Contemporary Art Flashcards

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Different Forms of Arts

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VPLMCCD

Visual
Performing
Literature
Media
Culinary
Contemporary
Decorative

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Wide array of artistic disciplines that are
appreciated primarily through sight.

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Visual Arts

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Forms of Visual Art

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FDPC

Fine
Decorative
Performance
Contemporary

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4
Q

was first used to
describe the art forms created primarily
for its appearance rather than practical
use.

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Fine Arts

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5
Q

o includes artworks which were
produced from emerging technology and
artistic innovations

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Fine Arts

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Q

Primarily concerned with beauty and
aesthetics

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Fine Arts

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Examples of Fine Arts

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  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Sculpture
  • Print
  • Graphic art
  • Calligraphy
  • Architecture
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Q

Artworks that are aesthetically pleasing
and functional

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Decorative Arts

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Q

Examples of Decorative Arts

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  • Textile Arts
  • Glassware
  • Jewelry
  • Furniture
  • Earthenware
  • Metal craft
  • Interior Design
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artistic design of the Maranaos of Lanao

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Okir (motif)

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Q

Involve the use of voices and/or body
movements to communicate artistic
expression and are enacted in front of a
live audience

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Performing Arts

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12
Q

Categories/Forms of Performing Arts

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  • Music
  • Dance
  • Theater
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Q

– Manipulation of
sounds
– The use of
instruments, vocal
techniques and
styles
– Can be recorded
or performed live

A

Music

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Q

Common Genres of Music

A

APT

Art
Popular
Traditional

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Q

Western
Classical
Music

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Art Music

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Accessible and
commercially
available to the
public

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Popular Music

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Q
  • Musical forms
    that are
    community and
    culturallybased
  • Passed from
    one generation
    to the next
    through oral
    communication
    or actual
    performance
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Traditional Music

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– Regulated and
deliberated order
of body
movements which
have aesthetic
value and are
often performed
accompanied with
music

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Dance

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Q

Forms/Styles of Dance

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– Ballet
– Belly Dance
– Break Dance
– Improvisational
dance
– Hip-hop dance
– Modern dance
– Contemporary dance
– Traditional dance

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– Often involves the
integration and
combination of the
visual and performing
arts
– A fine art where
actors perform
experiences real or
imagined in front of a
live audience

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Theater/Play

21
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Forms of Theater/Play

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MPTOMT

– Mime
– Puppetry
– Tragedy
– Opera
– Musical theater
– Traditional theater

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Q
  • New and unusual art form
  • Recently conceived art styles and
    techniques
  • Artworks that are produced in our
    present lifetime which can be produced
    using the traditional forms or new art
    techniques
  • Art produced by artists living today
  • Art of the present which is
    continuously in process and in flux
A

Contemporary Art

23
Q
  • ≠ “Modern Art” or “Traditional Art”
A

Contemporary Art

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General Characteristics of
Contemporary Art

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SPCI

Site-specific
Process-oriented
Collaborative
Interactive

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- They cannot be experienced in the same way if removed from their original place of exhibit - Usually focused on local culture, customs and traditions
Site-specific
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* Paintings of Ibn Saud Salipyasin Ahmad, a local artist from Zamboanga Sibugay
Site-specific
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- Contemporary arts integrate various medium and art forms - Less emphasis on the finished product and a single creator
Process-oriented
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- Contemporary artists often work with other artists in creating artworks
Collaborative
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- The ‘audience’ has active input in the completion of the art
Interactive
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Forms of Contemporary Art
CAMPILDC Collage Assemblage Mobile Performance Art Installation Art Land Art Digital Art Conceptual Art
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- Method of combining printed images with other flat media and pasted on a canvas or board - First came about in the earl 1900s as part of the experimentation of Picasso and Braque
Collage
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- Used by French artist Jean Dubuffet in 1052 to describe a series of artworks made from paper collages, wood scraps and other found objects. - It blurs the line between painting and sculpture
Assemblage
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- Pioneered by American artist Alexander CalderIt is a sculptural work that is suspended from the ceiling or a protruding base
Mobile
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- It is typically made with a number of balancing rods dangling in different lengths carrying one or more elements - Example of kinetic sculpture which moves due to its interaction with the wind
Mobile
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- Music and sound are often incorporated in the performance - Words and dialogues are not given as much focus compared to the movement - Can be done spontaneously or rehearsed - Can be simple or large scale event
Performance Art
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- Mix of visual and performing arts - The medium used in performance art is the artist himself and the artwork is the acting and the movement of the artist. - Done in front of an audience
Performance Art
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- It involves the arrangement of objects in a given space. - It is associated with the conceptual art and the Dada Movement - It is intentionally designed to be experienced as a temporary work of art.
Installation Art
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- It incorporates different materials that may include traditional sculptural materials (e.g. wood, metal etc.) and technology based medium (e.g. light, sound, videos etc.)
Installation Art
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- Takes into consideration the viewers of the art and allows them to move around the work and immerse themselves within the art making their audience and their reactions part of the artwork
Installation Art
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- Earth art - It s art that is made directly in the landscape, sculpting the land itself into earthworks or making structures in the landscape using natural materials such as rocks or twigs
Land Art
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- Computer art - Multimedia art - It is an artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process
Digital Art
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- Conceptualism - It is art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic, technical, and material concerns.
Conceptual Art
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Elements of Contemporary Art
APSHT Appropriation Performance Space Hybridity Technology
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- Artworks are "[ANSWER]" to produce another art form - By [ANSWER], the contemporary artist revives interest to existing forms of art - Ex. Painting on a tshirt
Appropriation
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- Has evolved to emphasize spontaneous, unpredictable elements of chance
Performance
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have tried to interpret various human activities to socially relevant themes such as poverty, commercialism and war
Performance Artists
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- Art forms which are performed and positioned in specific spots and site-specific especially in public places
Space
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- The mixing of unlikely materials to produce an artwork
Hybridity
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- The use of technology in the creation and dissemination of works of art
Technology