BUCAS GRANDE FOUNDATION COLLEGE

Socorro, Surigao del Norte

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

COURSE SYLLABUS ON ART APPRECIATION

Second Semester 2018-2019

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Course Name Art Appreciation

Course 3 units
Credits
Course Art appreciation is a three-unit course that develops students’ ability to appreciate, analyse, and critique works art. Through interdisciplinary and multimodal
description approaches, is the course equips students with a broad knowledge of the practical, historical, and philosophical, and social relevance of the arts in order to
hone students’ ability to articulate their understanding of the arts. The course also develops student’s competency in researching and curating 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.
Content 3 hours every week for 18 weeks or 54 hours in a semester
Hours/week
Course At the end of the course, students should be able to:
Outcome LO1: Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of arts in general, including their function, value and historical significance
LO2: Define and demonstrate the elements and principles of design
LO3: Explain and evaluate different theories of art
LO4: Situate Philippines arts in a global context
LO5: Anayze and appraise works of art based on aesthetic value, historical context, tradition and social relevance
LO6: Mount an art exhibit (concept development, production and postproduction, marketing, documentation, critiquing)
LO7: Create their own works of art and curate their own production or exhibit
LO8: Utilize art for self-expression and for promoting advocacies
LO9: Deepen their sensitivity to self, community and society
LO10: Discover and deepen their identity through art with respect to their nationality, culture and religion
LO11: Develop an appreciation of the local arts
Course Outline and Timeframe
Week Topics
1  Course orientation: Grading system, Requirements, Relevance of the course
 Assumptions and Nature of Arts: Creativity, Imagination
2  Functions of Art and Philosophy
 Subject and content
3-4  Art and Artisans; Production Pocess, Medium, Technique, Curation
5-6  Elements and Principles of Arts
7-12  Art History (Asian, Western, Philippines)
13-18  Soulmaking (Soul, Sound, Structure)
  Workshops on Improvisations, Installation, Transcreation
 Local Arts

ART APPRECIATION Learning Plan

Learning Outcomes Topics Methodology Resources Assessment

 To determine Course orientation Group discussion: oral Gardner’s art through the Ages: A Essay: If you were an artist, what
students’ Grading system recitation Concise History of Western Art, kind of artist will you be?
expectations of the Requirements Why students’ humanities? Fred S. Kleiner, 3rd ed., 2012, pp. 1-2
course Relevance of the course What is art history?
What is art appreciation?

Art history Imagination in Teaching and Learning, What art field will you explore?
 To characterize Why do people create works Kieran Egan, 1992, pp. 12-37 Why?
artistic expression Art appreciation, of art? (individual)
based on personal
Art, creativity, imagination How can you utilize the arts to
experiences with art
And the expression What is creativity? Nature and Young Children, 2nd ed., express yourself, your
Why is creativity necessary in Encouraging Creative Play and community, and your relation to
Assumptions of art art making? Learning in Natural Environments, others and with the earth?
(Art is universal; art is cultural; art is When can you say that a Ruth Wilson, 2012, pp. 1-17
not nature; art involves experience) person is creative? Insight paper. Students will select
(Art as expression, as a form of Art Perception and Appreciation, from the following topics:
 Differentiate art creation) Lecture Ortiz et al., 1976, pp. 5-12
history from art Dynamics Why is art ageless and timeless?
appreciation; Discuss Visual arts (2D, 3D) The Humanities, Dudley and Faricy,
the nature of arts’ Film (Digital arts/analog) Guide Questions: 1968,pp. 5-22 (Nature of Art) Why is art not nature?
preliminary Performance art “Art is good because it is
expression Poetry-performance popular” or “Art is good Alampat: An Introduction to Art Why does art involve experience?
Architecture because it is universal” Appreciation, Perez, Cayas, and
Clarify misconceptions about Dance Narciso, 2013, pp. 9-12, 15-21
art; Film Why is art universal?
Differentiate art from nature Literary The Humanities, Dudley Faricy and
Theater Why is art not nature? Rice, 1968, pp. 38-40
Applied Arts (Fashion, Furniture)
 Why does art demand
involvement?
O(K)
Categorize works of art by Suggested activity:
citing personal Debate
expriences

