ARTS OF

SOUTHEAST ASIA

MS. JEAN L. SURIGAO

Learning Competencies:
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to;
 Analyzes elements and principles of art in the production of arts
and crafts inspired by the cultures of Southeast Asia. (A8EL-Ib-
1)
 Identifies the characteristics of arts and crafts in specific
countries in Southeast Asia: Indonesia (batik, Wayang
puppetry); Malaysia (modern batik, wau, and objects made
from pewter); Thailand (silk fabrics and Loi Kratong Lantern
Festival); Cambodia (Angkor Wat and ancient temples);
Singapore (Merlion), etc. (A8EL-Ia-2)
WHAT IS ART?
It is the product or process of deliberately
arranging items in a way that influences and
affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and
intellect.
The element of art are the building blocks used
by artists to create a work of art.
 The Elements of Art are the “tools” that artists use to make
art. They are the basic “foundation” of a good composition

LINES FORM COLOR

SPACE

SHAPE VALUE TEXTURE

• Lines can convey emotion as well. They may show excitement,
anger, calmness, tension, happiness and many other feelings.
Because of this, some are said to be expressive.
Expressive Lines tend to be found in nature and are very organic
Other lines that are very measured, geometric, directional
and angular are called Constructive lines. They tend to
appear to be man-made because of their precision.
 Shape
Shape is created when a line becomes connected and
encloses space. It is the outline or outward appearance of
something. Shapes are 2 Dimensional (2-D) which means
there are 2 ways they can be measured.
You can measure its HEIGHT and its WIDTH.

There are two basic types of shape.

 The 2 types of shape

Geometric shapes have smooth even edges and are

measurable. The include the square, the circle, the triangle
and the rectangle.
Organic shapes have more complicated edges and are usually
found in nature. Leaves, flowers, ameba, etc.
 Form
A Form is a shape that has become 3- Dimensional (3-D)
Form has HEIGHT, WIDTH and DEPTH--which is the 3rd
dimension. Depth shows the thickness of the object. Forms
are NOT flat like shapes are!
 Turning Shapes into Forms
A triangle becomes a cone or a pyramid

A square becomes a cube

 Turning Shapes into Forms
A rectangle can become a box or a cylinder

In order to turn a circle into a sphere, you must shade it.

You can’t add another side to it!
 Value
Value is the lightness or darkness of a color. Value makes
objects appear more real because it imitates natural light.
When showing value in a work of art, you will need a LIGHT
SOURCE.

A light source is the place where the light

is coming from, the darkest areas are
always on the opposite side of the light.
 Value
In order to have a successful drawing, you will need to show a full
value range, which means that there are very light areas, middle
tones, and very dark areas. This is a way of giving a work of art
Contrast.
In drawing value
can be added
several ways:
 Ways value can be added:
Cross-hatching is when you use irregular lengths of
parallel lines
that cross over each
other diagonally. The
closer together the
lines are placed, the
darker the value.
 Ways value can be added
Stippling is the use of dots to create shade. This is
accomplished by
placing dots very
close together to
create dark values
and farther apart
to create lighter
values.
 Ways value can be added
Soft shading is when you use your pencil to create soft gradual
movements from one value to the next using full value range.
 Color
Color can add interest and reality to artwork. The use of a 12-step
color wheel will help us understand color more effectively. When
light is reflected through a prism, colors can be seen

These colors are: Red, Yellow, Orange, Green, Indigo, Blue and Violet
Remember the anagram: ROY G BIV
 Color Wheel
A long time ago, artists decided that these colors would be
more useful to them if they were placed in a wheel fashion.
This became known as the color wheel
 Color
There are 3 primary colors:
Red, Yellow and Blue

These colors are primary for 2 reasons:

1. They can’t be mixed to be made
2. They make all the other colors on the color wheel
 Color
When you mix 2 primary colors together, you get a secondary
color. For example:
Red and Yellow=

Red and Blue=

Yellow and Blue=

 Color
When you mix a primary and a secondary color together you get an
intermediate (or tertiary) color For example:

Red and Orange= Red-Orange

Yellow and Green=Yellow-Green
Blue and Green=Blue-Green
Red and Violet=Red-Violet
Yellow and Orange=Yellow-Orange
Blue and Violet=Blue-Violet
 Color Schemes
Color is divided into groups based on the way they are placed on the
color wheel:
3-4 colors “next-door-neighbors” to each other creates an analogous
color scheme
 Color schemes
2 colors that are directly opposite each other (going across the
center) creates a complimentary color scheme
 Texture

Texture is the way the surface of an object actually feels.

In the artistic world, we refer to two types of texture---tactile and

implied
 Tactile (or Real) Texture
Tactile (or Real) Texture is the way the surface of an object
actually feels. Examples would be sandpaper, cotton balls,
tree bark, puppy fur, etc.
 Implied Texture
Implied Texture is the way the surface of an object looks like
it feels. This is the type of texture that artists use when
they draw and paint. Textures may look rough, fuzzy, gritty,
or scruffy, but can’t actually be felt.
 Space
Space is basically divided into 3 parts: Foreground, Middle Ground and Background

