The contemporary world is an ever-changing

mix of social and political changes.

VISUAL ARTS
There are circumstances and ideas of the
present age where it deals with problems
and issues related to environment,
population, wealth, power, tensions, and
conflicts.
 VISUAL ART
• Visual Arts are those creations that we
can see rather than something like the
auditory arts, which we hear.
• Visual Arts" is a modern but
imprecise umbrella term for a broad
category of art which includes a
number of artistic disciplines from
various sub-categories. Its wide ambit
renders meaningless any attempt at
definition, so rather than define or
compose some diluted meaning for it.
 THE ARTS

"The Arts," as a term, has an interesting history. During

the Middle Ages, The Arts were very scholarly, limited
to seven categories and they did not involve creating
anything for people to look at. They were grammar,
rhetoric, dialectic logic, arithmetic, geometry,
astronomy, and music.
 THREE CATEGORIES OF ARTS

• Visual Arts (painting, sculpture, etc.)

• Auditory Arts (music, drama, spoken literature, etc.)
• Performance Arts (can be either visual, auditory, or a
combination of the two, but they are performed)
VISUAL
ARTS
MEDIUMS OF VISUAL ARTS
drawing
painting
sculpture
architecture
photography
film
printmaking
 DRAWING
A form of visual art in which a
person uses various drawing instruments
to mark paper or another two-dimensional
medium. Instruments include graphite
pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax
color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk,
pastels, various kinds of erasers, markers,
styluses, various metals (such as
silverpoint) and electronic drawing.
 PAINTING
Describes both the act and the result of the
action. The support for paintings includes such
surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass,
lacquer, clay, leaf, copper and concrete, and the
painting may incorporate multiple other materials
including sand, clay, paper, plaster, gold leaf, as
well as objects. The term painting is also used
outside of art as a common trade among craftsmen
and builders.
PAINTING
 SCULPTURE
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that
operates in three dimensions. It is one of the
plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes
originally used carving (the removal of material)
and modelling (the addition of material, as clay),
in stone, metal, ceramics, wood and other
materials but, since Modernism, there has been an
almost complete freedom of materials and
process.
SCULPTURE
 ARCHITECTURE
• A general term to describe buildings and
other physical structures.

• The art and science of designing

buildings and (some) nonbuilding
structures.

• The style of design and method of

construction of buildings and other
physical structures
ARCHITECTURE
PHOTOGRAPHY
-was created from the Greek roots φωτός

(phōtos), genitive of φῶς (phōs), "light" and γραφή

(graphé) "representation by means of lines" or

"drawing", together meaning "drawing with light"

-application and practice of creating durable

images by recording light or other electromagnetic

radiation, either electronically by means of an image

sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive

material
PHOTOGRAPHY
 FILM/ FILM PRODUCTION

(or, in an academic context, film

production) is the process of making
a film, generally in the sense of films
intended for extensive theatrical
exhibition.
FILM/ FILM PRODUCTION
 FILM/ FILM PRODUCTION

(or, in an academic context, film

production) is the process of making
a film, generally in the sense of films
intended for extensive theatrical
exhibition.
PRINT MAKING
• is the process of making
artworks by printing, normally
on paper.

• covers only the process of

creating prints that have an
element of originality, rather
than just being a photographic
reproduction of a painting.
PRINT MAKING
FINE
ARTS
 FINE ARTS
All fine art belongs to the
general category of visual arts.
These include activities such as:

Drawing, Painting, Printmaking a

nd Sculpture, along with
associated activities like Graphic
art, Manuscript
Illumination, Book Illustration,
Calligraphy and Architecture.
 DECORATIVE ARTS AND CRAFTS
The general category of visual arts encompasses a number of
decorative art disciplines and crafts, including: ceramics and studio
pottery, mosaic art, mobiles, tapestry, glass art (including stained
glass), and others.
DECORATIVE ARTS AND CRAFTS
APPLIED
ARTS
 APPLIED ARTS
Wider definitions of visual art sometimes include applied
art areas such as graphic design, fashion design, and interior
design. In addition, new types of body art may also fall under
the general heading of visual arts. These include: tattoo art, face
painting, and body painting.
APPLIED ARTS
APPLIED ARTS
SEVEN ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ARTS
LINE
COLOR
SHAPE
TEXTURE
FORM
SPACE
VALUE
LINE

As an element of visual art, line is

use of various marks, outlines and
implied lines in artwork and
design. A line has a width, direction,
and length. A line's width is
sometimes called its "thickness".
Lines are sometimes called "strokes",
especially when referring to lines in
digital artwork.
 LINE

• Used to show direction.

