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CONTEMPORARY ARTS -2ND QUARTER LESSON

TECHNIQUES IN ART MAKING
1.COLLAGE-newspapers,magazines, cut-outs ,relief sculptures.
2.DECALMANIA-process of applying gouache to paper or glass then
transferring a reversal of the image on to canvas or other flat materials. 3.
DECOUPAGE – is done by adhering cut-outs of paper and then coating
these with one or more coats of varnish. 3.FROTTAGE – the technique of
rubbing with crayon on a piece of paper which has been placed over an
object or an image. The impression of the image of the image can be
created using leaves,wood,wire,screen, or metal with embossed image or
words. 5.MONTAGE – is used for photography or film where a pictorial
image is juxtaposed or place overlapping to make another picture or
design. 6. TRAPUNTO – painting is the technique used by PACITA ABAD
where canvasses are padded,sewn, and often filled with
squins,beads,shells, buttons, tiny mirrors,bits of glasses,rickrack,swatches
of precious textiles and other things that she picks up from her travels
and journeys. 7.DIGITAL- APPLICATIONS-YUCHENGCO MUSEUM.It comes
with augmented reality technology which is available from downloading
station at the museum. ANITA FERIA -collects ceramics pieces and arranges
them in an artistic way on a flat background.
ELEMENTS THAT CONSTITUTE DESCRIPTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART
1. SUBJECT MATTER- is what you see that is depicted in the artwork
,human form,may be found objects, assembled into a coherent whole. 2
MATERIALS – what the artwork is made of.It can also be a combination of
objects used in the artwork. 3. ART ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES – refer to
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the physical qualities of the image.The artist uses color,lines,space and

other elements to create visual images.
IMMANUEL KANT- who laid the philosophical foundation for artistic
modernism that has influenced contemporary.
AESTHETICS- the branch of philosophy that deals with the natures,beauty
and value of art objects and experiences.It involves appreciating,
understanding and judging the value of art.This is also called “PSYCHIC
DISTANCE”.
ARTHUR DANTO-cubist style that art need not to be beautiful. PABLO
PICASSO-cubist style where he dropped the three-dimensional forms as
well as “ THE ART THE BEAUTIFUL” ARNOLD HAUSER -believes in the social
history of art .He insist that visual image is a window to a specific time and
space to culture or to a social condition.
POST-MODERNISM- the term is to appropriating or borrowing.
MODERNIST- attempt to be pure in their use of medium and believes in the
possibility of universal communication. ANALYSIS -requires understanding
of the content by separating the parts of the subject matter. ART
INTERPRETATION -is employed by the viewer after describing and
analyzing an art work. FOCUS -on the expressive qualities,the meaning
theme ,mood, or idea ,communication by the artist.
ARCHITECTURAL MATERIALS – 1. CAST IRON – set the stage for steel-
skeleton construction in architecture.It permits the construction of tall
building with out prohibitively thick walls.2.STEEL MANUFACTURE
-advanced the architectural through tubular extruded,corrugated steel
products which opened new possibilities. Also called ABRICATION.
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2.REINFORCED CONCRETE or FERROCONCCRETE- VASTLY MORE EFFICIENT

THAN STONE MASONRY, PIERS AND ARCHES. THE JOINTS ARE THE
WEAKEST POINTS IN CLASSICAL STRUCTURES. 4. STRUCTURAL DEVICES- are
employed to enclose space in architecture:
1.POST-AND-LINTEL-the most ancient of construction device and still
enjoys wide use today.It consist of two vertical supports bridged by a
horizontal beam. 2.CANTILEVER -the horizontal extension of beam or a slab
into space beyond. 3.TRUSS -an application of the geometric fact that no
angle of triangle can be changed with out altering the dimensions of the
sides. 4.ARCH- to support bridges, and viaducts and in associate with large
dominal and vaulted structures. 5. VAULT -succession of identical arches in
file order one behind the other. 6. DOME -cylindrical drum over a circular
foundation is logical from the standard of geometry and
construction.7.SHELL STRUCTURES – benefeciaries of reinforced concrete
and superior mathematical tools for calculating stresses and the strength of
materials. 8. SOLAR PANELS -roofing generates electricity that can provide
power to the entire building anytime ofb the day and night.