CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN THE PHILIPPINES Flashcards
LESSON 2
Refers to the artistic expressions, practices, and trends that have
emerged and developed in recent times. They encompass a wide
range of art forms, including visual media, arts, and performing
arts, and new interdisciplinary practices.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
Encompass a wide range of artistic expressions and practices that
have emerged in recent times.
CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS
Creates immersive, three-dimensional environments using various
materials, objects, and techniques to evoke emotions, provoke
thoughts, and engage the audience physically and intellectually.
INSTALLATION ART
A live art form where artists use their bodies to convey ideas,
emotions, and narratives through movement, gestures, spoken
word, interactive elements, and durational performances.
PERFORMANCE ART
Utilizes digital technologies like computer graphics, painting,
photography, and interactive installations to create visually
stunning and conceptually rich works.
DIGITAL ART
An interdisciplinary approach that uses technology like VR, AR,
video, internet, and interactive installations to explore new artistic
modes and challenge traditional boundaries.
NEW MEDIA ART
Originating from urban spaces, employ techniques like stenciling,
mural painting, and spray paint to create visually striking, often
politically or socially charged artworks, challenging traditional art
notions and engaging a wider audience.
STREET ART & GRAFFITI
Focuses on the idea behind an artwork, using various mediums
and approaches to explore intellectual, philosophical, and social
concepts, manifesting as installations, performances, texts, or
even ideas and instructions.
CONCEPTUAL ART
A creative process where artists combine various materials,
techniques, and mediums to create visually and conceptually rich,
visually layered, and found objects-like works.
MIXED MEDIA ART
A form of art that uses natural materials found in landscapes to
create site-specific works, often highlighting environmental issues,
exploring our connection to nature, and challenging the
permanence of art.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND ART
- refers to the process of applying color on a flat surface.
- Considered two-dimensional, meaning it only has height and
width.
PAINTING
- can be created using a wide variety of materials such as water,
color, acrylic, ink, oil, pastel, and charcoal’
FORMS
7 MAJOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
★ Visual arts.
★ Literature.
★ Music.
★ Stage.
★ Dance.
★ Architecture.
★ Film.
MAJOR PAINTING STYLES (FORMS OF PAINTING)
- EASEL PAINTING
- MURALS
- TELON PAINTING
- JEEPNEY AND CALESA PAINTING
- COLLAGE
THEMES OF PAINTING
- GENRE PAINTINGS
- HISTORICAL PAINTING
- INTERIORS
- LANDSCAPES
- PORTRAITS
- NUDES
- RELIGIOUS PAINTING
- STILL LIFE
- It portrays people in daily activities. Subjects include planting and
harvesting rice, a young woman singing in front of guests,
barong-barong, vendors, and fiestas. - During the contemporary period, _____ painting took several
directions. - One of these new approaches is a folk _____ which mainly
focuses on the everyday activities of the folk.
GENRE PAINTINGS
- It depicts a scene from the past. It often has a lesson concerning
values.
HISTORICAL PAINTING
- refers to the painting of the space inside of part of a house or a
building. - This usually reveals the social class of the family living in that
house, as well as the traits of the people living in it.
INTERIORS
- These paintings portray natural scenery or urban scenes. Mixed
media is now used in creating landscape paintings. Closely related
to landscapes are seascapes, which focus on large bodies of
water, particularly the ocean or the sea.
LANDSCAPES
- a painting portraying one or more specific individuals. This usually
portrays the physical characteristics of the subject and seeks to
show an understanding of that person’s character
PORTRAITS
These are paintings that portray the unclothed human figure.
Nowadays, a wide variety of materials and styles can be used in
painting nudes. Nude painting sessions are conducted in galleries.
NUDES
Common subjects of _________ painting include a lone religious
image, lives of the saints, and scenes based on the scriptures like
the Nativity scene, and the Stations of the Cross.
RELIGIOUS PAINTING
refers to a painting that depicts natural or man-made objects that
form a composition in a natural setting.
STILL LIFE
In contrast to painting, the _________ has three dimensions:
height, width, and depth. It is created by either carving modeling
or assembling parts.
SCULPTURE
GENERAL KINDS OF SCULPTURE
- FREE-STANDING
- RELIEF
- ASSEMBLAGE
- KINETIC SCULPTURE
- WELDED SCULPTURE
- USE OF GLASS
- SYMBOLIC SCULPTURE
a sculpture that can independently stand in space. It has a flat
horizontal base. All its sides contribute to the overall form of the
sculpture.
FREE-STANDING
This kind of sculpture does not have a flat horizontal base. The
form is projected from a flat surface.
RELIEF
This sculpture is formed by putting together materials such as
found objects, pieces of paper, sponges, wood scraps, and other
materials.
ASSEMBLAGE
a form of art that involves the entire or some parts of the
sculpture moving with the wind or vibrating with the surrounding
air, making it the simplest form.
KINETIC SCULPTURE
Creating these sculptures involves the process of connecting
sheets of metal by using acetylene or an electric torch.
WELDED SCULPTURE
A kind of sculpture where the medium of expression used by the
artist is glass.
USE OF GLASS
a kind of sculpture in which an abstract idea is represented using
allegory and personification.
SYMBOLIC SCULPTURE
OTHER FORMS OF VISUAL ART
- ADVERTISING ART
- BAMBOO ART
- BASKETRY
- BOOK DESIGN
- COSTUME
- EMBROIDERY
- FOOD ART
- FURNITURE
- EDITORIAL CARTOON
- LEAF ART
- MAT WEAVING
the use of paid media space or time to inform and influence the
public, encouraging them to patronize certain goods and services,
support policies, or support individuals.
ADVERTISING ART
The traditional art of making architecture, furniture, and
showpieces out of strips of bamboo.
BAMBOO ART
The art of making baskets through weaving or braiding various
pieces of material.
BASKETRY
Refers to the cover art and the book’s layout
BOOK DESIGN
A set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or
historical period.
COSTUME
It involves the use of needle and thread to create designs and
patterns on a fabric.
EMBROIDERY
An artistic style that uses edible objects as a medium to create
visually appealing displays or offer social critique.
FOOD ART