Module 5 - Art Appreciation
Module 5 - Art Appreciation
Module 5 - Art Appreciation
Knowledge
Skills
Values
Dear Learners,
Our courseware is specially designed to equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to further
develop your understanding in different disciplines, and expose you to new and engaging topics in arts. Consider
this module as a guide to strengthening human productivity and a tool for exploring the twenty-first century.
This will be use throughout the semester. This will serve your medium in teaching-learning process
wherein you will be assessed each lesson how much you have learned from the subject matter. You are required
to submit this module at the end of this semester or else you are mark incomplete.
Table of Contents
Preliminary Period
Midterm Period
Module 9: Mediums of Arts
Module 10: Elements of Arts
Module 11: Principles of Arts
Module 12: Glancing Art History
Pre-Historic Art/Cave Art
A. Asian
1. Philippine pre-historic art
2. Egyptian Art
3. China
B. Western
4. Greek Art
5. Roman Art
Final Examination
Module 13: Appreciating Visual Arts)
Module 5
CLASSIFYING THE ARTS
Introduction
Art is classified in different ways. Various authors have their own classification of art.
Generally, arts are grouped into two: major arts and minor arts. Major arts include painting,
architecture, sculpture, literature, music, and dance. On the other hand, minor arts include the
decorative arts, the popular arts, the graphic arts, the plastic arts, and industrial arts.
The arts are generally grouped into two: major and minor arts.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the session, learners are expected to:
a. Discuss the different forms of the arts
b. Cite examples of each form
Discussion
According to Webster, the major arts involve man’s skills to create works of art that are in form,
content, and execution, aesthetically pleasing and meaning as in music, painting, architecture, and
sculpture. They are called major arts because they appeal to the senses of sight, hearing, and feeling.
They are more notable and conspicuous in effect. On the other hand, the aesthetic factor in the minor
arts lies in the “styling”. They are addressed primarily to the sense of sight and their usefulness. The
minor arts are inferior in degree, especially in the extent of aesthetic quality.
Merriam Webster. Illustrated Contemporary Dictionary, Encyclopedia Edition,(Chicago,
Illinois: J.G. Feguson, Publishing Co., 1987, pp. 718, 757.
According to Manaois, there are two (2) general dimensions of arts, namely, (1) fine arts or
independent arts made principally for aesthetic enjoyment through the senses, especially visual and
auditory such as painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, theater, performing arts, and (2) practical
arts or utilitarian arts intended for practical use or the development of raw materials for functional
purposes such as industrial art, civic art, commercial art, graphic art, agricultural and fishery art.
Estolas (1995) grouped arts into:
1. Visual Arts. These artworks are perceived by our eyes which may be classified into graphic arts
and plastic arts. Graphic arts have flat two-dimensional surface such as painting industry. It
covers the commercial arts like the design of books, advertisements, signs, posters and other
displays for advertisements. Plastic arts are visual arts which have three-dimensional forms.
Under this grouping are: architectural designs and construction of buildings and other
structures; landscape of gardens, parks, playgrounds, and golf courses with plants ,trees, vines
and ground cover;
2. Performing Arts. These include the theater, play, dance, and music. They involve movement,
speaking and gestures.
3. Literary Arts. These include the short stories, novels, poetry and dramas.
4. Popular Arts. These include the film, newspaper, magazine, radio and television. This group is
characterized as gay and lively.
5. Gustatory Art of the Cuisine. This involves skills in food preparation.
6. Decorative Arts. They are visual objects produced for beautifying houses, offices, cars and
other structures. They are also called applied arts.
Estolas, Josefina V., Clarita G. Javier, & Nieves Pada-Payno. Introduction to Humanities(Arts
for Fine Living). Mandaluyong City: National Book Store, Inc.
Sanchez, Abad, and Jao (2001) grouped arts into:
1. Visual arts. These include graphic arts (which include drawing, painting, photography, etc. or
in which portrayals of forms and symbols are recorded on a two-dimensional surface) and
plastic arts (which comprise all fields of visual arts for which materials are arranged in three-
dimensional forms namely, structural architecture, interior arranging, crafts, sculpture,
industrial design, dress and costume design and theatre design.
Sanchez, Custodiosa A., Paz F. Abad, & Loreta V. Jao. (2001). Introduction to Humanities.
Quezon City: Rex Printing Company, Inc.
Barrios( ) classified arts into two: according to purpose and according to media and forms.
1. According to purpose
A. Practical or useful arts are those human activities directed to produce artifacts, tools
and utensils used in doing households and everyday chores.
Examples: basket weaving agriculture, etc.
B. Liberal Arts involve the development of man’ intellectual reasoning.
Examples: Mathematics, Astronomy, Grammar
C. Fine Arts are the products of the human creative activity as they express beauty in
different ways and media for the satisfaction and relaxation of man’s mind and spirit.
Examples: painting, sculpture, architecture
D. Major Arts are characterized by their actual and potential expressiveness and by a
purely disinterested purpose.
Examples: music, poetry, sculpture
E. Minor Arts are works connected with practical uses and purposes.
Examples: interior decoration, porcelain