Includes bibliographical references

The nature of art -- Course overview -- Welcome message to students -- Course expectations -- Course policies -- Class participation house rules -- Classroom rules for online learning -- Classroom rules for discussion board posting -- Classroom rules for video viewing -- What is art? -- Defining art -- The assumptions about art/the standards and themes of art -- The assumptions about art -- The standards of art -- Questions to ask yourself when looking at an artwork -- The themes of art - The seven themes of art -- Basic art criticism -- The four coordinates of art criticism -- The four steps of art criticism -- The artist and the artisan -- Artist/artisan -- national artists of the Philippines -- The roster of national artists -- The national living treasures award -- The roster of GAMABA awardees -- Subject and function in the arts -- Subject and content in art -- Subject in the arts -- Types of visual art according to subject -- Ways of representing subject -- The functions of art -- Function -- Medium, elements of art and principles of design -- Medium in the arts -- Art media -- The elements of art and its organization -- The elements of art -- Organization in art -- The principles of design -- Art through the ages -- The history of art -- Art history timeline -- The school of modern art -- Living with art -- Soul-making -- What is soul-making -- Categories of soul-making -- The seven Leonardo da Vinci principles -- Appropriation in art -- What is appropriation in art -- Philippine traditional motifs and crafts -- Indigenous Philippine arts and crafts -- Okir -- From art to art -- Origami -- Experiencing art -- Art museum adn art gallery -- Lists of muesum in the Philippines