FACTORS AFFECTING

THE WORK OF THE

ARTISTS
Geographical Factors
places where artists stay influence their
work

For instance:
• Marble sculptures in
Romblon because of the
rich supply of marble.
Historical Factors
historical events exert a great influence
on the artist

For instance:
• Jose Rizal’s Noli
Me Tangere
Social Factors
For instance:
• English Ben
Jonson
writer composed “Songs
to Celia”
• An Italian sonneteer named
Francesco Petrarch
wrote works for Laura

FRANCESCO PETRARCH
 Ideation Factors
ideas coming from various people that
influence artists

For instance:
• Sigmund Freud, father of
psychoanalysis, said that the
human body is the most
beautiful thing to present in
an art. This soon gave birth to
nudism.
SIGMUND FREUD
Psychological Factors
works produced by artists are affected
by their psychological make-up or
framework

For instance:
• “The Sick Child” by Edward
Munch (right) – childhood
experience of contracting an
illness after the loss of a loved
• o“Tnhee. Filipino is Worth Dying
for” by Sen. Benigno Aquino,
Jr. – written when he was still a
deportee in the U.S.
Technical Factors

using different techniques,

brushes and strokes
TWO MAJOR DIVISIONS
OF ART
ACCORDING TO PURPOSE
 Practical or Useful Arts
• Directed to produce artifacts and utensils for
the satisfaction of human needs.
• Example:
• Handicrafts
• Embroidery
• Iron and Metal Crafts
 Liberal Arts
• Directed toward intellectual growth.

• Example:
• Philosophy
• Psychology
• Literature
• Mathematics and Sciences
 Fine Arts
• Focused towards creative activity for the
contemplation of mind, and the uplift f the spirit.

• Example:
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Architechture
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 Major Arts
• Characterized by actual and potential
expressiveness.

• Example:
• Music
• Poetry
• Sculpture
 Minor Arts
• Concerned on practical uses and purposes.

• Example:
• Interior Decoration
• Porcelain Art
TWO MAJOR DIVISIONS
OF ART
ACCORDING TO MEDIA
AND FORMS
 Plastic Arts
• Developed through space and perceived by
the sense of sight.

• Example:
• Sculpture
• Decorative Materials
 Kinetic Arts
• Involve the element of rhythm.

• Example:
• Dance
 Phonetic Arts
• Directed toward sounds and words as media
of expression.

• Example:
• Music
• Drama
• Literature
 Pure Arts
• It takes only one medium of expression.

• Example:
• Sound in Music
• Color in Painting
 Mixed Arts
• It takes more than one medium.

• Example:
• Opera
• Drama