CPAR

• Art


  The manifestation or use of the various creative disciplines. It is produced by human creatively and skill to oneself.
• Discipline


  A branch of knowledge
• What art is


  • A natural human behavior
  • Communication
  • Healing
  • Tells our story
  • Shared experience
• Contemporary art


  The art of the "now" or "present". These are the artwork that are produced in the present.
• It is difficult to define the actual starting point of contemporary art since the present is in constant motion, and what we might consider as contemporary art today might not be true in the future.
• Contemporary art is not restricted to individual experience, but it is reflective of the world we live in. Events in the world having effect to the Philippines.
• Modern art


  Traditional
• Contemporary art


  Present/now
• Characteristics of contemporary art

  • Integrative
  • Process-based
  • Site-specific
  • Collaborative
  • Interactive
• Visual arts


  A term used to described a wide array of artistic disciplines that are appreciated primarily through sight.
• Visual arts include


  • Fine arts
  • Decorative arts
  • Contemporary arts
• Fine arts


  The artworks we readily associate with art. The term "fine arts" was first used to describe the art forms created primarily for their appearance rather than their practical use.
• Decorative arts


  Also known as decorative crafts, are artworks that are both aesthetically pleasing and functional. Makers of these artworks were not considered as artist but rather as craftsmen.
• Decorative arts


  • Textile art
  • Glassware
  • Jewelry
  • Furniture
• Contemporary art


  There are new and unusual art forms that could not be easily categorized between the fine arts and the decorative arts. Include recently conceived art styles and techniques that are avant-garde or experimental in nature.
• Contemporary art forms


  • Assemblage
  • Collage
  • Installation
• Performing arts


  That form of art which includes dance, music, opera, films, theater, drama, magic shows and stand-up comedies. It is the most celebrated and appreciated form of art.
• Performing arts is where the artwork takes the form of actions performed by the artist/s or approved performers briefed by the artist.
• Music


  A universal form of art. It blends the different elements such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics, timbre, and texture to create sounds. It is performed by utilizing different instruments, vocal techniques, and styles. It can be performed live or recorded and can be prepared in advance or improvised.
• Art music


  The umbrella term used to refer to music that stems from Western Classical music. It is usually presented and preserved through written musical notations that were developed in Europe.
• Popular music


  Refers to music that is accessible and commercially available to the public. It is played or disseminated through different mass media outlets such as radios, televisions, and internet.
• Traditional music


  Musical forms that are communally and culturally based. It is diverse with one community or group often having a different form from another. It is learned and preserved by passing it form one generation to another through oral communication and actual performance.
• Dance


  Defined as regulated and deliberated order of body movements. These movements have aesthetic value and are often performed accompanied by music.
• Theater


  A branch of performing arts that often involves the integration and combination of visual and performing arts. The performance make use of gestures, music, song, dance, and visual arts to help communicate the story in front of an audience.
• Reasons why artists create art

  • Recognition
  • Worship
  • Impulse
  • Self expression
• Filipino artworks often try to show the many sides of an object, depicting how Filipinos think it looks like rather than how it is actually seen. This is how many artist often orient objects showing the biggest and the most familiar angle of an object for greater recognition.
• Many artist use multiple focal points in their composition in efforts to try to represent the sentiments of the different members of society.
• Being born in a very social environment, Filipinos are more emphatic, spontaneous, and emotional. This tendency holds especially true for the performing arts, where Filipinos excel. In the visual arts this is carried over through the colorful artworks.
• Filipinos love colorful, decorative arts and crafts. This is why costumes and festival are bathed in rich, vibrant spectrum of colors.
• Filipino art has an inclination to fill up space with forms and ornamentation. This is said to be rooted in the expressiveness of the Filipinos.
• Creating works that have various uses strengthens the sense of community with people of different fascination and requirements. This is one of the given reasons as to the popularity of mixed media and installations and media are often combined with indigenous materials and local objects.
• Paintings and illustrations


  A two dimensional form of art that showcase artistic expression created on a flat surface. Images are made by applying pigment on a prepared surface using typical one or combination of the following tools: brush, palette knife, spray, finger, etc.
• In the present, many religious themed paintings can be seen in the murals of many churches and in paintings with social commentaries like that of Joey Velasco (1967- 2010) and Renato Habulan (b. 1953).
• Historical-themed works include Blood Compact, First Mass at Limasawa, et.
• Portraiture paintings are used to commemorate personalities and are seen in many formal institutions such as government offices. It started with the rise of Ilustrados during the Spanish colonial times. It was and has been a symbolism of one's rise to power and wealth.
• Still life is a work that portrays inanimate objects. It was traditionally composed of a basket or bowl of fruits and flowers in a vase on a table.
• Landscapes depict the beauty of the outdoors. It can be that of natural environment such as the countryside and other rural scenery, including seascapes that focus on the imagery of bodies of water.
• As a subject of painting in the Philippines, nude was rare before the twentieth century but has since been an accepted and popular subject in the Philippine contemporary visual arts.
• Genres are painting whose themes showcase people doing everyday activities and chores.
• Sculptures


  Artworks that are three-dimensional. The classifications of sculptures are traditionally divided into two, namely, free standing and relief.