• Used to communicate moods and

feelings.

• Used to create texture.

DIFFERENT KINDS OF LINE
 COLOR

It is the element of art that is produced when light, striking

an object, is reflected back to the eye. There are three properties
of color.
 COLOR

1. HUE- simply means the name we give to a color (red, yellow, blue, green, etc.).

2. INTENSITY- refers to the vividness of the color. A color's intensity is

sometimes referred to as its "colorfulness", its "saturation", its "purity" or its "strength".

3. VALUE- means how light or dark the color is. The terms shade and tint refer
to value changes in colors. In painting, shades are created by adding black to a color,
while tints are created by adding white to a color.
 SHAPE and FORM

• The shape is the outline of an object in a 2D view.

• The form of a work is its shape, including its volume

or perceived volume
SHAPE FORM
 TEXTURE

It used to describe either the way a work actually feels

when touched, or the depiction of textures in works, as for
example in a painter's rendering of fur.

The appearance of a surface or something in a drawing

or painting
TEXTURE
 SPACE

Space is an area that an artist provides for a particular

purpose. Space includes the background, foreground and
middle ground, and refers to the distances or area(s) around,
between, and within things.
 SPACE

There are two kinds of space: negative space and

positive space. Negative space is the area in between,
around, through or within an object. Positive spaces are the
areas that are occupied by an object and/or form.
SPACE
 VALUE

The different shades of grey between white and

black. Artists use values to translate the light and
shadows to create the illusion of a third dimension.
VALUE
 SPACE

There are two kinds of space: negative space and

positive space. Negative space is the area in between,
around, through or within an object. Positive spaces are the
areas that are occupied by an object and/or form.
The contemporary world is an ever-changing

FORMS OF
mix of social and political changes.
There are circumstances and ideas of the

VISUAL ARTS
present age where it deals with problems
and issues related to environment,
population, wealth, power, tensions, and
conflicts.
 ARCHITECTU
RE
SCULPTURE
PAINTIN
PAINTIN
 PAINTING

It refers to the process of applying color on a flat surface.

Forms can be created using a wide variety of materials such as
watercolor, acrylic, ink, oil, pastel, and charcoal. Surfaces for
painting include wood, cardboard, canvas, and paper. Painting
is considered two-dimensional, it has height and width.
 EASEL PAINTING

The easel painting is perhaps the most common form of

painting which involves applying color to a board or canvas
that is fixed on an upright support called an easel. These
meant to be framed and hanged on a wall after creating them.
EASEL PAINTING
EASEL PAINTING
 MURAL PAINTING
A mural is described as a huge wall-sized painting used to
impart messages to the public.
A new form of mural which is a portable mural, was
developed in order to prevent the mural from being erased
from the wall which was created by using bold strokes in
applying bright colors on pieces of cheesecloth or canvas.
MURAL PAINTING
MURAL PAINTING
MURAL PAINTING
 TELON PAINTING

A telon is described as a backdrop or background

for the stage which are used for komedya, sarswela,
and sinakulo, the popular forms of theater in the
country.
The komedya is a play written in verse (usually octosyllabic or
dodecasyllabic quatrains), which uses conventions of the marcha for exits
and entrances, batalla or choreographed fighting, and magia or magical
effects.

In the Philippines, the sarsuwela is a play with songs and dances that is
usually written in colloquial prose.

The Senakulo (or cenaculo) is the staged re-enactment of Christ’s passion and
death.
TELON PAINTING
TELON PAINTING
TELON PAINTING
 JEEPNEY AND CALESA PAINTING

The calesa is typically painted using one color. The birders

of the calesa are decorated with geometric patterns, repetitive
patterns, and/or thin lines. Jeepney painting evolved from
calesa painting. In a typical jeepney, a logo number, or painting
is covered near the driver’s seat, as well as near the seats.
JEEPNEY PAINTING
JEEPNEY PAINTING
CALESA PAINTING
CALESA PAINTING
 COLLAGE PAINTING

This refers to a form of painting that involves combined

images in a single artwork. This entails cutting and pasting
materials such as paper, fabric, tin foil and other relatively flat
materials onto a board or canvas.
COLLAGE PAINTING
COLLAGE PAINTING
COLLAGE PAINTING
 GENRE PAINTING

It portrays people in daily activities. During the contemporary period,

genre painting took several directions. One of these new approaches is
folk genre, which mainly focuses on the everyday activities of the
folk. Another approach is using the style of cubism in depicting folk or
urban subjects. On the other hand, folk-native is another style wherein
it uses a lot of color and spontaneity.
GENRE PAINTING
GENRE PAINTING
 HISTORICAL PAINTING

It depicts a scene from the past. It often has lesson

concerning national values.
HISTORICAL PAINTING
HISTORICAL PAINTING
 INTERIOR PAINTING

This refers to painting of the space inside of a part of a

house or a building. This usually reveals the social class
of the family living in that particular house, as well as
the traits of the people living in it.
INTERIOR PAINTING
INTERIOR PAINTING
INTERIOR PAINTING
 LANDSCAPE PAINTING

This painting portrays natural scenery or urban scenes.

