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• CONTEMPORARY ARTS

  – defined as the art of “now.”

  – artworks that are produced in the present.

  – encompasses the different disciplines of human culture such as the visual arts, music, theater, film, etc.

  – defined as all artworks that produced in our present lifetime.
• ART

  – derived from the Latin ars, which originally meant “skill” or “craft.”

  – tool of communication to convey or express a thought, emotions, or aspirations.

  – Art is one of the earliest and most basic form of communication.
• VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

  1. visual arts
  2. performing arts
• 1. visual art - fine arts, decorative arts, contemporary art forms
• 2. performing arts - music, dance, theater
• Visual arts

  • Term used to describe a wide array of artistic disciplines that are appreciated primarily through sight.
• Fine Arts

  Artworks we readily associate with art.

  • First used to describe the art forms created primarily for its appearance rather than its

  practical use.

   Drawing

   Painting

   Sculpture

   Print

   Graphic art

   Calligraphy

   Architecture
• Decorative Arts

  Also known as decorative crafts, are artworks that are both aesthetically pleasing and

  functional.

  • From the Renaissance up until the twentieth century, makers of these artworks were not

  considered as artists but rather as craftsmen.

   Textile art

   Glassware

   Jewelry

   Furniture

   Earthenware

   Metal craft

   Interior design
• Contemporary Art Forms

  • Include recently conceived art styles and techniques that are not easily categorized with

  fine arts and decorative arts.

   Assemblage

   Collage

   Installation

   Performance art

   Digital art

   Land art

   Conceptual art
• Performing Arts

  • Artists use their voices and/or their body movements to communicate artistic expression but all

  are meant to be enacted in front of a live audience.
• Music

  Universal form of art.

  Manipulation of sound and silence.

  Blends the different elements such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics, timbre, and texture.

  • Perform by utilizing different instruments, vocal techniques, and styles.
• Art Music

  Music that stems from Western Classical Music

  • Usually presented and preserve through written musical notations that were

  developed in Europe.
• Popular Music

  Music that is accessible and commercially available to public.

  • Played and disseminated through mass media outlets such as radios,

  television, and internet.
• Traditional Music

  Musical forms that are community and culturally based.

  • Learned and preserve by passing it to one generation to another through

  oral communication and actual performance.
• Dance

  Regulated and deliberated order of body movements.

  • Those movements have aesthetic value and are often performed accompanied with

  music.

   Ballet

   Belly dance

   Break dance

   Improvisational dance

   Hip-hop dance

   Modern dance

   Contemporary dance

   Traditional dance
• Theater

  Theater of Play often involves the integration and combination of the visual and

  performing arts.

  • Fine arts where actors and actresses perform experiences, whether real or imagined, in

  front of live audience.

   Mime

   Puppetry

   Tragedy

   Opera

   Musical theater

   Traditional theater
• WHY DO ARTISTS CREATE ART?

  1. Recognition

  2. Worship

  3. Impulse

  4. Self-expression
• FILIPINO ART TENDENCIES

  1. Broadest aspect technique

  2. Multiple focal points

  3. Highly expressive

  4. Polychromatic

  5. Maximalism

  6. Multifunctional

  7. Rhythmic patterns