School La Paz National High School Grade Level Grade 11

English for Academic and

Teacher Daniel T. Paman Learning Area
Professional Purposes
Dates and Time July 4-6, 2017 Quarter I

Content Materials Used in Contemporary Art

Content Standards The learner Shows understanding of the materials and techniques
Performance Standards The learner Discriminates among various materials and techniques
Learning Competencies The learner
1. Researches on techniques and performance practices applied to contemporary arts
CAR11/12TPP-0c -e-10
2. Identifies local materials used in creating art CAR11/12TPP-0c -e-11
3. Critiques available materials and appropriate techniques CAR11/12TPP-0c -e-12
4. Justifies the use of materials and the application of techniques CAR11/12TPP-0c -
e-13
Specific Objectives The learner Discriminates among various materials and techniques
Time 12 hours (three weeks)

ACTIVITY “Paper tower”

ANALYSIS Reading the text with the following questions:
a. Explain how and why “art is an interpretation,” not a faithful depiction
of reality.
b. What is meant by art as a visual argument?
c. What are achieved by the cubist style of painting?
d. On which shared historical experience does Picasso base his painting, Guernica?
e. Why would Picasso think that “people viewing the painting would be upset by it?”
f. In what way does cubism allow Picasso to paint “truth rather than reality?”
g. Which symbols in the painting would the viewers have readily recognized?
ABSTRACTION a. Which images catch your attention, and why?
b. What, do you think, is the main image? Which images are found in the foreground? Why
do you think Picasso arranged the images in the way he did? How do these images relate to
one another?
c. How would you describe the images? Which of these images are underscored? Which are
exaggerated or idealized?
d. What are gained by his use of black and white?
e. Why did Picasso title his painting, Guernica? Would it have made a
different impact if it had been given a different title, like “The Carnage
of War?”
f. Aside from being a recognizable image for Spain, what else would the bull stand for?
How about the horse?
g. Explain how the painting could simultaneously protest the violence of war and appeal for
peace.
APPLICATION Savour Juan Luna’s Spoliarium, at the National Museum; research on the background of
this world- acclaimed Filipino painting. Then write a three-paragraph critique of the mural
focusing on the subject, the images and the manner of their depiction, the use of color, light
and other devices, and the overall message of the artwork.
Materials Textbook, Paintings
Reference English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Prepared by Noted

DANIEL T. PAMAN NORMIE E. TEOLA

Teacher, Oral Communication in Context Principal I