Charades

Bamboo
Book
Glass
University
of the
Philippines
(U.P.)
Hello, Love,
Goodbye
Leaf
Photography
Tattoo
Trust
Pampers
Sculpture and Other
Forms of Visual Arts
Prepared by: Jed A. Tomarong
Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students
should be able to:
a. Identify the different forms of visual arts
b. Analyze the different kinds of sculpture
c. Design a portfolio of the different
sculptures found in the Philippines
Sculpture
- A three-dimensional artwork and
is created by either carving,
modeling, or assembling parts
toether.
Free-standing
This is a kind of sculpture that
can independently stand in
space. It has a flat horizontal
base. All its sides contribute to
the overall form of the
sculpture.
Relief
This is kind of sculpture does not have a
flat horizontal base. The form is projected
from a flat surface.

Two types:
Low/Bas 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
This is considered as a sculpture
in motion because the entire
sculpture or some parts of the
sculpture are moving with the
wind or are vibrating with the
surrounding air.
Welded Sculpture
Creating these sculptures
involve the process of
connecting sheets of metal
together by using an acetylene
or electric torch.
Glass Sculpture
This uses glass as the
medium in forming a
sculpture.
Symbolic Sculpture
The sculptures, itself,
symbolizes the culture of a
region/community.
Advertising Art
This refers to using paid
space or time in any of the
media to inform and
influence the public.
Bamboo Art
This refers to works made
of bamboo that may be
used for everyday purposes
or for decorations or
ornaments.
Basketry
This 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
This involves structuring and
reproduction of bound pages
that are filled with text and/or
images, and are protected by
hard or soft covers.
Costumes
These are garments,
hairstyles, and accessories
that are worn by individual
members or groups in a
particular society.
Embroidery
This refers to the art of
stitching ornaments on
cloth by hand.
Food Art
This involves packaging
and/or presentation in an
artistic way.
Furniture
These are decorative and
functional objects which
are typically found in a
public or private dwelling
or building.
Komiks and Editorial Art
Both komiks and editorial
cartoon involve
illustrations of stories or
events.
Leaf Art
Leaf art is used in religious
rituals, food wrapping, and
even as a form of modern
artistic expression.
Mat Weaving
This refers to the art of
“plaiting strips of organic
fibers into mats”.
Metalcraft
This includes all objects made
from metal using the
processes of brass casting and
blacksmithing, tinsmithing, or
goldsmithing or
silversmithing.
Brass Casting or Metalcrafting
This process involves
casting and forging pieces
of brass or bronze.
Goldsmithing and Silversmithing
These processes involve
the use of gold and silver
in creating objects and
ornaments.
Tinsmithing
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 aside 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
craftmanship 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
In this type of multimedia,
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
These are objects that are
worn on the human body.
Photography
This refers to the process
of producing images using
a light-sensitive chemical
plate or film.
Pottery
Pottery is a general term
for decorative and useful
objects made from clay and
set off at high
temperatures.
Earthenware or Terracotta
This type of pottery is
made from clay and is
usually fired at 1,700 –
2,100 °F.
Stoneware
This type of pottery is
made from clay and
feldspar. Stoneware is
usually fired at 2,220 –
2,230 °F.
Porcelain
This type of pottery is made
from kaolin, a special type of
clay that is extra fine and
white, and feldspar. Porcelain
is fired at 2,500 – 2,700 °F.
Printmaking
This refers to transferring
images from a firm surface,
such as metal or wood, to a
pliable surface, such as cloth
or paper, using pressure.
Tattoo
This refers to a body
adornment permanently
engraved on a skin using a
sharp instrument and plant
dyes or inks.
Textile Weaving
This refers to the process of
creating cloth by
interweaving a series of
parallel vertical threads with
another series of horizontal
threads at right angles.