SCULPTURE AND

OTHER
FORMS OF VISUAL
ARTS
Sculpture
 branch of the visual arts that operates in three
dimensions.

 It is one of the plastic arts.

Durable sculptural processes originally
used carving and modelling; in stones,
metals, ceramics, woods and other
materials but, since Modernism, there has
been an almost complete freedom of materials
and process.
In contrast to painting, sculpture has three
dimensions – height, width, and depth.

It is created by either carving, modelling,

or assembling parts together.
GENERAL KINDS
OF
SCULPTURE
 FREE-STANDING

 independently stand in
space.
 flat horizontal base.
 All its sides contribute to
the overall form of the
sculpture.
 RELIEF
This kind of sculpture does not have a flat
horizontal base. The form is projected from
a flat surface.

There are two types of relief – low relief or

bas-relief which is slightly from the flat
surface; and
RELIEF

high relief are sculptures where

figures stand out more from the
background.
 ASSEMBLAGE

 formed by putting together

materials such as found
objects, pieces of paper,
sponges, wood, scraps, and
other materials.
A good
example of
this is
Lamberto
Hechanova’s
Man and
Woman.
ASSEMBLAGE
 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.
 USE OF GLASS

A kind of sculpture where the

medium of expression used by
the artist is glass.
 SYMBOLIC SCULPTURE
 sculpture in which an abstract
idea is represented by means of
allegory and personification.
OTHER FORMS
OF VISUAL ART
Aside from painting and sculpture, other visual forms can
be seen in every region in the country. Some of them are
even used by people on a regular basis. The following are
some of the visual arts used by various companies and
offices:
 ADVERTISING ART
 This refers to using paid space
or time in any of the media to
inform and influence the
public.
 This is used to encourage the
public to patronage certain
goods and.
 Services or to support policies
or persons.
 BAMBOO ART
This refers to works made of
bamboo that may be used
for everyday purposes, 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

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
These are garments,
hairstyles, and accessories
that are worn by individual
members in a particular
society.
 EMROIDERY

This refers to the art of

stitching ornaments on cloth
by hand.
 FOOD ART
This involves packaging and
or presentation of food in an
artistic way. Food art
involves enhancing the food
itself or its packaging in an
artistic way.
 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 AND EDITORIAL
CARTOON
Both komiks and editorial cartoon
involve illustrations of stories or events.
However, an editorial cartoon is a single-
frame illustration that may either makes
fun of political leaders or institutions, or
comments on current events. The
komiks, on the other hand, may use
single or multiple frames with
conversations of people or animals
placed inside “balloons”.
 LEAF ART
Leaf art is used in religious
rituals, food wrapping, and
even as a form of modern
artistic expression. This
makes leaf art different from
basketry.
 MAT WEAVING

This refers to the art of “plaiting

strips of organic fibers into mats”.
These mats, locally known as
banig, are cool, light, and portable
compared to fixed beds.
 METALCRAFT
This includes all objects made from metal using the processes of brass
casting and blacksmithing, tinsmithing, or goldsmithing and
silversmithing.
Brass casting and blacksmithing
This process involves casting and forging pieces of brass or bronze. Anting-anting or amulets
are also created using this process.
Goldsmithing and silversmithing
These processes involves 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 consist of works that involves the use of other senses in
appreciating those works asidefrom 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 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. Paper art used to be
limited with folk paper art such as taka and higante from.
Angono, parol, pastillas, wrappings,. and kites.
 Personal Ornaments
These are objects that are
worn on the human body.
Jewelry falls under this form.
These are worn either to
enhance a part of the body
of the wearer, to exhibit rank
or status, or to symbolize
ritualistic and emotional
states.
 Photography
This 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
which is highly useful medium
for an artist.
 POTTERY
Pottery is a general term for decorative and useful.. Objects made from
clay and set off at high temperatures. This is frequently interchanged
with “ceramics”. However, it is. important to note that application of
ceramics is wider and even includes industrial use.

 Earthenware or Terracotta This type of pottery is made from clay and

is usually fired at 1,700-2,100ᵒF.

 Stoneware This type of pottery is made from clay and feldspar.

 Porcelain This type of pottery is made from kaolin, a special type of

clay that is extra fine, white and feldspar.
 POTTERY

Porcelain Stoneware
Earthenware or Terracotta
 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. This is different
from production because
printmaking involves making the
plate either by hand (of the
artist) or mixed with mechanical
means.
 TATTOO ART
This refers to a body
adornment permanently
Engraved on the 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.