Table of Contents

Table of Contents 

Chapter

1 What is Art?……………………………………………………………. 1
Kinds of Arts………………………………………………………………… 1
Elements of Arts…………………………………………………………… 2-
Subject…………………………………………………………………….. 2
Medium…………………………………………………………………… 3
Activity 1.1…………………………………………………….. 4
Perspective ……………………………………………………………… 5
Activity 1.2…………………………………………………….. 6
Line ………………………………………………………………………… 7
Activity 1.3…………………………………………………….. 7
Color………………………………………………………………………. 8
Activity 1.4…………………………………………………….. 8
Activity 1.5…………………………………………………….. 10
Form……………………………………………………………………….. 11
Activity 1.6 and 1.7…………………………………………………….. 12
Space……………………………………………………………………….. 13
Texture……………………………………………………………………. 13
Style………………………………………………………………………… 13
Activity 1.8…………………………………………………….. 13
Activity 1.9…………………………………………………….. 14
Quiz 1…………………………………………………………………………. 15

2 Elements of Music………………………………………………………….. 21
Tone………………………………………………………………………… 21
Activity 2.1…………………………………………………….. 21
Timbre…………………………………………………………………….. 21
Activity 2.2…………………………………………………….. 22
Melody……………………………………………………………………. 23
Activity 2.3…………………………………………………….. 25
x Dynamics………………………………………………………………… 26
Activity 2.3…………………………………………………….. 27
Rhythm…………………………………………………………………… 28
Texture……………………………………………………………………. 28
Harmony…………………………………………………………………. 28
Form……………………………………………………………………….. 29
Quiz 2………………………………………………………………….. 31

3 Elements of Theater Arts………………………………………….. 35
Types of Drama…………………………………………………………….. 35
Types of Theater Stages…………………………………………………. 36
Prominent Theatre Plays………………………………………………. 39
Activity 3.1…………………………………………………………………. 40
Activity 3.2…………………………………………………………………. 41

4 What is Dance?………………………………………………………………. 43
Components of the Dance…………………………………………….. 43
Types of Dance……………………………………………………………… 44
Activity 4.1………………………………………………………………… 48

5 A Glimpse to the History of Western Visual Art…………… 49
Prehistoric Period (2.5 million-500BC)………………………… 49
General Characteristics………………………………………………… 49
Greek Art (c.650–27BCE)…………………………………………….. 50
Greek Orders Used Mostly in the Architectural Works…. 50
Chronology of Greek Art……………………………………………… 53
Artists in the Greek Art………………………………………………… 53
Romanesque Period ( 950AD–1250AD)……………………….. 53
Artists of the Romanesque Period………………………………… 54
Gothic Period (1200-1500AD)……………………………………… 56
Artists of the Gothic Period………………………………………….. 57
Renaissance Period (1400–1599)…………………………………… 61
Renaissance Painting…………………………………………………….. 61
Mannerism (1520–1580)………………………………………………. 63
Artists……………………………………………………………………… 64
Baroque (1600–1750)…………………………………………………… 65
Artists……………………………………………………………………… 65
Rococo Period (1715–1775)………………………………………….. 68
Artists…………………………………………………………………………… 68
Neoclassical Period (1770–1830)………………………………….. 69
Artists…………………………………………………………………………… 70
Romantic Period (1770–1920)………………………………………. 72
Artists…………………………………………………………………………… 73
Greatest Works of the Romantic Period………………………… 75
Modern Period (19th [1863] Century–Present)……………… 77
Movements Art Movement…………………………………………… 78
Other Movements in Modern Art (1860’s–1970)………….. 82
Modern Architecture……………………………………………………. 84
Top 10 Tallest Buildings in the World (2014)………………… 86

6 A Short Glimpse of Asian Arts…………………………………………. 89
Philippine Arts……………………………………………………………… 89
Different Sites in the Tabon Caves Complex ………………… 90
Cordilleran Folk Arts……………………………………………………. 93
Indonesia……………………………………………………………………… 95
China……………………………………………………………………………. 97
India…………………………………………………………………………….. 99
Cambodia…………………………………………………………………….. 101
Japan…………………………………………………………………………….. 102
Types of Ikebana……………………………………………………… 102
Gawad sa Manliliikha ng Bayan (GAMABA)………………… 103
National Artists of the Philippines………………………………… 104
Test………………………………………………………………………………. 109

References……………………………………………………………………………………………… 119