Reading Visual

Arts
First Semester
2023-2024

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DR. RISA P. ASUNCION

Department of Languages and Literature

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
 My Profile
• Full-time associate professor at the
Department of Languages and Literature
and the Communication Management
Graduate Program of the College of
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
• Teach purposive communication,
educational communication, introduction to
communication and communication
management courses.
• Served as Chairman of the Teacher
Education Department of the College of
Human Development ( now College of
Education) from December 2013-May 2015
• Designated as Dean of the College of
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences from
June 2015 - July 2019.
 Educational
Background
• Obtained Bachelor of Arts major in Mass
Communication in 1988 from the Far Eastern University
• Earned Master of Arts in Education major in
Administration and Supervision, and Doctor of
Education major in Educational Management from the
National Teachers College in 2004 and 2009,
respectively.
• Prior to PLM stint, taught at the Bethel- Knox School,
a Protestant school located in Sta.Cruz, Manila in 1995
• In 2000-2005 , designated as School Principal in the
same school.
 International
Research
Conferences
Conference
• Recipient of CamTESOL Presenter Grant during the 10th Annual
CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching held in
Phnom Pehn, Cambodia o February 2014
• In 2015, awarded Research Grant by the same international
organization.
• In March 2018, presented paper about Motivation Strategies
in Teaching Second Language in Melaka, Malaysia.
• Currently an active member of the Philippine Association for
Teachers and Educators (PAFTE ) and Pi Lambda Theta-
Philippines, an international honor society for women educators.
• Has been in the teaching profession for 25 years now.
Received in 2005 the Teodora Alonzo-Huwarang Ina
Award ( Education) from the Ideal Parents and Family
Foundation,

Awarded Most Outstanding Dean during the PLM

University Recognition in Apri 2018.
Address me - I’m a proud Gen X
- I am not a multi -tasker but I am committed to

as “ Dr. juggling work with family time. I value work/life

balance.

Asuncion” - Advocate for women empowerment

- My pronouns are she and her

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WHAT TO 10

EXPECT
FROM THIS
COURSE?
COURSE ORIENTATION 11

• Course description and

objectives
• Course content
• Course requirements
• Course modalities
 About the course
A. Course Description

“Visual art including film as text, techniques of reading and analysis” (CMO No. 20, s.
2013)

B. Course Objectives

The course aims at enabling students to:

Knowledge

1. define visual art and their formal, historical, and practical characteristics;

2. show the relationship between art and life, and its role in society;

3. explain the principles and properties of visual art in making perceptual and
psychological impacts;

4. analyze the elements of design, major forms and styles of some visual art across time
and space;

5. evaluate the merits of visual art works in terms of physical, social, psychological,
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spiritual, and other uses;
About the course
- Skills
- 6. use the basic terminology in form and design for describing and
analyzing various art works;
- 7. interpret and critique samples of visual art by writing short analytical
papers and through improvisations, installation, and transcreation;
- 8. apply various techniques and media for the creation of art;
- 9. create art forms that effectively express thoughts and ideas visually;
- Values
- 10. Appreciate diverse visual art creations as powerful personal and
cultural artifacts and achievements;
- 11. Recognize the visual art as an important medium of expression or
subject of the humanities; and
- 12. Give importance to the study of the visual art as a worthwhile
educational undertaking and to the avenues that promote the arts in the 13
country and elsewhere.
 About the course
Course Requirements:
- Reflection notes
- Critical Analysis of various visual art forms
- Creative woks of various visual art forms (E- Portfolio)

- Recitation/classroom participation on discussion portals

- Quizzes
- Major exams
- Individual/group presentation

- Grading system
- 20% Midterm e xam

- 20% Final exam

- 30% Quizzes

- 30% Class participation, report/presentation(group/individual), e-portfolio of creative works s,

re f lection e ssays, art analysis, etc.

- _ ________ 14
- 100%
About the course
Course modalities:
- Synchronous sessions via MS Teams
- Asynchronous activities (materials to be
accessed through the files of the class
channel)
- Self-paced supplementary learing
materials
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 What are
expected of
you?

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✓ Familiarize with the contents of the
syllabus.
✓ Attend all synchronous sessions.
✓ Participate actively in learning
activities .
✓ Ask relevant questions.
✓ Submit requirements/outputs on time.
✓ Be responsible in monitoring pacing
on self-directed
modules/asynchronous activities.

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✓ Communicate whenever needed with
the instructor on concerns related to
the course.
✓ Share perspectives/point of view on
substantial matters to create a healthy
academic discourse.
✓ Be polite as you would in a face-to-
face situation.
✓ Observe ethical practices such as
regard for intellectual property of
others in writing or speaking.
✓ Respect others’ opinion, time and
privacy.
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• The PLM Board of Regents, Management, Faculty,
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The PLM
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Vision and • To ensure that PLM maintains a higher than the

national average performance in all professional
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education that will give them a competitive
advantage for employment opportunities. 19
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the institution of proper controls in all University processes;
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faculty development, and research initiatives.
Welcome
to
Reading
Visual
Arts
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Objectives • Get to know each other.
• Identify some key terms relevant to arts.
• Describe the various art eras and its corresponding
sample artwork.
• Appreciate the impressive sample art works and its
impact to human life.

