Integrative Art as Applied to

Philippine Contemporary Art

Prepared by:

Nicasio B. Balbontin, LPT.

Lesson Objective (MELCS):
The students will be able to evaluate
contemporary art forms based on the elements
and principles.
 Lesson 1:
Integrative Arts
What’s in with “contemporary
arts?”
 Art is a diverse range of
human activities in creating
visual, auditory or performing
artifacts, expressing the
author's imaginative,
conceptual ideas, or technical
skill, intended to be
appreciated primarily for their

What is Art? beauty or emotional power.

ART FORMS
 Visual arts is an expression of
artistic ideas through images,
structures, and tactile work.
Painting, sculpture, and
architecture are considered as

Visual Arts examples of it. Some visual

artworks are integrated - which
means it combines several
medium to create a new and
unique artwork.
 Literary arts is an expression
of ideas through writing. There
Literary Arts are many types of literary
artworks, and this can be
categorized into: POETRY,
PROSE, and DRAMA.
 Performing arts is an expression of
an artistic idea through written
lyrics, text, dramatization, and
multimedia production.

Performing arts usually require the

musical theatre, dance, and
drama, a combination of different
art forms, such as literary art for
the material and visual arts for
Performing Arts stage design.
It!
Integrative Arts
An integration of various art
forms has become more and
more evident in contemporary
arts. With people of different
cultures having contact with
each other, it is inevitable that
artists lift styles and techniques
from different practices.
 Lesson 2:
Elements of Art
“The foundation of every
artwork.”
Let’s learn about it!
The elements of art are the building blocks used
by artists to create a work of art.
These creative building blocks are essential and
having a grasp on how they work is important both
for the artist and for lovers of art.
Let’s think about it!!!
The Artist and the Artwork
There would be no artwork or
any forms of art without the
seven elements of art.
 SPACE
It is the area
between and
around objects.
Is it a RABBIT or DUCK?
 LINE
It is a series of
points and mark
with greater length
than width.
 It is formed by SHAPE
connecting both
ends of a line.
Shapes are two
dimensional figures
with height and
width.
 Forms are three
FORM
dimensional; it has the
same dimensions as a
shape except with
added volume. Unlike
shapes, it has more
depth and does not feel
flat.
 COLOR
Color is light reflected off
of objects. Color has three
main characteristics: hue,
value , and intensity.
 VALUE
Value is considered a
property of a color which
pertains to its lightness or
darkness.
 E
It is the surface quality that
can be seen and felt.
 Lesson 2:
Principles of Art
“The arrangement of visual
elements.”
Let’s learn about it!
They are used to organize the basic elements of art and often
referred to as principles of organization or design principles.

Another important element in creating art is COMPOSITION,

the placement of visual elements in an artwork, and art principles
help figure out the arrangement of those visual elements.
 CE
It is the distribution of the
visual weight of objects,
colors, texture, and space.
Types of Balance
 It is the part of the design
that catches the viewer’s
SIS
attention. Usually the artist
will make one area stand
out by contrasting it with
other areas. The area could
be different in size, color,
texture, shape, etc.
 ENT
It is the path the viewer’s
eye takes through the work
of art, often to focal areas
Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh
 N
It is the repetition of an
object or symbol all over
the work of art to create a
certain pattern.
 It works with pattern to
ION
make the work of art seem
active. The repetition of
elements of design creates
unity within the work of
art.
 PROPORTION
It refers to the relationship
of the elements,
specifically its relative size
(scale) of parts of a whole
(proportion).
 It is created when one or M
more elements of design are
used repeatedly to create a
feeling of organized
movement. Rhythm creates
a mood like music or
dancing. To keep rhythm
exciting and active, variety
is essential.
 It is the use of several
elements of design to hold the
Y
viewer’s attention and to guide
the viewer’s eye through and
around the work of art.

This means adding multiple,

different elements to break the
monotony of an artwork and
make it more interesting
(diversity).
 NY
It is the unity of the
artwork, specifically in
reference to the
arrangement of its parts,
which creates a sense of
completeness.
7 Elements of Art 9 Principles of Art
Space Balance
Line Emphasis
Movement
Shape
Pattern
Form Repetition
Color Scale and Proportion
Value Rhythm
Texture Variety
Harmony