ART APPRECIATION

PAINTING
 PAINTING
• the expression of ideas and emotions, with the
creation of certain aesthetic qualities, in two-
dimensional visual language.
• is the art of applying pigments to a surface in order
to present a picture of the subject.
MEDIUMS
 MEDIUMS
Oil
• Oil painting is done
with the use of
ground pigments
mixed with linseed
oil and turpentine or
thinner.
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Fresco
• Fresco painting is done with the
use of earth pigments mixed with
water and applied to fresh plaster
or glue which attaches the color to
the surface like a wall.
• When the plaster is wet, the
painting is described as buon
fresco or true fresco. On the other
hand, when the plaster is dry, the
painting is described as fresco
secco or dry fresco
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Water Color
• Water color painting is done
with the use of pigments
mixed with water and
applied to fine white paper,
cambric, parchment, ivory,
and silk can be used as
surface or ground.
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Tempera
• Tempera painting is
done with the use of
ground pigments mixed
with an albuminous or
colloidal vehicle (egg
yolk, gum, glue, or
casein).
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Pastel
• Pastel painting is done
with the use of pastel
colors closely resembling
dry pigments bound to
form crayons, which are
directly applied to the
surface, oftentimes paper.
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Acrylic
• Acrylic painting is done
with the use of
synthetic paints called
acrylic mixed with a
vehicle capable of
being thinned with
water.
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Encaustic
• Encaustic painting is
done with the use of
hot wax as a vehicle to
bind pigments to a
wooden panel or a
wall.
SUBJECTS
 SUBJECTS
Portraiture
• Portraits are pictures of
men and women singly or
collectively.
• Before the camera was
invented, there was no
other means to know the
face of a person, most
especially a dead one, but
through a portrait.
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Animals and Plants
During the ancient times,
man's primary concern was survival. In
the early stages of men's development
(hunting and food-gathering), his first
encounters were with animals and
plants. Because of this constant contact
with and their interest in these living
organisms, it was inevitable for them to
paint these things they needed to
survive. In fact, the earliest paintings
discovered in several caves in Europe
were those of animals. Even now, a
number of painters prefer animals and
plants, specifically flowering plants, as
subjects for their paintings.
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Still Life
• Is a painting of an
inanimate object or a
non-living thing placed
on a table or another
setting.
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Country Life
• painters living in the
countryside have
access to scenes
happening daily in
their community.
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Landscape
• any of the land forms
can be subject of a
landscape painting.
• These land forms
include the volcano, the
mountain, the hill, the
valley, the plain, the
plateau, the cliff, and
the like.
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Seascape
• any of the water forms
can be the subject of a
seascape painting.
• These water forms
include the ocean, the
sea, the river, the lake,
the brook, the pond,
the falls, and the like.
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Cityscape
• an aerial view of a city
or a portion of it can
be the subject of a
cityscape painting.
 SUBJECTS
Event
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Religious Items
NOTABLE ARTIST
LOCAL
 LOCAL ARTIST

Juan Luna
Filipino painter, sculptor and
a political activist of
the Philippine
Revolution during the late
19th century. He became one
of the first recognized
Philippine artists.
 LOCAL ARTIST
FERNANDO AMORSOLO
(1892 – 1972)

The most important artists in the

history of painting in the Philippines.
Amorsolo was a portraitist and
painter of rural Philippine
landscapes. He is popularly known
for his craftsmanship and mastery in
the use of light.
 LOCAL ARTIST

José Joya
(1931-1995)
Filipino abstract artist and a National
Artist of the Philippines awardee.
Joya was a printmaker, painter, mixed
media artist, and a former dean of
the University of the Philippines'
College of Fine Arts. He pioneered
abstract expressionism in the
Philippines.
 LOCAL ARTIST
Pacita Abad (1946-2004)
Her earliest paintings were mostly
Figurative and social or political, covering
subjects like hunger. Her work then
expanded to include naturalist subject
matter, inspired by the places she saw on
her travels to exotic locations. This colorful
work of vibrant patterns segued into her
most well-known practice as an Abstract
painter.
 LOCAL ARTIST
Ang Kiukok (1935-2005)
a Filipino painter known for his
expressive, Cubist-like works. Kiukok
was awarded the title of National
Artist by his home country in 2001,
and continued to exhibit with success
until his death on May 9, 2005 in
Quezon City, the Philippines.
 LOCAL ARTIST
Benedicto Cabrera (1942-present)
Benedicto Reyes Cabrera, better
known as "BenCab", is a Filipino
painter and was awarded National
Artist of the Philippines for Visual
Arts in 2006. He has been noted as
"arguably the best-selling painter of
his generation of Filipino artists.
FOREIGN
 FOREIGN ARTIST
Vincent Willem van Gogh
(1853 – 1890)
a Dutch post-impressionist painter who
posthumously became one of the most
famous and influential figures in the
history of Western art. In a decade, he
created about 2,100 artworks, including
around 860 oil paintings, most of which
date from the last two years of his life.
 FOREIGN ARTIST
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso
Spanish painter,
sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist a
nd theatre designer who spent
most of his adult life in France.
Regarded as one of the most
influential artists of the 20th
century, he is known for co-
founding the Cubist movement,
the invention of constructed
sculpture
 FOREIGN ARTIST
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo is among the greatest
painters in the history of art and
is often credited as the founder
of the High Renaissance who was
active as a painter, draughtsman,
engineer, scientist, theorist,
sculptor and architect.
 FOREIGN ARTIST
Oscar Claude Monet
French painter and founder of
impressionist painting who
is seen as a key precursor to
modernism, especially in
his attempts to paint nature
as he perceived it
 FOREIGN ARTIST

Michelangelo Buonarroti
known simply as Michelangelo, was
an Italian sculptor, painter,
architect and poet of the High
Renaissance born in the Republic
of Florence, who exerted an
unparalleled influence on the
development of Western art.
 FOREIGN ARTIST
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino
(Raphael)
was an Italian painter and architect
of the High Renaissance. His work
is admired for its clarity of form,
ease of composition, and visual
achievement of the Neoplatonic
ideal of human grandeur.
 Activity!!!
• Make a painting of yours. (digital painting or traditional
painting -using papers and pigments) and briefly explain the
meaning of your painting.