Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VIII-Eastern Visayas
Schools Division of Northern Samar
PAMBUJAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Pambujan, northern Samar

Module 1 :
Integrative arts as applied to contemporary art
The learner demonstrates: appreciation of contemporary art forms, found
Content Standard
in the various regions by understanding the elements and principles
The learner:
presents a form of integrated contemporary art based on the region
Performance Standard of his / her choice. (e.g. choreography, musical instrument, literary
and music composition, visual design, and/or theatrical
performance)
Identifies various contemporary art forms and their practices from the
Most Essential Learning various regions. CAR11/12IAC-0a-1
Competencies
Classifies various art forms found in the Philippines. CAR11/12IAC-0b-2
1. Contemporary Visual Arts in the Philippines
1.1 Art: Meaning and its Visual Elements
Lesson 1.2 Painting
1.3 Sculpture and other forms of Visual Arts
1.4 Architecture

Lesson 1: Contemporary Visual Arts in the Philippines

Topic 1.1 : Art – Meaning & Elements

ART

AR
Aryan– to join or put together

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Arkiskein
greek wo
rd – to prepare
greek word
– to put together

ARTS/ARTIS SKILL TECHNE

( LATIN) (GREEK )

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 ▪ 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 according to Ramon Orlina, glass Scupltor.
▪ Arts produce by the national artist and contemporary to us.
▪ Arts in the Philippines refer to the various forms of the arts that have
developed and accumulated in the Philippines from the beginning of
civilization in the country up to the present era. They reflect the range of
artistic influences on the country's culture, including indigenous forms of the
arts, and how these influences have honed the country's arts.
▪ “Art has the power to render sorrow beautiful, make loneliness a shared
experience, and transform despair into hope.” Brené Brown
WHY PEOPLE ENGAGE IN ART?
Relationship-building
▪ Art builds social capital
▪ Art promotes positive behavior that can increase positive social interactions
▪ Art facilitates positive interaction with other.
Expression and communication
▪ Art provides age-appropriate mediums for emotional expression
▪ Art creates opportunities for communication on a larger scale
▪ Art facilitates understanding of new perspectives
▪ Art allows for knowledge-sharing with diverse audiences
▪ Art elicits solidarity
Self and social analysis
▪ Community art creates the opportunity for people to examine the social,
economic and political structures of their society and their own roles within
society in a reflective and critical way.

WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF ARTS?

▪ Aesthetic Value - One of the biggest benefits of Contemporary Art is its
aesthetic value. This means that the art possesses some capacity to elicit a
sense of pleasure in the viewer. Although, what is considered pleasing to the
eye may vary depending on the viewer, given the wide variety of mediums and
methods for this style of art there is likely to be some form that will appeal to
each person.
▪ Relaxation and Inspiration- Research has shown that viewing art can be
relaxing. This is used for some of the mindfulness exercises that are currently
so popular. Art can help to pull people out of their mind of racing and
wandering thoughts, into the present moment to experience what is in front of
them. This is helpful because it teaches people to do this also at other times,
which can reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression.
▪ Personal Expression - One of the benefits of Contemporary Art is that it allows
individuals a means of personal expression. Through painting, sculpture, and
performance art, anyone can express themselves in a way that will be safely
observable for others. Likewise, the perspectives that are expressed are

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 valuable for society because it gives a unique window into the minds and
thoughts of the art.
WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY ART?
▪ refers to current and very recent practice. It also refers to works of art made
by living artists.
▪ tends to be assessed thematically and subjectively, drawing on an expanded
range of theoretical and practical disciplines.
▪ Contemporary Art can be driven by both theory and ideas, and is also
characterized by a blurring of the distinction between art and other categories
of cultural experience, such as television, cinema, mass media, entertainment
and digital technology.

