AN INTRODUCTION TO ART

OBJECTIVES

 Learning Competencies
 Identifies
various contemporary art
forms and their practices from the
various regions.
SPECIFIC OBJECIVES

 1.Define art.
2. Discuss the composition
of art, its elements and
principles
3. Explain the nature and
the importance of art.
ACTIVITY
 1. How did you find the activity?
 2.What parts did you find challenging?

 3.Can we consider what you did as an

art? Why? Why not?
WHAT IS YOUR IDEA

ART
THE FEATURES OF ART.

 • Man creates Art

 • Art exists with Man
 • Art imitates
 • Art interprets
 • Art expresses and communicates
 Art affects delights and evokes a reaction
UNDERSTANDING ART
 Marcos (2006) –various meaning of art
 1. Ability- human capacity to create things of
beauty and things that stir us
 2. Process – art encompasses acts, such as
drawing, painting, sculpture, designing
buildings and using camera to create.
 3. Product- completed work or final product
 Art: An introduction to Humanities
( Cerbo et.al, 2010)
 1. Art as skill and mastery- mastery th at is
manifested in the outstanding product of an
endeavor which is an expression of man’s ideas
and emotions.
2.Art as a process or product of a creative skill
because it involves arranging the aesthetics
elements in an artistically interesting and
appealing manner. These includes sculpture,
painting, music, literature, architecture, dance and
theater.
.
 3. Art
as a representation ofreality
 Accdg. to Aristotle- art is a
reflection or mirror of reality. f
 Traditional – the idea of art as an
imitation of life
 Plato- the essence of a thing is more
‘real’ than the thing itself.

he
 4. Art reflects the characteristic of a period
 Medieval Period – Church initiated the spiritual truths
depicted in all art works

Byzantine
Hagia Sofia, (eye-ya SO-fia)Turkey &
St. Catherines Monestary, Egypt
 Romanesque –St. Vitale, Revenna, Italy
Gothic – St. Patricks, NYC
 Art of the Early
Middle Ages

 Justinian as world
conqueror
(Barberini Ivory)
 mid-6th century
ivory
1ft. 11/2 in. x 101/2in.
 RENAISSANCE PERIOD
 Is more defined and realistic
rendition of the human body
in the visual arts.It focused in the
three-dimensional reality
landscapes in painting.
 Realism & Expression

 Realism: showing scenes as they

actually appear
 Expression is different depending on the indi vidual
and the scene
Geometric Arrangement: the
arrangement of figures to form
geometric shapes

The figure as architecture

The Dreyfus Madonna

with the Pomegranate
Leonardo da Vinci
1469
Classicism: Greek and Roman influence
where perfect proportion is the ideal

Humanism-emphasizes reason, scientific

inquiry, and human fulfillment in the natural
world

Define chiaroscuro:
the use of extreme
contrast between light
and dark to create a
dramatic effect
sfumato: The blurring or
softening of sharp
outlines by gradually
blending one tone into
another.
MODERN PERIOD
 Idealistic search for truth and the realization that is
not attainable. This manifested by varied
experimentations of artistic expressions.

Pablo Picasso:
Woman with a
Flower
(1932)
Franz Marc: Animal Destinies
(1913)

Gustav Klimt: The Kiss (1907-8)

 5. Art shows the manner of existence of the
people of long ago
 Art shows awareness of the people during old
stone age who lived in the cave.
 Ex, rock painting

Cave p[ainting
 6 .Art as a universal language- The language of rt
a is diverse
 Literature uses colorful words, imagery, figurative

language
 Music uses melody, harmony, dynamics and other
elements
 Dance make use of graceful movements and
choreography
 Theater uses most, if not all of the elements and
other art form
 Painting, sculpture and architecture share the
visual elements of color. Line, shape, form, space
and texture.
Applying the concept of "Art as a Universal
Language", create a short skit that would
show the application of art in these following
situation:

Group 1- Break-up (Literature)

Group 2- Victory (Music)
Group3- Courtship ( Dance)
Group 4- Emergency (Theatre)
Group 5- World Peace (Painting)
Skit Performance Rubric
Category 5 4 3 2
Speaks Clearly Speaks clearly and Speaks clearly and Speaks clearly and Often mumbles or
distinctly all (100-95%) the distinctly all (100-95%) distinctly most (94- cannot be understood
time, mispronounces no the time, 85%) the time, OR mispronounces
words. mispronounces one mispronounces no more than one word.
word. more than one word.

Volume Volume is loud enough to Volume is loud enough Volume is loud enough Volume often too soft
be heard by all audience to be heard by all to be heard by all to be heard by all
members throughout the audience members at audience members at audience members.
presentation. least 90% of the time. least 80% of the time.

Stays on Topic Stays on topic all of the Stays on topic most Stays on topic some of It was hard to tell what
time. (99-90%) of the time. the time (89-75%). the topic was.

Content Shows a full understanding Shows a good Shows a good Does not seem to
of the topic. understanding of the understanding of parts understand the topic
topic. of the topic. very well.
Preparedness Student is completely Student seems pretty The student is Student does not seem
prepared and has prepared but might somewhat prepared, at all prepared to
obviously rehearsed. have needed more but it is clear that present.
rehearsal. rehearsal was lacking.

Props Student uses several props
(this could include a
costume) that show
considerable
work/creativity and which
make the presentation
better.
Student uses 1 prop Student uses 1 prop The student uses no
that shows that makes the props OR the props
considerable presentation better. chosen detract from
work/creativity and the presentation.
which makes the
presentation better.
REFERENCES
 Fernandez, Steven Patrick
C.(2009),Introduction to the Humanities .
 Dedal, Jason (2017)

 https://www.google.com.ph/search?q=artistic+expre
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 Learning code

 CAR11/12IAC-0a-1