CUMULATIVE EXAM REVIEW GEN ED

• Realism


  An artistic movement characterized by subjects painted from everyday life in a naturalistic manner
• Realism


  • FERNANDO AMORSOLO - Planting Rice
  • VICENTE MANANSALA - Barong-barong
• Abstraction


  Art that moves away from showing things as they really are. The painter or artist paints the picture not as it really looks like.
• Abstraction


  • DISTORTION
  • ELONGATION
  • MANGLING
  • CUBISM
  • ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
• Symbolism


  A symbol is a visible sign of something invisible such as an idea or a quality
• Symbolism


  • A lion to represent courage, sheep signifies children of God
• Juan Luna expressed his anger over the abuses and cruelties being suffered during that time by his countrymen, the Filipinos, from the Spanish authorities.
• Fauvism


  Fauves tried to paint pictures of comfort, joy and pleasure. They used extremely bright colors.
• Dadaism


  The dadaists reacted to what they believed were outgrown traditions in art, and the evils they saw in society. They tried to shock and provoke the public with outrageous pieces of writing, poetry recitals, and art exhibitions.
• Futurism


  Futurist painters wanted their works to capture the speed and force of modern industrial society. Their paintings glorified mechanical energy in modern life.
• Surrealism


  Surrealism uses art as a weapon against evils and restrictions that surrealist see in the society. Surrealism is an invented word meaning super realism.
• Cubism


  It stresses abstract form through the use of a cone, cylinder, or sphere at the expense of other pictorial elements or by using geometrical shapes to form an artwork.
• Painting


  The art of creating meaningful effects on a flat surface using pigments
• Mediums of the Visual Art

  • Oil
  • Tempera
  • Water Color
  • Pastel
  • Fresco
  • Acrylic
• Direct method (in oil painting)


  The paint is applied to the surface just as they are to look in the finished product
• Indirect method (in oil painting)

  The paint is applied in many thin layers of transparent color
• Fernando Amorsolo


  • A portraitist and a painter of rural Philippine landscapes. His paintings often portrayed traditional Filipino culture, customs, fiestas, and occupation.
• Fabian dela Rosa


  • Noted for being an outstanding painter of women's portraits. Best remembered for painting landscapes and everyday scenes with women depicted as simple yet regal in doing daily activities.
• Carlos "Botong" Francisco


  • Single-handedly brought back the art of mural painting in the Philippines. In the forefront of modernist art in the country. Best known for his historical epics and coastal side paintings especially the fisherfolks.
• Jose Joya


  • A Filipino abstract painter. Pioneered abstract expressionism in the Philippines. His canvases were characterized by "dynamic spontaneity" and "quick gestures" of action painting.
• Ang Kiukok


  • Fused influences from cubism, surrealism and expressionism. Some classified his style as "figurative expressionism." He favored subjects as fighting cocks, rabid dogs and people bound in chairs.
• Juan Luna


  • In 1884, his masterpiece, "Spoliarium," won first prize at the National Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid. His other masterpieces are the "Death of Cleopatra" and the "Blood Compact.
• Vicente Manansala


  • A Philippine cubist painter and illustrator. His canvases were described as masterpieces that brought the cultures of the barrio and city together. His "Madonna of the Slums" is a portrayal of a mother and child from the countryside who became urban shanty residents once in the city.
• Hernando R. Ocampo


  • Credited for a new mode of abstraction that exemplifies Philippine flora and fauna and portrays sunshine, stars and rains. Using movement and bold colors, H.R. Ocampo utilized fantasy and science fiction as the basis for his works.
• Damian Domingo


  • Active in the early part of the 19th century as painter of miniature portraits and religious images. Known for his miniature portraits in an oil on canvas.
• Mauro Malang Santos


  • A self-taught painter who began his career as a comic strip illustrator. He paints freely and unencumbered oil pastel, on large or small canvases and on paper.
• Benedicto "Bencab' Cabrera


  • A pioneer among Filipino painters. His skillful and soulful depiction of social issues, most especially those most relevant to Filipinos, is believed by many to be the foundation of his success.
• Sculpture


  The most important thing to consider is the material. The substances available for sculpture are limitless.
• Two major sculpture processes

  • Subtractive (carving of stone and wood)
  • Additive (construction of a figure by putting together bits of clay, or by welding together parts of metal)
• Sculpture mediums


  • Stone
  • Bronze
  • Wood
  • Ivory
• Architecture


  The art of designing and constructing a building. It is also by its definition functional.
• Architectural forms


  • Post-and-lintel
  • Arch
  • Cantilever
• Line


  An important element at the disposal of every artist. Through the lines of a painting or sculpture, the artist can make us know what the work is about. Lines always have direction and are always moving.
• Color


  A property of light. When light goes out, color goes with it.
• Warm and cool colors

  • Warm hues (red, orange, yellow)
  • Cool hues
• Color harmonies


  • Related (monochromatic or adjacent)
  • Contrasted (complementary)
• Texture


  The element that deals more directly with sense of touch. It has to do with the characteristics of surfaces which can be rough or smooth, fine, or coarse, shiny, or dull, plain, or irregular.
• Perspective


  The effect of distance upon the appearance of distance by means of conveying lines.
• Types of perspective


  • Linear
  • Aerial
• Space


  In painting as in architecture, space is of great importance. The exterior of a building is seen as it appears in space while the interior is seen by one who is inside as enclosing space.