Mixed is now used in creating landscape paintings.
Closely related to landscapes are seascapes, which focus
on large bodies of water, particularly the ocean or the sea.
LANDSCAPE PAINTING
LANDSCAPE PAINTING
LANDSCAPE PAINTING
 PORTRAITS

This refers to a painting portraying one or more

specific individuals. This usually portrays the
physical characteristics of the subject and seeks to
show an understanding of that person’s character.
PORTRAIT PAINTING
PORTRAIT PAINTING
PORTRAIT PAINTING
 NUDES PAINTING

These are paintings that portray the unclothed human

figure. Nowadays, a wide variety of materials and
styles can be used in painting nudes. Nude painting
sessions are conducted in galleries.
NUDES PAINTING
NUDES PAINTING
NUDES PAINTING
 RELIGIOUS PAINTING

Common subjects of religious painting includes a

lone religious image, lives of the saints, and
scenes based from the Scriptures like the Nativity
Scene and the Station of the Cross.
RELIGIOUS PAINTING
RELIGIOUS PAINTING
RELIGIOUS PAINTING
 STILL LIFE PAINTING

This refers to a painting that depicts natural or man-made

objects that form a composition in a natural setting. A lot of
styles can be used by artists in painting, ranging from Baroque
and Rococo, to impressionism, and expressionism, and
abstract.
 STILL LIFE PAINTING

Neo-realism involves creating representational figures that

also look abstract, hyperrealism or magic realism, the
subject is painted in a highly realistic way that it resembles
a photograph and social realism entails paintings that
depict socioeconomic and political problems.
STILL LIFE PAINTING
STILL LIFE PAINTING
SCULPTU
RE
 SCULPTURE
It is the branch of the visual arts that operated in three
dimensions. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural
processes originally used carving and modelling; in stones,
metals, ceramics, woods and other materials but since
modernism, there has been an almost complete freedom of
materials and process.
 SCULPTURE

In contrast to painting, sculpture has three dimensions-

height, width, and depth. It is created by either carving,
modelling, or assembling parts together.
 FREE STANDING

This is a kind of sculpture that can independently

stand in space. It has a flat horizontal base. All its sides
contribute to the overall form of the sculpture.
FREE STANDING
FREE STANDING
FREE STANDING
 RELIEF

This kind of sculpture does not have a flat horizontal

base. The form is projected from a flat surface. There
are two types of relief- low relief or bas- relief which is
slightly from the flat surface; and high relief.
RELIEF
RELIEF
 ASSEMBLAGE

This sculpture is formed by putting together materials

such as found objects, pieces of paper, sponges, wood
craps and other materials.
ASSEMBLAGE
ASSEMBLAGE
ASSEMBLAGE
 KINETIC SCULPTURE

This is considered as a sculpture in motion

because or some parts of the sculpture are
moving with the wind or are vibrating with the
surrounding air.
KINETIC SCULPTURE
KINETIC SCULPTURE
KINETIC SCULPTURE
 WELDED SCULPTURE

Creating these sculptures involve the process of

connecting sheets of metal together by using an
acetylene or electric torch.
WELDED SCULPTURE
WELDED SCULPTURE
WELDED SCULPTURE
 GLASS SCULPTURE

A kind of sculpture where the medium

expression used by the artist is glass.
GLASS SCULPTURE
GLASS SCULPTURE
GLASS SCULPTURE
 SYMBOLIC SCULPTURE

A kind of sculpture in which an abstract idea

is represented by means of allegory and
personification.
SYMBOLIC SCULPTURE
SYMBOLIC SCULPTURE
ARCHITECTU
RE
 ARCHITECTURE

