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• Popular definitions of art:

  • Hubbard - art is not a thing, it is a way
  • Puccini - art is kind of illness
  • Reinhardt - art is art. Everything else is everything else
  • Gaugin - art is either plagiarism or revolution
  • Hirst - art is childish and childlike
  • Okamoto - art is a bang
• 3 Major traditions in the development of Philippine arts:

  1. Ethnic - influenced by geographical location & experiences

  2. Spanish Colonial - influenced by religion & secularization, used art to propagate the Catholic faith

  3. American Colonial & Contemporary Arts:

  • Modern art: main theme is national identity
  • Contemporary arts: practice of art from 1970s to present
• Elements of Arts:

  1. Space: emptiness (positive or negative space)

  2. Line: series of connected points, can be curved, dotted, or broken, with direction as vertical, horizontal, or diagonal

  3. Shape & Form:

  • Shape: area enclosed by a line/s (geometric & organic)
  • Form: three-dimensional figure (height, width, & volume)

  4. Color: associated with natural phenomena

  5. Value: property of a color (lightness or darkness)

  6. Texture: sense of feel on things, rough, smooth, bumpy, or slippery, surface of an art piece
• Principles of Arts:

  1. Proportion: relationship of size of elements

  2. Harmony: unity of artwork (arrangement of elements)

  3. Variety (diversity): adding multiple elements to break the monotony

  4. Movement: illusion of motion

  5. Rhythm: repetition of certain elements to produce a pattern

  6. Balance: even and equal distribution of elements

  7. Emphasis: greater impact given on a certain element
• Contemporary Art:

  • Artists' expression of their perception and comprehension, influenced by economic, social, political & environmental factors
• Forms of Contemporary Arts:

  • Visual art
  • Applied arts
  • Performance arts
  • Literary arts
• Distinct Features of Contemporary Arts:

  1. Communal Nature: relationships build around the society

  2. Intuitive: immersed in consciousness, community, and culture

  3. Holistic: perceiving individuals, groups, and events in their entirety, as well as the unitive use of art materials and forms

  4. Creative Process: artist emphasizes how their artwork was made rather than the artwork itself

  5. Integrative: encompasses religious, moral, spiritual, social, and environmental concerns

  6. Multifocal: considers everything and everyone, with a wide perspective of the artwork
• Appropriation


  modifications made by the artist
• Hybridity


  use of different art mediums
• Technology


  highlights the creativity of the artist
• Performance 


  carried out for viewers to experience
• pandanggo sa ilaw (fandango - spanish dance) - lively steps & clapping while following a 3⁄4 beat
• binasuan (pangasinan) - use of drinking glasses
• Francisco Mañosa - built Edsa Shrine and San Miguel Corporation
• Kandinsky - art can bring to mind sounds

  ● music can bring to mind colors and forms

  ● depicts the cosmos and the darkness at the end of life