I. Introduction to Art Appreciation a.

history;
A. What is Art: Introduction and b. economic, political and
Assumptions cultural conditions;
B. Purposes of Art c. symbolic system; and milieu
C. Function and Philosophical (Define milieu first.)
perspective of Art d. Evaluative Plane: the viewer
as the critic

IV. Arts Movements

 Naturalism
Start choosing your topics here  Humanism
D. Division of Art Study  Fresco Painting
 Tempera Painting
E. Importance of Art  Oil Painting
Appreciation towards human  Modern Art Movements
development  Impressionism
 Post-impressionism
II. Art Analysis: Semiotic and Iconic
 Cubism
Planes
 Fauvism
Semiotic Plane:  Expressionism
 Visual Elements  Dadaism
 Choice of Medium and Technique  Surrealism
 Format of the Work  Pop Art
 Other Physical properties and
Marks of the Work Analysis of Art V. Art History Timeline
Using Semiotic Plane  Prehistoric
 Egyptian
Iconic Plane, and the Image Itself:  Greek
 Choice of subject  Roman
 Presentation of the Image, and Its  Medieval
Relation to the viewer Positioning  Renaissance
 Relationship of Figures to one  Baroque, Rococo
Another  Nineteenth Century
 Style of figuration  Twentieth Century
 Art since 1945
III. Art Analysis: Contextual and
Evaluative Planes

 Definition of Context and

Contextual Plane

 How Art is related to society’s:

VIII. Drama, Music, Dance, and
Film
A. Drama
 History, Elements, Types, Drama
in the Philippines

B. Music
 Terms Used in Music
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Modern
Popular Culture
 Music in the Philippines

C. Film
Film Analysis
Elements:
Lighting, Angle, Level, Distance,
Camera Movement, and Framing

VIII. Media and Technique

● Painting
● Sculpture
● Architecture
● Literature
● Music
● Theater