GE-Art Appreciation Syllabus
GE-Art Appreciation Syllabus
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                                      GE-Art Appreciation
Course Code/ Number                   GE-AA
Course Description
                                      The course is an interdisciplinary study of the arts, their analysis, evaluation and critique towards appreciation. It covers the visual,
                                      performing, literary and emergent arts from various civilizations of the world as they relate particularly with the development of art
                                      in the Philippine context. The course includes the philosophical, scientific and technological, mathematical, psychological,
                                      anthropological, sociological and historical understanding of the arts as products of aesthetic sensibilities and creative imaginations
                                      of people, their dynamic interaction with the individuals and society, and their relation to the concepts of beauty or its
                                      deconstruction as an underlying cultural foundation for artistic processes.
Course Format                         There will be class discussions, individual and group activities, case analysis, individual sharing , debate, quizzes, oral and written
                                      major exam and individual or by pair project or output at the end of the semester.
                                                                                LEARNING PLAN
                                                                    Course Content/    Teaching and
 Time      Course             Intended Learning Outcomes                                                                            Resource
                                                                    Subject Matter/       Learning         Assessment Tasks                        Textbooks/ References
Frame     Outcomes                                                                                                                  Materials
                                                                          Topic           Activities
                                                                   A. Art and                                                                    Panofsky, Erwin (1955).
                             1. Distinguish the humanities and     Humanities:                                                                   “The History of Art as a
                             the sciences as fields of learning.   Western                                                                       Humanistic Discipline” in
                                                                                     Lecture /
                             2. Survey the place of the            and Filipino                                                    Multimedia    Meaning in the Visual Arts.
                                                                                     Discussion
                             humanities in the history of          Concepts                                                                      Australia: Penguin Books,
                                                                                     Ppt.
        Explain              Western civilization.                 1. Art as a                                                     Projector     1955. pp. 1-25.
                                                                                     Presentation        Essay with the use of
        Philippine art       3. Relate the Western concept of      Humanistic                                                                    Covar, Prospero (1992).
                                                                                                                rubric
 6.0    and it’s             humanities with the Filipino notion   Discipline                                                      E-Book        Kaalamang Bayang
                                                                                     Interactive
Hours   situatedness         of pagkatao.                          2. The                                                                        Dalumat ng Pagkataong
                                                                                     discussion           Group presentation
        in the global        4. Examine the history of art as a    Humanities in                                                   Documentar    Pilipino”, in
                                                                                     “Who am I?”         with the use of rubrics
        context.             humanistic discipline.                Western                                                         y Videos      http://www.journals.upd.ed
                                                                                     In the first
                             5. Compare and contrast the           Civilization                                                    and Movies    u.ph/index.php/djwf/article/
                                                                                     meeting project               Quiz
                             concepts of art according to          3. The                                                                        viewFile/4950/4459
                                                                                     will be discuss
                             Western thought and Filipino          Humanities and                                                                De Leon, Felipe (2011).
                             thought.                              the Filipino                                                                  “Defining the Filipino
                             6. Discover the Filipino identity     Pagkatao                                                                      Through the Arts: From
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                        to four levels: perceptual             of Art             group according                            and Movies   World,” in UE Today, Vol.
                        elements, representations,             Appreciation       to their art                                            12, No. 2., pp. 7-8 & 14.
                        emotional suggestions and              3. Art Analysis:                                                           “What is art for? Alain de
                        intellectual meaning.                  Perceptual                                                                 Botton’s Animated Guide,”
                        5. Make an artwork that shows          Elements,                                                                  (2015). In
                        the four levels of analysis.           Emotional                                                                  https://www.youtube.com/w
                        6. Apply the concept of art as         Suggestion,                                                                atch?v=ZVlQOyt FCRI
                        reality to the artworks based on       Intellectual                                                               “What is the Treachery of
                        Renaissance style, cubism,             Meaning                                                                    Images,” (2041) in
                        destilj, and ready-made art.           4. Art and the                                                             https://www.youtube.com/w
                                                               Perception of                                                              atch? v=atHQpANmHCE
                                                               Reality
                                                                                                                                          Miller, Ellen (2004),
                                                                                                                                          “Introduction to Aesthetics”
                                                                                                                                          in
                        1. Define aesthetics as a branch
                                                                                                                                          http://users.rowan.edu/~mil
                        of philosophy concerned with art.
                                                               C. Aesthetics:                       Quiz                                  lere/Introduction%20to%20
                        2. Enumerate the various terms                            Lecture /
                                                               The Study of                                                  Multimedia   Aesthetics.htm
                        used in Aesthetics.                                       Discussion
                                                               Art and Beauty                       Class Recitation with                 Jocano, Landa F (2001).
                        3. Classify the arts based on the                         Ppt.
        Describe                                               1. The Field of                      the use of rubric        Projector    “Aesthetic Dimension,” in
                        perception by the senses.                                 Presentation
        heightened                                             Aesthetics                                                                 Filipino Worldview, Quezon
                        4. Discover the Filipino aesthetic
 6.0    perceptions                                            2. Aesthetics                        Individual               E-Book       City: PUNLAD Research
                        worldview.
hours   and aesthetic                                          Terms                                Artwork with the use                  House, 2001. pp.135-144.
