Teaching Arts
Teaching Arts
At the end of the lessons in this component, you should be able to:
• learn about art and its relation to everyday life, religion/rituals/ folk arts.
• know the elements of art: line, form, color, value, texture and space.
• learn the steps in appreciating sample paintings.
• develop confidence and self esteem as an art teacher.
PREASSESSMENT IN ARTS
Multiple Choices
Direction: Write the letter of the best answer on your answer sheet.
2. Which activity refers to finding out the level of artistic ability of the students/class at the start of
the school year?
a. I.Q. Test b. sketching c. coloring d. diagnostic drawing
5. If texture is the smoothness or roughness of a surface, what is the example of visual texture for
stones?
a. real stones b. plastic stones c. paper stones d. drawing of stones
7. The Aetas are one of our ethno linguistic tribes. Which mountain do they inhabit in Luzon?
a. Mayon b. Makiling c. Pinatubo d. Sierra Madre
9. If Juan Luna won the gold medal at the Madrid Painting Exposition in 1884, who was the Filipino
painter who won the silver medal?
10. What was the title of Juan Luna’s painting in that competition?
a. Spoliarium b. Last Supper c. Katipunan d. La Solidaridad
What is Art?
Art comes from the Aryan root word ar, meaning to join or to put together. The
Greek verb artizen, means to prepare, while the Latin term ars/artis means everything
that is made or assembled by man.
From the above meanings of art, we arrive at the idea that art is anything
prepared and assembled by man. Preparation may mean the gathering of materials.
Jar-making involves the grounding and mixing of the right composition of clay with
water. Cave paintings and pictographs entail the preparation of the cave walls,
pigments, and tablets before these are painted and inscribed. It may also mean
preparing the right materials needed in assembling a basket, a headdress, a spear, a
boat or a house. The difference between yesterday’s and today’s technology is
that there is a wider range of art materials now available in the market, which are
prepared and manufactured for our immediate use.
Art has varied meanings, depending on how we connect it to life. In visual art, it
may mean:
• a spontaneous visual representation of anyone’s imaginations, feelings and
experiences.
Architecture (overall design, interior and Civic Art (design and construction of
garden layouts of buildings, houses, bridges, expressways, airports, seaports,
churches/ temples, etc.) parks, resorts)
Direction: Match the right column with the left by writing the letter of the
correct answers on the space provided before each number.
_____ 1. If the Greek verb artizen means to prepare,
A. Sculpturing
what does the Latin term ars/artis mean? B. Literature
_____ 2. Who said that art is not an imitation of things, C. Paul Cezanne
but an attempt to make things visible? D. Anything
assembled by man
_____ 3. What is the art classification of writing novels, E. Commercial Art
essays, poetry, etc. F. Paul Klee
_____ 4. Which art is involved in the mechanical G. Industrial Art
designs of factories, vehicles, toys,
appliances, spare parts, accessories, etc.
_____ 5. If painting is involved in the use of
coloring mediums, what is the art involved
in carving, molding, assembling,
installation art, etc.?