UNIT II:

APPRECIATING
CONTEMPORARY ARTS
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS
JOSEPH T. MANOOK
SHS INSTRUCTOR
 UNIT II: APPRECIATING CONTEMPORARY ARTS
• THE ART IS NOT JUST A TALENT SHOWCASE, ITS CREATION IS PROCESS OF
THINKING AND MOVING, KNOWING ONE’S SELF WHILE ALLOWING OTHERS
TO KNOW HIM. BUT HOW DO OTHERS APPRECIATE SOMEONE ’S ART? HOW
DOES SOMEONE EVALUATE ART?
• THOUGH CONTEMPORARY ART IS NOT JUST APPRECIATED THROUGH
TRADITIONAL AESTHETIC STANDARDS, THE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN ART
PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTS COULD BE USED IN APPRECIATING AND
INTERPRETING THIS KIND OF ART MOVEMENT.
 OBJECTIVES
THE UNIT WILL ENABLE YOU TO:
- RESEARCH ON VARIOUS CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
(CAR11/12CAP-0C-E-4)
- ANALYZE THE METHOD OF THE DESCRIPTION OF CONTEMPORARY
ARTWORK'S SUBJECT MATTER, MEDIUM AND FORM
- EVALUATES CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS BASED ON THE ELEMENTS
AND PRINCIPLES (CAR11/12CAP-0C-E-6)
 LESSON 2.1
DESCRIPTION APPLIED TO
CONTEMPORARY ARTS
UNIT II
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS
 DESCRIPTION APPLIED TO CONTEMPORARY ARTS

• DESCRIBING AN ARTWORK, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS IN THE

CONTEMPORARY STYLE, REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE OF ART: ITS
SCOPE, PRINCIPLES AND PRODUCTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF
THE ARTIST AND THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT ART MAKING. BECAUSE
MANY CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS REACT TO ISSUES IN THE SOCIETY,
IT ALSO HELPS TO KNOW ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND
ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE ARTIST MAKES ART (RAMIREZ, 2016)
 THREE ELEMENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
DESCRIPTION OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS

SUBJECT MATTER
• WHAT YOU SEE THAT IS DEPICTED IN THE
ARTWORK
• MAY BE A HUMAN FORM,
COMBINATION OF TEXTURE AND
COLOR, FIGURE.
• ITO AY TUMUTUKOY SA PAKSANG
NABUBUO SA LARAWAN
 THREE ELEMENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
DESCRIPTION OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS
MATERIAL
• IS WHAT THE ARTWORK IS MADE OF. IT CAN
ALSO BE A COMBINATION OF OBJECTS USED IN
THE ARTWORKS.

• NAIIBA ANG MATERIAL SA MEDIUM. ANG

MATERIAL AY TUMUTUKOY SA MGA MISMONG
BAGAY NA MAARING GAMITIN SA PAGBUO NG
ISANG ART.
• ANG MEDIUM NAMAN AY TUMUTUKOY SA
PAGGAMIT NG BAGAY (MATERIAL) SA ISANG ART.
 THREE ELEMENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
DESCRIPTION OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS

ART ELEMENTS AND

PRINCIPLES
• REFERS TO THE PHYSICAL QUALITIES OF
THE IMAGE.
• ELEMENTS ARE USED TO CREATE VISUALS
AND ARRANGED INTO ORGANIZED
MANNER THAT OBSERVES PRINCIPLES OF
ART
 ELEMENTS OF ART
UNIT II
LESSON 2.1
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS
 ELEMENTS OF ART
LINES
• AS AN ELEMENT OF VISUAL ART, LINE IS THE
USE OF VARIOUS MARKS, OUTLINES, AND
IMPLIED LINES DURING ARTWORK AND
DESIGN.
• HAS A WIDTH, DIRECTION, AND LENGTH. A
LINE'S WIDTH IN MOST TIMES CALLED ITS
"THICKNESS". LINES ARE SOMETIMES CALLED
"STROKES", ESPECIALLY WHEN REFERRING
TO LINES IN DIGITAL ARTWORK.
 ELEMENTS OF ART

SHAPE
• REFERS TO A 2-DIMENSIONAL,
ENCLOSED AREA. SHAPES COULD
BE GEOMETRIC, SUCH AS
SQUARES, CIRCLES, TRIANGLES
ETC. OR ORGANIC AND
CURVACEOUS.
 ELEMENTS OF ART

