

Aristotle, Plato’s most important student in Philosophy, agreed with his teaching
that art is a form of imitation. However, in contrast to the disgust that his master hold for
art, Aristotle considered art as an aid in philosophy in revealing truth. for Aristotle, all
kinds of art do not aim to represent reality as it is. What art endeavors to do is to provide
a vision of what might be or the myriad imitation, Aristotle conceived of art as
representing possible versions of reality.
ART AS A DISINTERESTED JUDGEMENT
• Immanuel Kant, in his Critique of Judgment, considered the judgment of beauty,
the cornerstone of art, as something that can be universal despite its subjectivity
Kant recognized that judgment of beauty is subjective.
• However, even subjective judgments are based on some universal criterion for
the said judgment.
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.
• In the same that language communicates information to other people, art
communicates emotions.
• As a purveyor of man’s innermost feelings and thoughts, art is given unique
opportunity to serve as a mechanism for social unity.
• Art is central to man’s existence because it make accessible feelings and
emotions of people from the past and present.

Let’s See What You Have Learned

Activity 1: Wisdom Battleship
Direction: answer the following questions as precisely yet as thoroughly as possible.
1. What art form/ artwork has change something in your life? Why?

2. Does art always have a function? Why? Support your response. Provide your
own example

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 3. If an artwork ceased to have a function, will it remain an art? Why?

What Have You Learned?

Activity 2: Let’s make it Happen

Look around your house and identify a product of art. In the box below, draw that
product of art in your household. Trace the beginnings of this item and identify what
functions it has played in history ( e.g., a painting of a last super in your dining room or a
spoon)

Glossary of Terms
Perennial- lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time
Indisputable- unable to be challenge or denied
Medieval- middle ages
Intricate- very complicated or detailed
Meticulous- very careful and precise

References
Caslib, B. N., Garing, D. C., & Casaul, J. A. (2018). Art Appreciation. Quezon: REX
Book Store.

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