K to 12 ART for GRADE 7

FOURTH QUARTER: UNIT IV - SCULPTURE

MODULE 7 : SCULPTURE

Lesson 1 : EARLY FORMS AND TRADITIONAL SCULPTURE IN THE

PHILIPPINES

Time Allotment : 2 session of 60 minutes each.

Lesson Summary

ART HISTORY ART PRODUCTION ART APPRECIATION ART CRITICISIM

The ancient art of Create a sculpture Discuss the purpose Critique ones
pottery existed in the using available of the early sculptures sculpture and the
Philippines as early as materials clay, mud, done by our early work of others in
3,500 years old as vegetables and fruits, ancestors and terms of design,
seen in the and found objects. appreciate that most uniqueness and
Manunggul Jar found of them had a use.
in a Palawan cave. spiritual dimension.
Compare the
Pottery and carving Relate the shape of materials used by
was also practiced in early figures found in early Filipinos in
the Mt. Province (bul- the Philippines to different parts of the
ul, or god figures)and those found in other country in creating
in different parts of countries in terms of their sculpture.
Mindanao (sarimanok, form and design.
panulong, graveyard
markers; Leta-leta
figures)

OBJECTIVES

The student will:

1. appreciate the crucial role of sculptures in the lives of early Filipinos in

different parts of the Philippines and be able to distinguish its uniqueness
and specific characteristics.

2. create sculptures using available materials and exhibit them.

3. compare the sculptures of our ancestors from different parts of our country
and be able to explain the purpose of their creation.

4. critique the sculpture one creates and those created by others.

K to 12 ART for GRADE 7
FOURTH QUARTER: UNIT IV - SCULPTURE
MODULE 7 : SCULPTURE
Lesson 1 : EARLY FORMS AND TRADITIONAL SCULPTURE IN THE
PHILIPPINES

VOCABULARY

Prehistoric art - art created by Filipinos before the coming of the Spaniards and
before written history.

Burial jar - the Manunggul jar was a secondary burial jar, which means that the
jar contained only the bones of the person who had long been buried
and only the bones remain and are kept in a jar for safekeeping.

Bul-ul are god figures carved out of wood, and found in the Cordilleras to
guard the ricefields and rice harvest.

Sarimanok is a mythological figure found among the Maranaos in Mindanao in the

shape of a bird with intricate wings and tail, and holding a fish in its
beak. This is similar to the bird sculptures like the Garuda of Indonesia.

ART ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES

Three dimensional sculptures are three dimensional because they have height, width
and depth.

Curvilinear the designs seen in the sarimanok are curvilinear designs in the wings
and tail, which is also seen in their okir motifs, derived from vines and
flowers.

MATERIALS

Clay or any similar materials

Variety of vegetables and fruits
Carving tools or sharp knife
Bamboo sticks and toothpicks

PROCEDURE

1. Let students read their Learning Guide, Module 7 Sculpture to know the
background and overview of early sculptures in pre-historic Philippines.

2. Let them look at the different pictures of early sculptures from the Cordilleras,
(bul-ul), from Palawan (manunggul jar and maitum jars), from Mindanao
(sari-manok ) and be able to describe these and their purpose.
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FOURTH QUARTER: UNIT IV - SCULPTURE
MODULE 7 : SCULPTURE
Lesson 1 : EARLY FORMS AND TRADITIONAL SCULPTURE IN THE
PHILIPPINES

3. Inspired by the sari-manok, ask them to use the different materials they
brought: clay or variety of vegetables and fruits, in carving these into
bird-like shapes. (See samples of carved fruits in the pictures in the
Learning Guide page 119)

4. Allow the students to work by twos or threes so they can share their
materials and they can complete their fruit sculptures quickly as these
would dry up or wilt quickly. Tell them to try to complete their sculpture
in one lesson.

5. Let students exhibit their works in a public place where others students
can view their vegetable and fruit carvings.

SYNTHESIS AND ASSESSMENT

1. Ask students to critique their carvings according to the following criteria:

a. uniqueness of designs carved
b. variety of carved designs and patterns
c. variety of vegetables and fruits used.
d. Variety of colors in the sculpture.

2. Let students choose their favorite sculpture and give the reasons for their
choice.

3. To test their recall, show them pictures of the following:

a. bul-ul
b. sari-manok
c. manunggul jar
d. maitum jar
e. panulong

Ask them to identify the sculpture; the place where it came from; and
the purpose of the sculpture for our ancestors.