Contemporary

Philippine Arts from

Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Region

the Region
The Nature of Art

Art
▪Latin word “ars”

ability/skill
▪any object or procedure which expresses
feelings and sentiments,
ideas,imagination,anything, which allows
skills in using materials, techniques and
procedures.
▪Applies to activities that
express aesthetic ideas by the
Artand imagination in
use of skill
the creation of objects,
environment and experiences,
which can be shared with
others.
▪A record of a particular artist’s view.
 A work of art is a product of the
artist’s unique personality
influenced unconsciously by factors
such as his environment,
Art traditions,national traits, religious
beliefs, economic traditions, his
ideals, or even the climate or
geography.
▪It concerns itself with
communication of
certain ideas and
feelings by means of
sensuous medium like
color,words,film and
other media.
Anything that we
accomplished with
great skill is art.
 Fine Arts Decorative Arts

• Created primarily for • Both aesthetically

its appearance pleasing and
rather than practical functional
use
Ex. glassware, textile
• Ex. drawing, art, jewelry,
painting, calligraphy earthenware
 Performing Arts
• When artists use their voices
and/or their body movements to
communicate artistic expression

• Meant to be enacted in front of a

live audience
Contemporary Art
 Contemporary Art
▪It is an art produced by the artist today.
It is not restricted to individual experience, but it is reflective
of the world we live in.

▪The artwork that is created by today’s contemporary

artist has a world view and sensitive to changing
times
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