Pre-colonial era - Arts are for ritual purposes for everyday use.
Islamic era – Geometric, pattern, and design of art is visible during this era.
Spanish era - Art become a handmaiden of religion, serving to propagate the catholic faith and thus support the colonial order at the same time.
American era - Most art of this era is about secular form
Japanese era – Orientalizing of arts
Modern era - National Identity
Contemporary era - Social Realism
ARTS IS THE CENTER OF THE SEVEN FIELDS 1. History
2. Religion
3. Music
4. Philosophy
5. Language
6. Literature
7. Performing
Art as Personal- An artists may create a piece out of a need for self- expression or gratification. They might also or instead want to communicate a thought or point to the viewers.
Art as Physical- An art created to perform some services that have physical functions.
kampilan created to perform the physical function of war.
Art as Social- Art has social functions when addresses aspects of collective life as opposed to one person’s point of view or experience.
Drawing- A form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or another two-dimensional surface.
Painting- The practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface. The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush.
Carving- A sculptural technique that involves using tools to shape a form by cutting or scraping away from a solid material such as stone, wood, ivory or bone.
Sculpture- A three-dimensional visual art that is designed by shaping hard and soft materials, such as wood, metals, glass, clay and polymers, into the desired shapes and designs.
Printmaking- An artistic process based on the principle of transferring images from a matrix onto another surface, most often paper or fabric
Low- relief or Bas relief- the motifs are very slightly raised above the surface (2D)
High-relief or Alto relief- protrudes at least half of its own height from the surface (3D)
Sunken relief- the sculpture is actually below the surrounding surface
Additive sculpture- adding or to bring all materials together
Subtractive sculpture- removing or to take away from the base material.
Manipulation sculpture- user can create, shape and manipulate sculptures, carved or modeled forms of art that come in three dimensions and usually made with earthen materials.
Casting sculpture or Substitution- replacing one material or medium with another.
Portraiture- face value
Landscape- the natural world
Still-life- arrangement of objects
Historical- commemoration of events
Genre- everyday life’s, people’s daily activities
Abstract- non-objective
Nudity- the unclothed human figure
FranciscoCoching- Category: Drawing; known as “The king of Komiks” & “The Dean of Filipino Illustrators”
Carlos Francisco- Category: Mural painter; known as “Botong”
FernandoAmorsolo- Category: Painting; known as “The Grand Oldman of the Philippine art”
Napoleon Abueva- Category: Sculpture; known as “The father of modern Philippine Sculpture”
Guillermo Tolentino- Category: Sculpture; known as "Father of Philippine Arts"
Arturo Luz- Category: Printmaking
Line - are marks moving in a space between two points whereby a viewer can visualize the stroke movement, direction, and intention based on how the line is oriented.
Shape - is a two-dimensional design encased by lines to signify its height and width structure
Form - is a three-dimensional object with volume of height, width and depth.