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Why do we
study art?

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Why do we • encourages self-expression and creativity
• develops critical thinking and the ability to appreciate

study art? the world around us

• provides opportunity to acquire new skills

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 Visual • Visual literacy is a set of abilities that enables an
individual to effectively find, interpret, evaluate, use,

Literacy and create images and visual media.

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 Defining
• Reading Visual Arts --- is the ability to read, analyze,
and critique works of visual arts.

Visual Arts • Reading--- is the process of forming a perception

based on the imagery, form, and language of the text,
translated through the experience of the reader (
Cramer, Ortlieb, and Cheek 2007).

• Visual Arts ---are art forms such as painting, drawing,

printmaking, filmmaking, design, crafts, and
architecture.

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 How to read • Theme --- meaning of painting, rather than the subject

and • Mood ----the feeling expressed by the artwork

understand • Tone--- refers to the lightness or darkness of colored

Visual Arts? used

Strategies for
understanding the
elements of visual arts

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What do you
think about
this picture?

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What do you
think about
this picture?

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 Quick glimpse
of some famous
Visual Arts

Say something
about
them

Photo from:https://www.britannica/topic/MonaLisa-
painting 31
Identify the
painter and
his art work
Photo
from:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

The_Starry_Night

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 Identify the
painter and his
art work

Photo
from:https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=
michael+angelo+painting+in+sistine+chapel&for
m=HDRSC3&first=1&tsc=ImageHoverTitle

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 Identify
the painter and
his art work

Photo from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_To
wer_of_Babel_(Bruegel)

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Photo
from:https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=f
ernando+amorsolo&form=HDRSC3&first=1&ts
c=ImageHoverTitle

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 Identify the
painter and his
art work

Photo from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The ...Thinker

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Key Terms • 1. Aesthetics. The philosophical study of beauty and taste.
• 2.Intuitive. Based on what one feels to be true even without
conscious reasoning.
• 3. Fine arts. Creative art, especially visual art whose products
are to be appreciated primarily or solely for their imaginative,
aesthetic,or intellectual content.
• 4.Form. Refers to the physical nature of at work.
• 5. Formalism. Is the study of art by analyzing and comparing
form and style.
• 5.Human condition. Refers to the characteristics and key
events that compose the essentials of human existence,
including birth, learning, emotion, aspiration, conflict, and
death.
• 6. Mimesis. This is a Greek word and means “imitation”. It is the
process of imitation or mimicry through which artists portray 37
and interpret the world.
• 7.Muses. Sources of inspiration for a creative artist
 Focused of • Pre-modern/pre-aesthetic( ancient Greece and
Rome)

Arts focused on capturing ideal ideas of beauty and the

human form; Romans were interested in realistically

on different portraying individuals.

• Modern/Aesthetic (1700s to mid 1900s) more on
eras producing art that was beautiful rather than having a
deeper meaning.
• Postmodernism/Post aesthetic (mid 1900s up to
present) focused on ideology in the maintenance of
economic and political power

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 Pre-modern
era

idealization of the subject matter

artists are commissioned by the elite

/religious leaders to advance their
ideas to the people

religion took key roles within the

visual arts for hundred of years

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MODERNISM • Modern Art, also referred to as
Modernism, was viewed as both
an art and philosophical movement
at the time of its emergence. This
movement reflected the immense
longing of artists to produce new
forms of art, philosophy, and social
structures that precisely reflected
the newly developing world.
Modern era
 Post • Postmodernism era described a form of art in which
artists were able to truly express what they thought

modernism and felt, with pieces from this period typically

characterized by complete freedom from politics and

Art other societal influences.

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Postmodernism

Impression, Sunrise – Claude Monet

Some highlights

• Renaissance emphasized skill level and beauty

• Art works were commissioned by religious leaders/ church or by aristrocats for

hundred years.

• There was no artistic freedom (Renaissance).

• Different movements (isms) emerged with varied intentions, purpose, and

reasons for creating the artwork.

• According to Plato, art is mimesis, an imitation. He criticized them for not being
able to put ideal realities that he referred to as “forms” or “ideas”. It was just a
simple and poor copy of perfect ideal forms.
• Maybe it’s enough that each of us interpret
what the artist presents; love it or hate it, it• Aristotle, for him, art was not a mere copying. Art idealizes nature and
is art and we are all richer for having taken completes its faults seeking to grasp the universal type in the individual
the journey. --- Jean Pederson phenomenon.
 For you, • Share your personal encounter with art

what is art?

• Why do you consider as an art?

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 TASK
❖ As your first art critique activity, interpret
an art ( painting or sculpture) of your own
Task interest by identifying the mood
suggested by the work of art and by
describing relevant theme and the tone
displayed by the artist through his work.
Use 10 -12 meaningful sentences to
present your work. Limit your attention
only to the three items mentioned. 46
 https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/importance-of-visual-arts--
604397212476505237/
https://www.thoughtco.com/best-visual-artists-of-all-time-
3985842www.theartist.me/art-inspiration/15-most-famous-modern-art-
paintings/
en.citaliarestauro.com/what-is-visual-literacy-in-
art/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_literacy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Mimesis

References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Aesthetics

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Thank you!

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