Contemporary Philippine Arts From the Regions (3RDQ.EXAMREVIEWER)

• Art


  An expression or application of human creative skill that requires creativity and imagination
• Forms of art


  • Paintings
  • Dance
  • Music
  • Literature
• Art is not only for "aesthetic" purposes
• Art can be used for protest; relaying a message
• Art


  Expression and communication
• Art is not for everyone – a work of art is something not everyone is meant to understand, as art is subjective
• Nature of art


  • Art is everywhere - it is very much part of our lives
  • Accessible only to those who can afford to pay for its enjoyment and the critics and scholars who have time to study the art objects
• We cannot ignore the presence of art
• Places where we find art

  • Clothes and accessories
  • Design of furniture
  • Style of houses and vehicles
  • Objects at home and in community, school, church, and in trade
• Art exists in all forms of human society and in every generation because it serves some foundation of human needs
• Art as expression and communication

  • Expressing our emotional state by some visible signs and activities
  • Conveying personal and penetrating psychological insights into human reality
• Art is not nature
• Art


  • A work of art is man-made, although it may closely resemble nature, but you can never duplicate nature
  • Nature is evanescent and always recreating itself, while art is non-repeatable and unchanging
• Art


  Its ability to evoke emotions, and provoke meaningful change in society is power
• The origin of art history can be traced back to the Prehistoric Era
• Arts through the ages

  • Contemporary art
  • Romantic art
  • Modern art
  • Renaissance
  • Christian period
  • Roman period
  • Greek period
• Contemporary art


  The art that springs out of the present-day events and passions of the society
• What makes contemporary art unique

  • It functions in a global society that is culturally diverse and technology oriented
  • It has become a collaborative process, and the audience plays an active role in a reality and constructing meaning about the work of art
• We need to study contemporary arts because it serves as a form of expression of the people's present feeling and longings, and it is related to arts and politics, and arts and society
• Pablo Picasso visited "Altamira", the most famous Paleolithic Cave in Northern Spain and said "In 15,000 years, we have invented nothing"
• Art can be a catalyst of change through different forms of arts, artists can draw attention to inequalities, discrimination, etc., raising an awareness to such individuals to take action and create change
• There is a tendency to stick with a decision/plan, since you're already invested, known as the "sunk-cost fallacy"
• Various art forms in the Philippines

  • Ethnic art
  • Islamic art
  • Spanish Era art
  • American Era art
  • Japanese Era art
  • Modern Era art
  • Contemporary art
• Eras/categories of arts in the Philippines

  • Pre-Colonial Arts (Ethnic arts, Islamic arts)
  • Colonial Arts (Spanish colonial art, American colonial art, Japanese colonial art)
  • Post-Colonial Art (Modern art, Contemporary art)
• During the Pre-colonial era, "conservatism" rose, wherein "Maria Clara" has been an image to women, also, during 1900's, a protest for women has happened
• How art challenges society's norms and values


  • It is through art that we can communicate the world our inner feelings and art creativity that only exists within our mind
  • Everything in the society was molded by us, human (socially constructed)
  • Cultural violence refers to aspects of culture, such as beliefs, norms, and practices that legitimize and perpetuate direct violence within society (i.e., inequalities, discrimination, oppression)
• Kinds of artworks


  • Visual arts
  • Applied arts
  • Performance arts
• The concept of art is a form of colonialism
• In the Philippines, art is blended, but still visible, since the Philippines is multiracial
• Elements of art


  • Art forms in the different regions vary in subject, theme, style medium, and technique
  • The art shares the same tradition and influences which our country goes undergo for more than centuries
  • The element of art are all around you all the time – from the moment you wake up until you go to sleep
• Space


  • A void, an emptiness which can be either be positive (space enclosed in a shape) or negative (the opposite)
  • In other art forms, space can be referred to as an interval or pause
• Perspectives of space


  • Atmospheric perspective
  • Linear perspective
• Line


  An extension of a point, a short or long mark drawn or carved on a surface, suggesting direction (vertical, horizontal, diagonal) and character (jagged, curved, series of dots or broken lines)
• Shape and form


  • Shape defines objects in space, figure separate from surrounding area of background, can be geometric (angular) or organic (curvy)
  • Form is enclosed line, three dimensional
• Color


  The most striking art element that catches the eye, a sensation created by visible wavelength of light, can create a mood or tone, and can have different meanings depending on one's culture
• Value


  In visual arts, the degree of lightness and darkness of color, in music, it is called pitch, which is the highness or loudness of a tone, the tone color or timbre refers to the quality of the sound
• Texture


  The surface of an artwork, can be actual or tactile (can really be felt by touch) or simulated or illusory (can only be seen, not felt)
• Cultural revelatism


  Following their standard, not yours
• Ethnocentrism


  Follow your standard, view your culture superior
• Genocentrism


  View your culture inferior, while other's culture is superior