Why is art important to our society?

CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTEMPORARY ART

 Innovation- transformation
 It is a natural behavior
o Its works are original, artistic and leave
 Media for communication
the mark of the author who makes
 It talks about culture and society
 Attracts tourism them.
 Bul-ul of Ifugao
Compare And Contrast Contemporary and Modern Art  - human figure in wood
 - abundant harvest
DIFFERENCES

MODERN ART
 Using new materials
● 1800’S – century
o The different art categories can be
● Disappear- Postmodernism melded or combine together to
● Styles and techniques produce another art

CONTEMPORARY ART o cross breeding or hybrid art - Integrated

arts
● Postmodernism- Gave birth

● Art of present

● Socially conscious
 Use of colors
SIMILARITIES o The colors used are strong and the
• REVOLUTIONARY (Use modern issues as content is symbolic.
subject) o It emphasizes the expressions of the
self and emotions
Define Contemporary art (Con tempo)
ARTS AND ITS VISUAL ELEMENTS
 Art made today by living artists.
 Focuses on social impact, with society as the - Building blocks of art
primary focus. LINE

- Refers to prolongation of a point. An extension

“DIASPORA” of a point
- In theatre, a line may refer to the script of the
 produced or made in 2007 by Antipas Delotavo actor or actress while in dance it is the series of
using Oil in Canvas steps that the dancer makes.
 depicts Filipinos heading off to unknown - Line Quality
locations. o Thick, thin, straight, wavy, curved or
angular, continuous, broken, dotted
dashed or combination of any of this
o Length, Width, Texture

What are the types of lines and what ideas are

suggested by each of them?

Static lines

- Firmness and straightforwardness.

o Vertical Lines- uprightness, dignity and
assurance.
 o Horizontal Lines- calmness, peace and IMPORTANCE OF COLOR WHEEL
sobriety
- Arrangement of primary, secondary and tertiary
o Diagonal Lines-action and excitement
color.
Dynamic Lines
- It identifies the colors that can work well if used
- Signify movements, cheerfulness and in a certain artwork
continuity.
VALUE or TONE
- Change direction
- Light and dark colors in a piece of art.
- Linking series of wavy lines
- Shown by shading
Jagged Lines
- Gives solidity, distance and illusion
- Chaos and disorder
In music value is what we called pitch which is the
- Combination of diagonal lines highness and lowness of a tone.

SHAPE and FORM SPACE

- Lines meet--- Shape is formed - Refers to empty place or surface in or around a

work
- Forms are 3 dimensional…Shape are flat
- Positive and Negative space
- Convey ideas and feeling
TEXTURE
Types of Shapes
- Refers on how things feel or see
- Geometric Shapes - Involves two senses
- Organic or irregular Shapes

COLOR

- Center of interest it catches our eyes THE SUBJECT OF ART

- Different meaning depends on one’s culture
- Subject in art is anything under the sun, it can
COLOR SCHEMES be any person, a thing or an issue that is
MONOCHROMATIC- It involves same hue but with described in a work.
different value
- REALISM- The subject is done in a way it
ANALOGOUS- groups of three to four colors that are actually looks
next to each other on the color wheel

COMPLEMENTARY- two colors on the opposite side - DISTORTION- Artist uses his or her imagination,
of the color wheel. it is based on his or her desire

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY- The use of three colors. - ABSTRACTION- Artist breaks the subject apart
Start with one color, find its complement and then and re arrange it in different manner
use the two colors on either side of it.

TRIADIC- three colors evenly spaced on the color

- NON-OBJECTIVISM- Totally no subject at all.
wheel.
- Just interplay of pure line,
TETRADIC- combination of four colors that consist shapes color and value
of two sets of complementary colors.