This document provides an overview of a subject on contemporary Philippine arts from the region. It discusses the learning objectives which are to appreciate Philippine art history, distinguish contemporary art periods, define contemporary art, and familiarize students with significant developments. It then covers integrative art as applied to contemporary art, including definitions of art, functions of art, art styles and factors affecting styles, and principles of art. The document concludes with an activity asking students to do an art production in music, dance, drama, literature, painting or other forms.
3. Core Subject Description:
The subject covers various contemporary arts practices of the
region where the school is located. It aims to provide students
with an appreciation of a broad range of styles in the various
disciplines with consideration on their elements and principles,
and engage them to an integrative approach in studying arts.
Through this subject, students will broaden and acquire the
necessary creative tools that open opportunities in pursuing
their individual career goals and aspirations.
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7. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• At the end of this lesson, you are able to:
• a. appreciate the history of art in the Philippines;
• b. distinguish contemporary period from the other
art period;
• c. define contemporary arts; and
• d. familiarize with the significant development in the
Philippine art.
9. INTEGRATIVE ART AS APPLIED TO
CONTEMPORARY ART:
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF ART IN
THE PHILIPPINES
INTEGRATIVE ART AS APPLIED TO
CONTEMPORARY ART:
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF ART IN
THE PHILIPPINES
11. ART
AR
ART
AR
(Aryan – “to join or put together”)
Artizein
(Greek – “to prepare”)
Arkiskein
(Greek – “to put together”)
SKILL
ARS/ARTIS
(Latin)
TECHNE
(Greek)
12. • Art- Art is creation.
• Creating something new, something
original and something different. Art is
life. It is creating life on a material and
making inanimate objects to have life. To
create art is to give life (RAMON ORLINA-
Glass Sculptor)
18. Ethnic Art
Islamic Art
Spanish Era
American Era
Japanese
Era
Modern Era
Contemporary Era
Geometric
Designs
Integral to
life
Faith and
Catechism
Secular Forms
of Art
Orientalizing
National
Identity
Social
Realism
Timeline of Philippine Arts
Pre – 13th
C. AD 13th
C. AD 1521-1898 1898-1940 1941-1945 1946-1969 1970’s - present
20. ISLAMIC ARTS
Islamic art is
characterized
by geometric
designs and
patterns eliciting
focus from the
believers.
21. Art became a
handmaiden of
religion,
serving to propagate
the Catholic faith and
thus support the
colonial order at the
same time.
SPANISH
ERA
22. In the American
regime, commercial
and advertising arts
were integrated into
the fine arts
curriculum. Moreover,
Americans favored
idyllic sceneries and
secular forms of arts.
AMERICAN
ERA
23. JAPANESE
ERA
Since the Japanese
advocated for the
culture of East Asia,
preference was given
to the indigenous art
and traditions of the
Philippines. This
emphasized their
propaganda of Asia
belonging to Asians.
24. MODERN
ERA
Modern era in Philippine
Art began after World
War 2 and the granting
of Independence.
Writers and artists
posed
the question of national
identity as the main
theme of various art
forms.
25. CONTEMPORA
RY
ART
Philippine Contemporary
Art was an offshoot of
social realism brought
about by Martial Law.
Arts became expression
of people’s aspiration for
a
just, free, and sovereign
society.
