Major, Performing, and Minor Arts

• Art forms identified

  • Drawing
  • Sculpture
  • Painting
• Contemporary Art


  A statement that an artist makes about life, thoughts, ideas, beliefs and many other things that define human life
• Contemporary Art


  • Refers to the recent and current practice of art ranging from 1970s up to the present
  • Mirrors the society and culture of the present times
  • Provides an opportunity to reflect on contemporary society and the issues relevant to ourselves and the world around us
• • Today's artists work in respond to a global environment that is multifaceted
  • Working in a wide range of mediums, contemporary artists often reflect and comment on modern day society
• Fine/Aesthetic (Major Arts)


  • Arts primarily for the aesthetic enjoyment through the senses, especially visual and auditory
  • Changing of raw material or media for the aesthetic pleasure
• Major arts


  • Visual or space art
  • Auditory or time art
  • Combined or performing art
• Visual or Space Arts


  Forms of art that focus on creating pieces of work that mainly make use of the visual environment
• Visual or Space Arts


  • Fine Art
  • Decorative Art
  • Contemporary Art
• Fine Arts


  • Painting
  • Drawing
  • Graphic
  • Sculpture
  • Architecture
• Painting


  The expression of ideas and emotions with the creation of certain aesthetic qualities in a two-dimensional visual language
• Painting


  • Harvest Time by Ninoy Lumboy
  • Batang Edsa by Elmer Borlongan
• Drawing


  The art or technique of producing images on a surface, usually paper by means of marks, usually ink, graphite, or chalk
• Drawing


  • Philippine Gryphon by Pallanoph
• Graphic


  • An image or visual representation of an object
  • Computer Graphics are simply images displayed on a computer
  • Graphics are often contrasted with text which is comprised of characters such as numbers, and letters rather than images
• Architecture


  • Refers to the technique of designing and building
  • Both practical and expressive
  • Serves both utilitarian and aesthetic needs
• Architecture


  • Ayala Tower
  • Philippine Arena
• Decorative Art


  • Tapestry
  • Ceramics
  • Mosaic
  • Glass Art
  • Jewelry Art
• Tapestry


  • A form of textile Art, traditionally woven on a vertical loom
  • Tapestry is weft-faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike cloth weaving where both the warp and the weft threads may be visible
• Tapestry


  • T'nalak of T'boli
  • Yakan Tapestry, Zamboanga
• Ceramics


  • The art made by mixtures of clay, earthen elements, powder and water and shaping them into desired form
  • Ceramic are covered in decorative, waterproof, paint-like substances known as glazes
• Ceramics


  • Romblon Ceramic
• Mosaic


  The decoration of a surface with designs made up of closely set, usually variously covered, small pieces of materials such as stone, mineral, glass, tile, or shell
• Mosaic


  • Girl Viewing Garden Mosaic art by Neomi
• Glass Art


  • Individual works of art that are substantially or wholly made of glass
  • It ranges in size from monumental works and installation pieces, to wall hangings, and windows, to works of art made in studios and factories such as glass jewelry and table wares
• Glass Art

  • Ramon Orlina's Glass sculptures
• Jewelry


  Consists of small decorative items worn for personal adornment such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendant, bracelets, and cufflinks
• Jewelry

  • Igorot people of Luzon Necklace
• Contemporary Art


  • Artistic Photography
  • Art Print
  • Video Art
  • Animation
  • Graffiti Art
• Artistic Photography


  • Also known as "Photographic Art" or "Fine Art Photography"
  • It refers to an imprecise category of photographs created in accordance with the creative vision of the Camera man
• Printing/Art Print


  An artistic technique that consists of making a series of pictures from an original or from a specially prepared surface
• Video Art


  Form of moving image art that garnered many practitioners in the 1960s and 1970s with the widespread availability of inexpensive videotapes recorders and the ease of its display through commercial television monitors
• Photographic Art

  Fine Art Photography
• Photographic Art


  • Refers to an imprecise category of photographs created in accordance with the creative vision of the Camera man
• Video Art


  • Video art became a major medium for artists who wished to exploit the near-universal presence of televisions in modern western society
• Animation


  A way of making a movie using a series of drawings, computer graphics, or photographs of objects that are significantly different from one another and that when viewed quickly one after another create a sense of appearance of movement
• Graffiti


  Derives from the Greek word "Graphein" which means " to write". Graffiti is a drawing or scribbling on a flat surface. They are writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or painted, typically illicitly, on a wall or other surface often within public view
• Drama


  A written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on a stage. Modern drama are also presented via televisions and movies. Its plot can be either organic (Only essential bits of the story are featured) or episodic (each episode has its own plot)
• Theatre


  One of the most popular forms of entertainment. Actors perform live for an audience on a stage or other space designated for a performance
• Singing


  An activity of making musical sounds with your voice. It is an individual interpretation of a song or music
• Motion Picture


  A series of images that is provided on screen to create an illusion of motion. Also called Movies or Films. CINEMA is one of the most popular form of entertainment enabling people to immerse themselves in an imaginary world for a short period of time