Art appreciation / Katherine Grace Jose-Gravela.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction to the course -- Art appreciation: creativity, imagination and expression -- Assumption of art -- Visual arts -- Functions of arts: personal, social, physical and philosophical -- Type, source and kinds of subject -- Managers, curators, buyers, collectors and art dealers -- Medium and techniques -- National artists -- Elements of art, performance art, transcreation -- Principles of design, rule of thirds -- Art history -- Instrumental music: baroque, classical, romantic and modern -- Narratives, appropriation, borrowing and ownership -- Acts of cultural appropriation -- Textile art -- Visual elements in the Philippine traditional motifs and crafts -- Symmetry art (okkir/ukkil) -- Improvisation in various artforms -- Philippine indigenous art and GAMABA.