Generally, the background area is considered to be the upper 1/3 of the picture
plane. The middle ground area is considered to be the middle 1/3 of the picture
plane. The foreground area is considered to be the lower 1/3 of the picture plane.
 Space
Space can be shallow or deep depending on what the artist
wants to use. Shallow space is used when the artist has
objects very close to the viewer.
 Space
Deep Space
may show
objects up
close but
objects are
shown far
away
too.
 Space
Positive and Negative space is a way that an artwork is divided.
When planning a work of art, both areas must be examined so
that they balance one another. Drawing items running off the
page and zooming in on objects are ways to create visual
interest within a work.
 Space
Positive space is the
actual object(s) within
the artwork
Negative Space is the
area in and around the
objects. It is the
“background” and it
contributes to the
work of art---you can’t
have positive space
without negative space
 Space
Perspective is also a way of showing space in a work of art.
Perspective is when the artist uses a vanishing point on the horizon
and then creates a sense of deep space by showing objects getting
progressively smaller as they get closer to the vanishing point.
 Space
Objects may overlap as well. When objects are overlapped it is
obvious that enough space had to be in the picture to contain all
the objects that have been included
 The Principles of Art are the rules and techniques that artists
use to create works of art. They can also be used as basis in
saying something about the works of art.

Rhythm & Emphasis Unity

Movement Proportion

Balance Harmony Variety

 Southeast Asian Art

 What do you know about the art of the people

from our neighboring Asian Countries?
 Have you met people from Indonesia,
Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and
those from countries in Southeast Asia? What
do you notice of their physical characteristics?
 Do many of them look more like Filipinos than
Europeans or Africans?
 What is the basic
foundation of Asian Art?

 Asian art mainly religious in nature. Many

forms of visual art like painting,
architecture, sculpture, and the combined
arts like dance and theater.
 The themes and design of Asian arts drew
inspirations from the religions that
influenced them.
 What are the commonalities and differences
of the culture of the Southeast Asian
countries to Philippine culture?

Buddhism
 Buddhism has influenced the arts of China; Japan,
Korea, India, Thailand, and other Buddhist countries in
the Asian region.
The commonalities among these Buddhist Asian Countries is
their tall temples or pagodas.

China
 The Buddhist temples
have large tile roofs
with extending edges
that curve gracefully
upward.
 These religious structures are prevalent in the lands of Korea,
Japan, and other countries that were once under Chinese
Influence.
Japan
 Many architectural
monuments in Japan are
Buddhist temples that
have the same design
with Chinese Buddhist
temples.
Korea
 Buddhism has much
influenced on Korean art
that throughout her long
history, it is difficult to
find any ancient ,
architecture, sculpture, or
painting that does not
show some Buddhist
influence.
India
 Buddhism inspired the
building of temples
called chaityas,
monasteries, and
stupas or a dome-
shaped monument that
houses the relics of
buddha.
Thailand
 Buddhist
temples in
Thailand are
ornately
decorated
Bruma
 Are also called
pagodas because of
their Pagoda-styled
architecture,
tapered shape and
painted in white
and gold colors.
Hinduism
• Has influenced India, parts od Indonesia, and Malaysia. In India
a strong Hinduism influence can be observed in their
sculptures.

What is the difference between Buddhism and Hinduism?

• Clearly, there are overlapping concepts and practices between
these two religions, but while there are clear similarities there
are even more differences. Some of Buddha’s teachings were
influenced by his disapproval of the Hindu practices at the
time, especially regarding the caste system.
Similarities
• The religion Islam, however, which is established in countries
like Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Pakistan, is strongly
founded in the island of Mindanao. Islam I s strongly
represented in the Muslim’s Place of worship which is called a
mosque (Masjid), a place of community gathering and prayer,
and the madrasa or religious school.
Kaum Purnah Mosqua in Great Mosque Medan,
Sulu Indonesia
 INDONESIA
Attire, Accessories,
Artifacts-iconic
And Cultural Symbol
INDONESIA
 INDONESIA ATTIRE

The kebaya and batik shirts

which are the upper
garments served as the
national costume. Paired
with kemben and sarong
(a cloth wrapped-around
hip) they represent.
 The Iconic Image of
Ganesh.
The Hindu elephant-
god survived the long
Hindu Traditions in
Java Indonesia.
The Slant-edge design of roofs of roots of
palaces expresses the heavy influence of
Islamic motif with a tint of Hindu outlines.
 Mixed race, which Minority of
Hindus including
consists of Malaysian
population, makes
Malay
variety of attires. Adherents
Though, bajuremain
kurung to revere
and baju melayu were
chosen as national
Hindu and
Chinese deities.
costumes.
 Thai Attire
Varies from every
region where influences
of varied religions
The influence of
Hinduism is shown in
the carved wooden
Hindu goddess and a
golden figurine of
Ganesh, the
elephant god.
 Thailand
Floral and animal
designs are used to
follow the theme
established by the
tenets of Buddhism,
Hinduism, and Islam.
TAILAND
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designs are generally seen more
on clothing worn by women
more than men.
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 This festival features
beautifully decorated
traditional boats. The
showering of the dragon head
carved in the front of the boars
is one of the rites done before
each race.
Local artist displayElements
Artistic their artworks in the Artistic Elements
Singaporean
Carving Art museumhead
of dragon and many
in art Usual themes are urban
galleries which have gone through
various sizes and shapes. scenes, landscape, portraits,
Colors are bright Singapore
remarkable growth. The Singapore Arts
and depict a
Festival attracts a wealth of International
village scenes, and still life.
festive
and local talent and is staged for three Prominent artists include Liu
mood.
week between May to June Kang, Herman Chong
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