Evaluate contemporary art forms

based on the elements and

principles
(CAR11//12CAP-0c-e-6); and
Compare forms of arts from the
different regions (CAR11//12CAP-
0c-e-7)
 Pretest
Directions: Choose your answer from the given
choices.
Q1. What element of art uses mixing of
unlikely materials to produce an artwork?
A.AppropriationB. Hybridity C. Performance
Q2. What element of art evolves to
emphasize spontaneous elements of
chance?
A. Space B. Performance C. Technology
 
Q3. What element of art combines the
past from the present?
A. Hybridity B. Space C. Appropriation
 
Q4. What principle of art is
characterized as repetitive,
continuous or flowing?
A. Proportion B. BalanceC. Rhythm
Q5. What principle of art is also unity?
A. Harmony B. Rhythm C. Emphasis
 
Q6. What is an example of a visual
art?
A. drama B. drawing C. essays
 
Q7. What is an example of an audio-
visual art?
A. sculptureB. novels C. theatrical
play
 
Q8. What is an example of a literary
art?
A. poems B. painting C. dance
 Q9. What form of art is also called as
spatial art?
A.audio-visual B. literaryC. visual

Q10. What form of art is also called

as performing arts?
A. audio-visual B. literaryC. visual
 
Elements of Art:
 
1. Appropriation is when an artist creates a new work of art by taking preexisting
images from other sources and modifies and/or incorporates those images with
new ones.

Appropriation
 
When you see t-shirt with the image of Jose Rizal wearing shades or the walls of
Intramuros in canvas bags, existing artworks are “appropriated” to form another.
The use of these prints, images, and icons to produce another art form is a
feature of contemporary art that combines the past with the present. By
appropriation, the contemporary art revives interest to existing form of art.
2.Performance

Performance refers to artwork created

by or presented to an audience.
Performance as an element can also
include the processes used by the artist
to create the work. This takes place
when the process used to create the
artwork is more important than the
finished work itself.
 

Interpreting various human

activities such as ordinary
activities like chores, routines
and rituals, to socially relevant
themes such as poverty,
commercialism and war.
3.Space

Space is the element of art

through which both positive
and negative areas are
defined or a sense of depth
is achieved in a work of art.
Arts transforming space. For
example, flash mobs, art
installations in malls and
parks.
Site specific forms- art form that is
performed and positioned in a
specific space such as public places.
 4. Hybridity
Contemporary artists are now as
innovative as ever. In traditional
painting, only few materials are of
conventional use. Contemporary visual
artist, on the other hand, may opt to use
coffee for painting or carve miniature
sculptures using crayons. Hybridity in
contemporary arts as the mixing of
unlikely materials to produce an artwork
 Hybridity is used in artists’ work
through the blending of new or
unusual materials with traditional
mediums. The incorporation of
these materials, such as recycled or
industrial materials, plays an
important role in the meaning of
the artwork.
5.Technology
Technology is a reality in the
present-day world, and
contemporary artist have used
technology in the creation and
dissemination of works of art.
When MTV first went into airwaves
in 1981, video became part of the
human interaction.
 The video phenomenon was further
pushed by debut of Youtube that allowed
everyone with Internet connection to post and
share videos. Contemporary artists have used
video and Internet as way of propagating art.

Technology refers to the usage of

technological advancements in the creation of
art works.
Principles of Art
1.Harmony. This is
achieved when all the
elements of a thing are
put together to come up
with a coherent whole.
 This is achieved when the elements
of an artwork come together in a
unified way. Certain element are
repeated yet still look and feel similar.
Not monotony and not chaos,
harmony is that perfectly honed
combination of both. This is the most
essential factor in a composition
2.Balance
Balance. Stability produced by even
distribution of weight on each side of
the thing.
Artists combine elements to add a
feeling of equilibrium or stability to a
work of art. Symmetry and asymmetry
are manifestations of balance. Classified
as FORMAL and INFORMAL BALANCE.
Formal Balance- exists if the weights at
equal distance from the center are equal. It
is also called as symmetrical balance.
Bilateral symmetry is present when the
left and right sides appear the same
Radial symmetry exist when the same measure
occurs from the central point to the end of
every radius. This symmetry applies to round
objects or those with radii like stars and stars
and starfishes.
Informal Balance- present when the left
and the right sides of the thing, though
not identical in appearance, still display
an even distribution of weight. It is also
known as asymmetrical or occult balance
3.Rhythm
Rhythm. This principle of art
describes the movement in or of an
artwork. Rhythm is created by the
variety and repetition of elements
in a work of art that come together
to create a visual tempo or beat
Rhythm is the continuous use of a motif or
repetitive pattern of a succession of similar
or identical items. It can be achieved by
alternation (use of two patterns alternately),
radiation (repetition of motif from the
center or toward it), progression (use of
motifs of varying sizes that is, from the
smallest to the largest, or vice versa),
parallelism (use of a pattern with an equal
distance from each other).
4.Proportion

 Proportion. Within the realm of the

elements and principles of art, proportion
is the relationship of elements in an
artwork to the whole and to one another

Comparative relationship of the different

parts in relation to the whole.
Proper and pleasing relationship of one
object with the others in a design.
5.Emphasis

Emphasis. Giving proper importance on one or

more parts of the thing or the whole thing itself.
Achieved by means of size or proportion,
shape, color, line position, and variety. more
often than not, the artist emphasizes the one
with the bigger size or proportion, the one with
a different shape or color, the one with striking
lines, the one positioned at the center and the
one that is unique.
Classification of Art Forms
1.Visual Arts
 
These are the arts that meet the eye
and evoke an emotion through an
expression of skill and imagination. It
includes painting, sculpture, and
architecture. Also called spatial arts
because artworks produced under this
genre occupy space.
A.Graphic Arts- those virtual
arts that have length and width;
thus they are also called two-
dimensional arts. They are
described as flat arts because
they are seen on flat surfaces.
EXAMPLES: printing, painting, drawing,
sketching, commercial art, mechanical
processes, computer graphics, and
photography
B.Plastic Arts- are those visual arts
that have length, width, and
volume; thus, they are called three-
dimensional arts.
 
EXAMPLES: sculpture,
architecture, landscape, city
planning design, set design, theater
design, industrial design, crafts and
allied arts
2.Audio-Visual Arts
 
Audiovisual art can be enjoyed by the
senses of hearing and sight.It is also
called as performing arts. It is the
exploration of kinetic abstract art and
music or sound set in relation to each
other. It includes visual music, abstract
film, audiovisual performances and
installations
Examples: music (vocal, instrumental, and
mixed), dance (ethnologic, social and
theatrical), and drama (tragedy, comedy,
tragicomedy, farce, melodrama, etc.)
3.Literary Arts

The Literary Arts relate to the written word and

include writing, editing, critiquing, teaching,
reviewing, and other activities related to written
communication. These activities take place in a
variety of settings, such as classrooms, writers'
workshops/centers, book and magazine publishing
companies, and libraries. The "book arts" are
related to a book's physical presentation and can
involve its paper, binding, printing, or design.
 EXAMPLES: prose (short stories,
novels, essays, and plays) and poetry
(narrative poems,lyric poems, and
dramatic poems
 Enrichment Activity 2: Spot the Difference

Directions: Cross out the illustration that does NOT belong into each
Form of Arts.

1.Literary Arts
B C
A
2.Audio-Visual Arts
A B
c
3.Visual Arts
A C

B
4.Graphic Arts

A C

B
5.Plastic Arts

A
C

B
 Prepared by:
HAYDEE Prado-NIETO
Subject Teacher