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MAPEH
ARTS 9 SleM 1
First Quarter
WESTERN CLASSICAL ART
TRADITION

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ARTS – Grade 9
Quarter 1 - SLeM 1: Western Classical Art Tradition
Week 7

HOW TO USE THIS SLeM

Before starting the module, I want you to set aside other tasks that will disturb you while enjoying the
lessons. Read the simple instructions below to successfully enjoy the objectives of this kit. Have fun!
1. Follow carefully all the contents and instructions indicated on every page of this module.
2. Write on your notebook or any writing pad the concepts about the lessons. Writing enhances
learning, that is important to develop and keep in mind.
3. Write in your notebook the concepts that you learned. Writing enhances learning and helps you
keep in mind what is important
4. Perform all the provided activities in the module.
5. Let your facilitator/ guardian assess your answers using the answer key.
6. Enjoy studying.

Development Team of the SLeM

Writer/ Writers: Gerard Paul Cereno

Format Evaluator: Alvic M. Guiyab
Language Evaluator: Korina Espadilla
Content Evaluator: Jasmin J. Petilos
Angelita Q. Rilles
Reviewer: Bonifacio M. Pedrera

PARTS OF THIS MODULE

● Expectations - These are what you will learn after completing the lessons in the module.
● Pre-test - This will measure what you already know about the concepts to be mastered
throughout the lesson.
● Looking back to your Lesson - This section will measure what learnings and skills you gained
from the previous lesson.
● Brief Introduction - This section will give you an overview of the lesson.
● Activities - This is a set of activities you will perform.
● Remember - This section summarizes the concepts and applications of the lessons.
● Check your Understanding - It will check what you have learned from the lessons.
● Post-test - This will measure how much you have learned from the entire module.

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 LESSON: WESTERN CLASSICAL ART TRADITION

At the end of the module, students should be able to:

1. analyze art elements and principles in the production of work following the style of a
western (A9EL-Ib-1);
2. identify distinct characteristics of arts during the different art periods (A9EL-Ia-2);
3. discuss the use or function of artworks by evaluating their utilization and combination
of art elements and principles (A9PL-Ih-2);
4. compare the characteristics of artworks produced in the different art periods
(A9PL-Ih-4); and
5. create artworks guided by techniques and styles of Western Classical art traditions.
(A9PR-Ic-e-)

Directions: Read each question carefully. Copy and write your answer before each
number on a sheet of paper.

1. It is mostly religious in nature.

A. Ancient Greek Art C. Egyptian Art
B. Byzantine Art D. Gothic Art

2. It displays naturalism because of portraying human shapes in a realistic and

anatomically precise manner.
A. Ancient Greek Art C. Egyptian Art
B. Byzantine Art D. Gothic Art

3. It was a beautifully painted book with a highly inventive and consistent style
influenced heavily by Byzantine art.
A. Ancient Greek Art C. Gothic Art
B. Byzantine Art D. Romanesque Art

4. A Greek painting technique invented for use by Greek shipbuilders, who used hot
wax to cover the ship's cracks.
A. Encaustic C. Hellenic Style
B. Fresco D. Kerch Style
5. It is a painting on flat wood panels, either one large piece or numerous pieces
connected together.
A. Cave painting C. Tomb painting
B. Panel painting D. Wall painting

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 Learning about and through the arts increases the academic experience while also
preparing students for life after school. Art themes foster self-expression and creativity, as well
as confidence and a sense of personal identity. Critical thinking and the ability to comprehend
the world around us are also enhanced by studying arts topics.
It was a thrilling experience to learn about the diverse characteristics of artworks
from different periods. Some of the most memorable aspects of your learning experience will
be creating your own art pieces, whether solo or in a group. Artists' ideas from various periods
of art serve as inspiration for creating and improving today's life.

Humans were already artists long before they learnt to read and write, as evidenced by
several archeological finds from around the world. Every civilization has its own individual art
forms that reflect its aesthetic and utilitarian demands.
Paleolithic (Old Stone Age), Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age), and Neolithic (New
Stone Age) eras are used to classify prehistoric art. Egyptian civilization has made
significant contributions to the world's development of art, religion, science, and technology.
Egyptian art is predominantly religious in nature, whereas ancient Greek art depicts naturalism
due to the realistic and anatomically perfect depiction of human forms. Roman art arose as a
fresh wellspring of artistic invention that was far more sophisticated than Greek art. The
modern approach in art was motivated by the multiplicity of its shape and variety. Byzantine
art was produced with the intention of glorifying the Christian religion through spiritual
symbolism. It was a mix of Eastern (decorative art styles) and Western (classical art forms)
(naturalistic art). Romanesque art included elaborately embellished manuscripts and was a
highly inventive and cohesive style influenced heavily by Byzantine art. The church, which is
rich in symbolism, uses Gothic art styles to enhance symbolic connotations.

PAINTINGS FROM THE PREHISTORIC ERA

Inside the cave, their paintings were discovered, which could have been a mechanism
for them to communicate with one another. It could be for religious or ceremonial reasons as
well.
These paintings could be more of an artifact of archeological evidence than a legitimate
representation of humanity's first art. The painting's most prominent aspects were huge
animals native to the area. Animals, human figures, and abstract design dominate the picture.

