CONTEMPORARY

VISUAL ARTS

Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions

Lesson 2
Lesson 2: Visual Arts
● Fine Arts
● Decorative Arts
● Contemporary Art Forms
VISUAL ARTS

Visual arts are art forms that are primarily

visual in nature and are used to describe a
wide array of artistic disciplines that are
appreciated primarily through sight. Visual
arts include the different art forms and
disciplines such as fine arts, decorative arts,
and contemporary art.
1. FINE ARTS
Fine arts are the artworks we readily associate with
art. The term “fine arts” was first used to describe the
art forms created primarily for their appearance rather
than their practical use. As time passed, this term was
used to include artworks that came about from
emerging technology and artistic innovations.
 EXAMPLES OF FINE ARTS

1. DRAWING – It is a form 2.PAINTING - It is the practice of

applying paint, pigment, color, or
of visual art in which an
other medium to a solid surface. The
artist uses instruments or medium is commonly applied to the
pencil to mark paper or base with a brush, but other
other two-dimensional implements, such as knives, sponges,
and airbrushes, can be used.
surface.
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3. SCULPTURE - It is the art of
making two- or three-dimensional
representative or abstract forms,
especially by carving stone or
wood or by casting metal or
plaster.
4. PRINT - It is any work of art
made in multiple iterations, created
through a transfer process. There are
many different types of prints, and
the process is constantly evolving,
but the four best-known techniques
are etching, lithography, screen
print, and woodcut.
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5. GRAPHIC ART - It is 6. CALLIGRAPHY – It is

traditional category of fine arts, the art of producing
including any form of visual decorative handwriting or
artistic expression of painting,
lettering with a pen or brush.
drawing, photography, and
printmaking usually produced on
flat surfaces.
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7. ARCHITECTURE - It is
the art and technique of
designing and building, as
distinguished from the skills
associated with construction.
2. DECORATIVE ARTS
Decorative arts, also known as decorative crafts, or art works that
are both aesthetically pleasing and functional. While the fine arts
are primarily concerned with beauty and aesthetics, the decorative
arts are not only beautiful but are useful as well.

From the Renaissance up until the twentieth century, many artists

in the West consider the decorative arts as a lower version of arts;
makers of these artworks were not considered as artists but rather
as craftsmen. This attitude has gradually changed, though there are
still some who believe in the outdated distinction.
 EXAMPLES OF DECORATIVE ARTS

1. TEXTILE ART - Making 2. GLASSWARE – It consists of

textiles is an extremely old art objects made of glass, such as 
form. Textile art is the process bowls, drinking containers, and 
of creating something using ornaments.
fibers gained from sources such
as plants, animals, insects, or
synthetic materials.
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3. JEWELRY - Personal
ornaments, such as necklaces,
rings, or bracelets, that are
typically made from or contain
jewels and precious metal.
4. FURNITURE - Furniture can be
a product of design and is considered
a form of decorative art. In addition
to furniture's functional role, it can
serve a symbolic or religious
purpose. It can be made from many
materials, including metal, plastic,
and wood.
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5. EARTHENWARE – Earthenware 6. METAL CRAFT – It is

is characterized by pottery made of
the art of executing artistic
clay fired to a porous state which can
be made impervious to liquids by the designs in metal.
use of a glaze.
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7. INTERIOR DESIGN - It
is the art or process of
designing the interior
decoration of a room or
building.
3. CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS
There are new and unusual art forms that
could not be easily categorized between the
fine arts and decorative arts; these belong to
the branch of visual arts called contemporary
art forms. Contemporary art forms include
recently conceived art styles and techniques
that are avant-garde or experimental in nature.
EXAMPLES OF CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS
1. ASSEMBLADGE - It is an 2. COLLAGE – It is a piece of art
artistic form or medium usually made by sticking various materials
created on a defined substrate such as photographs and pieces of
that consists of three- paper or fabric on to a backing.
dimensional elements projecting
out of or from the substrate. It is
similar to collage, a two-
dimensional medium.
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3. INSTALLATION – It is a term
generally used to describe artwork
located in three-dimensional interior
space as the word "install" means
putting something inside of
something else.
4. PERFORMANCE ART - It is an
artwork or art exhibition created through
actions executed by the artist or other
participants. It may be witnessed live or
through documentation, spontaneously
developed or written, and is traditionally
presented to a public in a fine art context
in an interdisciplinary mode.
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5. DIGITAL ART – It can be 6. LAND ART - Land art or earth art
is an art that is made directly in the
computer generated, scanned,
landscape, sculpting the land itself
or drawn using a tablet and a into earthworks or making structures
mouse. in the landscape using natural
materials such as rocks or twigs.
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7. CONCEPTUAL ART – It
is art for which the idea (or
concept) behind the work is
more important than the
finished art object.