Historical

Overview
Philippine Art
Integrative Art as applied to
Contemporary Art
What is ART?
 Art- is creation.
-it is creating something
original and something
different.
Art-is life
-it is creating life on a
material and making
inanimate objects to have
life.
-To create is to give life.
Why people
engage in
Art?
 - To earn money
-to Express their
emotions and thoughts,
real or imaginary
-to produce things of
beauty and
masterpieces
-to self-actualize
 -to immortalize
themselves
-to inform
-to persuade
-to entertain people
Functions
of Art
Personal or
Individual
Function
 - An artist may
create a piece out
of a need for self-
expression or
gratification.
 Social
Function
- Those are that go
beyond personal
intrinsic value to
art’s social
benefits.
Economic
Function
 - It is to create jobs,
attract investments,
generate tax
revenues, and
stimulate local
economies through
tourism and consumer
purchases.
Political
Function
 -it is a
sociopolitical
expression, pro-
paganda, protest
and satire.
 -the artist tries to
express concerns
regarding specific
social and political
issues to help common
man understanding the
current political and
social issue.
Historical
Function
 -it is a study of visual
arts, being concerned
with identifying,
classifying, describing,
evaluating, interpreting
and understaning the
arts of product.
Cultural
Function
 - It is to develop the
mind and body, refine
feelings, and thoughts
and reflect and
represent our
customs and values
as a society.
Religious
Function
 - It is to illustrate
bodily postures and
gestures or a story of
a religious tradition,
as do visual symbols
and representational
imagery.
PHYSICAL
FUNCTION
- It is a work of art
that are created to
perform some
service have
physical functions.
Aesthetic
Function
- It helps people to
have the real
attitude of
gratefulness to
nature’s beauty.
ACTIVITY
 Draw/Paint:
Choose one of the
Functions of Art
and describe your
artwork.
(short bond paper)
 Criteria:
Content- 45%
Creativity-30%
Cleanliness-25%
Total= 100%