Various Contemporary Art Forms Found in the 3.

Break dance
Philippines 4. Improvisational dance
I. Visual Arts – is a term used to describe a wide array of artistic 5. Hip-hop dance
disciplines that are appreciated primarily through sight. 6. Modern dance
a. Fine arts 7. Contemporary dance
b. Decorative arts 8. Traditional dance
c. Contemporary art forms
C. Theater – also known as play is a branch of performing arts
II. Performing Arts – artists use their voices and/or their body that often involves the integration and combination of the
movements to communicate artistic expression. These come in visual and performing arts.
many kinds but all are meant to be enacted in front of a live 1. Mime
audience. 2. Puppetry
a. Music 3. Tragedy
b. Dance 4. Opera
c. Theater 5. Musical Theater
6. Traditional Theater
VISUAL ARTS
A. Fine arts – created primarily for its appearance rather than PAINTINGS- Defined as a two-dimensional art form that
its practical use.
showcases artistic expression created on a flat surface. Using
1. Drawing
typically one or a combination of the following tools: brush,
2. Painting
palette knife, spray, finger, etc. and medium such as oil, acrylic,
3. Sculpture
watercolor, poster color, pastel, ink, etc. and applied on a flat
4. Print
surface such as canvas, paper, wood, cardboard, etc.
5. Graphic Art
6. Calligraphy THEMES OF PAINTING:
7. Architecture
1. Genre Painting – portrays people in daily activities, mainly
B. Decorative Arts – both aesthetically pleasing and functional. focuses on the everyday activities of the folk.
Makers of these artworks are not considered as artists but rather as “Tsismis” by Mauro Malang Santos (January 20, 1928 –
craftsmen. June 10, 2017), commonly known by the mononym Malang, was a
1. Textile art Filipino and award-winning cartoonist, illustrator, and fine arts
2. Glassware painter.
3. Jewelry
2. Historical Painting – depicts a scene from the past. It often has
4. Furniture
a lesson concerning national values.
5. Earthenware
“First Mass at Limasawa” by Carlos “Botong” V.
6. Metalcraft
Francisco – awarded as National Artist in Visual Arts in 1973, four
7. Interior Design
years after his death.
C. Contemporary Art Forms – are the new and unusual art forms
3. Interiors – refers to painting of the space inside of a part of a
that could not be easily classified between fine arts and decorative
house or a building.
arts.
1. Assemblage 4. Landscapes – these painting portrays natural scenery or urban
2. Collage scenes.
3. Installation Art
4. Performance Art 5. Portraiture – this refers to a painting portraying one or more
5. Digital Art specific individuals.
6. Land Art “Rodrigo Duterte Portrait” by Daryl de Leon Descallar
7. Conceptual Art – is a graduate of Fine Arts Major in Advertising Arts at the
University of Santo Tomas.
PERFORMING ARTS Daryl de Leon Descallar from Davao is the art genius
A. Music – is a universal form of art. It is defined as the behind the portrait of Duterte seated cross-legged, with his index
manipulation of sound and silence. It blends the different and middle fingers on his right temple.
elements such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics, timbre and texture
to create sound. 6. Nudes – These are paintings that portray the unclothed human
Genres of Music: figure.
1. Art Music – refers to the music that stem from “Maiden in the Stream” by Fernando Cueto Amorsolo
Western Classical Music –
2. Popular Music – refers to music that is accessible recognized as National Artist for Visual Arts on April 28, 1972,
and commercially available to the public. four days after his death. Also known as the “Grand Old Man of
3. Traditional Music – musical forms that are Philippine Art.”
community and culturally based. 7. Religious Painting – Common subjects of religious painting
B. Dance – defined as regulated and deliberated order of body includes a lone religious image, lives of the saints, and scenes
movements. based from the Scriptures like the Nativity scene, and the Station of
1. Ballet the Cross.
2. Belly dance “Hapag ng Pag-asa” by Joey Velasco –Best known for
his work Hapag ng Pag-asa, or Table of Hope, which depicts the
Last Supper with Jesus and street children instead of the disciples.
A painter renowned for his Christian-themed masterpieces.
8. Still Life – This refers to a painting that depicts natural or man-
made objects that form a composition in a natural setting.
“Still Life with Watermelon and Mangoes” by Vicente
S. Manansala – awarded as National Artist for Painting in 1981.
Died in lung cancer. He idolized Carlos ‘Botong’ Francisco.
Conferred as “The Master of Human Figure.” He was the
“Pioneer of Cubism in the Philippines. He believed that “Beauty
of art is in the process.”
SCULPTURE visual arts that operates in three dimensions.
Durable sculptural processes originally used carving and
modelling; in stones, metals, ceramics, woods. In contrast to
painting, It is created by either carving, modelling, or assembling
parts together.
GENERAL KINDS OF SCULPTURE:
1. Free-standing - sculpture that can independently stand in space.
It has a flat horizontal base.
2. Relief - does not have a flat horizontal base. There are two types
of relief – low relief or bas-relief which is slightly from the flat
surface; and high relief which are prominently raised against their
background, giving the sculpture more dimensionality.
3. Assemblage - This sculpture is formed by putting together
materials. such as found objects, pieces of paper, sponges, wood.
scraps, and other materials.
4. Kinetic Sculpture - This is considered as a sculpture in motion
because the entire sculpture or some parts of the sculpture are
moving
5. Welded Sculptures - these sculptures involve the process of
connecting sheets of metal together by using an acetylene or
electric torch.
6. Use of Glass - where the medium of expression used by the
artist is glass
7. Symbolic Sculpture - an abstract idea is represented by means
of allegory and personification.
OTHER FORMS OF VISUAL ART:
1. Advertising Art - using paid space or time in any of the media
to inform and influence the public.
2. Bamboo Art - works made of bamboo that may be used for
everyday purposes, for decorations or ornaments.
3. Basketry - 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.
4. Book Design - structuring and reproduction of bound pages that
are filled with text and / or images
5. Costumes - garments, hairstyles, and accessories that are worn
by individual members
6. Embroidery - art of stitching ornaments on cloth by hand
7. Food Art - involves packaging and / or presentation of food in
an artistic way.
8. Furniture - decorative and functional objects which are
typically found in a public or private dwelling or building, also
known as muebles or kasangkapan.
9. Komiks and Editorial Cartoon - involve illustrations of stories
or events.
Editorial cartoon is a single-frame illustration that may
either makes fun of political leaders or institutions, or
comments on current events
komiks use single or multiple frames with conversations
of people or animals placed inside “balloons”.
10. Leaf Art - used in religious rituals, food wrapping
11. Mat Weaving - art of “plaiting strips of organic fibers into
mats”. These mats, locally known as banig
12. Metalcraft - includes all objects made from metal using the
processes of brass casting and blacksmithing, tin smithing, or
goldsmithing and silversmithing.
●Brass casting and blacksmithing - involves casting and
forging pieces of brass or bronze; Anting-anting or
amulets
●Goldsmithing and silversmithing - involves the use of
gold and silver in creating objects and ornaments.
●Tinsmithing - easily seen in creating jeepneys, kalesas,
and cariton or ice cream cart.
13. Multimedia - involves the use of other senses in appreciating
those works aside from the sense of vision.
●Conceptual Art - a visual artist “ideates or sets up a
situation, placing philosophical value in the process itself
●Installation Art - 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.
14. Paper Art - processes of cutting, pasting, recycling, and / or
constructing of objects from paper.
15. Personal Ornaments - objects that are worn on the human
body
16. Photography - process of producing images using a light-
sensitive chemical plate or film. Photographs are taken to serve as
portraits and as propaganda which is highly useful medium for an
artist.
17. Pottery - is a general term for decorative and useful objects
made from clay and set off at high temperatures.
18. Printmaking - transferring images from a firm surface, such as
metal or wood to a pliable surface, such as cloth or paper, using
pressure.
19. Tattoo Art - a body adornment permanently engraved on the
skin using a sharp instrument and plant dyes or inks.
20. Textile Weaving - process of creating cloth by interweaving a
series of parallel vertical threads with another series of horizontal
threads at right angles.
ARCHITECTURE considered to be one of the most functional
branches of the visual arts; involves designing the form of a
building while allowing the building to serve its function. It is
considered to be the “art to inhabit.”
Francisco Mañosa, one of the most influential Filipino architects
of the 20th century, in designing homes and buildings.
FORMS OF CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE:
A. Domestic Buildings and Houses
1. Apartment - a building composed of many residences called
units.
2. Bahay na Bato - considered to be a residence of the wealthy.
3. Barong-barong - houses of the landless poor that are built on
any land or area. These are usually found near the esteros,
riverbanks, and bay shores; spaces along high walls, railroad
tracks; spaces near abandoned buildings, and garbage dumps; or
any vacant lot.
4. Bungalow - one-story house with a wide front porch and large
windows. It may also have a terrace, which may be roofed or not.
B. Ethnic Houses
1. Bahay Kubo - considered as an ethnic house of Christian
peasant families living in the lowland areas
2. Houseboat - basically a boat that also serves as dwelling. The
Badjaos or Sama Laut typically reside in houseboats.
3. Split-level House - has two main levels. The lower-level houses
have the kitchen, living and dining areas, while the upper level has
the bedrooms.
4. Tsalet - refers to a suburban house that has one story, a two-
story house with living quarters on the upper level, or an elevated
one-story house.

