❖ WESTERN ART ➢ Disciples eat off of refractory tables of Monks: gives

➢ Art of Ancient Greece Monks impression that they have their meal while
▪ Kore (maiden) and koros (youth ) are terms to define the Christ has the last supper. Brings the holy to the
types of marble statues carved and produced in large masses.
numbers throughout the archaic era. They were often
funerary statues.
❖ ASIAN ART
➢ Ancient Greek Philosophy
➢ Important Qualities :
▪ Plato believed in a theory of ideal forms. All forms of this
world are derived from an “ideal form in the spiritual world”. ▪ Love of nature
Therefore, all that we experience is an “imperfect” copy of ▪ credence in the moral and educative capacity of art
a greater ideal. Plato regarded artists as imitators of ▪ appreciation of simplicity
imitation ▪ gratitude of accomplished brushwork
▪ Aristotle disagreed with Plato. He believed that art was ▪ interest in viewing the subject from various
connected to and an expression of the human soul. Work perspectives
like Myron’s Discobolos (Discus Thrower) are not ▪ loyalty to much-used motifs and designs from lotus
representations of the natural world, but a reinterpretation
of it. Works like this helped in the formation of Aristotle’s
opposition to Plato.
➢ Rangoli
❖ Leonado’s Last Supper
▪ A form of sand painting
decoration that uses
finely ground white
powder and colors.

➢ Mandala Arts
▪ Mandala patterns are
motifs that are
centuries old, and are
used to depict the
cosmos.
➢ Found in Milan; totally a mess today (disintegrating) ▪ rooted in Hinduism and
➢ Famous because it shows a famous subject in Buddhism.
Christian iconography – The Last Supper. ▪ By the sixth century, mandalas were recorded in
➢ Up until that point, an artist would have painted the China, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, and Tibet.
disciples as individuals but Leonardo painted the ▪ Deep-rooted in ancient philosophy, the mandala has
disciples in groups so that there is life, fluidity. attained varied forms in the hands of modern and
contemporary Indian artists.

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❖ Famous Philippine Masterpiece and Artist ▪ Oblation (Filipino: Pahinungod, Oblasyon)
• It depicts a man
➢ Juan Luna (1857- facing upward with
1899) arms outstretched,
▪ THE symbolizing selfless
SPOLARIUM- offering of oneself to
win Gold medal his country.
in the 1948
Madrid
Exposition

➢ Fernando Amorsolo
(1892-1972
▪ Was a National Artist
➢ Mauro “Malang” Awardee.
Santos (1928-2017) ▪ 1920-1945: golden
▪ Illustrator years
cartoonist ▪ The Winnowing Rice
▪ Abstract painting
▪ Ang Kiukok

➢ Guillermo Tolentino
▪ Bonifacio
Monument- a
group sculpture
composed of
numerous figures
massed around a
central obelisk. -
leader of the
revolution against
Spain in 1896.

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❖ ART IN TODAY’S SOCIETY
➢ Soul-Making
▪ It refers to all activities concerning individual
expression through the arts, is known as “soul-
making.”
▪ It is a form of crafting stories, transforming brief
moments into images, symbols that connect with
people, understanding culture and embodying
tolerance, peace, and imagination.
➢ Art Fusion (Art of the 21st Century)
▪ A product of industry and commercialism.
▪ It occurs when an artist of any art form collaborates
with a brand/company (a product, service, fashion,
charity) to create a product that will benefit the artist,
the company and society.
➢ Transcreation
▪ A type of translation that also includes creation or
recreation.
▪ It means going a step further than simply adapting the
text. It is a term used in advertising and marketing and
refers to the process of adapting a message from one
language to another, while maintaining its intent, tone
and context.
▪ Not limited to the way concepts are expressed or how
foreign names are made more appetizing and easier
to pronounce.
▪ Visual elements such as colors, shapes, and sizes are
also necessary to be modified to cultural preferences.
➢ Hybrid
▪ Art Forms in the contemporary arts explore the
various media and techniques for innovation and
experimentation in art creation.
▪ It may involve cross-breeding the,art-making
process with other,disciplines like with the natural and
physical sciences, industrial and etc.
▪ Two over-all effects of Hybrid:
• Integrative: the image of richness and complexity;
parts cooperate towards common end
(e.g.Wagnerian Opera)
• Disintegrative: rampant lack of coordination;
cognitive overload (e.g. Einstein on the Beach)
➢ Appropriation (Borrowing)
▪ It is the practice of creating a new work by taking a
pre-existing image or material from another source
like book and combines it with new ones, thus
completely transforming the original.
▪ A found object is an existing object given a new
identity as an artwork or part of an artwork.
➢ Improvisation
▪ Improvisation – is creating or performing something
spontaneously or without preparation or making
something functional from whatever is available.
➢ Photorealism
▪ A term that was invented to refer to artist whose
works depended for the most part on photographs.
These artists would often project onto the canvas the
images which would be replicated with precision and
accuracy.
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➢ Installation Art
▪ A modern movement characterized by immersive,
larger-than-life works of art.
▪ Usually, installation artists create these pieces for
specific locations, enabling them to expertly transform
any space into a customized, interactive environment
▪ Three Major Characteristics
• Immersive. This unique characteristics entices the
viewers’ senses and invites them to experience
the art from new and different perspectives.
• Large-Scale. Most works are massive or large in
scale. Their size engulfs the viewers and enables
them to become completely immersed in this
environment.
• Site-Specific. Before artists create their massive
installations, they usually plan it with certain sites
already in mind. These areas may be rooms in
galleries, museums or outdoor spaces.
➢ Applied Arts
▪ refers to the application of artistic designs and
decorations to everyday utilitarian objects to make
them aesthetically pleasing. This includes, industrial
design, fashion design, furniture design, and
commercial art.