CPAR

• Context - refers to settings, conditions, circumstances, and occurrences affecting production and reception or audience response to an artwork.
• Context - is a set of background information that enables us to formulate meanings about works of art and note how context affects form.
• Bul-ul - indigenous, pre-colonial ritual thing and theme in everyday life of the folks of Cordillera region.
• Bul-ul - human-like figure made of hardwood. Believe to be a granary god that assures the community of a bountiful harvest.
• Hiwang Village, Banaue, Ifugao - where bul-ul can be seen.
• Different Contexts of Art: 1. Artist's Background 2. Nature 3. Everyday life 4. Society, politics and history 5. Mode of Reception
• Abdulmari Asia Imao - Tausug national artist awarded in 2006.
• "Cutting Onions Always Makes Me Cry" (1998) - Julie Lluch - artist from iligan city, emphasize her female identity and personal experiences in many of her terracotta works.
• Terracotta - reddish clay that is used for pottery and tiles.
• Travels, training and professional development broaden the artist's horizon.
• Nature - can be seen as a source of inspiration and a wellspring of materials for art production.
• Nature - Regarded as a provider, source, and is also seen as a force that one has contend with.
• Veejay Villafranca - one of the photographers who warned the public about the alarming effects of climate change, and how it forces people to become "refugees in their own land."
• Fernando Amorsolo - painted landscapes as a romantic picture
• Everyday Life - Philippine traditional art has always been an integral part of daily life. Its significance lies not only in its aesthetic appearance and its value to the community that produced it.
• Pabalat - form of paper cutting
• Society, politics and economy, and history - affect artists, the work that they do, and the structures that supports their production.
• The artist's creative process is affected if not compromised by patronage such as the state or the church
• Photography - alternate of painting. It can reproduce again and reasonably priced form of portraiture
• Dalagang bukid - by Hemogenes Ilagan and Leon Ignacio - was the first filipinon feature film and locally produced in the Philippines.
• Dalagang bukid was directed by Jose Nepomuceno in 1919.
• Dalagang bukid was a story about a young flower vendor named Angelita, who is forced by her parents to marry a wealthy old man, Don Silvestre, despite her love for Cipriano, a law student.
• Art - serves not only as certificate that gives us traces or evidences about the historical settings near its production, but also as a means to re-tell history itself.
• Brown Brothers' Burden - painting of Benedicto Cabrera (1970) - presents an aspect of colonial history from the gaze of colonized
• Appropriation - technique of transforming existing materials through the juxtaposition of elements taken from one context and placing these to another present alternative meanings, structure and composition.
• Mode of Reception - very much affected by our level of exposure to art forms that may be unfamiliar or have startling or shocking images.

  • is one of the crucial context because it gives consideration in the moment (time & space) of how we might react or involve ourselves in the artwork we encountered and its relation to our personal experiences and community
• Reception - may also be affected by the artist's gender, age, economic conditions, culture, social environment, and disposition.