ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ARTS

1. 
CONTEMPORARY
PHILIPPINE ARTS
FROM THE
REGIONS

2. 
 Is the art that springs out of the
present-day events and passions of
the society.
 It is the newest form of art,
amusing people from the middle to
the late 20th century up to this very
minute.
CONTEMPORARY ART

3. 
Contemporary art is produced by
the 21st century artists living in the
postmodern age. It functions in a
global society that is culturally
diverse and technology-oriented.
For one thing, it provides
instances for people to reflects and
respond to contemporary social
concerns and issues pertinent to
themselves and to the world.

4. 
Contemporary art is essential to
you not only because it belongs
to your time, but it also serve as
a form f expression of the
people’s present feelings and
longings.
Contemporary works of art are
the means through which the
artists of today communicate
their sentiments.

5. 
Contemporary
Art vs.
Modern Art

6. 
 Modern art emerged in the late 1800s
and continued to grow for more or
less a century. It slowly waned in the
middle to late 20th century when
postmodernism came to light.
Postmodernism then gave birth to
what we know now as Contemporary
art. This art exists up to this day, and
no one knows when a new period will
arrive to veil contemporary art in its
shadow.

7. 
 Modern art developed as
styles and techniques,
whereas contemporary
means “with the times”
(con tempo). Thus,
contemporary arts refers to
the art of the present time.

8. 
Diaspora by Antipas Delotavo .2007

9. 
 What also makes contemporary
art different from modern art
and the other art periods is its
never-ending originality. It is
the form of at which one cannot
easily classify. Modern art,
although free than the older
periods, paved the way to now
popular movements.

10. 
 In contemporary art, not only movements can
be integrated into an artwork. Even seemingly
different art categories can be melded together
to produce an integrated or combined art.
This “crossbreeding” in the contemporary
scene has resulted in a hybrid art called
integrative art. These art forms are interactive
and multidisciplinary in nature, that is,
consisting of ideas and practices from different
branches of learning- the outcome, being the
unity of separate areas of learning.
INTEGRATIVE ARTS

11. 
Lea Salonga (International
Singer and Musical
Actress)
Cecil Licad
(International Classical
Pianist)
Lisa Macuja-Elizalde
(Prima Ballerina)
Legends and the Classics

12. 
 Generally speaking, a subject or topic is any person,
animal thing, or issue that described or represented
in a work. It usually generates the questions, What is
it? Because people expect to see or hear subjects that
they can recognized or are familiar to them. Subject
is different from theme or content; Theme is
recurring idea or elements in a work of art. The
theme refers to the ideas, thoughts, and feelings of
the artists.
THE SUBJECT OF ART

13. 
 The first style is Realism in
which the subject is done the
way it actually looks. An
example of this is the
painting of Araceli Dans.
REALISM

14. Bridal White by Araceli Dans. 2014
Watercolor on paper

17. 
 The second is Distortion wherein the artists uses his
or her imagination and alters the subjects according
to his or her desires. A stylized work is a form of
distortion like Norma Belleza’s painting.
DISTORTION

18. Fiesta by Norma Belleza. 2012.
Oil on canvas

19. 
 The third is Abstraction wherein the artist
breaks part a subject and rearranges it in a
different manner.
 In science, it is the process of analysis and
synthesis. Pablo Picasso innovated this style
in the early 1900s.
The paintings of the National Artists Vicente
Manansala belong to this category.
ABSTRACTION

21. 
 The fourth style is Non objectivism wherein there is
totally no subject at all - just an interplay of pure
elements like line, shape, or color, and so on.
 A good example of non-objectivism is the painting
by Roberto Chabet.
NON OBJECTIVISM

22. 
Untitled No.2 by Roberto Chabet. 1980
Acrylic on paper

24. 
 Is associated with the
body’s axis as it moves
toward different directions
and adjust to a point of
reference through various
positions and actions.
LINE

25. 
 In the visual arts, it also
refers to the quality of the
line, whether thin, broken,
thick, or blended, among
others.

26. 
 Line is the extens on of a
point, a short or long mark
drawn or carved on a surface. It
is an implied path suggesting –
a.Direction: vertical, horizontal,
diagonal.
b.Character: jagged, curved,
series of dots or broken lines.

27. 
It is easy to pinpoint line in
painting, drawing and other
artworks of the similar type.
But, in other types of art, such
as performing arts and literary
arts, a line is described
differently. In theater, a line
may refer to the script of the
actor. In dance, it is the series
of steps that a dancer makes.

28. 
 Is associated with our experiences of
cold and warmth, and the quality of
light in our tropical environment, the
cycles of night and day, of darkness
and light. One of its aspects is hue,
which has to do with how light waves
of various lengths and rapidity of
vibrations bounce off objects and enter
our eyes.
COLOR

29. 
 Color creates a mood or tone, such as
red for passion, anger, or love; blue for
peace, nobility, or sadness; and yellow
for gaiety, innocence, or jealousy.
Color also varies from dull to bright,
depending on its intensity, like in
music, where intensity can also refer to
the loudness or softness of a sound.
Color can also have different
meanings, depending on one’s culture.

30. 
 I n visual arts, value is the degree
of lightness and darkness of a
color.
 In music it is called pitch , which is
the highness or lowness of a tone.
VALUE

31. 
 Texture is the surface of an
artwork. A texture can be
actual or tactile, meaning it can
really be felt by touch; or it can
be simulated illusory, which
means it can only be seen, not
felt.
TEXTURE

32. 
 Space in visual arts can be defined
as a void, an emptiness which can
either be positive or negative. The
positive space refers to a space
enclosed in a shape, while the
negative space denotes the opposite.
SPACE

33. 
Moreover, in other art
forms, space can be
referred to as an interval
or pause. In literature, it is
the pause between words,
whereas in music, it is the
interval between notes.

34. 
It may occur in two-dimensional
design as rhythm or through the
recurrence of motifs, their
alternation or progression
unfolding in a series. Movement is
also very much related to line, and
the direction of the eye.
MOVEMENT

35. 
When the ends of a line meets,
they form s shape. Shape can also
be described as figure separate
from its surrounding area or
background. It can either be
geometric (angular) or organic
(curvy).
SHAPE AND FORM

36. 
Form is slightly similar to
shape. It is an enclosed line, a
figure separate from its
background. But, remember
that shape is two-dimensional,
while form is three-
dimensional. For instance, the
square is an example of shape;
the cube is a form. The circle is
a shape; the sphere is a form.