CPAR

• Art


  A form of creative activity; the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination
• ARS


  Latin word meaning skill
• Contemporary Art


  Art of now
• Personal Function


  Varied and highly subjective; entertainment for intended audience; therapeutic for audience and artist
• Social Function


  Individuals and their society are dynamically related; convey messages that will benefit society
• Economic Function


  Selling of artworks
• Political Function


  Use art as a platform to promote programs and advocacy
• Historical Function


  Architectural works, sculptures, paintings, and other art forms
• Cultural Function


  Buildings, furniture, clothes and the like form part of the country's material culture
• Religious Function


  Almost all forms originated from religion
• Physical Function


  Houses and other buildings are constructed to protect their occupants and all other inside them
• Aesthetic Function


  Artworks serve to beautify
• Fine Arts


  Includes works of art created primarily for aesthetic reasons
• Visual Arts


  Seen by the eye and perceived by mind; unmoving and moving images appeal to visual perception
• Contemporary Art Crafts


  Used as clothing, bags, and accessories that are based on folk arts and design
• Performing Arts


  Refer to public performance events that occur in theater; moves in time and space and involve a group of people
• Art Movements

  • Abstract Expressionism
  • Kinetic Art
  • Optical Art
  • Environment Art
  • Feminism Art
  • Minimalism
  • Graffiti Art
  • Postmodern Art
  • Body Art
  • Digital Art
• Abstract Expressionism


  Artist applies paint in a manner that expresses emotions and feelings in a spontaneous way
• Kinetic Art


  Artists design a sculpture that may be moved by the wind or powered by a machine or electricity
• Optical Art


  Uses lines or images repeatedly to create an optical illusion
• Environment Art


  Involves the artistic creation or manipulation of space such as landscape or architectural design that may enclose its audience
• Feminism Art


  Emerged from concerns of female artists expressed through arts
• Minimalism


  Has a stripped-down, pre-fabricated look that is free of details and often with flat surface, but expresses a specific content or statement
• Graffiti Art


  Drawing, inspiration, or sketch done hastily on a wall or other surface made to be seen by the public
• Postmodern Art


  Carries modern styles to extreme practices, often expressing an idea through a mix of materials such as found objects welded together
• Body Art


  An art form that uses the body as the medium or main material
• Digital Art


  Done with the aid of a computer to create an image or design composed of bits of bytes
• Filipino Artists

  • Victorio Edades - usage of bold strokes and bright colors
  • Carlos "Botong" Francisco - abstraction, expressionism, surrealism
  • Hernando Ocampo - usage of geometric forms in strong colors; "oil in canvas"
  • Vicente Manansala - human forms in abstract cubism, cubism but the mood is unheavy
  • Cesar Legspi - transparent cubism with flowing lines
• Factors Affecting Art Production

  • Artist's Background
  • Nature
  • Everyday Life
  • Society, Politics and Economy, and History
  • Mode of Reception
• Artist's Background


  Artist's age, gender, culture, economic conditions, social environment, and disposition which affect art production
• Nature


  Seen as source of information and principal source of materials for art production
• Everyday Life


  The essence of traditional art rests not only in its aesthetic value but also in its functional value to the community that makes and produces it
• Society, Politics and Economy, and History


  Although art is a form of expression, we understand that throughout its history, the works of art are not always created out of the artist's full intention
• Mode of Reception


  Refers to the way a text was received both visually and aurally
• Filipino playwrights


  Group of individuals established the 'Dramatic Philippines' during the Japanese occupation
• Abstraction


  Art form emerged more definitively during the Postwar period characterized by simplified forms and non-representational styles
• Letras Y Figuras


  Filipino art style combined letters formed from figures of local people in traditional costumes during the Spanish colonial period
• Victorio Edades


  Referred to as the "Father of Modern Philippine Painting" and was known for painting distorted human figures in bold impasto strokes
• Introduction of public education by the Americans on Philippine arts

  It brought forth literacy and further Westernization of the Filipinos
• Filipino artists during the Japanese occupation

  Contributed to the Visual Arts scene by designing propaganda materials like leaflets and posters