REVIEWER IN CPAR
Shape & Form
LESSON 1: CONTEMPORARY ART
Contemporary art – It is defined as the art of (the)
“NOW”.
✓ produced by the 21st century artist living in the
post-modern age.
✓ It functions in a global society that is culturally
diverse and technology-oriented.
Late 1970's artists reacted to the previous art
MODERN ART
✓ emerged in the late 1800s and continued to grow for
more or less a century.
✓ developed as styles and techniques
CONTEMPORARY ART
✓ Postmodernism then gave birth to what we know now
as contemporary art.
✓ “With the times” (con tempo) = Art of the present
times
✓ Note: Both art uses issues as a subject to their
artworks.
ART INTEGRATION
✓ Crossbreeding - in the contemporary scene has
resulted in a hybrid called Integrative Art.
LESSON 2: ELEMENTS OF ART
1. Line – It is the extension of a point, a short or long
mark drawn or carved on a surface.
2. Space – In visual arts, it can be defined as a void, an
emptiness which can either be positive or negative.
✓ Positive space is the term used when referring to an
object itself.
✓ Negative space is the area around, between, and
within an object.
3.
✓ SHAPE is two-dimensional, flat, or limited to height
and width.
• GEOMETRIC - These are shapes that you
already know and have names for.
• ORGANIC - These shapes are not so precise;
they don't have set of rules. Many of these are
"free-form" which can be found in nature.
✓ FORM is three-dimensional and encloses volume,
height, width and depth.
4. Color – most striking art element that catches the eye.
It is a mixture of organic or synthetic substances
called PIGMENTS.
→ COLOR WHEEL - A round spectrum to show the
relationship between color families created by Sir
Isaac Newton.
→ Primary - Basic colors from which all colors are
produced. You cannot make this with any other
colors.
→ Secondary - The result of mixing two primary
colors.
→ Intermediate or Tertiary Colors - These colors are
good starting point on what we call
"Sophisticated" color pallet.
5. Value – The lightness of darkness of an object or
color. Often used with drawings.
6. Texture – is the surface of an artwork.
✓ Actual/Tactile - it can be felt or touch
✓ Simulated/ Illusory - it can only be seen or felt
LESSON 3: PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
1. HARMONY - refers to the wholeness of the design,
the pleasing arrangement of parts, and the agreement
between parts of a composition, resulting in a united
whole.
MUSIC WRITING
Combination of musical The theme or the topic is
notes simultaneously to the uniting factor
produce music
2. VARIETY - it pertains to the assortment or diversity
of a work of art.
3. RHYTHM - It is the regular, repeated pattern in the
elements of art.
4. PROPORTION - It is the relationship of the work of
art with one another.
5. BALANCE - It pertains to the even distribution of
weight.
 FORMAL / symmetrical INFORMAL /
asymmetrical
It pertains to the even It refers to two sides are
distribution of weight. not identical yet equal in
visual weight.

6. MOVEMENT - It is a way to convey feelings and

emotions.
✓ used to give artists the ability to lead a viewer's
eyes around an art piece.

7. EMPHASIS & SUBORDINATION - It is the

principle that gives importance or dominance to a unit
or an area.