DE LA SALLE JOHN BOSCO COLLEGE

Mangagoy, Bislig City

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

Number of Module 1
Title Description Introduction and Assumptions of Art
Number of Hours 4 hours
Weeks 1
Date April 19-23,2021

Topics:
1. Art

Objectives:
1. Understand the role of humanities and arts in man’s attempt at fully realizing his end;
2. Clarify misconceptions the art;
3. Characterize the assumptions of arts; and;
4. Engage better with personal experiences of an in art.

Introduction
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 practical ,
historical , philosophical and social relevance of the arts in order
to hone student`s ability to articulate their understanding of the
arts .The course also develops student`s competency in
researching and curating arts as well as conceptualizing
,mounting and evaluating art productions. The course aims to develops student`s genuine appreciation
for the Philippines arts by providing them opportunities to explore the diversity and richness and their
rootedness in Filipino culture.

Discussion

Art is something that is perennially around us. Some people may deny having to with the arts but
is indisputable that life presents us with forms of and opportunities with arts.
Art is something that is perennially around us.
Some people may deny having to do with arts but it is indisputable that life presents us with many forms
of and opportunities for communion with the arts.

The word ART comes from the ancient Latin, ars which means a “craft or specialized form of skill,
like carpentry or smithying or surgery” (Collingwood, 1938).

Ars in Medieval Latin came to mean something different. It meant “any special form of book-
learning, such as grammar or logic, magic or astrology” (Collingwood, 1983).

The fine arts would come to mean “not delicate or highly skilled arts, but “beautiful arts”
(Collingwood, 1983
Medieval Cathedral
Humanities

ELMER A.TARIPE
Instructor
 DE LA SALLE JOHN BOSCO COLLEGE
Mangagoy, Bislig City
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

The humanities constitute one of the oldest and most important means of expression developed
by man. (Dudley et al., 1960). 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.

Assumptions of Art

ART IS UNIVERSAL

Literature has provided key words of art.

lliad and the Odyssey are the two Greek Epics that one’s being taught in school.
The Sanskrit pieces Mahabharata and Ramanaya are also staples in this field.

In every country and in every generation, there is always art. Often times, people feel that what is
considered artistic are only those which have been made long time ago. This is a misconception. Age is
not a factor in determining art. “An art is not good because it is old, but old because it is good” (Dudley
et al., 1960)
In the Philippines, the works of Jose Rizal and Francisco Balagtas are not being read because they
are old.

Florante at Laura never fails to teach high school students the beauty of love, one that is
universal and pure.

Ibong Adarna, another Filipino masterpiece, has always captured the

imagination of the young with its timeless lessons.
When we recite the Psalms, we feel in communion with King David as we
feel one with him in his conversation with God.

When we listen to a Kundiman or perform folk dances, we still enjoy the

way our Filipino ancestors while away their time in the past.

ART IS NOT NATURE

In the Philippines, it is not entirely novel to hear some consumers of local movies remark that
these movies produced locally are unrealistic. They contend that local movies work around certain
formula to the detriment of substance and faithfulness to reality of
movies.

Paul Cezanne, a french painted a scene from reality entitled

Well and Grinding Wheel in the Forest of the Chateau Noir.

One important characteristic of art is not nature .Art is man

expression of his reception of nature. Art is man`s way of
interpreting nature. Art is not nature. Art is made by man, whereas
nature is given around us.
This distinction assumes that all of us see nature, perceive its elements in myriad different yet
ultimately valid ways. One can only imagine the story of the five blind men who one day argues against
each other on what an elephant looks like. Each of the five blind men was holding part of the elephant.
The first blind man reached out and touched the side of the huge animal. "An elephant is smooth
and solid like a wall!" he declared. "It must be very powerful."

ELMER A.TARIPE
Instructor
 DE LA SALLE JOHN BOSCO COLLEGE
Mangagoy, Bislig City
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

The second blind man put his hand on the elephant's limber trunk. "An elephant is like a giant
snake," he announced.
The third blind man felt the elephant's pointed tusk. "I was right," he decided. "This creature is as
sharp and deadly as a spear."

