MANUGAS,

BRANDY LOU L.,

LPT

UNIT 1
Integrative Art as
Applied to
Contemporary Art
Landscapes
These paintings portray natural scenery or
urban scenes. Mixed media is now used in
creating landscapes paintings. Closely related
to landscapes are seascapes, which focus on
large bodies of water, particularly the ocean
or the sea.
Portraits refers to a painting portraying one or more
specific individuals. This usually portrays the physical
characteristics of the subject and seeks to show an
understanding of that person’s character.
Nudes are paintings that portray the
unclothed human figure. Nude paintings
sessions are conducted in galleries.
Religious Painting
Common subjects of religious painting include a lone
religious image, lives of the saints, and scenes based
from the Scriptures like the Nativity scene, and the
Stations of the Cross.
 Still Life
This refers to a painting that depicts natural or man-made objects that
form a composition in natural setting.
 Lesson 3: Sculpture & the Other
Forms of Visual Arts
Sculpture has three dimensions –
height, width, and depth. It is created by either
carving, modeling, or assembling parts
together.
General Kinds of Sculpture
Free-standing is a kind of sculpture
that can independently stand in space. It has a
flat horizontal base. Guillermo Tolentino’s
Oblation is a classic example of this kind of
sculpture.
 Relief
This kind of sculpture does not have a flat
horizontal base. The form is projected from a flat surface.
Two types of relief:
1.) low-relief or bas-relief
2.) high-relief
The form of a low relief projects slightly from the flat
surface, in contrast to the high relief. Bronze sculptures
of Jose Rizal at the entrance of the Rizal.
Relief sculpture low-relief

high-relief
Assemblage
This sculpture is formed by putting together
materials such as found objects, pieces of paper,
sponges, wood scraps, and other materials.

Kinetic Sculpture is considered as a sculpture

in motion because the entire sculpture are
moving with the wind or are vibrating with the
surrounding of air.
 Chandeliers made from kiping in Lucban, Quezon
are examples of a mobile.
Welded Sculptures
Creating these sculptures involve the process of
connecting sheets of metal together by using an acetylene
or electric torch. Most sculptures of Eduardo Castrillo are
welded sculptures.
Use of Glass
Ramon Orlina and Imelda Pilapil started the use of
glass in sculpture.
 Symbolic Sculpture
A good example is the interpretation of
Abdulmari Imao on okir design, which is a Maranao
design tradition that is typically used in woodcarving.
Imao produced four contemporary series of the okir:
the sarimanok, the sari-mosque, the sari-okir and
calligraphic sculptures.
 Advertising Art refers to using paid space or time
in any of the media to inform and influence the public.
The following can be used in advertising art: animation,
.
neon signs, posters, mascots, total product improvement,
and total corporate promotion.

Bamboo Art refers to works made of bam-

boo that may be used for everyday purposes
or for decorations or ornaments.
 Basketry refers to the art of creating containers by
weaving, plaiting, or braiding materials into hollow
three-dimensional shapes that can either be used for
carrying, storage, and trapping animals.
Book Design involves structuring and
reproduction of bound pages that are filled
with text and/or images, and are protected
by hard or soft covers.
 Costumes are garments, hairstyles, and accessories that are worn by individual
members or groups in a particular society.
Embroidery refers to the art of stitching ornaments on cloth by hand.
Food Art involves packaging and/or presentation of
food in an artistic way. This is different from Western
garnishing, which involves adding decorative touches. The
sapin-sapin is good example of food art.
 Furniture
These are decorative and functional
objects which are typically found in a public or
private dwelling or building. These are also
known as muebles or kasangkapan.

Komiks & Editorial Cartoon

Both komiks & editorial cartoon involve
illustrations of stories or events.
 Leaf Art is used in religious rituals , food wrapping,
and even as a form of modern artistic expression. The
palaspas that is used every Palm Sunday is an example of
leaf art.
Mat weaving refers to the art
of “plaiting strips of organic
fibers into mats”.
 Metalcraft
This include all objects made from metal
using the processes of brass casting and
blacksmithing, tin smithing, or gold smithing
and silver smithing.
Brass casting and black smithing
This process involves casting and forging
pieces of brass or bronze. Anting-anting or amulets
are also created using this process.
Goldsmithing and silversmithing involves
the use of gold and silver in creating objects
and ornaments.
 Tinsmithing can be easily seen in creating
jeepneys, kalesas, and cariton or ice-cream
cart.

Multimedia
This consists of works that
Involve the use of other senses in appreciating
those works side from the sense of vision.
Conceptual Art
In this type of multimedia, a visual artist
“ideates or sets up a situation, placing philosophical
value in the process itself, while negating the
importance of craftsmanship in arriving at a finished
art object.”
Installation Art
In this type of multimedia, the artist puts together
materials and objects in an exhibition space to cast a
new experience or idea.
Performance Art an artist converts himself or herself
into an art object in motion and sound.

Paper Art
This involves the processes of cutting, pasting, recycling,
and/or constructing of objects from paper.
Personal Ornaments are worn on the human body. Jewelry falls under
this form.

Photography refers to the process of producing

images using a light-sensitive chemical plate or film.
Photographs are taken to serve as portraits and as
propaganda. Photographs are also used to serve as
documentation for travel and research.
 Pottery is a general term for decorative and useful objects made from
clay and set off at high temperatures.
There are three types of pottery:
1.) Earthenware or Terracotta is made from clay and is usually fired at
1,700-2,100 F.
2.) Stoneware is made from clay and feldspar. It is usually fired at 2,
220-2,230 F.
3.) Porcelain is made from kaolin, a special type of clay that is extra
fine and white, and feldspar. It is fired at 2,500-2700F.