L(K)
Characterize the
assumptions of the
arts
L(K) Functions of art: Individual sharing: Dayaw (6 episodes), 2015 online Oral recitation
Distinguish between directly  Personal (Utilitarian, public What artform/artwork has
functional and display, expression) changed something in your Art: Perception and Appreciation, Group discussion and plenary
indirectly functional art  Social (used for public life? Why? Ortiz et a., 1978, pp. 27-32 presentation
display and celebration, FGD
O, P (K) used to affect the collective Alampat: An Introduction to Art Reflection questions: Does art
Apply concepts and theories Film viewing: Appreciation, Perez, Cayas and always have a function?
behaviour?
on beauty and
 Physical (utilitarian) Video Documentary “Sa Narciso, 2013, pp. 23-25
aesthetics in real life
Philosophical import of art Duyan ng Sining” (Jesuit If artwork did not have any
scenarios
 Integrity Communications) Cultural Center of the Philippines, function, will it remain art?
 Proportion/Consonance
 Radiance/Clarity “Tuklas Sining” CCP Tuklas Sining, DVD

Discuss basic philosophical “The Philosophical Concept of

perspectives such as:
(Suggested topics)
Art as representation
(Aristotle)
Art for art’s sake (Kant)
Art as an escape
Art as functional
L(K) Subject type: Lecture
Differentiate content from Representation (with subject) and
Beauty”, Jacques Maritain (from
Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry),
1953, pp. 122-127
Aesthetics and Art Theory, Osborne,
1970, pp. 104-107, 142-144, 171-191,
226-283
Alampat: An introduction to Art Gallery visit
Appreciation, Perez, Cayas and
 subject non-representational (without Provide classic examples Narciso, 2013, pp. 27-34 Reflection paper on students’
subject) experiences during visit to a
What are the two types of Cultural Appropriation and the Arts, gallery or museum
Source of subject representing subject? Young, 2008, pp. 1-27
L, O, P (K) (nature, history, Greek and Roman
Classify artworks according muythodology, Judeo-Christian What are the two types of Art: Perception and Appreciation
to subject tradition, sacred oriental texts, representing subject? Ortiz et al., 1978, pp. 14-26
other works of art)
L, O, P (S)
What are the sources and
Analyze how artists present
their subjects in Kinds of subject kinds of subject?
relation to the real (history, still life, animals, figures,
subject nature, landscape, seascape, Assign students to bring
cityscape,mythology, myth, either digital or printed
L, O, P (S) dreams, and fantasies) copies of Filipino
Characterize sources and Contemporary artworks to
kind of art Content in art be presented orally or using
(Levels of meaning) Powerpoint; identify and
1. Factual discuss the subject, source,
2. Conventional type and kind of subject
3. Subjective
L(K) Artists and Artisans Video Documentary Myths and Symbols Philippines, Oral recitation
Identify the medium in Francisco Demetrio, SJ, 1978, pp.
various forms of art, Manages, curators, buyers, Lecture 406-411 Quiz
viz., visual, auditory collectors, art dealers Topics to be discussed:
and combined arts Alampat: An introduction to Art Organize a forum about an artist;
Production process What is the difference Appreciation, Perez, Cayas and artist’s or artisan’s brochure and
(K) (preproduction, production, and between artists and artisans? Narciso, 2013, pp. 35-36 video clip to be on social media
Define an artist’s or artisan’s
postproduction) What is the relationship (Note: before uploading, the
medium and technique
between artists and artisans? MAKING THE THEATRE The Craft of teacher will check the output) for
(K) Medium, technique approach (in the Stage, Steven Patrick C. validation and observance of
Define the role of managers, visual arts, auditory, and combined Which is more important, the Fernandez, 2010, pp. 15-20 ethics)
curators, buyers, arts) artist or the artwork?
collectors, art dealers “Pioneers of Philippine Art”, video Preliminary examination
in the art world GAMABA What are medium and documentary directed by F.
 National Artists technique? Capistrano-Baker, Ayala Museum,
What are new trends or 2006, 29min.
Events/Exhibits/Managing practices in art?
Audience Art: Perception and Appreciation,
What is the role of the Ortiz et al., 2004, pp. 53-115
following figures
(mangers, curators,

