Lesson 1: Contemporary Philippine Lesson 3: Elements and Principles of

Arts from the region Contemporary Arts

ELEMENTS
ART
• Lines
• According to Webster – human - Vertical Lines
ingenuity in adapting natural things - Horizontal Lines
to man’s use. - Diagonal Lines
- Broken or Jagged Lines
7 NATIONAL ARTISTS - Repeating Lines
- Curve Lines
• Ryan Cayabyab – National Artist - Straight Lines
for MUSIC - Modified Lines
• Kidlat Tahimik – National Artist for - Contrasting Lines
CINEMA
• Lauro “Larry” Alcala – National • Color – Mussel (Primary and
Intermediate Colors); Prang
Artist for VISUAL ARTS
(Color Wheel).
• Resil Mojares – National Artist for
LITERATURE > Hue- the name of the color
• Ramon Muzones – National Artist > Monochromatic
for LITERATURE > Polychromatic
• Amelia Lapena Bonifacio –
- Primary Colors
National Artist for THEATER
- Secondary Colors
• Francisco “Bobby” Manosa- - Intermediate Colors
National Artist for ARCHITECTURE - Adjacent Colors
- Analogous Colors
FUNCTIONS OF ART - Complimentary Colors
- Double Complementary
Colors
• Personal or Individual Function
- Split-Complementary Colors
• Social Function - Double Split-Complementary
• Historical Function Colors
• Religious Function - Triadic Colors
• Cultural Function - Cool Colors- receding
- Warm Colors- advancing
• Physical Function - Light Colors/Tints
• Aesthetic Function - Dark Colors/Shades
• Political Function - Rainbow or Prismatic Colors
• Economic Function - Neutral Colors

• Texture
CLASSIFICATION OF ART FORMS
• Shape
• Volume
• Visual Arts • Space
- Graphic Arts—flat arts (l & w) • Perspective
- Plastic Arts—three- • Form
dimensional arts (l,w, & v)
• Audio-Visual Arts- performing PRINCIPLES
arts • Harmony
• Rhythm
• Literary Arts – written mode
• Proportion
• Emphasis
INTEGRATIVE ARTS • Balance
> Formal (symmetrical)
- A number of art forms - Bilateral Symmetry
combined to form an artwork. - Radial Symmetry
- psychology > Informal (asymmetrical)