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 CAVE OF LASCAUX,1, 5000-10000 BC – Stone Age I

PAINTINGS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT

Egyptian paintings are meant to make the afterlife a more pleasant place for the
deceased. It highlights the significance of life beyond death and the preservation of historical
knowledge. The majority of the paintings were stylized, mythological, and depicted a profile
perspective of an animal or a person. Red, black, blue, gold, and green were the primary hues
employed. The paintings on the tomb's walls depict events from the king's life while he was
still alive on earth, as well as things he expects to see in the underworld.

Sarcophagus of Tutankhamen

THE CLASSICAL ART

PAINTINGS FROM CLASSICAL GREEK ERA
Vases, panels, and tombs were the most popular places to find paintings during the classical
period. Battle scenes, legendary figures, and everyday events made up the majority of the
subjects.
Most Common Methods of Greek painting:
1. FRESCO – water-based colors are painted on freshly laid plaster, commonly on
wall surfaces.
2. ENCAUSTIC - Greek shipbuilders used heated wax to patch the cracks in their
ships.
Vase Painting
Kerch style, commonly known as Kerch vases, is a red-figured ceramic style called
after the place where it was discovered. Pelike (wine container), lekanis (low bowl with two

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horizontal handles and a low broad foot), lebes gamikos (bridal bath container with high
handles and cover), and krater are all prevalent shapes (bowl used for mixing wine and water).

Pelike Lekanis Lebes Gamikos Krater

Panel Painting
There are paintings on flat wood panels. The panels might be a single little component
or multiple panels that are connected together. Because of its organic makeup, the majority of
the panel has vanished. The Pitsa Panel is the earliest known panel painting.
PITSA PANEL (ARCHAIC PERIOD between 540 & 530 BCE)

Tomb or Wall Painting

During the classical period, it was extremely popular. It uses either tempera (water-
based) or encaustic fresco techniques (wax). It is painted in a crisp, simply drawn style. Only
a few samples survived because it used water-based components.
TOMB OF THE DIVER (Paestrum 480 BCE)

The image was created with a

limestone mortar and a genuine
fresco technique. On the wall, it
depicts a symposium scenario. To
produce depth and a lifelike
impression in tomb paintings,
painters use the shade and colors of
paint.

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PAINTINGS FROM CLASSICAL ROMAN ERA
The majority of artworks during this time period were copies of Hellenic Greek
paintings. Brightly colored backdrops; wall division into several rectangular regions (tic-tac-
toe pattern); multipoint perspective and a trompe-l'oeil effect were all used in the fresco
technique. Animals, ordinary life, still life, mythical subjects, portraits, and landscapes are all
common subjects in Roman paintings.
Mosaic
It's an artistic technique that involves assembling small pieces of colorful glass,
stones, or other materials to form an image.
The fight between Alexander the Great's soldiers and Darius III of Persia is shown in
Head of Alexander.
Head of Alexander, Mosaic

FRESCO FROM THE VILLA OF MYSTERIES, Pompeii 80 BC

The fresco artwork below was

thought to show ceremonial
events, such as a wedding or a
woman's entrance into a secret
cult.

BOSCOTRECASE,
POMPEII

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PAINTINGS FROM MEDIEVAL ERA
BYZANTINE PAINTING
Byzantium continued the colorful painting techniques that had been established in
Greece and Rome, but this time for Christian subjects. By the eleventh century, the Greek and
Oriental styles had merged into majestic, intimidating pictures that graced churches in great
and small scales.
THE COURT OF EMPRESS TEODORA, MOSAIC
Empress Teodora's Court is an
example of Byzantine artwork
(mosaic). Theodora was an Asian
Queen with dark eyes and a
ferocious expression on her face.

EMPRESS TEODORA

ROMANESQUE PAINTING
Romanesque paintings are mostly mosaics that are displayed on the walls of churches
in a rigorous frontal position. The elongated oval face, big staring eyes, and long noses reflect
signs of Mozarabic (Arabize) influence.
A greyish white robe with a blue mantle is worn by Christ. A black ring with white letters
runs beneath the Mandorla (Italian word for almond; in art, it is used to symbolize an enclosure
enclosing holy figures). Three hurts lie on columns of capital on green, red, and black in
between the statues of Virgin Mary and five saints are columns with thick patterns going
vertically on each side of the main window.
CHRIST THE MAJESTY Painting from the Church of St. Clemente, Spain

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PAINTINGS
FROM THE GOTHIC ERA
Paintings have been limited to the decorating of manuscript pages and the painting of
frescoes on church walls in a cosmopolitan, elegant, and sophisticated manner. Subjects
typically reflect popular mythology and love stories, with patterns such as "mille fleur" or
"thousands flower" demonstrating the Crusader influence.

LADY AND THE UNICORN

TAPESTRY (1506-1513)

ROSE WINDOW FROM THE

NORTH TRANSEPT (about 1230)
Stained glass windows were
made to add warmth and color to
the enormous stone interiors while
also instructing Christians about
their beliefs.