                        5. Demonstrate the Filipino sense
        sensibilities                                          3. Hierarchy of                      of rubric                Documentar   Lloren, Gregg S (2011).
                        of beauty in some indigenous,
        for the arts.                                          Beauty                                                        y Videos     “Horror Vacui and the
                        ethnic, folk and pop arts.
                                                               4. The Filipino                      Class                    and Movies   Pinoy Inclination for Filling
                        6. Compare the Filipino sense of
                                                               Aesthetic                            Debate with the use of                Up Every Inch of Space” in
                        art and beauty to that of Western
                                                               Worldview                            rubric                                https://www.academia.edu.
                        and Japanese.
                                                                                                                                          “Pop Art Jeepney in the
                        7. Formulate an aesthetic art
                                                                                                                                          Lovely Philippines,” in
                                                                                                                                          https://www.youtube.com/w
                                                                                                                                          atch?v=Pxt8YziLy8Q
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                       compositions of some media used         1. The Darwinian                                               y Videos     Shanken, Edward (2009).
                       in the visual arts.                     Theory of Beauty                                               and Movies   “Art in the Information Age:
                       4. Apply some concepts in               and Art                                                                     Technology and
                       physics to the elements of art,         2. Elements and                                                             Conceptual Art,” in
                       design and composition.                 Media of Visual                                                             https://artexetra.files.wordp
                       5. Formulate a scientific and           Art                                                                         ress.com/2009/02/shanken
                       technological approach to Art           3. Design and                                                               artinfoage.pdf
                       Appreciation.                           Principles of                                                               .
                       6. Examine the emergent art             Composition                                                                 “Self-portraits and social
                       forms in the age of computer and        4. Application of                                                           media: The rise of the
                       information technology.                 Technology to                                                               ‘selfie’,” in
                                                               the Production of                                                           http://www.bbc.com/news/
                                                               Art                                                                         magazine-22511650
                                                               5. The Art of                                                               “The Darwinian Theory of
                                                               Selfie and                                                                  Beauty by Dennis Dutton”
                                                               Groupie                                                                     in
                                                                                                                                           https://www.youtube.com/w
                                                                                                                                           atch?v=PktUzdnBqWI
 6.0    Describe                                               H. Art and          Lecture/Discussi   Class Recitation with   Multimedia   Panofsky, Erwin (1955).
hours   heightened     1. Relate the study of art to the       Mathematics:        on                 the use of rubric                    “The History of the Theory
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        Demonstrate      various styles of art.                3. Styles of                        Visual Arts and your                   http://www.rae.com.pt/Dant
        cultural         5. Show the history of Western art    Postmodern Art                      own general List the                   o%20hegel%20end%20art.
        values for the   by means of a timeline.               4. Philippine Art                   noted artists and
        arts of          6. Create a timeline for Philippine   Styles and                          artworks of period.                    “History of Ideas: Art,” in
        various          art history.                          Movements                           Identify the significant               https://www.youtube.com/w
        societies.       7.Formulate a historical approach     5. Theory of the                    historical events in the               atch?v=z7ECzduUWx0.
                         to Art Appreciation.                  End of Art                          Philippines that
                                                                                                   happened during the                    “Xiao Time: Mga
                                                                                                   period.                                Interpretasyon sa Parisian
                                                                                                   knowledge of                           Life ni Juan Luna,” (2015).
                                                                                                   Philippine history with                Part 1, in
                                                                                                   the use of rubrics                     https://www.youtube.com/w
                                                                                                                                          atch?v=RUDbg_QEy2M.
                                                                                                    Final individual art                  Part 2, in
                                                                                                   project: visual,                       https://www.youtube.com/w
                                                                                                   performance, or                        atch?v=7_8M4qYmPgU.
                                                                                                   literary with the use of
                                                                                                   rubrics
                         Benjamin, Walter (1935). “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” in http://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/benjamin.pdf
                         Covar, Prospero (1992). Kaalamang Bayang Dalumat ng Pagkataong Pilipino”, in http://www.journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/djwf/article/view
Course References
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                         Danto, Arthur (1964). “The Artworld” in Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 61, Issue 19. American Philosophical Association Eastern Division 61st
                         Annual Meeting, pp. 571-584.
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           toy+pdf.
           “Vitruvian Man,” (2016) in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man.
“Xiao Time “Fernando Amorsolo: Ang Grand Old Man ng Philippine Art” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC9hVHbGCSA.
                         “Xiao Time: Mga Interpretasyon sa Parisian Life ni Juan Luna,” (2015). Part 1, in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUDbg_QEy2M, Part 2,
                         in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_8M4qYmPgU.
Course Policies The class will adopt the University regulations on students’ conduct and on the process of securing official absences.
                         1. Class attendance will be checked before the start of the discussion. Late will not sign anymore the attendance.
                         2. Plagiarism and cheating is strictly PROHIBITED. Any violation/s with this rule is tantamount to failing this course.
                         3. The use of cellular phone during class is not allowed.
                         4. Unexcused absences will be charged against the student. Students without valid reason and excuse letter sign by guidance counselor is not
                         allowed to take missed quizzes/activities
                         5. Cleanliness and orderliness must always be observed inside the classroom.
                         6. Late submission of projects has an equivalent deduction depending on class agreement.
Consultation Period MW 10:00 to 12:00 & TTH 9:00 to 12:00 , Faculty Office