A Course Module for Art Appreciation
AUTHOR/S:
Carmelito Nomer Abolencia, Ph.D.
Kate O. Robino, LPT
Daisy Joy A. Negado, LPT
Antonino A. Sales Jr., LPT
Mark Ignacios G. Tobias, LPT
Jayo Cassy S. Hughes, LPT
Jazreel Hope T. Matiga, LPT
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Lesson 1:
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Art and Its
Conventions
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Lesson Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
1. describe creative expression based on personal
experiences with art;
2. distinguish between artist’s and artisan’s medium and
technique;
3. clarify misconceptions about art;
4. distinguish art from nature; and
5. identify the conventions of arts.
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Lesson Key Concepts & Examples
• What is Art to Humanity?
• The Process of Art
Making
• The Conventions of Arts
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What is Art to Humanity?
• Art is something that deals with invention or
creation.
• Humanity is the study of how people process
and document the human experience.
• Humanity includes the cultural heritage,
encounters or experiences, and beliefs that only
become meaningful when dealt with by the
person.
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What is Art to Humanity?
• Lone within the paradigm of humanity can we
comprehend and appreciate a man in the milieu of
his culture and condition as a human being.
• A culture subsidies to humanity, art, and culture.
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What is Art to Humanity?
Today, the humanities are interpreted within the
context of the traditional liberal arts. Specifically, this
can be seen through the disciplines of philosophy,
music, literature, religion, ethics, and history.
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What is Art to Humanity?
Aim of Humanities in the Study of Art:
• It cultivate one’s attention to particular works
of art and how it becomes significant.
• It evokes different responses like a mere
appreciation to intuitive responses.
• It elicits enjoyment, pleasure, and
understanding.
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The Process of Art Making
Three entities that needs to be considered in
the process of creating an art:
1. Artist
2. Art Medium
3. Other Players in the World of Art
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The Process of Art Making
1.Artist
Artists- uses their imagination to
create functional art with aesthetic
value
Artisans- create useful artistic items
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Artist Artisan
Expression use their art to express use their craft to
through Art a vision express a vision
paint, watercolor, pen, Wood, bamboo,
Material Used ink, or illustrations metal, stone, natural
fiber
aesthetically pleasing functionality and
Creation Style
works accessorizing
Work Display/ displayed in museums sell their wares at
Sell or galleries craft fairs and shops
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The Process of Art Making
2. Art Medium
• the material used in art to express an idea
• can be anything that is used to express
what the artist is thinking
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The Process of Art Making
3. Other Players in the World of Art
• Artists
• Dealer
• Curators
• Art Critics
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The Process of Art Making
1. Artists- they make art; mainstay of the art
world
2. Dealer- advocates and marketers of the
work of artists
3. Curators- in charge of an art show
conceptualization, layout, design, and
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execution
The Process of Art Making
4. Art Critics- examine, assess, and perceive
the aesthetic meaning and importance of
artwork
5. Collectors- critical to the survival of
artists, dealers, galleries, and auction houses
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The Process of Art Making
Production Process:
• Preproduction- includes planning,
researching scripting & storyboarding, etc.
• Production- actual execution
• Postproduction- includes the final master
copy once artwork is finished
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The Conventions of Art
1. Art is Universal and Timeless
• When we deem universality, we consider it
timeless because we transcend our
perception to the present.
• When we think of art as timeless, we
inform our own culture’s perception of
time.
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The Conventions of Art
Work that portray art as
universal and timeless:
• Michelangelo’s Sistine
Chapel
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The Conventions of Art
Michelangelo’s Sistine
Chapel:
- painting of a God
reaching Adam’s hand
- this evokes feelings
toward God’s love for us
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The Conventions of Art
2. Art and Nature are not one.
• Nature is art because it is made through
God’s creativity. He can claim the
authority to say so.
• Human beings, rely upon nature to
produce art.
• Art is something we do out of our
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The Conventions of Art
3. An Artist Needs Experience
• Artist needs the experience of art.
• How can anyone be referred to as an artist
even without the experience of art?
• Art needs experience because it is
personal and subjective.
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The Conventions of Art
No one is a fool to say
that Da Vinci has painted
the Mona Lisa without
prior experience of
holding a paintbrush.
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Lesson Activities and/or Practice
Exercises
Activity # 1: Daily Routine and Arts
Activity # 2: Am I an Artist or Artisan?
Activity # 3: Activity # 3: Fact or Bluff?
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Let Us Work on This!
Activity # 1: Daily Routine and Arts
A. Directions: List down at least five (5) of your daily routines and explain
how they deal with art.
My Daily Routine How it Deals with Art
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Activity # 1: Daily Routine and Arts
B. Directions: Answer briefly the following questions.
1. What is art to humanity?
2. Why study humanities in the study of art?
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Activity # 2: Am I an Artist or Artisan?
A. Directions: Use the Venn Diagram in comparing the
characteristics of Artists and Artisans. Cite some examples of each
below the figure.
Artist Artisan
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Activity # 2: Am I an Artist or Artisan?
B. Directions: Reflect on yourself and think about your skills and
talent. What are you like? An artist or artisan? Explain why. Write your
answer below.
I am an Artist/ Artisan
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Activity # 3: Fact or Bluff?
A. Directions: Explain the following comprehensively.
1. Why is art not nature? Cite your own example or evidence.
2. What makes art ageless or timeless?
3. Why does an artist need to have personal experience in art?
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Activity # 3: Fact or Bluff?
A. Directions: A. Write True if the statement is correct or False if not.
1. Art is not nature; hence it has limitations.
2. Art requires experience because it is not something that comes naturally or
certainly.
3. Art can never get old.
4. Time and art have nothing to do with each other.
5. Universality and nature are interconnected.
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Activity # 3: Fact or Bluff?
A. Directions: A. Write True if the statement is correct or False if not.
6. Nature is an art in human capacity.
7. Art is nature.
8. Art is universal because its meaning and implication are relatable.
9. Anyone can do art even without experience.
10. Art is what you see daily.
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Activity # 3: Fact or Bluff?
A. Directions: A. Write True if the statement is correct or False if not.
11. Experience provides emotions and feelings.
12. Art is subjective.
13. Art is highly objective.
14. Art is part of human’s growth and civilization.
15. You are an artist of yourself.
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Concluding slide
• Study of humanities as well as its different
disciplines are inseparable in the study of art.
• Art is part of our everyday lives. The littlest
thing we do is art itself.
• Artists and artisans differ in the tools they
use and the artwork they produce.
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Concluding slide
• Artisans are craftsmen who create useful
artistic products. They create and innovate
things that are useful to humanity.
• Meanwhile, artists emphasize creating
aesthetically attractive artworks that are
appealing to people.
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Concluding slide
• Art is not nature, rather nature is art. Nature
provides us resources and what we do to it
can be considered as an art.
• Art is universal. Its essence can never fade.
Time can’t make art less valuable, instead, it
can even strengthen its essence.
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Concluding slide
• An artist needs experience. No one is a fool
to think that a great artist is a newbie to the
field.
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References
Carmelito Nomer Abolencia, Ph.D.
Kate O. Robino, LPT
Daisy Joy A. Negado, LPT
Antonino A. Sales Jr., LPT
Mark Ignacios G. Tobias, LPT
Jayo Cassy S. Hughes, LPT
Jazreel Hope T. Matiga, LPT
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