A. Fill Me Up!
Directions: Complete the table by choosing inside the box the appropriate
characteristics which best describe each period. Copy and write your answer on
a sheet of paper.

Characteristics
Christian subjects Development of landscape painting
Found in vases, panels and tomb Illumination of paintings
Mozarabic influence Paintings from caves
Were highly stylized and symbolic

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 PERIOD/ERA CHARACTERISTICS
ANCIENT PAINTINGS
PREHISTORIC
EGYPTIAN
CLASSICAL PAINTINGS
GREEK
ROMAN
MEDIEVAL PAINTINGS
BYZANTINE
ROMANESQUE
GOTHIC

B. Making a Paper Mosaic (Egyptian or Christian Symbols)

Mosaics have typically been produced with tile or glass
fragments. Color paper will be used to make a mosaic in this
exercise.
Materials: bond paper, color papers, pencil, glue and scissors.
Procedures:
1. Using a pencil, lightly draw any design/picture on a sheet of
paper.
2. To make your tiles, cut different colored paper into little
pieces.
3. Begin gluing the pieces of paper to the shape's outline.
Each one should have a slight spacing between them.
4. Attach the remaining tiles to the inside of your shape using
glue.
5. Let the mosaic air dry.

Criteria 5 4 3 2 Score
Quality of All of the 1-2 instructions 3–4 of the The majority of
Craftsmanship instructions were not instructions the directions
were correctly followed we’re not were
followed. exactly as they followed misunderstood.
should have correctly.
been.
Visual Impact There are Only four Only three Only two
(Use of colors, more than five colors are colors are colors are
lines, and colors in art. used in the used in the used in the
shapes, etc.) artwork. artwork. artwork.
Punctuality The artwork The artwork The artwork The artwork
was submitted was submitted was submitted was submitted
on schedule. one day late. two days late. three days
late.

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 Neatness The artwork was The artwork The artwork was The artwork
presented in a was typically somehow was presented
nice and orderly presented in a presented in a in a
manner. nice and nice and orderly disorganized
ordered manner. manner.
manner.
TOTAL POINTS

Descriptive Rating Total Points

Excellent 18-20
Very Good 15-17
Good 12-14
Fair 9-11
Poor 8

Diverse eras saw different styles, qualities and uses of the arts, yet they all contributed
to the development and establishment of the arts' importance in our lives today. Artworks from
various times provide archeologists with clues to comprehending ancient civilizations, as well
as assisting us in improving our lives today. Their works of art motivate people to develop and
enhance today's masterpieces.

Let us now check how well you understand our lesson. Answer the following questions.
1. How did you categorize the different works of art into their respective time periods?
What was the basis for your classification?
2. Give examples of artwork from the Prehistoric, Classical, and Medieval periods.
3. What are the distinct characteristics of artworks in each period?

Directions: Read each question carefully. Copy and Write your answer on a sheet of paper.

1. Their artistic approaches amplify symbolic meanings, much like the church, which
is full of symbolism.
A. Ancient Greek Art C. Egyptian Art
B. Byzantine Art D. Gothic Art

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 2. It is a timeline of art that includes the Egyptian period.
A. Ancient Art C. Classic Art
B. Baroque Art D. Medieval Art
3. It is the age of art in which the Greeks lived.
A. Ancient Art C. Classic Art
B. Baroque Art D. Medieval Art
4. It is a timeline of art that includes the Roman era.
A. Ancient Art C. Classic Art
B. Baroque Art D. Medieval Art
5. It is the period of art history during which the Romanesque period existed.
A. Ancient Art C. Classic Art
B. Baroque Art D. Medieval Art
6. The goal of this painting is to make the afterlife a happy place for the deceased.
A. Egyptian painting C. Prehistoric painting
B.Greek painting D. Roman painting
7. It is constructed out of small pieces of colorful glass, stone, or other materials
that have been arranged to form images.
A. Architecture C. Painting
B. Mosaic D. Sculpture
8. A Greek painting with water-based colors on a freshly placed plaster surface,
generally on a wall.
A. Encaustic C. Hellenic Style
B. Fresco D. Kerch Style
9. A Greek painting technique invented for use by Greek shipbuilders, who used
hot wax to cover the ship's flaws.
A. Encaustic C. Hellenic Style
B. Fresco D. Kerch Style
10. It is a painting on flat wood panels, either one large piece or numerous pieces
connected together.
A. Cave painting C. Tomb painting
B. Panel painting D. Wall painting

References
Badiola, Mary Grace J; Vecino, Mary Ann C; Duyan, Danilo S; Bongcawil, Althea Mae B;
Mendoza, Jenny C; Bustillo, Gail Josephine P; Pambuan Ace Sauden B; Siobal, Lourdes R.
(2014). A Journey through Western Music & Arts
https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/art-palette
https://thenounproject.com/term/physical-education/1498816/
https://www.aiche.org/chenected/2016/10/sustainability-challenges-paper
industry

Answer Key

B 10. B 5. D
A 9. A 4. C
D 8. B 3. C
A 7. B 2. A
C 6. A 1. D

Pre Test Post Test

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