C. Commercial Buildings
1. Market (Palengke) - place or building for buying and selling
goods; also referred to as tindahan, and tiyangge
2. Buildings that house banks, business offices, and factories -
have plain wall surfaces and large windows. These also have bold
rectangular forms and clean lines.

D. Government Buildings
1. Capitol (Kapitolyo) - building of the provincial government
Most of the kapitolyo in the country use columns and pediments in
the exterior of the buildings.
2. Town Hall (Munisipyo) building of the municipal government.
The offices of the mayor, the municipal council, the municipal
court and jail, and other important offices such as the municipal
registrar’s office are located here.

E. Public Buildings and Structures

1. School (Eskwelahan) - This refers to a place where young
people are educated to become productive members of the
community.
2. Kamalig - The Kamalig is the Tagalog term for a building used
for storing grain.
3. Masjid - The masjid or mosque refers to a place of worship of
the Muslims; has the following features: a tower called minaret, a
prayer niche called mihrab., the dome, arches that are reinforced
with pillars, and a pulpit called mim/nbar.
4. Cemetery (Sementeryo) - The cemetery is a place where people
bury the dead. It has other names, such as kampo santo, pantyon,
and libingan.
5. Church (Simbahan) - place of worship for a Christian
congregation.
6. Movie House (Sinehan) - The sinehan is a place where people
watch film or motion pictures.
7. Theatre (Teatro) - The teatro is a building for dance, musical,
and theatrical presentations.

F. Other Forms and Structures

1. Fort (Kuta) - These are structures that are built to defend a
community against enemies
2. Lighthouse (Parola) - The lighthouse is a structure built on an
island, peninsula, or rock to ensure that ships will be able to pass
through a narrow area safely.
3. Bridge (Tulay) - The tulay is a horizontal structure that serves
as a passageway between two areas separated by a body of water, a
hollow area, or a road.