Contemporary Arts

• Art is an imitation of life and the world rendered beautifully, which gives pleasure
• Key Aspects of Art - Creativity and Imagination, Skill and Technique, Aesthetic Impact
• The Greek Philosopher Aristotle claimed that humans have instincts for imitation and harmony. He described that these instincts are "lying deep in our nature"
• Human is the most imitative living creature
• Picture - Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Photography
• Picture - a two-dimensional image of various subjects ranging from real-life image to the visually abstract
• Sculpture - a three-dimensional artwork that may be created using wood, and concrete
• Architecture - structure that meant to be

  used as shelter. The art of architecture is the design and purpose of the structure
• Music - art form that appeals to the

  sense of hearing. Music is composed by combining notes into harmony.
• Literature - art form of language through the combined use of words, creating meaning and experience
• Theater - the art form of performance
• Cinema - art form is a technological translation of theater
• Dance - art of human form. The body is used, mobilized, an choreographed in a specific time, form, and space.
• According to Leo Benesa, a Filipino poet, essayist, and art critic, “The idea was the depiction of scenes of everyday life and the surroundings without idealizing them was closest in spirit to the Filipino soul and native soil.”
• Fernando Amorsolo's Paintings - depict life in the fields
• Fernando Amorsolo's Paintings - The men and women are portrayed in hard work but with smiles in their faces
• Fernando Amorsolo's Paintings - The landscape paintings feature the rural lands of the Philippines
• Fernando Amorsolo's Paintings - Scene is mostly covered by vegetation and nature
• Art Noveaux - Art in Contemporary Times
• Elements and Principles of Contemporary Arts - Appropriation, Space, Hybridity, Technology
• Appropriation - existing artworks are "appropriated" to form another artwork
• Space - how art transforms a space is now an occupation of contemporary artists
• Hybridity - In traditional painting, only a few materials are of conventional use
• Technology - a reality in the present-day world, and contemporary artists have used technology in the creation and dissemination of works of art
• Technology - artists have used video and the internet as a way of propagating art
• Contemporary art today is not restricted to the individual experience of the artist but is reflective of the world that we live in.