Lesson 1 - Contemporary, Modern, Integrative

• Humanities is the study of the human experience
• Humanities involve how people process and record their thoughts, beliefs, and longings
• Humanities coexist with another branch of discipline - the sciences
• Contemporary Art is the art that springs out of present-day events and passions of society
• Contemporary Art is the newest form of art, amusing people from the middle to the late 20th century up to the present
• Contemporary Art is produced by 21st - century artists living in the postmodern age
• Contemporary Art functions in a global society that is culturally diverse and technology-oriented
• Contemporary Art provides instances for people to reflect and respond to contemporary social concerns and issues
• Contemporary Art is a combination of mixed styles, materials, techniques, and concepts that challenges tradition
• Modern Art emerged in the late 1800s and continued to grow for more or less a century
• Modern Art slowly waned in the middle to late 20th century when postmodernism came to light
• Postmodernism gave birth to contemporary art
• Modern art developed as styles and techniques, whereas contemporary means "with the time" (con tempo)
• Contemporary Art refers to the art of the present time
• Contemporary art is more socially conscious than modern art because more social issues have been realized in recent decades
• Contemporary Art is a form of art that cannot be easily classified
• In Contemporary Art, not only movements can be integrated into an artwork, but even seemingly different categories can be melded together to produce an integrated or combined art
• Integrative Art is art forms that are interactive and multi-disciplinary in nature, consisting of ideas and practices from different branches of learning, resulting in the unity of separate areas of learning
• An example of integrative art is the integration of science and humanities in a building's architecture
• Another example of integrative art is a unique presentation of three Filipino artists coming from three distinct disciplines - dance, music, song - performing at the Cultural Center of the Philippines