O, P (S)
Differentiate between artists’
and artisan
approach/technique
toward a particular
medium
Understand that the artisan’s
work is an end in itself
and the artist’s work is
a means to an end
(K)
Identify national and
GAMABA artists’
notable works and their
contribution to society
(K) Elements of art
Identify the elements of art
(S)
Analyze the various elements
present in visual,
auditory, and combined
arts
buyers, collectors, art
dealers) in the community?
Students will be assigned to
discuss the characteristics of
different art expressions (7
arts)
Interview of artists / studio
visit (off campus)
Lecture/Illustration/Discuss
 Visual basic elements
 Auditory
 Combined Assign students to discuss
the elements of the 7 arts
(visual arts, film, literature,
dance, film, architecture,
music), then conduct an FGD
to look into the variations,
overlapping, dominant
The Role of the Art Critic, Flores, in Exhibit of artists’ artisans’porfolio
Paleta 5: A Handbook for Visual Mini-exhibit of artists’/artisans’
Artists, ed. Hernandez, 2002, pp. 27- work
31
How to Document One’s Work,
Cajipe-Endaya, in Paleta 5: A
Handbook for Visual Artists, 2002, pp.
24-26
How to Document a Structure, R T
Jose, Balangkas, 2007, pp. 25-28
Sining at Lipunan, Flores and De la Quiz
Paz, 2000, pp. 24-26 (identification and oral recitation)
Art in Focus, Interactive Student ed.,
Gene A. Mittler, 2006, pp. 26-39
(Elements), pp. 40-49 (Principles)
 elements in art production in
(S) Arts/Performance art a particular art expression Art: Perception and Appreciation, Analysis paper by group:
Determine dominant Ortiz et al., 1978, pp. 75-179 Choose a contemporary work and
elements used in Discuss fusions and overlapping Suggested topic: discuss the subject, medium and
hybrid or modified art interrelated elements How do artists recreate, Merce Cunningham: Fifty Years, technique. Discuss further how
expressions  Graffiti, poetry- transform, or translate one Vaughan and Harris, 1997, pp. 10,60- the artist utilized the elements
performance, performance artform into another work? 61, 100-101 (dance technique) and principles of design in an
O, P (S)
art, digital art artwork
Determine the factors
Transcreation Suggested exercises
influencing artists such
as distortion,  Music of text 1. Analog drawing
transformation,  Text to dance 2. Room design
appropriation in an  Dance to visual 3. Visual tapestry
experimental or hybrid 4. Soil/coffee art (value)
art expression 5. Illustration (lines,
texture, form)
6. Scribbling souls
(color)
7. Creative writing
(erasure)
8. Dula-tula (poetry-
performed)
9. Poem writing
10. Performance
art/deviant art
(K) Principles of design Lecture/illustration Art in Focus, Mittler, 2006, pp. 26-39 Essay
Identify the principles of  Unity and harmony (Elements), pp. 40-49 (Principles)
design  Rhythm, variation Exercises: Collaborative room design
(K)  Balance and proportion Product design critiquing Alampat: An Introduction to Art
Define and translate  Emphasis and Appreciation, Perez, Cayas, and With rubrics
principles of design in Narciso, 2013, pp. 61-95 (Elements),
subordination (focal-point)
an artwork pp. 93-97 (Principles)
 The rule of thirds
O, P (S)
Create an artwork depicting
the various principles
of design
Course Policies:
1. Grading System
Summative Assessment 50%
Pre- Midterm, Midterm, Pre- Final and Final Examination
Formative Assessment 25%
Quizzes, Assignments, Seatwork and Hands- on Exercises
Attendance 10%
Creative Assessments 15%
Projects
TOTAL 100%

Prepared by: Approved by:

JOEMAR B. LUBAPIS MARLYN S. GOTICO, MBA

Instructor DEAN, College of Business Education