27. Historical Overview
VISUAL
ARTS
Pre-
Conquest
COLONIAL PERIODS INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC
Spanish American Japanese Post-War Contemporary
1521-1898 1898-1940 1941-1945 1946-1969 1970’s – present
Painting Pottery,
Body
Adornment
and
Ornament
Religious
Portraiture
Landscape,
portrait, still life
Wartime
Scenes
Propaganda
Indigenizing
and
Orientalizing
works
Modern,
conservative,
abstract,
experimental,
public art
Figurative, non
figurative, art for
art sake ,multi-
media, mixed
media and
transmedia
Sculpture Pottery,
wood and
metal
carving
Religious figures
and carving
Free Standing,
relief, public
Architectur
e
Dwellings
and houses
(Bahay
kubo)
Church, plaza,
Civic building,
fortress, road and
lighthouse
construction
City planning,
public works,
structures and
infrastructures
Public works Real Estate, safe housing,
condominiums, subdivisions, villages,
malls,
commercial/business/convention
buildings
28. Stylistic overview
Form Pre-colonial Spanish/Islamic
colonial
American colonial Modern Post
contemporary
Painting
Religious
(animalist or
Islamic)
Community-
based Inter-ethic
relations
Collective history
Religious/devotio
nal
Secular
Formal
Naturalistic,
(Homegrown
miniaturismo,
guild)
Academic
Classical, Idylitic,
Nostalgic
Incipient
Triumvirate
13 moderns,
abstract,
Surreal
Expressionist
Collaborative,
hyper-realist, new
painting
Sculpture Abstract
Expressionism
Junk scrap, neo-
indigenous, site-
specific,
performance art,
hybrid
Architecture Workship-related
and residential
Earthquake
baroque
Hispanic revivalist
(neogothic,
neoromanesque,
Islamic
Neoclassic, art
deco
International
Industrializing,
eclectic
Filipino
Architecture
Urban planning
Economic zone,
Neovernacular,
Prefab,
Regionalist
cosmopolitan
29. Cultural Overview
Form Indigenous
southeast Asian
Islamic or
Philippine Muslim
Folk or lowland Fine or world-
based
Popular or urban
and mass based
Painting
Rituals and governance
Colonial and post
colonial
Museum-
circulated, artist
centered gallery
distributed
Mass produced
market oriented
Sculpture
Architect
30. INTEGRATIVE ART AS APPLIED TO CONTEMPORARY ART
• Definition of Art
• Functions of Art
• Art Style and Factors Affecting Style
• Principles of Art
34. WHY PEOPLE ENGAGE IN ART?
• to earn money
• to express their emotions and thoughts, real or imaginary
• to produce things of beauty and masterpieces
• to self-actualize
• to immortalize themselves
• to inform
• to persuade
• to entertain people
36. FUNCTIONS OF ART
• Personal or
Individual Function
• Social Function
• Economic Function
• Political Function
• Historical Function
• Cultural Function
• Religious Function
• Physical Function
• Aesthetic Function
37. ART STYLES AND FACTORS AFFECTING
STYLE
ART STYLES AND FACTORS AFFECTING
STYLE
38. ART STYLES AND FACTORS AFFECTING STYLE
• Geographical Factors
• Historical Factors
• Social Factors
• Ideational Factors
• Psychological Factors
• Technical Factors
40. PRINCIPLES OF ART
• Harmony
• Balance
- Formal Balance
- Informal Balance
• Rhythm
• Proportion
• Emphasis
41. HARMONY
• Most essential factor in a composition
• Also called UNITY
• Achieved when all the elements of a thing
are put together to come up with a coherent
whole
43. BALANCE
• Known as physical equilibrium
• Stability produced by even
distribution of weight on each side of
the thing
• Classified as FORMAL and INFORMAL
BALANCE
49. FORMAL BALANCE
Radial Balance
• Radial symmetry exists when the same
measure occurs from the central point to
the end of every radius.
• This symmetry applies to round objects
or those with radii like stars and
starfishes.
51. INFORMAL BALANCE
• Informal balance is present when the left
and the right sides of the thing, though
not identical in appearance, still display
an even distribution of weight.
• Also known as asymmetrical or occult
balance
54. RHYTHM
• Rhythm is the continuous use of a motif or repetitive
pattern of a succession of similar or identical items.
• It can be achieved by alternation use of two patterns
alternately), radiation (repetition of motif from the center
or toward it), progression use of motifs of varying sizes,
that is, from the smallest to the largest, or vice versa), or
parallelism use of a pattern with an equal distance from
each other).
56. RHYTHM
• Rhythm is exemplified by
concentric circles, by an alteration
of black and white stripes, by
checkered blue and orange squares.
• It is characterized as repetitive,
continuous, or flowing.