Contemporary Performance
• Contemporary performance is hybrid work that integrates text, dance, objects,
music, costumes, lighting, image, sound, sets, and vocal expression into complex
interactive systems.
• Contemporary performance collages are often non-narrative, technically
rigorous, and carefully orchestrated anarchic chaos. They unsettle perception,
demand critical engagement from audiences, address conceptual debates within
aesthetics, draw on a diverse range of cultural interests, and bring pleasure to
populations across the globe.” (Morgan v. P. Pecelli)

Characteristics of Contemporary Art

▪ Contemporary art mirrors contemporary culture and society, offering
teachers, students, and general audiences a rich resource through which to
consider current ideas and rethink the familiar.
▪ The work of contemporary artists is a dynamic combination of materials,
methods, concepts, and subjects that challenges traditional boundaries and
defies easy definition.
▪ Diverse and eclectic, contemporary art is distinguished by the very lack of a
uniform organizing principle, ideology, or -ism. In a globally influenced,
culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world, contemporary artists
give voice to the varied and changing cultural landscape of identity, values,
and beliefs.
▪ Contemporary art reflects a wide range of materials, media, and technologies,
as well as opportunities to consider what art is and how it is defined. Artists
today explore ideas, concepts, questions, and practices that examine the past,
describe the present, and imagine the future.

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ARE MODERN ART AND CONTEMPORARY ART THE SAME?
MODERN ART CONTEMPORARYART
a Up to date a Art produced by artists living
b)
) Technologically ) today
advanced b) Always in flux, developing,
c) Modern as opposed evolving
to traditional
and c) What is contemporary
conservative may
todaybe traditional or modern
in the coming years.

Contemporary Arts in the Philippines

▪ Conceptual - focus is on the idea, which can be either abstract or social;
▪ Social – current social & political topics are dealt with, often from critical
perspective.
▪ Expressive – both content & form is meaningful & communicative
Example: “Mabining Mandirigma” libretto by Dr. Nicanor G. Tiongson, music
by Joed Balsamo, choreography by Denisa Reyes, set design by Toym Imao,
direction by Chris Millado .
▪ Popular culture - issues and aspects of popular culture are dealt with, either
by conceptualizing or criticizing.
▪ Poetic - content or form is poetic in nature; Ex. Ronald Ventura, 'Blind Child'
2011
▪ Biographical - means of expression can be social, poetical or expressive;
▪ Documentary - approach is documentary or holds elements of research; Ex.
Opera‟ : Sculpture in Dance Ballet Philippines 2016
▪ Sense related - total art work, installations which are often interactive and
affect different senses.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF ART IN THE PHILIPPINES

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 To describe the development of Philippine arts, read the information presented on
the table below.
Characteristic
Tradition Various Art Forms from The Regions
s/Features

Angono Petroglyphs The Angono

Art forms are
Petroglyphs is situated in
primarily
Binangonan,
influenced by the
Rizal. It was discovered by the
geographical
National Artist, Carlos “Botong”
location and
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Francisco, in 1965. There are 127
the experiences
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engraved on the rock wall and
(Luzviminda &
Ethnic dated back
Sayseng, 2016).
Tradition to circa late Neolithic.
In this time, the
purpose of arts
is integral to life. Manunggul Jar
Arts Manunggul jar is found in Manunggul
reflected the Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan in the early
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a.org/wikipedia/commo Manunggul jar is a burial jar which
and practices, ns/e/eb/Manunggul_Jar
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after death.

activity such as Banga

fishing and Banga literally means pots. The
farming, and Banga or pot dance is a
specific performance of Kalinga of the
decorative art Mountain Province of the
pattern to the Philippines. This dance shows the
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Langit, lupa, at Impyerno by Josef Luciano Dans
This wall painting by Josef Luciano Dans will be found in St.
James the Apostle Church in Paete, Laguna. This painting was
Art forms were dated 1850 and depicts the heaven, crucifixion of Christ;
primarily earth, Adan and Eve; and hell, sinners with different
influenced by transgressions.
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Spanish
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Spaniards used St. Paul Metropolitan
arts to Cathedral is located in Burgos,
propagate the Vigan City,
Catholic faith. Ilocos Sur. The original
structure
was built in 1574 and replaced as a church in 1641. The
cathedral follows a Baroque architectural design.
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 The Making of the Philippine
Flag
by Fernando Amorsolo
This painting was made by
Fernando Amorsolo, “Grand Old
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to the customs of the Filipino.
practice of art
from 1860s to Bayanihan
1960s. the main by Carlos “Botong”
theme of art Francisco Carlos “Botong”
works in Francisco was born in
this time is Ango, Rizal. This painting
national identity. by him was dated in
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1962. This mural painting
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Francisco shows the
American Filipino’s bayanihan
Colonial and tradition. This also shows the distinctive style of Francisco’s
Contemporary painting that showcased his mastery in arts.
Arts Contemporary Cinco Marias (Tres Marias
Traditions Arts Series)
Contemporary by Federico Aguilar Alcuaz
art refers to the Federico Aguilas Alcuaz was
practice of art born in Santa Cruz, Manila.
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from 1970s to the Cinco Marias (Tres Marias
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arts mirror 2007).
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society. Diverse blrapadas/7401469674/in/phot Art Installation in

