Lesson 3

• Contemporary art is much different from Modern art as it said earlier modern art is referred “traditional” compared to contemporary art. Some of the artists continue to produce work ‘til today and in that sense their works can be describe as contemporary by virtue of being of the present.
• Contemporary art has the following characteristics: ▪ collaborative / participative ▪ interactive

  ▪ Process - oriented (meaning that there is less emphasis on the finished product and a single author or creator. There is a wide range of strategies, media and techniques) ▪ Site specific (they cannot be experienced in the same way if we remove from their original place.
• 1.PRACTICAL (Utilitarian) ART. This art is intended for practical for practical use or utility. It is the changing of raw materials for utilitarian purposes. However, they must possess ornaments or artistic qualities to make them useful and beautiful.
• 2.INDUSTRIAL ARTS. It is the changing of raw materials into some significant products for human are shell craft, bamboo crafts, leather craft, pottery making, sheet – metal work and manufacture of automobiles, home appliances and televisions set.
• 3.APPLIED / HOUSEHOLD ART. It refers mostly to household arts such as flower arrangement, interior decoration, dress making, home – making, embroidery, cooking and others.
• 4.CIVIC ART. This art includes city or town planning, maintenance, and beautification of parks. This refer to beautification to improve the standards of living.
• 5.COMMERCIAL ART. It involves business propaganda in the form of advertisements in newspapers and magazines, sign painting, billboard and announcements, leaflets, displays, poster designing, movie illustrations and many more.
• 6.GRAPHIC ART. It is anything printed from raised or sunken reliefs and plane surfaces
• 7.AGRICULTURAL ART. (crop production), horticulture (garden or orchard cultivation), husbandry (raising of cows, carabaos, poultry and swine) and farming.
• 8.BUSINESS ART. This includes merchandising, accounting, bookkeeping, typewriting, stenography, salesmanship, and business administration.
• 9.FISHERY ART. It includes shallow and deep-sea fishing, fish refrigeration and culture, net weaving.
• 10.MEDICAL / CLINICAL ART. It includes first aid treatments, medical manufacturing, surgery, medical operation, rehabilitations and other.