CONTEMPORARY ARTS REVIEWER

Mid- term Examination

CONTEMPORARY ARTS

- Arts that springs out of the present-day events and passions of the society

MODERN ARTS

- Arts emerged in the late 1800s and continued to grow for more or less a century

INTEGRATIVE ARTS

- These are Art forms are interactive and multidisciplinary in nature. Refers also to the different art
categories can be melded together to produce anintegrated art

SUBJECT

- Is any person, animal, thing or issue that described or represented in a work

THEME

- is a recurring idea or element in a work of art that referral to the ideas ,thoughts and feelings of an
artist

ART STYLES

1. Realism

- The subject is done the way it usually looks

2. Distortion

- the artist uses his/her imagination and alters the subject according to his/her desire

3. Abstraction

- the artist break apart a subject and rearranges in a diff. Manner

4. Non objectivism

- there is totally no subject at allf

IN visual design, artworks with the subjects that are recognizable are called realistic, representational or
objective art

ART ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES

1. Harmony

- refers to the wholeness of design and pleasing arrangement of parts

2. Variety

- pertains to the assortment or diversity of a work of art

3. RHYTHM

- it is the regular and repeated pattern in the elements of art

4. PROPORTION

- A relationship between the elements that gives a pleasing appearance to the viewer's eye

5. Balance

- pertains to the even distribution of weight

6. Movement

- is a fundamental principle in choreography and the theater arts

7. Emphasis

- a principle that gives importance or dominance to a unit or area

1. Space

- it can defined as a void, an emptiness which can either be positive or negative

2. Line

- the extension of a point, a short or long mark drawn or carved on a surface

3. An enclosed line,a figure separate from it's an background and a three- dimensional representation

4. Color

- a mixture of organic or synthetic substances called pigments. Used as paint or dye

5. Value

- the degree of lightness and darkness of a color

Texture

- is the surface of an artwork. It can be actual (felt by touch)or simulated ( be seen,not felt)

KEY ELEMENTS

CONTEXT

- refers to the varied situations in which the artworks have been produced or interpreted

CONTENT

- Subject matter that carries the message of the work. It is what the artwork all about

FORM

- the first key element that a specto should consider and it is a surface feature of an artwork

TRADITIONAL ARTS

- Animism

- Bulul
- Learned informally

- Indigenous or closely - knitted communities

- t'nalak

- pissiyabit

- jusi and piña

- toothpick and paper mache

- mostly representations

NOLI ME TANGERE

- culture bound

Mangyan basket

CONTEMPORARY ARTS

- People power monument

- sculpture centers on the feelings and thoughts of an artist

- untitled sculpture

- NOLI FILI : DEKADA DOS MIL

- Composition #2

CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN THE PHILIPPINES

1. ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM

by JOSE JOYA

2. PASTICHE

- a mixture and a medley of different ideas, also an interweavt web of stories which creates paradoxes

3. Bricolage

- also known as assemblage and popularly used in visual arts

4. Appropriation
- borrowing of another feature

5. Installation

- art made indoors and outdoor where a particular space is transformed into a three dimensional
artwork

NATIONAL ART CENTERS/ THEATERS/ AWARDS

1. NCCA and CCP -aims/goals and it's establishments

2. ONA and GAMABA

3. PETA - Phil. Educational Theater Association

CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS

1. Eduardo Castillo p30

2. Jose Joya p.61

3. Anita- Magsaysay Ho p57

4. Fernando Amorsolo p.54

5. Lucresia Kasilag p.47

6. Lyd Arguilla p.57

7. Purita K. Ledesma p57

8.Lea Salonga p.70

9. Lisa Macuja Elizalde p.70

10. Charice Pempengo p.70

11. Darhata Sawabi p. 69

12. Salinta Monon p. 68