HUM UNIT 1: CONTEMPORARY ARTS

• Aerobic Dance - a dance routine made into an

  exercise program
• Visual Arts refers to those forms perceived by the eyes. These include painting, sculpture, and architecture. They are also called spatial arts because artworks produced under this genre occupy space.
• Contemporary art

  ● Refers to art produced today

  ● Many art historians consider late 1960s or early 1970s to

  be the starting point of this genre
• I. Fine Arts- art forms created primarily for their appearance

  rather than their practical use. (ex. drawing, painting, sculpture

  etc.)
• Paintings and Illustrations- A two-dimensional form of art that

  showcases artistic expression created on a flat surface.
• Painting themes:

  1. religious themes
  2. historical themes
  3. portraiture paintings
  4. still life
  5. landscapes
  6. nude
  7. genres
• II. Decorative Arts and Crafts- artworks that are both aesthetically

  pleasing and functional.

  1. Pottery
  2. Carving
  3. Weaving
  4. Metalwork
• III. Contemporary Art forms- include recently conceived art styles and

  techniques that are avant-garde or experimental in nature.

  1. Collage
  2. Assemblage
  3. Mobile
  4. Performance Art
  5. Installation art
• Contemporary Performance Art

  ● When artists use their voices and/their body movements

  to communicate artistic expression

  • Music, Dance and theatre are under this
• I. Music- Defined as the manipulation of sound and silence.

  Forms of Music

  1. Kundiman and Harana
  2. Ballad
  3. Chamber Music
  4. Choral Music
  5. Liturgical Music
  6. Opera
  7. Pop Music
  8. Protest Songs
• Kundiman is a product of Spanish colonization. It is an art song that signifies love and affection for someone. It is described to be highly emotional and sentimental because it expresses personal sorrow
• Harana is a traditional courtship ritual in the Philippines. where in a suitor serenades his object of affection.
• Dance- defined as regulated and deliberated order of body

  movements.

  1. Aerobic Dance

  Ballet

  Folk Dance

  Street Dance
• Street dance is a dance form that began in urban open spaces, such as yards, streets, parks, and night clubs.
• Ballet is both a dance and theatre art. There are 3 reiterations of the ballet form, namely: modern ballet, opera ballet, and folkloric ballet
• Modern ballet uses traditional techniques and styles set to contemporary ideas.

  Opera ballet, and its more modern version called rock ballet. This type of ballet combines dance and song.

  Folkloric ballet is a performance that presents subjects and themes based on the art and culture of a community music
• Theater is defined as a fine art where actors or actresses perform experiences, whether real or imagined, in front of an audience
• Many consider theatre the ultimate art form because it is a collaborative art form
• Absurd theatre deliberately exaggerates events and situations, often portraying characters as stereotypes
• Stage Show, also known as bodabil, presents various acts and performances such as comedy skits, circus acts, musical and dance numbers, acrobatics, and magic shows
• Brechtian theater, also known as epic theatre, was created by Bertolt Brecht
• Children’s Theater primarily caters to children as the audience
• Melodrama is a nonmusical play intended to evoke tears and emotional attachments to the characters, who are often victims of tragedy
• In a Dramatic Monologue, an individual actor speaks and acts out the character's thoughts and emotions
• Tula-dula is a poem-play developed by the University of the Philippines in the 1970s
• Political Theater aims to transform or improve the current state of the government, with seditious plays using symbolism
• Musical Theater emphasizes the importance of music
• Realism in theater involves the accurate depiction of real-life scenarios
• Integrative arts as a multidisciplinary approach in the study of art using "vocational, scholarly, and creative interest in the arts and design" within and outside the scope of traditional art practice

  1. New Media - digital art, video games, robotics
  2. Digital Storytelling - the use of digital tools to tell their story
  3. Using Music and Performing Arts in Education
• Sculptures are artworks that are three-dimensional. There are two classifications of sculptures: free-standing and relief.
• Free-Standing Sculpture - can be viewed from all sides; it stands on its own without any support
• Relief Sculpture - sculptures that are raised from the background. It can also be classified as low relief/bas relief or high relief.
• Low Relief (Bas Relief) - shallow carving where figures appear to project slightly outward from the surface they are carved into
• High Relief - deep carving where figures stand out prominently from the surface they are carved into