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CONTEMPORARY ARTS PAINTING THEMES

 RELIGIOUS THEME
CONTEMPORARY ARTS  HISTORICAL THEME
 PORTRAITURE
- Defined as “THE ART OF TODAY.”  STILL LIFE
- Contemporary art is art made today by living  LANDSCAPE
artists.  NUDE
- Artworks that are produced during the late  GENRES
1970’s up to the present are considered as
1. RELIGIOUS THEME
Contemporary Art.
- It reflects the complex issues that shape our  These are the primary subjects during the
diverse, global, and rapidly changing world. Spanish Colonial times.
- Emerged during the “POSTMODERNISM” in the  In the present, many religious theme paintings
West around 1970’s (a time when artists can be seen in the murals of many churches.
reacted to the previous art period called
“MODERNISM” OR MODERN ARTS. HAPAG NG PAG-ASA/ THE
TABLE OF HOPE
FORMS OF ART BY: JOEY VELASCO (1976-
2010)
 VISUAL ARTS
 FINE ARTS - Paintings and Illustrations, 2. HISTORICAL THEME
 Sculptures, Architecture  CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO is one of the
 DECORATIVE ARTS - Pottery, Carving, National Artists whose work are well-known for
Weaving, Metal Works depicting different historical arts.
 CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS - Collage,  “FILIPINO STRUGGLES THROUGH HISTORY”
Assemblage, Mobile, Installation Art depicts Manila events. This mural is displayed in
 PERFORMING ARTS – music, dance, theater the MANILA CITY HALL.
 MEDIA ARTS – photography, photo/video  Among his arts are: First Mass at Limawasa,
editing Blood Compact/Sandugo
 LITERATURE – any written piece