COLOR
• IS THE ELEMENT OF ART THAT IS
PRODUCED WHEN LIGHT,
STRIKING AN OBJECT, IS
REFLECTED BACK TO THE EYE.
 ELEMENTS OF ART
THERE ARE THREE PROPERTIES TO COLOR:
• THE FIRST IS HUE, WHICH SIMPLY MEANS THE NAME WE GIVE TO A COLOR (RED,
YELLOW, BLUE, GREEN, ETC.).
• THE SECOND PROPERTY IS INTENSITY, WHICH REFERS TO THE VIVIDNESS OF THE
COLOR. A COLOR'S INTENSITY IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS ITS "COLORFULNESS",
ITS "SATURATION", ITS "PURITY" OR ITS "STRENGTH".
• THE THIRD AND FINAL PROPERTY OF COLOR IS ITS VALUE, MEANING HOW LIGHT OR
DARK IT IS. THE TERMS SHADE AND TINT REFER TO VALUE CHANGES IN COLORS. IN
PAINTING, SHADES ARE CREATED BY ADDING BLACK TO A COLOR, WHILE TINTS ARE
CREATED BY ADDING WHITE TO A COLOR.
 ELEMENTS OF ART

FORM
• THE FORM OF A WORK IS ITS
SHAPE, INCLUDING ITS VOLUME
OR PERCEIVED VOLUME
• PHYSICAL NATURE OF AN
ARTWORK
 ELEMENTS OF ART

TEXTURE
• IS USED TO DESCRIBE HOW
SOMETHING FEELS OR LOOKS.
• DESCRIPTIONS OF TEXTURES (I.E.
FURRY, SMOOTH, ROUGH ETC.
• ACTUAL AND VISUAL FORMS OF
TEXTURE
 ELEMENTS OF ART

SPACE
• IS ANY CONDUCIVE AREA THAT AN
ARTIST PROVIDES FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
• INCLUDES THE BACKGROUND,
FOREGROUND, MIDDLE GROUND,
DISTANCES.
• NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE SPACE
 ELEMENTS OF ART

