Introduction to Contemporary Arts,

Humanities and Art Criticism

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 OBJECTIVES:
Identify the difference
between Contemporary
and Modern art.

Appreciate the concept of

Humanities the processes
of Art Criticism.

Apply the Steps in Art

Criticisms.

Fernando Amorsolo
Dalagang Bukid, 1958
Oil on canvas, Painting, 85 x 59.5 cm (34 x 24 in)
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 What is the difference between
Contemporary Art and Modern Art?

Contemporary art is one created by Modern (TRADITIONAL ART) art

artists who are still living.
The late 1900s saw major social,
political, and cultural reformations
across the world which had greatly
influenced this art form.
refers to the period that began in
the 1880s and that lasted until the
1960s. They emphasized on the
subjective representation of
subjects rather than focusing on
realism that was prevalent before
the 1880s

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 CONTEMPORARY ART
PERCEPTION RECEPTION

Every topic of relevant significance like globalization, global warming, human

rights, environmental destruction were reflected in the contemporary arts

It is the art of the present, which is continuously in process and in FLUX.

Unlike modern art, contemporary art has some social impact.

Moreover, Contemporary artists are very liberal in their attitudes, and they are least concerned about
purity in art.
Moreover, contemporary artists had significant freedom and liberty to experiment with all styles.

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 CONTEMPORARY ART
•1. Collaborative/ Participative
•2. Process Oriented
•3. Interactive
•4. Site Specific
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 Modern ART
PERCEPTION RECEPTION

Modern art had its unique style and reflected the inner
and the outer world. Modern art focused on surrealism
rather than depicted life as perceived by the church or
the influential in society. Modern artists tend to find the
pure idea of art.

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 “Defense of a Filipina Woman's
Honour"
§ Detail from Fernando Amorsolo's 1945,
which is representative of Amorsolo's
World War II-era paintings.
§ Here, a Filipino man defends a woman,
who is either his wife or daughter, from
being raped by an unseen Japanese
soldier.
§ Note the Japanese military cap at the
man's foot

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 “Planting Rice”
§ The arrival of the Americans lead to a new
wave of nationalism in Philippine society
which is best reflected in the art of
Fernando Amorsolo.
§ The art of the period focused on
traditional folk scenes as an embodiment
of the imagined sense of nationhood.
§ Traditional customs, pastimes and
occupations are among the most
recognizable motifs employed.

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 The Blind Child
By Ronald Ventura

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 Bar Girls
By: Cesar Legaspi

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 HUMANITIES
Latin word “Humanus” which means human, cultured and refined. It is the
collective pooling together of the legacy of a given culture's value, ambitions and
beliefs.

Emphasizes the value and agency of human beings

individual and collectively.

It is an ocean of all humanity’s deeper, inward awareness,

knowledge and sensitivity

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 Why study HUMANITIES?

Makes us Studying what We can learn We can realize

more human other men and more about our own
women have ourselves , potentials, and
in the very believed, created, about other the potentials
best sense of and understood, people and of others, much
the word also have become about the world more
human. better human around us. thoroughly.
beings.
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 As a consequence of our encounter with the
arts, we value and appreciate beautiful things.
Out of the aesthetic experiences we derive
from arts, we may be influenced to change our
ways and behavior.

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 “Art needs something outside of itself as a place of
reflection, discernment, and connection with the larger
world. Art for art’s sake is fine, if you can get it. But
then the connection to the real becomes tenuous, and
the connection to the social disappears. If you want to
engage , if you want discourse you need criticism”
David Levi Strauss

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 Four Coordinates of Art Criticism

Mimetic (based on subject matter)

Expressive (based on the artist)

Pragmatic (based on the audience)

Aesthetic or Formal (based on the form)

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 “Art is an imitation of an imitation of reality”
Plato, Greek Philosopher
“Art is art reflection or a mirror of reality”-
Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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 SUBJECT MATTER
It is an imitation, depiction or representation of some
aspect of nature of life. Anything in the universe may
serve as the subject of art. Stresses on the subject
matter or content of the art. Beauty of the subject and
its significance are the bases for aesthetic judgment.

The approach of Art Criticism through the subject

matter is called mimetic (derived from the Greek word
mimesis means imitation. What we should appreciate
not the subject but the manner of presentation of the
subject.
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 Aspects of Nature such as:
(the sea, sky, fields, forests, mountains and animals)-depicted in paintings

(Human concerns, in the realm of experience, action and deed)

recounted in fiction, narrative poetry and drama

Emotions and moods

(spatial forms)- sculptures and architectures

(Tonal Forms)- music
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 “He who touches this book, touches the
man”
(Walt Whitman, an American Poet,
“Leaves of Grass”)

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 THE ARTIST, WRITER OR CREATOR
Art is a means of expression, a medium for communicating
an idea, an emotion or some other human experiences, an
impression of life, a vision of beauty.

The Artist puts himself into his art, it becomes an

extension of himself, an objectification of some
aspect of his personality.

Our experience of a work of art, therefore , brings us in

contact with the personality of the artist. The individuality of
the creator is revealed to us through his creation.
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 THE ARTIST, WRITER OR CREATOR
The Artist himself becomes the major element generating
both the artistic product and the norms by which the artwork
is to be judged.

Interpreting art in the light of the knowledge that we have about the
artist have some degree of validity. Moreover, in passing judgement on
the aesthetic merit of an artwork, we must not be influenced by our
personal regard for its creator or his reputation.

Life-history, philosophy and beliefs, character, certain circumstances in

his life which may have influenced the creation of the artwork in
question of his background, era during which he lived, other pertinent
information places us in better position to interpret and evaluate his
work.
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 “Literature, to be of importance, must be simple and
direct and must have a clear moral purpose”
(Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist and short story writer)
“The purpose of literature is to teach, moralize and
instruct”
(George Bernard Shaw, Anglo-Irish wit and
playwright

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 AUDIENCE OR READERS
Art is experience; for what is a poem unless one can read it.
What is painting unless one can see it. What is Sonata unless
one can hear it?

Art always has an audience , even if this

audience is none other than the artist himself.

Emphasizes the value and importance of art to

its audience, is known as Pragmatic Approach.
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 “There are no moral or immoral books: they are
either well-written or badly written.”
(Oscar Wilde, Anglo-Irish wit and playwright.
Preface to his book, The Picture of Dorian Gray)

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 FORM
With respect to form (the manner of imitation, how the subject matter is
handled and presented) art is a composition, a whole consisting of
various parts or elements; the selection, organization, and integration of
these elements according to certain formal principles and employing
certain techniques constitute that which we call the form of art.

Examples: Role of the tone (shading in the painting) Relations of light and
dark, their distribution and concentration, source of light (sun, fire or
candlelight) Quality of light 9 intense, glaring, mellow or dim) Transition
of light (gradual or sudden)

We can appreciate a work of art only when we grasp or

comprehend what it is the artist is trying to say (theme, subject
and realize how well, how effectively, how beautifully he says it
(the form)
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 In conclusion, we study humanities, contemporary
art, modern art, and art criticism-to provide us deep
understanding and appreciation in the lens of
aesthetic sense. Through this, we will be able to see
the different perspective that comprises these arts.

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