2. Medium and Technique
Elements
Subject Matter
Style
Principles of Design
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4. Medium: materials used by the artists by
which they create their works
Technique: refers to how artists use their
medium
The choice of material and technique is
always a deliberate act of the artist; it is
neither neutral nor incidental
Important consideration is in the
availability and accessibility of materials
5. Two-dimensional expressions: pigments
and techniques on surfaces
: it has height and width (flat work)
: wall-based and viewed from the
front
: composed of a surface or ground
and a coloring or marking substance
that is applied to surface or ground
7. Pintados – early inhabitants of the
Visayan region who covered their bodies
with tattoos
Barks of trees, flattened bamboo reeds,
leaves
Oil on canvas – most traditional of
painting materials and techniques
10. Acrylic – acrylic vinyl polymer emulsion,
a water-based and quick-drying paint;
can be used on canvas or on paper
Paper – widely used painting surface;
made from papyrus or plant fibers such
as rice, bamboo and cogon
Watercolor – commonly used by Filipino
painters on paper
12. Letras y Figuras, Jose Honorato Lozano, 19th Century, watercolor on
paper, Lopez Museum
13. Printmaking – another technique that
uses paper; printmaking techniques
includes relief printing, serigraphy,
lithography and intaglio
Woven Mat – use plant materials that are
abundant in the area; banig
Embroidery – widespread in the
Philippines
17. Stained Glass – employs small pieces of
colored glass to form an image;
popularly used in churches
Mosaic – uses small pieces of colored
stone (tesserae) combined to form an
image, usually on floors or walls
Photography – uses technical process to
create images on highly sensitive paper
18. The Call to Arms, The Supreme Sacrifice, and Peace, Cenon Rivera, Mt.
Samat Three-Paneled Stained Glass
19. River of Life, Arturo Luz, Church of the Holy Sacrifice, University of the
Philippines, Diliman
21. Three-dimensional expression: has
height, width and depth
: sculpture is the most prominent form
Wood – common sculptural material
Taka – intricately painted paper mache
figures
Stone – popular sculptural material;
marble, granite, alabaster
25. Metal – includes bronze, brass-casting,
lead, copper
Glass – can also be made by assembling
colored bottles together
Clay – commonly used for pottery;
terracotta is baked clay used for
sculpture
29. Basketry – common traditional art form
found all over the Philippine
Mixed Media – combination of different
materials
Installation Art – uses mostly found
objects and recycled materials
31. Musmos, Imelda Cajipe Endaya, 1991,, Mixed Media (oil on canvas and
assemblage mounted on plywood,), 122.5cm x 122.5cm
32. Sandata Indi Magua Dona, Lirio Salvador, Stainless Scrap Metal Bass
Guitar Sculpture
33. Architectural materials: considers the
availability of the materials
: considers the suitability of the
material for the locale’s climate and
weather conditions
Rock – often used for architecture;
includes corals, clay, bricks, sandstone
and adobe
34. The façade of the Baclayon Church in Bohol is made of white coral
stones collected from the sea, cut into square blocks, and piled on top
of one another
35. Organic Materials – such as wood and
grass are also used for architecture
Metals – of different kinds were
commonly used to build bridges and
skyscrapers
Synthetic Material – such as glass
Concrete – considered a hybrid material
made of cement, sand, gravel and
water
36. The San Sebastian Church in Manila is known as the only fully-steel
church in Asia. It was built in 1893.
37. San Miguel Corporation Building, Jose Manuel and Francisco Mañosa,
Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City
39. Architectural Technique: the five basic
methods of architectural construction
includes lashed, post and lintel, arch and
vault, skeleton, and cantilever
construction
Lashed – different parts are manually
tied together wit the use of ropes made
from rattan (e.g. Bahay Kubo)
40. Post and Lintel – consists of one horizontal
lintel on top of two vertical posts forming
a right angle
Arch and Vault – usually made of cut
stone; keystone, a wedge-shaped piece
at the topmost portion of the arch, holds
the stone parts of the arch together;
arches of the same size placed together
form a vault
42. Parish of the Holy Sacrifice, UP Diliman, Arch. Leandro Locsin, 1955
43. Church of the Risen Lord, UP Diliman, Arch. Cesar H. Concio, 1950s
44. Skeleton Construction – dependent on
structural steel and reinforced concrete
(i.e. high rise buildings)
Cantilever Construction – characterized
by a part of the architecture projecting
beyond its support
47. These are the basic parts of an art work
They are the building blocks of visual arts
and architecture
Basic Elements: line, color, value, texture,
shape and space (all are used to
convey meaning in art)
48. Line – is a mark drawn or carved on a
surface; can be a row of similar things
that can indicate direction; can hint at
movement and direction
Horizontal Lines – can suggest rest, sleep,
stability and death; connotes horizons in
landscapes
52. Color – best element to use for the
expression of emotions
Culture is very influential in determining
how people use color
i.e. “bluer that blue” = sad
we “see red” = mad
yellow = jealousy / cowards
“green with envy” = envious
53. Properties of Color:
(1) Hue – is a particular kind of color;
primary colors are red, yellow and blue;
white, gray and black are considered
neutrals
(2) Value – the lightness or darkness of a
hue; color can be made lighter by
adding white (tints) and darker by
adding black (shades)
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56. Properties of Color:
(3) Temperature – the warmth and
coolness of a hue; cool colors tend to
recede while warm colors appear to be
closer and bigger
(4) Intensity – also known as saturation or
chroma; the dullness or brightness of a
hue; intensity can be made duller or
brighter by adding neutrals
58. The visual element of value is the
interplay of light and dark in an image
It refers to the lighting effect on the
entire surface area of the work
It is the element that creates mood,
atmosphere, temperature, climate, and
time of day in an artwork
60. Value indicates what the focus or center
of attention of the artwork is
It is almost synonymous with
chiarouscuro, a combination of chiaro
meaning “clear” and oscuro meaning
“dark”.
