ARTA 111 Introduction and Overview of Art
ARTA 111 Introduction and Overview of Art
ARTA 111 Introduction and Overview of Art
ART
APPRECIATION
COURSE DESCRIPTION
PRELIMINARY
6
EXAMINATION
MIDTERM COVERAGE
WEEK UNIT OUTCOME COURSE CONTENT
18 FINAL EXAMINATION
GRADING SYSTEM
Prelim (20%)
Midterm (20%)
Finals (20%)
Performance Tasks (35%)
Term Paper (5%)
INTRODUCTION:
ART APPRECIATION (ARTA 111)
HUMANITIES
Humanities came from the Latin word
humanus meaning refined, cultured and human.
study of the different cultural aspect of man,
his frailties in life and how it can be
improved
records man’s quest for answers to the
fundamental questions he asks about himself and
about life
Humanities are expressions of man’s
feelings and thoughts
emphasizes dignity and worthiness of
man and recognizes creative
expressions
aimed to shape students subjective
energies (feelings, attitudes and
aspirations)
IMPORTANCE OF
HUMANITIES
IMPORTANCE OF
HUMANITIES
MAN NEEDS AN IMAGE OF HIMSELF
ART
APPRECIATION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV2cc_fFgmA
BASIC
ASSUMPTION
S OF THE ART
Art has been created by all people at
all times, in all countries and it lives
because its well-liked and enjoyed
Artinvolves experience; there can
never be appreciation of art without
experience.
Art is not nature; Nature
is not art.
Artis made by man;
Art is everywhere.
Art is man’s oldest means of expression;
Art as a means of expression & communication.
HIEROGLYPHICS
“The humanities constitute one of the oldest and most important
means of expression developed by man”. Human history has
witnessed how man evolved not just physically but also
culturally, from cave painters to men of exquisite paintbrush
users of the present. Even if one goes back to the time before
written records of man’s civilization has appeared, he can find
cases of man’s attempts of not just crafting tools to live and
survive but also expressing his feelings and thoughts. The
Galloping Wild Boar found in the cave of Altamira, Spain is
one such example. In 1879, a Spaniard and his daughter were
exploring a cave when they saw pictures of a wild boar, hind,
and bison.
The Galloping Wild Boar found in the cave
of Altamira, Spain.
PREHISTORIC PAINTINGS
According to experts, these paintings were
purported to belong to Upper Paleolithic
Age, several thousands of years before the
current era. Pre-historic men, with their
crude instruments, already showcased and
manifested earliest attempts at recording
man’s innermost interests, preoccupations,
and thoughts.
The humanities, then, ironically, have started
even before the term has been coined. Human
persons have long been exercising what it
means to be a human long before he was even
aware of his being one. The humanities stand
tall in bearing witness to this magnificent
phenomenon. Any human person, then, is
tasked to participate, if not, totally partake in
this long tradition of humanizing himself.
CHIAROSCURO IS A METHOD
FOR APPLYING VALUE TO A
TWO-DIMENSIONAL PIECE
OF ARTWORK TO CREATE THE
ILLUSION OF A THREE-
DIMENSIONAL SOLID FORM.
CHIAROSCURO
The term is derived from the Italian chiaro ("light” or
“bright”) and oscuro ("dark") and generally refers to a
technique that contrasts bright illumination with areas of
dense shadow.
This way of working was
devised during the Italian
Renaissance in the 16th
century and was used by
artists such as Leonardo
da Vinci and later,
Vermeer.
Chiaroscuro is seldom
found in
Portrait of a
Lady from the
Court of Milan,
called La
Belle
Ferronniere,"
Leonardo da
Vinci
1490-95
Y
WIT
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ERM
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DA
1483-1490
VINC
I
Mona Lisa
also known as
La Gioconda,
the wife of
Francesco del
Giocondo;
1503-06
Oil on wood,
Louvre,
Paris
Ginevra de'
Benci
Oil on
wood,
National
Gallery of
Art,
Washington,
DC
"Benois Madonna," Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1478
About his technique, he said: I would remind
you O Painter! To dress your figures in the
lightest colors you can, since, if you put them
in dark colors, they will be in too slight relief
and inconspicuous from a distance. And this
is because the shadows of all objects are
dark. And if you make a dress dark there is
little variety between the lights and shadows,
while in light colors there will be greater
variety.
The Girl with a
Pearl Earring
47x40
1665
The
Milkmaid
1658-60
Woman in Blue reading a Letter
1662-64
Woman with a
Water Jug
New York,
Metropolitan Museum
46x42 1664-65
The Love Letter
44x38
1669-70
Mrs. Joshua
Montgomery
Sears
1899
Oil on
canvas
NAME: COMPONENT
PERIOD:
HOMEROOM GRADING FOR
CHIAROSCURO
FIGURE
possible
1. Cropped to touch 3 sides 25
interesting negative space
2. Shows Movement 15
3. Use of Greek figure proportions 20
looks real - not like a cartoon
4. Use of Media & Material to show 20
Highlight & Shadow (Chiaroscuro) shows
at least 5 values(D,MD,M,ML,L)
5. Presentation (overall look) 20