The Presentation showed the introductory lesson for Contemporary Philippine Art in the Regions.

1. AN INTRODUCTION TO ART
BY:
RPT

2. OBJECTIVES
Learning Competencies
Identifies various contemporary art
forms and their practices from the
various regions.

3. SPECIFIC OBJECIVES
1. Define art.
2. Discuss the composition
of art, its elements and
principles
3. Explain the nature and
the importance of art.

4. ACTIVITY
 Look around. Choose one thing
( shawl/kumbong or piece of paper.
Choose 1 member the as model. Use the
shawl or kumbong creatively to create
something artistic. Present to the class.
Explain the relevance to art.
 Quide questions:
 1. How did you find the activity?
 2. Why did you choose that design?
 3. Why do you consider it as an art?

5. THOUGHTS TO PONDER
“Why is real is not the external
form , but the essence of
things…It is impossible for
anyone to express anything
essentially real by imitating its
exterior surface” (Constantin
Brancusi)

6. WHAT IS YOUR IDEA
ART

7. THE FEATURES OF ART.
 • Man creates Art
 • Art exists with Man
 • Art imitates
 • Art interprets
 • Art expresses and communicates
 Art affects delights and evokes a reaction

8. UNDERSTANDING ART
 Marcos (2006) –various meaning of art
 1. Ability- human capacity to create things of
beauty and things that stir us
 2. Process – art encompasses acts, such as
drawing, painting, sculpture, designing
buildings and using camera to create.
 3. Product- completed work or final product

9.  Art: An introduction to Humanities
( Cerbo et.al, 2010)
 1. Art as skill and mastery- mastery that is
manifested in the outstanding product of an
endeavor which is an expression of man’s ideas
and emotions.
2.Art as a process or product of a creative skill
because it involves arranging the aesthetics
elements in an artistically interesting and
appealing manner. These includes sculpture,
painting, music, literature, architecture, dance and
theater.
 .

10.  3.Art as a universal language- The language of art
is diverse
 Literature uses colorful words, imagery, figurative
language
 Music uses melody, harmony, dynamics and other
elements
 Dance make use of graceful movements and
choreography
 Theater uses most, if not all of the elements and
other art form
 Painting, sculpture and architecture share the
visual elements of color. Line, shape, form, space
and texture.

11.  4. Art as a representation of reality
Accdg. to Aristotle- art is a reflection
or mirror of reality.
Traditional idea is art as imitation of
life
Plato- the essence of a thing is more
‘real’ than the thing itself.
Some advocated that reality is not
what the physical make-up of it but
what it stands for, its essence, the
reality.

12.  5. Art reflects the characteristic of a period
 Medieval Period – Church initiated the spiritual truths
depicted in all art works
Byzantine
Hagia Sofia, (eye-ya SO-fia)Turkey &
St. Catherines Monestary, Egypt

13. Gothic – St. Patricks, NYC
Romanesque –St. Vitale, Revenna, Italy

14.  Art of the Early
Middle Ages
 Justinian as world
conqueror
(Barberini Ivory)
 mid-6th century
ivory
1 ft. 1 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in.

15. RENAISSANCE PERIOD
 Is more defined and realistic
rendition of the human body
in the visual arts.It focused in the
three-dimensional reality
landscapes in painting.
 Realism & Expression
 Realism: showing scenes as they
actually appear
 Expression is different depending on the individual
and the scene

16. Geometric Arrangement: the
arrangement of figures to form
geometric shapes
The figure as architecture
The Dreyfus Madonna
with the Pomegranate
Leonardo da Vinci
1469

17. Classicism: Greek and Roman influence
where perfect proportion is the ideal
Humanism-emphasizes reason, scientific
inquiry, and human fulfillment in the natural
world
Define chiaroscuro:
the use of extreme
contrast between light
and dark to create a
dramatic effect
sfumato: The blurring or
softening of sharp
outlines by gradually
blending one tone into
another.

18. MODERN PERIOD
 Idealistic search for truth and the realization that is
not attainable. This manifested by varied
experimentations of artistic expressions.
Pablo Picasso:
Woman with a
Flower
(1932)

19. Franz Marc: Animal Destinies
(1913)
Gustav Klimt: The Kiss (1907-8)

20.  6. Art shows the manner of existence of the
people of long ago
 Art shows awareness of the people during old
stone age who lived in the cave.
 Ex, rock painting
Cave p[ainting

21. REFERENCES
 Fernandez, Steven Patrick
C.(2009),Introduction to the Humanities .
 Dedal, Jason (2017)
 https://www.google.com.ph/search?q=artistic+expre
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 Learning code
 CAR11/12IAC-0a-1