CONTEMPORARY

VISUAL ARTS IN
THE PHILIPPINES
Contemporary Philippines Arts from the Regions

Prepared by: Jerrica P. Vargas, LPT

 CONTEMPORARY
VISUAL ARTS IN
THE PHILIPPINES
Contemporary Philippines Arts from the Regions

Prepared by: Jerrica P. Vargas, LPT

Visual Arts
◦ The term “visual arts” encompasses a wide range of forms created by Filipinos
◦ It ranges from Western-influenced visual art forms to work created by folk and indigenous people.
◦ Traditionally, these visual art forms include painting, sculpture, and architecture. However, there are other
functional visual art forms in the country that need to be appreciated as well.
◦ Some of these forms include advertising art, basketry, metal craft, mat weaving, pottery, and textile weaving.
◦ These visual art forms have developed over the centuries
◦ During the 1970’s up to present, artists started mixing different media in single artworks. Some of these
artworks did not occupy a limited space or part of a room.
◦ Each visual art form not only exhibits the skills of the artist, but also showcases the ideas coming from the
mind of that artist.
Art and its Visual Elements
◦ Line
◦ This refers to a prolongation of a
point, or a mark on a surface. Solid
lines can be used in order to define
forms while broken lines are typically
used to suggest hidden forms
Art and its Visual Elements
◦ Shape and Mass
◦ This element refers to an area with
boundaries identified or drawing lines. A
shape may be a natural or living form called
an organic shape and can be irregular or
rounded. It may also be measured forms
called geometric shapes. In contrast to
shape, which is two-dimensional, mass
refers to solid portions of a three-
dimensional object.
Art and its Visual Elements
◦ Color
◦ This refers to visual perception that
allows a person to differentiate objects
due to the way various wavelengths of
light are reflected. Color is a very
important element because it can
communicate information and emotion
to the viewer. These are the three
properties of color:
Art and its Visual Elements
◦ Color
◦ Hue - refers to the basic or pure color, and is represented in the color wheel.
◦ Value - refers to the lightness and darkness of color. A light color or tint is the
result of adding white to a hue, while a dark color or shade results from
adding black to a hue.
◦ Saturation - refers to brightness and dullness of color. It is also referred to as
purity of the color. A bright color can be produced by adding more pigment to
the same hue, while a dull color can be produced by adding gray or the
color’s complement to the pigment.
◦ The color wheel is an arrangement
of primary, secondary and tertiary
colors.
◦ It is important tool to identify
which colors can work well if used
in a certain artwork. Those sets of
colors are referred to as color
schemes or color relationships.
Types of Color Schemes
◦ Monochromatic – involves using the
same hue but with different gradients
of value.
◦ Analogous – entails the use of three or
four adjacent colors in the color wheel.
◦ Complementary – involves the use of a
color and its complement -meaning the
color located opposite of the first color.
Types of Color Schemes
◦ Split-complementary – a close relative to the
complementary color scheme. But instead of using
the color’s complement, this scheme uses the two
colors adjacent to the complement.
◦ Triadic – uses three colors that are of equal distance
with each other.
◦ Tetradic – also known as double complementary
color scheme, this uses two pairs of complementary
colors.
Art and its Visual Elements
◦ Value
◦ This element refers to lightness or
darkness of an area. This is evident in
creating shadows for a two-
dimensional object to give an illusion
of depth.
Art and its Visual Elements
◦ Texture
◦ This element refers to the feel or
appearance of a surface. A person may
describe as actual or implied. Actual
texture can be felt tangibly based on
the material that is used for the artwork
while implied texture can be exhibited,
for instance, in a painting of fur of an
animal.
Art and its Visual Elements
◦ Space
◦ Space refers to the area that is occupied by an object or a subject, as well as the
area surrounding that object or subject. An illusion of space can still be created
in a two-dimensional surface using perspective. There are two types of
perspective: atmospheric perspective, which utilizes the properties of light and
air in depicting the illusion of distance; and linear perspective, which involves
the use of vanishing points and receding hidden lines
Art and its Visual Elements
◦ Time and Motion
◦ Movement in the visual arts can either
be an illusion or an actual motion. An
illusion of movement is more common
in two-dimensional artworks. On the
other hand, actual motion is easily seen
in kinetic sculpture that moves with the
wind or are vibrating with the
surrounding air.
1. This refers to a prolongation of a point.
a. Color c. Space b. Line d. Value
2. This type of sculpture has parts that can be moved with the wind.
a. Kinetic sculpture c. Texture b. Implied motion d. Color wheel
3. This color scheme involves using colors that are located beside each other in the color wheel.
a. Monochromatic c. Complementary b. Analogous d. Split-complementary
4. This statement refers to the way the surface or object looks as it may feel.
a. Line c. Color b. Shape and mass d. Texture
5. This element of art refers to an area with boundaries identified or drawn using lines.
a. Value c. Shape b. Color d. Texture
6. This type of texture refers to the real qualities of the physical surface of an artwork.
a. Implied texture c. Actual texture b. Space d. Value
7. This refers to the brightness and dullness of a color.
a. Hue c. Saturation b. Value d. Color
8. This color scheme involves the use of four colors.
a. Triadic c. Color scheme b. Tetradic d. Color wheel
9. This refers to the purity of a certain color.
a. Hue c. Saturation b. Value d. Color
10. This type of perspective involves the use of properties of light and air to portray the illusion
of distance.
a. Texture c. Atmospheric perspective b. Space d. Linear perspective