GOLDEN OLYMPUS COLLEGES

SAN VICENTE, TARLAC CITY

ART APPRECIATION
MODULE

Course Title: Art Appreciation

No. of Units: 3 units

Course Description:
Art Appreciation is a three-unit course that develops student’s ability to appreciate, analyze
and critique works of art. Through interdisciplinary and multimodal approaches, this course equips
students with a broad knowledge of the practical, historical, 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 student’s genuine appreciation for
Philippine arts by proving them opportunities to explore the diversity and richness and their
rootedness in Filipino Culture

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students should be able to:

Knowledge
1. Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of arts in general, including their function,
value and historical significance
2. Define and demonstrate the elements and principles and design
3. Explain and evaluate different theories of Art
4. Situate Philippine arts in global context

Skills
1. Analyze and appraise works of art based on aesthetic value, historical context, tradition, and
social relevance
2. Mount an art exhibit (concept development, production and post production, marketing,
documentation, critiquing
3. Create their own works of art and curate their own production or exhibit
4. Utilize art for self-expression and promoting advocacies

Values
1. Deepen their sensitivity to self, community and society
2. Discover and deepen their identity through art with respect to their nationality, culture and
religion
3. Develop an appreciation of the local arts

Number of hours: 3 hours every week for 18 weeks or 54 hours in a semester

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LESSON 3
ARTS AND ARTISANS
I. Topic: Art and Artisans (Production Process, Medium, Technique, Curation)

II. Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, the student should be able to:
a) Differentiate artist and artisans;
b) Identify production process, medium, technique, and curation;
c) Cite Filipino artists and artisans.

III. Content:

Concept Notes
 Artist is an art practitioner such as painter, sculptor, choreographer dancer,
musician, a poet who produces or creates indirectly functional arts with aesthetic
value using imagination.

 Artisan is a craftsman, such as carpenter, carver, plumber, blacksmith, weaver

embroider and etc. who produces directly functional and/or decorative arts.

FAMOUS PERSONALITIES OF ART AND THEIR WORK

1. LEONARDO DA VINCI
• Born: 04-15-1452, Vinci, Italy
• Profile: Painter, Architect, Sculptor, Inventor, Military Engineer and Draftsman.
• Died: 05-2- 1519, Amboise, France
• Quotes: “He who thinks little, errs much”
• Famous Works: The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, Vitruvian Man.
2. VINCENT VAN GOGH
• Born: 03-30-1853 Zundert, Italy
• Profile: Painter
• Died: 07-29-1890 Amboise, France
• Quotes: “I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.”
• Famous Works: The Starry Night Sunflowers
3. MICHAELANGELO
• Born: 4-6-1475, Michelangelo, Italy
• Profile: Painter, Architect, Poet
• Died: 2-18-1564, Rome, Italy
• Quotes: “Genius is eternal patience.”
• Famous Works: David Creation of Adam St. Peter’s Basilica
4. CLAUDE MONET
• Born: 11-14-1840, Paris, France
• Profile: Painter, Philosopher
• Died: 12-5-1926, Giverny, France
• Quotes: “The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my
inspiration.”
• Famous Works: Water Lilies Impression, Sunrise Rouen Cathedral Series
5. FRIDA KAHLO
• Born: 07-06-1907, Mexico City, Mexico
• Profile: Painter • Died: 07-13-1954, Mexico City. Mexico
• Quotes:” I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.”
• Famous Works: The Two Fridas, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and
Hummingbird, The Broken Column
6. GEORGIA O’KEEFFE
• Born: 11-15-1887, Wisconsin, USA
• Profile: Painter
• Died: 03-06-1986, New Mexico, USA
• Quotes: “The days you work are the best days.”
• Famous Works: Black Irises III Cow’s Skull: Red, White and Blue Radiator
Building Night- New York
7. EDGAR DEGAS
• Born: 7-19-1834, Paris, France
• Profile: Painter, Sculptor
• Died: 9-27-1917, Paris, France
• Quotes: “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”
• Famous Works: The Absinthe Drinker, The Dance Class, The Bellelli Family
8. EDVARD MUNCH
• Born: 12-12-1863, Adalsbruk, Norway
• Profile: Painter
• Died: 1-23-1944, Oslo, Norway
• Quotes: “From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is
eternity.”
• Famous Works: The Scream, The Day After, The Dance of Life
9. JACKSON POLLOCK
• Born: 1-28-1912, Wyoming, USA
• Profile: Painter
• Died: 8-11-1956, NY, USA
• Quotes: “The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.”
• Famous Works: The Number 5 The Number 11 The Number 31
10. PABLO PICASSO
• Born: 10-26-1881, Malaga, Spain
• Profile: Painter, Sculptor, Ceramicist, Stage Designer, Poet and a Playwright.
• Died: 4-8-1973, Mougins, France
• Quotes: “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he
grows up.”
• Famous Works: Guernica, The Young Ladies of Avignon, The Weeping Woman
11. GUSTAV KLIMT
• Born: 7-14-1862, Baumgarten, Austria
 • Profile: Painter
• Died: 2-6-1918, Vienna, Austria
• Quotes: “Truth is like fire; to tell the truth means to glow and burn.”
• Famous Works: The Kiss Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, The Virgin
12. HENRY MOORE
• Born: 7-30-1898, Castleford, Unite Kingdom
• Profile: Sculptor Died: 8-31-1986
• Quotes: “One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing
is to be open and ready for it.”
• Famous Works: Reclining Figures King and Queen Bird Basket
13. SALVADOR DALI
• Born: 5-11-1904, Figueras, Spain
• Profile: Painter, Draftsman
• Died: 1-23-1989, Figuerras, Spain
• Quotes: “Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”
• Famous Works: The Persistence of Memory Swans Reflecting Elephants
Premonition of Civil War
14. PAUL CEZANNE
• Born: 1-19-1839, Aix-en, France
• Profile: Painter
• Died: 10- 22-1906, Aix-en, France
• Quotes: “We live in a rainbow of chaos.”
• Famous Works: The Bathers, The Card Player Series Jug, Curtain and Fruit
Bowl
15. DIEGO RIVERA
• Born: 12-8-1886, Guanajuato, Mexico
• Profile: Painter
• Died: 11-24-1957, Mexico City, Mexico
• Quotes: “I've never believed in God, but I believe in Picasso.”
• Famous Works: The Man at the Crossroad, The Card Player Series, The
History of Mexico