59. PROPORTION
• Comparative relationship of the
different parts in relation to the
whole
• Proper and pleasing relationship of
one object with the others in a
design
61. EMPHASIS
• Giving proper importance on one or
more parts of the thing or the whole
thing itself
• Achieved by means of size or
proportion, shape, color, line,
position, and variety
62. EMPHASIS
• More often than not, the artist
emphasizes the one with the bigger
size or proportion, the one with a
different shape or color, the one
with striking lines, the one
positioned at the center and the
one that is unique.
67. VISUAL ARTS
• Visual arts are those forms perceived by the
eyes.
• Includes painting, sculpture, and architecture.
• also called spatial arts because artworks
produced under this genre occupy space
68. VISUAL ARTS
• GRAPHIC ARTS
– those visual arts that have length and width;
thus they are also called two-dimensional arts
- described as flat arts because they are seen on
flat surfaces
69. VISUAL ARTS
• GRAPHIC ARTS
– examples: printing, painting, drawing,
sketching, commercial art, mechanical processes,
computer graphics, and photography
71. VISUAL ARTS
• PLASTIC ARTS
– are those visual arts that have length , width,
and volume: thus, they are called three-dimensional
arts
- examples: sculpture, architecture, landscape,
architecture, city planning design, set design, theater
design, industrial design, crafts and allied arts
73. AUDIO-VISUAL ARTS
• Audio-visual arts are those forms perceived by both
ears (audio) and eyes (video).
• Also called performing arts
• Examples: music (vocal, instrumental, and mixed),
dance (ethnologic, social and theatrical), and drama
tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, farce, melodrama, etc.)
74. LITERARY ARTS
• Literary arts are those presented in the written mode
and intended to be read.
• Examples: prose (short stories, novels, essays, and
plays) and poetry narrative poems, lyric poems, and
dramatic poems)
76. DIVISIONS OF ART STUDY
• Aesthetic or Art Appreciation
• Art History
• Art Production
• Art Criticism
77. DIVISIONS OF ART STUDY
• AESTHETIC OR ART APPRECIATION
• Aesthetics, the science of beauty, is that
division of art study in which the
student learns to admire the artists,
value highly different works of art, and
appreciate the role of art in society.
78. DIVISIONS OF ART STUDY
• ART HISTORY
• Art history is that division of art
study in which the student acquires
knowledge of the artists, their
backgrounds, their masterpieces,
and their significant contributions in
various fields of art.
79. DIVISIONS OF ART STUDY
• ART PRODUCTION
• Art production is that division of art
study in which the student learns to
use his creativity and apply his
artistic knowledge and skills in
producing his own works of art.
80. DIVISIONS OF ART STUDY
• ART CRITICISM
• Art criticism is that division of art
study in which the student learns to
use his judgment in evaluating
different artworks based on the
criteria set.
84. WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY ART?
• “Contemporary art is the art produced at
the present period in time. Contemporary
art includes, and develops from, post-
modern art, which is itself a successor to
modern art.”
Contemporary art runs from 1970 until now
85. REFERENCES
• Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions Curriculum
Guide by DepEd
• Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions by Jesus Z.
Menoy, PhD
87. ART APPRECIATION
• Music – Compose a song of at least two stanzas regarding the subject HIGH
SCHOOL LIFE.
• Dance – Create a modern dance number to be performed by you in front of the
class.
• Drama – Write a short script for a costume play to be performed by you in front
of the class.
• Literature – Compose a poem based on any subject that you like the most.
• Painting – Create any painting on a 1/8 illustration board of any subject that you
prefer.
• Others – Handicrafts, shellcraft, etc.
88. RUBRICS FOR DRAMA PRESENTATION
CRITERIA POINTS
Content 10
Presentation/Delivery 10
Originality 5
Cooperation 5
RUBRICS FOR THE DRAWING
CRITERIA POINTS
Content 10
Originality 10
Neatness 5
Creativity 5
RUBRICS FOR SONG PRESENTATION
CRITERIA POINTS
Content 10
Presentation 10
Creativity 5
Originality 5
RUBRICS FOR OTHER PRESENTATION
CRITERIA POINTS
Content 10
Presentation/Delivery 10
Originality 5
Cooperation 5