VALUE
• IS THE DEGREE OF LIGHTNESS AND
DARKNESS IN A COLOR. THE DIFFERENCE
IN VALUES IS CALLED CONTRAST.
• WHITE (LIGHTEST VALUE), BLACK
(DARKEST VALUE), HALF-TONE (MIDDLE
VALUE)
PRINCIPLES OF ART
UNIT II
LESSON 2.1
CPAR
 PRINCIPLES OF ART
HARMONY
• IS THE VISUALLY SATISFYING
EFFECT OF COMBINING
SIMILAR, RELATED ELEMENTS.
FOR INSTANCE: ADJACENT
COLORS ON THE COLOR
WHEEL, SIMILAR SHAPES ETC.
 PRINCIPLES OF ART
BALANCE
• A FEELING OF EQUALITY IN
WEIGHT, ATTENTION, OR
ATTRACTION OF THE VARIOUS
VISUAL ELEMENTS WITHIN THE
PICTORIAL FIELD AS A MEANS OF
ACCOMPLISHING ORGANIC
UNITY.
PRINCIPLES OF ART
PROPORTION
• IS THE COMPARISON OF DIMENSIONS
OR DISTRIBUTION OF FORMS. IT IS THE
RELATIONSHIP IN SCALE BETWEEN ONE
ELEMENT AND ANOTHER, OR BETWEEN
A WHOLE OBJECT AND ONE OF ITS
PARTS. DIFFERING PROPORTIONS
WITHIN A COMPOSITION CAN RELATE
TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF BALANCE OR
SYMMETRY, AND CAN HELP ESTABLISH
VISUAL WEIGHT AND DEPTH.
PRINCIPLES OF ART
VARIETY
• IS THE COMPLEMENT TO UNITY AND
HARMONY, AND IS NEEDED TO CREATE
VISUAL INTEREST. WITHOUT UNITY AND
HARMONY, AN IMAGE IS CHAOTIC AND
“UNREADABLE;” WITHOUT VARIETY IT IS
DULL AND UNINTERESTING. GOOD DESIGN
IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE BALANCE OF
UNITY AND VARIETY; THE ELEMENTS NEED TO
BE ALIKE ENOUGH SO WE PERCEIVE THEM
AS BELONGING TOGETHER AND DIFFERENT
ENOUGH TO BE INTERESTING.
 PRINCIPLES OF ART
DOMINANCE/ EMPHASIS
• THE PRINCIPLE OF VISUAL
ORGANIZATION THAT SUGGESTS THAT
CERTAIN ELEMENTS SHOULD ASSUME
MORE IMPORTANCE THAN OTHERS IN
THE SAME COMPOSITION. IT
CONTRIBUTES TO ORGANIC UNITY BY
EMPHASIZING THE FACT THAT THERE IS
ONE MAIN FEATURE AND THAT OTHER
ELEMENTS ARE SUBORDINATE TO IT.
 PRINCIPLES OF ART
MOVEMENT
• IS THE PATH OUR EYES FOLLOW
WHEN WE LOOK AT A WORK OF
ART, AND IT IS GENERALLY VERY
IMPORTANT TO KEEP A VIEWER’S
EYES ENGAGED IN THE WORK.
WITHOUT MOVEMENT, ARTWORK
BECOMES STAGNANT.
PRINCIPLES OF ART
RHYTHM
• A CONTINUANCE, A FLOW, OR
A FEELING OF MOVEMENT
ACHIEVED BY THE REPETITION
OF REGULATED VISUAL
INFORMATION.
 LESSON 2.2
INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS IN
CONTEMPORARY ARTS
UNIT II
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS
 INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS IN CONTEMPORARY
ARTS
• TO BE ABLE TO ANALYZE AND INTERPRET CONTEMPORARY ART, WE HAVE TO BE
AWARE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE VIEWS OF LIFE, IDEAS, AND REALITY THAT ARE
EXPRESSED BY THE ARTISTS. SOME ARTISTS BELIEVE THAT THE PERSON IS AFFECTED BY
LANGUAGE, SOCIAL RELATIONS, AND THE UNCONSCIOUS. THEY THINK THEY ARE
UNABLE TO EFFECT CHANGE. ANOTHER GROUP ARTIST WHO CALL THEMSELVES
“STRUCTURALISTS,” BELIEVE THAT A PHENOMENON CAN BE EXPLAINED IN RELATION
TO OTHER PHENOMENA. THERE ARE CODES AND SIGNS THAT UNDERLIE THESE
PHENOMENA SO THE WORK OF THE ARTIST IS TO MAKE THESE VISIBLE. THEY STRIVE
FOR OBJECTIVITY, COHERENCE, AND RIGOR SUPPORTED BY SCIENCE AND THEORIES.
THEY SEARCH FOR UNIVERSAL TRUTH AND BELIEVE IN UNCHANGING HUMAN NATURE.
INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS IN CONTEMPORARY
ARTS
• ART ANALYSIS STARTS WITH A DESCRIPTION OF AN ARTWORK.
HERE, THE VIEWER FOCUSES ON BEAUTY, DESIGN QUALITIES AND THE
VALUE OF AN ARTWORK. THIS IS WHERE WE DETERMINE WHAT THE
FEATURES SUGGEST AND DECIDE WHY THE ARTIST USED THESE TO
CONVEY SPECIFIC IDEA. ART INTERPRETATION IS EMPLOYED BY THE
VIEWER AFTER DESCRIBING AND ANALYZING AN ARTWORK. HERE,
FOCUS IS ON THE EXPRESSIVE QUALITIES, THE MEANING, THEME, MOOD,
OR IDEA COMMUNICATED BY THE ARTIST.
INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS IN CONTEMPORARY
ARTS
JUDGEMENT
• AFTER YOU HAVE DONE TO TEDIOUS WORK OF DESCRIBING,
ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING THE CONTEMPORARY ARTWORK, YOU
CAN NOW MAKE A JUDGEMENT. IS IT A GOOD ARTWORK? ON WHAT
CRITERIA AND EVIDENCE DID YOU BASE YOUR JUDGEMENT? BASED ON
THE CRITERIA AND EVIDENCE, WHAT IS YOUR JUDGEMENT ABOUT THE
QUALITY OF THE ARTWORK?
THANK YOU!