It is considered to be one of the most functional branches

of the visual arts. We can freely see architecture in our
surroundings because it involves designing the form of a
building while allowing the building to serve its function.
It is considered to be the “art to inhabit.”
 Forms of
Contemporar
y Architecture
DOMESTIC BUILDINGS
AND HOUSES
 APARTMENTS
This refers to a building composed of many residences called
units. This is usually built in populated urban areas.
Nowadays, in order to maximize the use of space and because
of the increased buying power of the population,
condominiums were developed. These condominiums are
larger offshoots of apartments.
 BAHAY NA BATO
The bahay na bato is considered to be a residence of the
wealthy. A typical two- storey bahay na bato generally has a
ground floor that is made of brick or stone, and has a wooden
upper level. The windows and the level have grills, while the
windows at the upper level have sliding shutters. The roof of a
typical bahay na bato slants on four sides.
 BARONG-BARONG
These are houses of the landless poor that are built on any
land or area. These are usually found near the esteros,
riverbanks, and bayshores; spaces along high walls, railroad
tracks; spaces near abandoned buildings, and garbage dumps;
or any vacant lot. Some of these barong- barong are built
under bridges.
 BUNGALOW
This refers to one-storey house with a wide front porch
and large windows. It may also have a terrace, which
may be roofed or not.
 BAHAY- KUBO
The bahay kubo is considered as an ethnic house of
Christian peasant families living in the lowland
areas. This is typically owned by families
belonging in low income groups.
 HOUSEBOAT
The houseboat is basically a boat that also serves as
dwelling place. The Badjaos or Sama Laut typically
reside in houseboats.
 ONE-AND-A-HALF STOREY HOUSE
It is characterized by an upper level or storey covering
just a half of the lower level. This may also become a
split-level house if half of the ground level is higher in
such a way that it is halfway between the ground level
and the upper level.
 SPLIT-LEVEL HOUSE
The split- level house in the Philippines has two main
levels. The lower level houses has the kitchen, living,
and dining areas, while the upper level has the
bedrooms. These levels are separated by about half or
less-than-half a storey.
 TSALET
It refers to suburban house that has one store, a two-storey
house with living quarters on the upper level, or an elevated
one-storey house. The term tsalet came from the term
“chalet” which refers to a peasant house in Switzerland that
has upper levels jutting over the lower levels, a steep roof
and a decorated gable.
COMMERCIAL HOUSE
 MARKET
This refers to a place or building for buying and selling goods.
This is also referred to as tindahan and tiyangge. Nowadays, the
palengke has evolved into the supermarket, which puts the
wet market and the grocery together in the same complex. The
mall, or galleria, is considered a more recent evolved form of
the palengke.
BUILDINGS THAT HOUSE BANKS, BUSINESS
OFFICES, AND FACTORIES

These buildings have plain wall surfaces and

large windows. These also have bold rectangular
forms and clean lines.
GOVERNMENT
BUILDINGS
 TOWN HALL
This refers to the building of the municipal government. The
offices of the mayor, the municipal council, the municipal
court and jail, and other important offices such as the
municipal registrar’s office are located here. There are some
instances, however, when the municipal court and jail are
housed in a separate building called tribunal.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND
STRUCTURES
 SCHOOLS

This refers to a place where young people are educated

to become productive members of the community. The
most common style of the eskwelahan is American-
influenced, which featured a concrete structure
elevated on stilts.
 KAMALIG
The kamalig is the Tagalog term for building used for storing
grain. This is considered to be the most economically-
significant structure among the tribes in the northern
Philippines. In some provinces, especially those in the
lowland areas, the bahay kubo or nipa hut can be used as a
form of kamalig.
 MASJID

The masjid or mosque refers to a place of worship of the

Muslims. A typical Philippine mosque has the following
features: a tower called minaret, a prayer niche called mihrab,
the dome, arches that are reinforced with pillars, and a pulpit
called mimbar.
 CEMETERY

It is a place where people bury the dead. It has other

names, such as kampo santo, pantyon, and libingan. A
cemetery had a small chapel and vaults or nichos
surrounding the chapel. Nowadays, memorial parks
are developed.
 CHURCH

It is a place of worship for a Christian

congregation. How a church was designed
usually depends on the religious denomination it
belongs.
 MOVIE HOUSE

It is a place where people watch film or

motion pictures.
 THEATRE

It is a building for dance, musical, and theatrical

presentations. This is different from an auditorium
because the teatro is essentially a separate building
compared to the former.
 FORT

These are structures that are built to defend a

community against enemies. These are usually found
in areas with natural barriers, such as cliffs, hills,
narrow passes, mountains, and waters.
 LIGHTHOUSE

It is a structure built on an island, peninsula, or

rock to ensure that ships will be able to pass
through a narrow area safely.
 BRIDGE

The tulay is a horizontal structure that serves as a passageway

between two areas separated by body of water, a hollow area,
or a road.