Value in architecture can be seen in the
material used for construction
61. Café Juanita in Pasig (Fine dinning restaurants usually have lowlight or
low value to approximate a mood of romance.)
62. Texture is how things feel to the touch.
It appeals to one’s sense of approach or
avoidance
Texture in architecture is also very
important
65. Manila Hotel Lobby (The very smooth surface of marble flooring gives a
feeling of formality and opulence)
66. Shape are areas formed by boundaries
of line or differences in color, texture and
value
Closed Shapes – those that are self-
contained and without any protrusions or
projections
Open Shapes – shapes with protrusions
and projections
68. Space is concerned with the dimension
of height, width and depth
It is the most important element in
architecture
Visual artists try to represent space in a
2D format. To do this, they use
perspective, a system of spatial clues,
visual clues that give an illusion of depth
70. Jeepney, Vicente Manansala (creates an illusion of depth by reducing
clarity, contrast, size and color intensity of objects)
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72. This is what the image is about
Examples of image subject matter are
portraits (people), landscape, historical
events, religious (scenes), literary
accounts, myths, surreal images
(dreams), nudes, still lives, and scenes of
objects from everyday life
73. Portrait is a representation of an
individual or a group of people.
It is usually posed.
Portraits are very good indicators of
class, social status, race and nationality.
Miniaturismo portraits are paintings of
the ilustrados showing the minute details
and intricate designs of their clothes,
jewelry, furniture and accessories
75. Genre paintings show people doing
everyday activities
Different from portraits because people
are depicted as actively doing everyday
activities, so that they do not appear to
be posing
77. Landscape paintings show the
panorama of nature
They are representations of space,
whether urban or rural
Most landscapes are meant to show the
beauty of nature
84. Still Life is a popular subject matter. It
consists of objects, furniture, interior
domestic settings, utensils, flowers, food,
etc.
The nude is a study of anatomy. The
human body is often idealized in the
nude.
88. How the artists manipulate materials, use
technique, and the manner in which
subject matter is depicted
Representational or figurative style –
subject matter is recognizable
Non-representational or abstract art –
made up primarily of visual elements
such as line, color, texture and shapes
89. Naturalism is a kind of representational
art
It involves the representation of nature
the way it looks
Naturalism is a style that adheres to
Plato’s concept of mimesis, or the
copying of nature
Other artists aim to represent an ideal
nature (idealized or stylized)
91. Expressionism is a kind of
representational art that does not
concern itself with the observation,
copying, or idealizing of nature
The expression of emotion is the primary
consideration of expressionism
Colors as vehicle for expression
Concerned with the subjective reality
94. Cubism is another kind of
representational art, using multiple
perspective, or a view painted from
different angles or vantage points
Transparent Cubism – human figure is not
broken down into cubes, cones and
cylinders
96. Impressionism is concerned with
capturing the impression of light on
objects.
Impressionist do not paint the actual
objects; they paint the effect of light on
the objects
98. Surrealism is concerned with the
depiction of the subconscious reality of
the artist
In surrealist paintings, images look
dreamlike, sometimes nightmarish and
weird
100. Abstract art are nonrepresentational art
Geometric abstraction is limited to the
use of geometric shapes in building
abstract forms
Abstract expressionism or action
painting upholds the notion that it is the
act of painting that is art, not the
painting itself
102. Baroque is the dominant style in
Philippine church architecture
It is characterized by extensive use of
decoration and ornamentation
As a style, it generally appeals more to
the emotions, rather than to the intellect
104. Neo-classical style is usually used in
government buildings
Simplicity, order, balance and symmetry
are the general characteristics of neo-
classical architecture
They abide by the Greek and Roman
ideas about architecture
Greek column orders: Doric, Ionic and
Corinthian
111. Proportion refers to how one shape
relates to the other
112. Variety is also
important to
works of art or
these could
become
boring
113. Emphasis
means that
there is an area
that is stressed,
given
importance, or
accented so
that it becomes
the focus of the
work of art
114. Contrast is when you use light colors in an
area of a painting, one can darken one
side to “bring out the light”
Harmony is when all the elements in an
artwork go together in a pleasing
manner
Unity is when all parts of the artwork
contribute to the “unified whole” or have
unity and oneness