CPAR REVIEWER
VARIOUS CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS AND THEIR PRACTICES FROM THE
VARIOUS REGION
WEEK 1
WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY ART?
- Art produced at the present period in time, includes and develops from postmodern
art, which is itself a successor to modern art
- Art made and produced by artists living today.
WEEK 2
WHAT IS ART?
- It is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, producing
works to be appreciated primarily to their beauty or emotional power.
- It is a form of creative such as painting, music, literature, and dance.
WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY ART?
- Contemporary art is the art that springs out of the present day events and passion
of the society
- It is the newest form of art, amusing people from late 1960s or around 1970s up to
this very minute
VARIOUS ART FORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES
ANY FORM OF ART IS A FORM OF POWER
Contemporary are generally refers to art being created now, contemporary is derived from
the latin prefix con which means “together” or “with” plus tempus which means ‘time’
ART
FINE OR AESTHETICS (MAJOR ARTS)
UTILITARIAN OR PRACTICAL (MINOR ARTS)
FINE OR AESTHETICS (MAJOR ARTS)
- Arts are primarily for aesthetics enjoyment through the senses, especially visual
and auditory. It is the changing certain materials or media for aesthetics pleasure
DIVISIONS OF MAJOR ARTS
- VISUAL OR SPACE
- AUDITORY OR TIME
- COMBINED OR PERFORMING
VISUAL ARTS are also known as SPACE ARTS because they occupy space
PAINTING
- This art is expressed either by line form, texture value or color. It is being used as
decoration as educational device as advertisement
SCULPTURE
- This art is expressed either by carving shaping or modeling. It deals mostly with
the human figure, figureness stands for lampshade and pottery.
ARCHITECTURE
- This art is expressed through rhythmic features such as windows ornaments
columns and tile flooring
AUDITORY ARTS are primarily heard. They are also known as TIME ARTS because they
exist in time
LITERATURE
- Includes the writing of poems, short stories,novels,plays, histories, biographies,
essays. It is also known as fine writing.
MUSIC
- It is the combination of sounds. It is said to be the most dynamic, most emotional,
most universal and most abstract of line arts.
COMBINED OR PERFORMING ARTS combine both the visual and auditory elements.
They are usually performed onstage, or on the screen.
CIRCUS
- Its entertainment generally consists of displays of horsemanship, exhibitions by
gymnasts, aerialists wild animal trainers and performing animals and comic
pantomime by clowns
DANCE
- Its is based upon music or any rhythmic sound. It is characterized by rhythmic or
repetition
OPERA
- This is a stage drama with orchestral accompaniment in which music is the dominant
element, the performers singing all or most of their lines.
PANTOMIME (mime)
- It is a dramatic representation by means of facial expressions and body movements
rather than words.
PUPPET SHOW
- A theatrical performance which uses puppets as characters in wherein audiences
perceive life and spirit from their movement their shape and other aspects of their
performance
DRAMA
- This includes acting directing stage setting, stage lighting and public speaking
THEATRE
- Its is one of the oldest and most popular forms in which actors perform live for an
audience on a stage or in other space designated for the performance
SINGING
- Its is an individual or group interpretation of a song or music
MOTION PICTURE
- It's a series of images that are projected onto a screen to create the illusion of
motion. Motion pictures also called movies, films, or the cinema are one of the most
popular forms of entertainment, enabling people to immerse themselves in an
imaginary world for a short period of time.
ART IS AN IMITATION OF LIFE AND THE WORLD RENDERED BEAUTIFULLY,
WHICH GIVES PLEASURE.
PRACTICAL OR UTILITARIAN ( MINOR ARTS)
PRACTICAL OR UTILITARIAN (MINOR ARTS)
- Are intended for practical use or utility. Oit is the changing of raw materials for
utilitarian purposes. However they artistics qualities to make them useful and
beautiful.
INDUSTRIAL ARTS
- It is the changing of raw materials into some significant product for human
consumption or us.
- Ex of this are shell craft, bamboo craft leather craft, shoe making, pottery making.
APPLIED OR HOUSEHOLD ART
- This refers mostly to household arets such as flower arrangement interior
decoration dressmaking home making embroidery cooking and others
CIVIC ART
- This includes city or town planning, maintenance and beautification of park, plazas,
roads, bridges and farms. It refers to civic planning and beautification in order to
improve the standards of living.
COMMERCIAL ART
- This involves business propaganda in the form of advertisements and magazines,
sign painting, billboard announcements, leaflets, displays, poster designing movie
illustrations and many more.
GRAPHIC ART
- Its is anything painted from raised or sunken reliefs and plane surfaces
AGRICULTURAL ART
- This refers to agronomy (crop production), horticulture ( garden or orchard
cultivation) husbandry (raising of cows, carabaos, poultry and swine and farming.
BUSINESS ART
- This includes merchandising accounting bookkeeping, typewriting,stenography,
salesmanship and business administration.
DISTRIBUTIVE ART
- This deals with advertising, marketing, warehousing, packaging, and shipping of
articles or goods.
FISHERY ART
- It includes shallow and deep sea fishing, fish refrigeration and culture net waving
MEDICAL OR CLINICAL ARTS
- Its includes first aid treatments. Medicinal manufacturing surgery medical
operations rehabilitation and others
SUMMARY OF MAJOR ARTS
VISUAL OR SPACE ARTS
- PAINTING
- SCULPTURE
- ARCHITECTURE
COMBINED OR PERFORMING ARTS
- CIRCUS
- DANCE
- OPERA
- PANTOMIME
- PUPPET SHOW
- DRAMA
- SINGING
- MOTION PICTURE
AUDITORY ARTS
- LITERATURE
- MUSIC