To see the difference between the Artist and Artisan, watch the video uploaded by Laura
Morelli with the title Is there a difference between art and craft? Please go to this website:
https://youtu.be?tVdw60eCnJI

Out of the video you have watched, what do you think is the difference by art and craft? Who
made arts and who made crafts?

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 Now let’s get to know them better. Let us have the presentation uploaded by Bry Cunal on
slideshare with the title: Art Appreciation Artists and Artisans

Go to https//:www.slideshare.net/mobile/learian/art-appreciation-artists-and-artisan

Tip: Take notes from the presentation as you are going to have an activity related to it.

Medium and Techniques

 Mediums is the mode of expression in which the concept, idea or message is conveyed.
These are the materials which are used by an artist to interpret his feelings or thoughts.
 Technique is the manner in which artist controls his medium to achieve the desired effect.
It has something to do with way he manipulates his mediums to express his idea.

Visual Arts
 Are those mediums that can be seen and which occupy space.
 Examples of visual arts are paintings, drawings, photography and sculpture.

For further readings, go to this website:

https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/what-is-visual-art/

Curation
 An art curator is in charge of managing collections of works of art for a museum,
foundation or an art gallery.

To see more of an art curator’s responsibilities, go to this website:

https://iesa.edu/paris/news-events/art-curator

IV. Activity

Activity 1: Research 10 art materials and give its functions (2 points each)

Activity 2: (2 points each) Use separate paper for this activity.

2.1 Cite for at least 10 famous foreign artists and their art contributions.
2.2 Cite for at least 10 famous foreign artisans and their crafts.
2.3 Cite for at least 5 famous Filipino artists and their contributions.
2.4 Cite for at least 5 famous Filipino artisans and their crafts.

Activity 3: Research 10 common visual arts. (2 points each)

V. Assessment

Answer the following questions.

Process Questions (4 points each)

Complete understanding of the problem, thorough and concise

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explanation.
3 Basic understanding of the problem, understandable explanation.
2 Limited understanding of the problem, unclear explanation.
1 Response does not fit the given problem, totally incorrect explanation.

Why people tends to be confused about artists and artisans?

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Give the similarities and differences of an artists and artisans.

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How do artists and artisans express their expression and emotions through arts and crafts?
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What would you want to become? An artist or an artisan; Why?

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What is the significance of studying about artists and artisans? Explain.

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What is visual Art?

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 References:
 Cunal, B. Art Appreciation Artists and Artisans
https//:www.slideshare.net/mobile/learian/art-appreciation-artists-and-artisan
 Brittanica, Visual Arts
https:www.britannica.com/browse/Visual-Arts

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