Undergraduate Program : Fine Art Course of School of Humanities at Ateneo De Manila University
FA 167.10. Special Topics in Art History: Western Art
Key themes and motifs in western art history. Seminars on specific material and ideological conditions within a given historical period in western art permit students to deepen their knowledge of art history under the guidance of the instructor.
Undergraduate Program : Fine Art Course of School of Humanities at Ateneo De Manila University
FA 167.9. Motifs and Themes of Southeast Asian Art
There are recurring motifs and themes in Southeast Asian art than transcend the urban traditions (Indic, Sinic, Islamic, and Western) that influenced it. Examples would be the snake/crocodile, the diamond pattern, the house-on-stilts, the tattoo as a source of power. These motifs and themes have modified the various urban traditions that entered into Southeast Asia’ at the same time, they have been modified by these urban traditions.
Undergraduate Program : Fine Art Course of School of Humanities at Ateneo De Manila University
FA 167.8. Development of Architecture in Southeast Asia
The focus is on the development of architecture, both domestic and religious, in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Sulu-Marawi, and Lowland Luzon-Visayas. The course explores the characteristics of the indigenous house on stilts and its interaction with the High Cultures; the Indic, Sinic , the Islamic, and the Western. While it was transformed by those High Cultures, I in turn transformed them. The adaptations of the ecclesiastical styles brought in by the High Cultures, to environment and culture, will also be discussed
Undergraduate Program : Fine Art Course of School of Humanities at Ateneo De Manila University
FA 167.7. Philippine Christian Art
Starting with choice Philippine examples from Spanish colonial art, the roots and influences that shaped Philippine Christian art are explored. The relation of these artistic expression to Christian worship is underscored and the uniqueness of the Philippine experience is highlighted. Topics include: Seeing as an intellectual and religious discipline; Expressive space; Religious, Christian and Liturgical art; Liturgy and the arts; Periods in the development of Christian art; Rise and growth of Philippine Christian art; Art documentation.
Undergraduate Program : Fine Art Course of School of Humanities at Ateneo De Manila University
FA 167.6 Philippine Colonial Art and Architecture
The sources, influences and the social and religious factors that shaped Philippine colonial art of the Spanish and American periods; the principal examples from the 17th to the 20th centuries, comparative studies with Mexican and South American colonial and the Beaux-Arts movement in the United States are the topics of this course.
Undergraduate Program : Fine Art Course of School of Humanities at Ateneo De Manila University
FA 167.5 Philippine Indigenous Art
A survey of themes and motifs in Philippine indigenous art. Starting from pre-Hispanic examples, the course compares and contrasts local forms and styles in different ethnolinguistic and geographical settings, upland and lowland, to reveal the richness of Filipino cultural heritage.
Undergraduate Program : Fine Art Course of School of Humanities at Ateneo De Manila University
FA 167.4. Introduction to Modern Asian Art
A survey of modernist developments in the painting and sculpture of India, China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, excluding the Philippines –Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam.
Undergraduate Program : Fine Art Course of School of Humanities at Ateneo De Manila University
FA 167.3. The Arts of Asia
Perspectives on the Arts of China, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia to the Present.
In this subject, students will be exposed to the social, cultural, and historical contexts in which the arts of the region have been created, in the light of both pre- and post-colonial experiences.
Undergraduate Program : Fine Art Course of School of Humanities at Ateneo De Manila University
FA 167.2. Survey of World Art
A survey of the history and development of painting, sculpture, architecture, and related visual arts of major world cultures, including European, American, Asian, African, Islamic, and Pre-Columbian.
Undergraduate Program : Fine Art Course of School of Humanities at Ateneo De Manila University
FA 167.1. Narratives of Western Art
A critical introductory survey of the key styles and the history of Western painting, sculpture and architecture, beginning in the Byzantine period, and covering the Gothic, Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque, Rococo, Neo-Classical, Romantic, Impressionist, and Post Impressionist periods. At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to identify key works and themes. Assessment through essays and two slide tests in the course of the semester.