FINE ARTS (PAINTINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

3. POTRAITURE
SCULPTURES)
 Used to commemorate personalities and are
 HISTORY seen in many format institutions such as
 Paintings are result of the Spanish Colonization. government offices.
 Early paintings and fine arts were primarily  Started during the rise of the Ilustrados during
the Spanish Colonial Times.
religious in nature, it was used to evangelized
 It was and has been a symbolism of one’s rise to
and spread Christianity throughout the
power and wealth.
archipelago. PORTRAIT OF APO WHANG OLD
I. PAINTINGS AND ILLUSTRATION BY: TED FRANCIS S. ROWAN
 May be defined as a TWO-
DIMENSIONAL form of art
that showcase artistic 4. STILL LIFE
expression created on a  A still life (also known by its French
flat surface title, NATURE MORTE) painting is a piece that
 Images are made by applying pigment on a features an arrangement of inanimate objects
prepared surface using typically one or as its subject.
combination of the following tools -brush,  Usually, these items are set on a table and often
palette, knife, spray, finger, paint, etc. include organic objects like fruit and flowers
 Mediums and Sufaces used in Painting and household items like glassware and textiles.
 The term “still life” is derived from the Dutch
word STILLEVEN
PRIVATE COLLECTION and STILL
LIFE WITH BIRDS BY: PAZ
PATERNO
5. LANDSCAPES/SEASCAPES
 Depicts the beauty of the outdoors.
 It can be of that natural environment such as
the countryside and other rural scenery,
including seascapes which focuses on the
imagery of bodies of water.
 Many early Filipino landscape artists made use
of the academic style under the guidance of
FERNANDO AMORSOLO.
6. NUDE PAINTINGS
 A rare subject of painting in the Philippines
before the 20th century but has been accepted
and popular subject in the Philippine
Contemporary visual arts.
 Early Contemporary Nudes can be seen in the
works of Fernando Amorsolo (1892-1972) and
his characteristic Dalagang Bukid
LAVANDERAS BY:
FERNANDO AMORSOLO
7. GENRE PAINTINGS
 Are paintings whose themes showcase people
doing everyday activities and chores.
 Earliest example of this type in Philippine
history is the BOXER CODEX (1590) which
illustrated different social classes and attires of
different inhabitants of the country at that time.
 The Boxer Codex depicts the Tagalogs, Visayans,
Zambals, Cagayanes or possibly Ibanags and
Negritos of the Philippines in vivid colors.
 The technique of the paintings suggests that the
artist may have been CHINESE, as does the use
of Chinese paper, ink and paints.
II. SCULPTURES
 Are artworks that are THREE- DIMENSIONAL.
 The classifications of sculptures are traditionally
divided into 2, namely; FREE- STANDING and
RELIEF
 Made by either adding or subtracting materials.
 SUBTRACTION is used in carving
 ADDITION is seen is sculpting techniques such
as molding, casting and welding.
FREE-STANDING SCULPTURE
 Are also known as “IN THE ROUND”, are
sculpture that are raised independently in its
given space.
 It can be often observed from all points of view.
RELIEF SCULPTURE
 Are sculptures that are raised from a
background depending on the figure’s distance
from the background. It can also be classified as
bas-relief and high-relief.
 BAS-RELIEF / LOW RELIEFS are reliefs that are
slightly protruding from its background.
 HIGH-RELIEF are reliefs that are prominently
raised against their background, giving the
sculpture more dimensionally.
DECORATIVE ARTS AND CRAFTS (POTTERY, CARVING,
WEAVING, METAL WORKS)
 These are arts and crafts of the contemporary
times stem from the traditional indigenous
crafts found throughout the country.
 Many respected Filipino artists of today such as
the GAMABA (GAWAD NG MANLILIKHANG
BAYAN) Awardees expresses their art through
these indigenous products.
1. POTTERY / EARTHENWARE
 The art and craft of making pots and other
wares using clay or mud.
 Made for everyday uses such as food containers
and water vessels, and some are created for
formal and ritualistic purposes as burial jars or
figurative mementos
 BURNAY - A high temperature pottery of Vigan,
Ilocos Sur that is used
for a variety of things
like salt, water, wine,
etc
 MANUNGGUL JAR - The cultural treasure found 4. METAL WORK
in the early 1960’s in MANUNGGUL CAVE,  art of creating and manipulating metal to create
LIPUUN Point, Palawan is a secondary burial jar. various items such as jewelry, weapons, etc.
 The upper portion of the jar, as well as the
cover is incised with curvilinear scroll designs
and painted with natural iron or hematite.
 On top of the jar cover or
lid is a boat with two
human figures CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS (COLLAGE,
representing two souls on ASSEMBLAGE, MOBILE, INSTALLATION ART, PASTICHE)
a voyage to the afterlife. The
1. COLLAGE
boatman is seated
 The method of combining printed images with
behind a figure whose hands are crossed on the
another flat media and pasted on a canvas or
chest. The position of the hands is a traditional
board.
Filipino practice observed when arranging the
 First came about in the early 1900’s as part of
corpse.
the experimentation of the cubists PICASSO and
2. CARVING
BRAQUE
 art of manipulating and creating objects by
 Creates a great variety of texture and color not
subtracting and shaping solid material such as
found in traditional painting.
wood and stone.
 BULUL - Ifugao’s rice god is represented
through carved wood and is used as decorative
element throughout their daily wares
 OKKIR / UKKIL – Sarimonak, Pakorabong, and
Naga pattern
o Muslims from WESTERN MINDANAO 2. ASSEMBLAGE
form carving geometric patterns and  A term used by French artist JEAN DUBUFFET in
stylized images of plants and animals. 1952 to describe a series of artworks made
from paper collages, wood scraps, and other
found objects.

3. WEAVING
 The art of interlacing threads or fibers to create
textile, fabric and other similar products.
 Philippine textiles are often made from
indigenous plants such as pina, abaca, maguey
and cotton.
 Traditional weaving methods can still be seen in
the different towns of Ilocos Region.
 BINAKOL AND PINILIAN- ILOCOS REGION –
geometric patterns
 IKAT- MT. PROVINCE - stylized animal figures
such as birds, lizards, frogs and humans.
3. MOBILE ART
 A sculptural work that is suspended from the
ceiling or a protruding base.
 It is typically made with a number of balancing
rods dangling in different lengths carrying one
or more elements.
 Pioneered by the American Artist ALEXANDER
CALDER.
 it is an example of a kinetic sculpture since it is
moving due to its interaction with the wind.
4. INSTALLATION ART
 Is a form of contemporary art that involves the
arrangement of objects in a given space.
 It is intentionally designed to be experienced as
a temporary work of art.
 It incorporates different materials that may
include traditional sculptural materials such as
wood, metal and different objects as well as
technology-based mediums such as light,
sounds, videos and digital media among many
others.

CONTEMPORARY
INSTALLATION ARTIST “ALIENS
OF MANILA” BY: LEEROY NEW

5. PASTICHE
 Blurring divisions between fine art and
commercial art.
 It means artistic, musical and literary works that
came from diverse sources.
 A mixture, a medley of different ideas.
 Creates paradoxes.
 Celebrates the artwork and does not mock.