GE7 2nd Exam

• Painting


  The art of applying pigments to a surface to present a picture of the subject
• Different mediums used in painting

  • oil
  • fresco
  • water color
  • tempera
  • pastel
  • acrylic
  • encaustic
• Oil Painting


  • Done with the use of ground pigments (from minerals, coal tar, vegetable matter, etc.)
• Oil Painting


  • "Fishermen" by Ang Kiukok
• Fresco Painting


  • A method of painting water-based pigments on freshly applied plaster, usually on wall surfaces
• Fresco Painting


  • Leonardo da Vinci "The Last Supper"
• Water Color


  • Done with the use of pigments mixed with water and applied to fine white paper
• Water Color Painting


  • Vicente Manansala "Balut Vendors"
• Tempera


  • A tempera painting is done with the use of ground pigments mixed with an albuminous or colloidal vehicle (egg yolk, gum, glue, or casein)
• Tempera Painting


  • Master of the Codex of Saint George: The Crucifixion
• Pastel Painting


  • Done with the use of pastel colors closely resembling dry pigments bound to form crayons, which are directly applied to the surface
• Pastel Painting


  • Self-Portrait by William Merritt Chase, ca. 1884
• Acrylic Painting


  • Done with the use synthetic paints called acrylics mixed with a vehicle capable of being thinned with water
• Acrylic Painting


  • Waterfront by Hanna MacNaughtan, acrylic on canvas
• Encaustic Painting


  • Done with the use of hot wax as a vehicle to bind pigments to a wooden panel or a wall
• Encaustic Painting


  • Fayum Funerary Portraits: Man with a beard, 2nd century
• A sculptor is a person obsessed with the form and shape of things, and it's not just the shape of one thing, but the shape of anything and everything: the hard, tense strength, although delicate form of a bone; the strong, solid fleshiness of a beech tree trunk.
• Sculpture


  The art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions
• Sculpture


  Depicts the beauty of the corporeal world
• Two processes of sculpture

  • Subtraction - the artist uses chisels, hammers, and other tools
  • Addition - by putting together bits of clay or by welding together the metal parts
• Classification of sculptures according to materials and methods of treatment

  • Stone Sculpture
  • Wood Sculpture
  • Sculpture in Metals
  • Repousse Sculpture
  • Sculpture in Clay
  • Sculpture in Ivory
  • Glyptics
• In prehistoric times, statues were made of ivory or soft stone, and some clay human and animal figures have been found in Central Europe
• Later on, the materials used for sculpture included basalt, diorite, sand stone, and alabaster, as well as copper, gold, silver, shells, and other precious stones for high quality
• In the Sumerian and Akkadian period, sculptures had large, staring eyes, and long beards of men, as seen in the example of the black-bearded golden bull's head
• In the Babylonian and Assyrian period, the representation of man was portrayed in a conventional and typical manner, and there were representations of animal combats and hunting scenes
• In the Egyptian period, the Palette of King Narmer was a palette used for mixing eye make-up, and Sphinxes were statues of deities with a body of a lion and the head of an animal or a man made to look like Pharaoh
• In the Aegean Civilization, the Cycladic Period had pottery and silver jewelry, the Minoan Period had statuettes and carved semi-precious stone steals, and the Mycenaean Period had architecture with relief carvings
• Types of Classical Roman Sculpture

  • Relief - shallow 3-dimensional carvings on flat surfaces
  • Free-Standing - statues
  • Portrait - busts of famous Romans
• In the Renaissance period, sculpture served to revive and militant Roman Catholicism
• In the Romanesque period, sculpture had a virility and a dignified naturalness
• In the Gothic period, sculpture followed an ideal trend, with figures having a youthful appearance even when aged, slender and well-formed figures, long and smoothly flowing draperies, and a thoughtful, spiritual, and modest expression
• In English Sculpture, John Flaxman found his inspiration in Greek rather than in Roman art, and a great change happened since 1875 due to French influence
• In the United States in the 19th century, there was a classical period (1825-1875), a middle period (1859-1880), and a contemporary or cosmopolitan period that developed under French influence
• Isabelo Tampinco y Lakandola was the greatest Filipino sculptor of the 19th century, known for the "Estillo Tampico" style seen in the Manila Cathedral and Santo Domingo church
• Guillermo Tolentino (1890-1976) created the Bonifacio Monument, and Eduardo Castrillo created The Liberators and other landmark sculptures
• Napolean Abueva, a student of Tolentino, created sculptures like Baby Moses and Ring of the Gods
• Architecture


  The art of designing structures
• The word "architecture" comes from the Latin "architectura" and ultimately from Greek "arkitekton", meaning "chief" and "builder, carpenter, mason"
• Architecture is a science, arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning by the help of which a judgment is formed of those works which are the result of other arts
• Role of the architect

  Planning, designing and oversight of a building