Con Arts Reviewer
Con Arts Reviewer
• Contemporary art is defined as the art of the and/or their body movements to communicate
“now”. artistic expression. Performing arts come in
WHAT IS ART? many kinds, but all are meant to be enacted in
– A tool for communication. front of a live audience.
– Offers as the chance to learn and understand 1. Music – A universal form of art. It is defined
artists and the regions where they belong as the manipulation of sound and silence.
through their works. • Art music – The umbrella term used to refer
– Defined as the manifestation or use of the to music that stems from Western Classical
various creative disciplines. music.
– It is produced by human creativity and skill to • Popular music – Generally refers to music that
express oneself. is accessible and commercially available to the
public.
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS • Traditional music – Are musical forms that are
Art, as mentioned, is the tangible output of communally and culturally based.
creative expression. 2. Dance – Defined as regulated and deliberated
order of body movements.
Visual Arts • Ballet • Modern dance
• A term used to describe a wide array of • Belly dance • Contemporary dance
artistic disciplines that are appreciated primarily • Break dance • Traditional dance
through sight. • Improvisational dance
1. Fine Arts – Are the artworks we readily • Hip-hop dance
associate with art. The term “fine arts” was first 3. Theater – Theater or play is a branch of
used to describe for their appearance rather performing arts that often involves the
than their practical use. integration and combination of the visual and
– Drawing – Graphic art performing arts.
– Painting – Calligraphy • Mime • Opera
– Sculpture – Architecture • Puppetry • Musical theater
– Print • Tragedy • Traditional theater
2. Decorative Arts – also known as decorative
crafts, are artworks that are both aesthetically WHY DO ARTISTS CREATE ART?
pleasing and functional. – Recognition – Impulse
– Textile art – Earthenware – Worship – Self-expression
– Glassware – Metal craft
– Jewelry – Interior design ART AND THE FILIPINO
– Furniture Filipinos are very social people and this is
3. Contemporary Art Forms – There are new reflected in their art, more especially in their
and unusual art forms that could not be easily traditional art. According to Prof. Felipe M. De
categorized between the fine arts and the Leon Jr., a professor of art studies and the
decorative arts. former chair of the National Commission for
– Assemblage – Digital art Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
– Collage – Land art
– Installation – Conceptual art FILIPINO ART TENDENCIES
– Performance art Broadest aspect technique – Filipinos think it
looks like rather than how it is actually great Manila's historical events.
sway seen. C. Portraiture paintings are used to
Multiple focal points – Artists use multiple focal commemorate personalities and are seen in
points in their composition in efforts to try to many formal institutions such as government
represent the sentiments of the different offices.
members of society. D. Still life is a work of art that portrays
Highly expressive – Being born in a very social inanimate objects.
environment, Filipinos are more emphatic, E. Landscapes depict the beauty of the
spontaneous, and emotional. outdoors.
Polychromatic – Filipinos love colorful, F. Nude, as a subject of painting in the
decorative arts and crafts. Philippines, was rare before the twentieth
Maximalism – Filipino art has an inclination to century but has since been an accepted and
fill up space with forms and ornamentation. popular subject in Philippine contemporary
Multifunctional – Creating works that have visual arts.
various uses strengthens the sense of G. Genres are paintings whose themes
community with people of different fascination showcase people doing everyday activities and
and requirements. chores.
Rhythmic Patterns – One of the most 2. SCULPTURES - Are artworks that are three-
recognizable tendencies in Filipino art is the dimensional.
stylized and measured organization of patterns Free standing sculptures, also known as in the
and forms. round, are sculptures that are raised
independently in their given space. It can be
LESSON 2: CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS often observed from all points of view.
Fine Arts – The majority of the contemporary Reliefs – Are sculptures that are raised from a
art produced in the Philippines are paintings, background.
sculptures, and drawings. Bas-reliefs or low reliefs – Are reliefs that are
1. PAINTINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS slightly protruding from their background.
Paintings – May be defined as a two- High reliefs – Are reliefs that are prominently
dimensional form of art that showcases artistic raised against their background, giving the
expression created on a flat surface. sculpture more dimensionality.
Painting Themes – Contemporary paintings
• Subtraction is used in carving, Addition is
found in the Philippines range from the
seen in sculpting techniques like molding,
academic style, the artistic style espoused by
casting, and welding.
the European art academies of the 1800s that
• Precolonial sculptural artworks include the
promoted the depiction of idealized and
panolongs of the Torogan, the Maranao Royal
classical beauty.
house, the sunduk or the grave markets of the
Badjao, and the many interpretations of the
A. Religious themes were the primary subject
Ifugao rice god, the bulul.
for the artworks during the Spanish colonial
• During the Spanish colonization, the notable
times.
sculptural pieces were the santos.
B. Historical themes can be seen in the works of
• Classical style follows the aesthetics of the
Angono, Rizal native Carlos "Botong" V.
ancient Greeks and Romans as taught by the
Francisco (1912-1969) whose masterpiece
European art academies, while the modern
Filipino Struggles through History depicts
style is often abstracted and is not as particular
about the realistic portrayal or representation Philippines wherein a suitor serenades his
of figures compared to the classical style. object of affection.