The fourth blind man touched one of the elephant's four legs. "What we have here," he said, "is an
extremely large cow."

The fifth blind man felt the elephant's giant ear. "I believe an elephant is like a huge fan or maybe a
magic carpet that can fly over mountains and treetops,
Art is like each other of these men`s view of the elephant. It is based on an individual’s subjective
experience of the nature. It is not meant, after all, to accurately define what the elephant like in nature.
Artists are not expected to duplicate nature just as even scientist with their laboratories cannot make
nature.

ART INVOLVES EXPERIENCE

Getting this far without a satisfactory definition of art can be quite weird for some. For most
people, art does not require a full definition. Art is just experience. By experience, we mean the “actual
doing of something”(Dudley et al., 1960) and it also affirmed that art depends on experience, and if one is
to know art, he must know it not as fact or information but as an experience.
A work of an art then cannot be abstracted from actual doing. In order to know what an artworks,
we have to sense it, see and hear it.
An important aspect of experiencing art is its being highly personal, individual, and subjective. In
philosophical terms, perception of art is always a value judgment. It depends on who the perceive is, his
tastes, his biases, and what he has inside.
A painter cannot claim to know how to paint if he has not tried holding a brush. A sculptor cannot
produce a work of art if a chisel is foreign to him. (Dudley et.al 1960)

Summary

Humanities and the art have always been part of man growth and civilization. Since the dawn of
time, man has always tried to express his innermost thoughts and feelings about reality through creating
art. Three assumptions on art are its universality it’s not being nature and its need for experience. Art is
present in every part of globe and in every period time. This is what is meant by its university. Art not
being nature not even attempting to simply mirror, is the second assumption about art. Art is always a
creation of the artist, not nature. Finally, without experience, there is no art. The artist has to be foremost,
a perceiver who directly in touch with art.

Activities

Instructions

Let`s Work On This

Answer the following questions as precisely yet as thoroughly as possible.

ELMER A.TARIPE
Instructor
 DE LA SALLE JOHN BOSCO COLLEGE
Mangagoy, Bislig City
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

1. If you were an artist, what kind of artist would you be?

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2. Why is art not nature?

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Let`s Make It Happen

Choose one artwork under each given category that you are familiar with. This can be the last work that
you have come across with or the one that made the most impact to you. Criticize each using the guide
questions provided .
Categories
1. Movie
2. Novel
3. Poem
4. Music
5. An architectural structure
6. A piece of clothing

Category : ________________________________________________
Artwork : _________________________________________________

1. What is it about? What is it for?

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2. What is made of?

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3. What is its style?

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ELMER A.TARIPE
Instructor
 DE LA SALLE JOHN BOSCO COLLEGE
Mangagoy, Bislig City
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

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4. How good is it?

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Areas of 4 3 2 1
Assessment
Ideas Presents ideas in an Presents ideas in a Ideas are too general Ideas are vague or
original manner consistent manner unclear
Organization Strong and organized Organized Some organization; No organization;
beg/mid/end beg/mid/end attempt at a lack beg/mid/end
beg/mid/end
Understanding Writing shows strong Writing shows a clear Writing shows Writing shows
understanding understanding adequate little
understanding understanding
Word Choice Sophisticated use of Nouns and verbs Needs more nouns Little or no use of
nouns and verbs make make essay and verbs nouns and verbs
the essay very informative
informative
Sentence Sentence structure Sentence structure is Sentence structure is No sense of
Structure enhances meaning; flows evident; sentences limited; sentences sentence structure
throughout the piece mostly flow need to flow or flow
Mechanics Few (if any) errors Few errors Several errors Numerous errors

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Resources

Book

Collingwood.R.G (1938).The Principles of Art.Worcestershine : Read Books Ltd.

Dudley ,L.Faricy A., and Mc Graw-Hill Book Company ( 1960 ).The Humanities New York: McGraw-Hill

Online Sources

https://www.slideshare.net/RyanBuer/what-is-art-introduction-and-assumptions
http://www.ruelpositive.com/art-introduction-assumptions

ELMER A.TARIPE
Instructor