ALAMINOS CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL – SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGION

Week 4, Quarter 3, April 19-23, 2021

I. Title: Contemporary Art Forms Based on Elements and Principles

II. Background Information for Learners:

Art is produced by people and people are influenced by the time, contemporary arts is a continuing practice that has
evolved with the following elements and principles.

Elements of Art
Appropriation
When you see t-shirt with the image of Jose Rizal wearing shades or the walls of Intramuros in canvas bags,
existing artworks are “appropriated” to form another. The use of these prints, images, and icons to produce another art
form is a feature of contemporary art that combines the past with the present. By appropriation, the contemporary art
revives interest to existing form of art.

Performance
Interpreting various human activities such as ordinary activities like chores, routines and rituals, to socially
relevant themes such as poverty, commercialism and war.

Space
Arts transforming space. For example, flash mobs, art installations in malls and parks.

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 • Site specific forms- art form that is performed and positioned in a
specific space such as public places.
Hybridity
Contemporary artists are now as innovative as ever. In traditional painting, only few materials are of
conventional use. Contemporary visual artist, on the other hand, may opt to use coffee for painting or carve miniature
sculptures using crayons. Hybridity in contemporary arts as the mixing of unlikely materials to produce an artwork.

Technology
Technology is a reality in the present-day world, and contemporary artist have used technology in the creation
and dissemination of works of art. When MTV first went into airwaves in 1981, video became part of the human
interaction. The video phenomenon was further pushed by debut of YouTube that allowed everyone with Internet
connection to post and share videos. Contemporary artists have used video and Internet as way of propagating art.

Principles of Art

Harmony

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 This is achieved when the elements of an artwork come together in a unified way. Certain element are
repeated yet still look and feel similar. Not monotony and not chaos, harmony is that perfectly honed combination of
both. This is the most essential factor in a composition.

Balance
Artists combine elements to add a feeling of equilibrium or stability to a work of art. Symmetry and
asymmetry are manifestations of balance. Classified as FORMAL and INFORMAL BALANCE.

1. Formal Balance- exists if the weights at equal distance from the center are equal. It is also called as
symmetrical balance.

•Bilateral symmetry is present when the left and right sides appear the same.

•Radial symmetry exist when the same measure occurs from the central point to the
end of every
radius. This symmetry applies to round objects or those with radii like stars
and stars and starfishes.

2. Informal Balance- present when the left and the right sides of the thing, though not identical in
appearance, still display an even distribution of weight. It is also known as asymmetrical or occult
balance.

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Rhythm
Rhythm is the continuous use of a motif or repetitive pattern of a succession of similar or identical items. It
can be achieved by alternation (use of two patterns alternately), radiation (repetition of motif from the center or
toward it), progression (use of motifs of varying sizes that is, from the smallest to the largest, or vice versa),
parallelism (use of a pattern with an equal distance from each other).

Proportion
Comparative relationship of the different parts in relation to the whole. Proper and pleasing relationship of
one object with the others in a design.

Emphasis
Achieved by means of size or proportion, shape, color, line position, and variety. More often than not, the
artist emphasizes the one with the bigger size or proportion, the one with a different shape or color, the one with
striking lines, the one positioned at the center and the one that is unique.

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 Classification of Art Forms
Visual Arts
These are the arts that meet the eye and evoke an emotion through an expression of skill and imagination. It
includes painting, sculpture, and architecture. Also called spatial arts because artworks produced under this genre
occupy space.
•Graphic Arts- those virtual arts that have length and width; thus they are also called two-
dimensional arts. They are described as flat arts because they are seen on flat surfaces.

EXAMPLES: printing, painting, drawing, sketching, commercial art, mechanical processes,

computer graphics, and photography.

•Plastic Arts- are those visual arts that have length, width, and volume; thus, they are called three-
dimensional arts.

EXAMPLES: sculpture, architecture, landscape, city planning design, set design, theater design,
industrial design, crafts and allied arts.

Audio-Visual Arts
Audiovisual art can be enjoyed by the senses of hearing and sight. It is also called as performing arts. It is the
exploration of kinetic abstract art and music or sound set in relation to each other. It includes visual music, abstract
film, audiovisual performances, and installations.

Examples: music (vocal, instrumental, and mixed), dance (ethnologic, social and theatrical), and drama (tragedy,
comedy, tragicomedy, farce, melodrama, etc.)

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Literary Arts
The Literary Arts relate to the written word and include writing, editing, critiquing, teaching, reviewing, and
other activities related to written communication. These activities take place in a variety of settings, such as
classrooms, writers' workshops/centers, book and magazine publishing companies, and libraries. The "book arts" are
related to a book's physical presentation and can involve its paper, binding, printing, or design.

EXAMPLES: prose (short stories, novels, essays, and plays) and poetry (narrative poems, lyric poems, and dramatic
poems)

III. Learning Competency with code:

• Evaluate contemporary art forms based on the elements and principles (CAR11//12CAP-0c-e-6)

IV. Directions: Test your knowledge on best artworks of Filipino contemporary artists by answering the following
activities:

V. Exercises/Activities
A.. Match the Elements and Principles
Directions:
Match the illustration on Column A with the corresponding element or principle on Column B.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

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B. Spot the Difference

Directions: Cross out the illustration that does NOT belong into each Form of Arts.

1. Literary Arts

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2. Audio-Visual Arts

3. Visual Arts

4. Graphic Arts

5. Plastic Arts

C. Cut-Outs
What you need
Long coupon bond paper, pencil/pen, cut-outs, scissors, and paste/glue
Instructions
1. Format
i. Margin  1 inch all sides
ii. Margin line  use red inked ballpen
iii. Bond paper size  8.5 x 13 / long bond paper
iv. Orientation  landscape
v. Sample Outline

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VI. Reference:

AIRs – LM in Contemporary Arts from the Region

Prepared by: Checked by: Approved by:

ADRIAN CLYDE C. BEGONIA ROSENDO C. BERNABE JR. PhD

CYNTHIA B. TABLANG EdD
Subject Teacher Master Teacher II OIC-Asst. Principal II,
Academics

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