HUM 112 CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN THE PHILIPPINE REGIONS
study guide
MS. LINETH D. RESURRECCION
PAINTING
Painting medium – the ink/pigment
applied to a surface. Ex. Colored pencil,
acrylic oil, watercolor, etc.
MAJOR TYPES OF PAINTING
Landscape – Includes natural sceneries.
Ex. A cow eating grass on a farmland.
Portrait – Focuses on the subject itself
and its qualities. An artist creating a
portrait of himself is called self-portrait.
Genre – The painting depicts a story of
everyday life; an action is taking place.
Ex. Students pretending to listen in
class.
Still-life – Subjects are lifeless; not
moving.
ART MOVEMENTS
Renaissance – Rebirth of art. Linear
perspective.
Baroque – Brightness vs. Darkness.
There is an emphasis on light and
shadow. This concept is called
chiaroscuro.
Romanticism – Romance and OTHERS.
This does not only represent one
emotion (love), rather, the art movement
gives a clear portrayal of different
feelings.
Impressionism – Imong mama way
klaro. Rather than a clearly detailed
picture, this art movement focuses on
portraying an impression of a scene by
use of visible brushstrokes.
Expressionism – Exaggerated and
distorted emotions. Ang OA ng feels.
Hirap magets.
Fauvism – Fawerful use of vivid
colors—“Wild beast”.
Cubism – Wala akong maisip na letter
C. Basta it incorporates geometric
shapes. Hihi
Dadaism – Deloko lang. Nonsense.
Often made to mock, insult and make
fun.
Surrealism – Sorry, hindi siya real. Uses
psychoanalysis to make dreams come to
life as art subjects.
Abstract expressionism
Color-field painting – a field of color/s.
Ex. Blackboard.
Action Painting – Tamang wisik wisik
lang ng pintura sa canvas, charaaaan!
Action painting na.
Pop Art – Popular subjects in a
particular time. Ex. TODAY: Gawa ka
ng vector art ni Jooooonel.
SCULPTURE
(ps. Mag-invest kayo dito. Maraming
ganito sa exam.)
Sculptural PROCESS
Additive – Putting materials together.
Subtractive – Removing the unwanted
or unnecessary materials.
Sculptural TECHNIQUE
Carving – Material is removed/cut
away until you get the figure/shape
wanted. Process Applied: Subtractive
Casting – The shape of the material
depends on the mold where it will be
placed. Ex. Gelatin placed in a mold. If
the mold’s shape is heart, then the
gelatin will also have a heart shape
when it’s already set. Process Applied:
Additive
Construction/Assemblage – Putting
materials together to construct the
desired shape. Ex. Unused vehicle parts
glued together to construct a figure.
Process Applied: Additive
Modeling – The material must be soft
(ex. Clay) so it can be shaped.
Process Applied: Subtractive
TYPE OF SCULPTURE (F.R.I.K.)
Free-Standing – The sculpture does not
have a background. It only has the base
for support. Ex. St. Iggy’s statue in BC
quadrangle.
Relief – This always has a background.
It seems as if an image appeared on its
surface. There are 4 kinds of relief
sculpture:
Bas/Low relief – The image projected
from the background in a very low
degree. In other words, manipis lang
siya. Ex. Coins
High relief – Half or more than half of the
figure is projected from the background.
Ibig sabihin, super kapal niya.
Sunken relief – Nakalubog ang figures sa
background. Usually, the images are
emphasized using outlines.
Counter relief – The image is fully
modelled. Ex. If a face in a Bas relief is
thin and flat, for the Counter relief, the
face must have prominent features such
as its nose, hair, eyes, etc. It is bulging
from the background.
Installation – It is installed or mounted
in a particular site which makes the
entire venue part of the artwork. Ex.
Standees of
Kinetic – Gumagalaw!!!!
ARCHITECTURE
CONSIDERATIONS IN
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Site – The location. Is the type of design
appropriate? Ex. Big infrastructures
cannot be built in Sta. Cruz island
because the foundation of the island is
not robust.
Materials – availability and durability
of materials.
Culture and Tradition of the Society –
How this affect the design? Ex. For
Chinese, they believe that the bed must
not directly face the door.
 Restrictions – How much load can the
structure bear?
Law – Existing laws prohibiting certain
designs.
Environment – Natural scenarios—
climate, etc. Ex. Designs of houses in
USA must be appropriate for four
seasons.
Maintenance – awareness of how to take
care of buildings. If may sira, ayusin
agad.
Function – Para saan, sizt? Does it serve
its function well? Ex. Pag for the public,
dapat malaki.
Aesthetics/beauty – GANDA KA?
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
Egyptian – Papyrus, Foliated, Palm
Leaf, Papyrus Blossom, Red Bundle and
Lotus.
Greek – Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.
Roman – Rounded arches, domes and
vaults.
Gothic – Rib vaults, Flying buttresses,
Pointed arches and Stained glass
windows.
MUSIC
Pitch – Highness and Lowness of note.
✓ Melody – A family of
pitches.
✓ Harmony – Two or more
tunes/notes sang or played
AT THE SAME TIME
forming a chord. (Note: AT
THE SAME TIME but not
THE SAME NOTE.
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✓ Interval – Distance between
one note to another.
Ex. C to E. Interval is 1.
✓ Conjuct – Small interval. Ex.
Re (D) to Fa (F).
✓ Disjunct – Large interval. Ex.
C2 to C3. So that’s from a
lower Do to a higher Do.
✓ Vibrato – slight and fast
change in tune resulting to a
trembling sound.
Duration – Time element in music
✓ Beat – The pulse that flows
through a music. (The pak,
pak, pak… iykwim)
✓ Meter – Grouping of notes.
Ex. For a 24 time signature,
notes are grouped into two.
✓ Tempo – How fast or slow
the beat is. Speeeeed.
✓ Rhythm – A family of beats.
Dynamics – Loudness or softness of a
sound.
✓ p = piano - soft
✓ f = forte - strong (or loud)
Ex. Mezzopiano – ✓ Mezzo - medium or half
Moderately soft
(moderately)
Pianossimo –
Very soft ✓ -issimo = very
✓ Crescendo – Gradually
increasing sound.
✓ Decrescendo – Gradually
decreasing sound.
Timbre – Quality of sound.
✓ Ex. Kz Tandingan’s dark
voice.
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