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and emerging art
practices were by Leeroy New
being Leeroy New is one of the
introduced in Philippines contemporary
this era. artists. He is born in
General SANTOS City. This
art installation of Leeroy New was made for the La
Milagrosa Festival in Ilocos Norte. According to Leeroy New,
the art installation symbolizes the great festivals, feasts and
celebrations (Lape𝑛̃a, 2012).

These art forms from various regions or from various artists contributed to the
picture of Philippine’s identity as a country. And as a Filipino, it’s important that we have
knowledge to describe these art forms based on its details and elements, in relation to our
country’s culture and tradition, that makes it an artistic piece. In the field of arts, knowing
the elements and principles of arts is important, not just to the artist but also to the viewer,
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to have a deeper understanding of an artwork. Now, let us know these elements and
principles of arts.

Elements of Art
1. Space
In visual arts, space pertains to emptiness which may either be
positive space or negative space. Positive space refers to a part
which is enclosed in a shape, while negative space refers to the
opposite part which the shape is enclosing.
2. Line
In visual arts, a line is a series of connected points. It may come in
two characteristics: form – curved, dotted, or broken lines; and
direction – vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines. Different types of
lines may convey different meanings. For example, a
horizontal line usually suggests calmness, vertical lines may convey strength,
diagonal lines create an impression of action, curved lines create an expression of
gradual change of direction, and circular line may pertain an abrupt change of
direction.
3. Shape and Form
Shape is an area that is enclosed by a line or lines. Shapes are two
dimensional figures with height and width. There are different
kinds of shapes and these are geometric shapes (triangle, squares,
rectangle, etc.), organic shapes (shapes found in nature, e.g. shape
of a leaf or cloud), abstract shapes (asymmetrical and free flowing
shapes). Meanwhile, forms are three dimensional figures. Its
dimensions are height, width, and volume. Unlike shapes, it has
more depth.
4. Color
In visual arts, color is associated with the natural phenomenon in our environment.
Scientifically, when a light passes through a prism, it will produce different hues of
different wavelengths. These colors may pertain to lightness, darkness, coolness, or
warmth.
5. Value
In visual arts, value is considered a property of a color
which pertains to its lightness or darkness.
6. Texture
In visual arts, texture is the element that appeals to our sense of feel on things, rough,
smooth, bumpy, or slippery. It pertains to the surface of an art piece.

Principles of Art
1. Proportion
Proportion refers to the relationship of the size of elements in a body of art. For
example, when drawing a human standing beside a house, it is important to ensure
that the size of the human is proportional to the size of the house.
2. Harmony
In visual arts, harmony is the unity of the artwork, specifically about the arrangement
of the related elements.
3. Variety

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 In other terms, variety may be referred to as diversity. This means adding multiple,
different elements to break the monotony of an artwork and make it more
interesting.
4. Movement
In arts, movement is the illusion of motion in a painting, sculpture design, or in a
piece of art.
5. Rhythm
This refers to the repetition of certain elements to produce a pattern. In visual arts,
repeated design elements may create a certain flow and may lead the viewer’s eyes.
6. Balance
Balance refers to the even and equal distribution of elements.
6. Emphasis
Emphasis is a principle which may refer to the greater impact given on a certain
element.

These elements and principles of arts are essential to understand the meaning of a piece
of art clearly and deeply. In relation to that, diverse art forms in the Philippines convey its
meanings through the elements and principles present to them. So, as we described some
art forms from the various regions through the development of Philippine arts, let’s use the
elements and principles of arts to understand it.

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