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History of Art
The history of art focuses on objects made by humans in visual form for aesthetic
purposes. Visual art can be classified in diverse ways, such as separating fine arts
from applied arts; inclusively focusing on human creativity; or focusing on
different media such as architecture, sculpture, painting, film, photography, and
graphic arts. In recent years, technological advances have led to video art,
computer art, Performance art, animation, television, and videogames.
The history of art is often told as a chronology of masterpieces created during each
civilization. It can thus be framed as a story of high culture, epitomized by the
Wonders of the World. On the other hand, vernacular art expressions can also be
integrated into art historical narratives, referred to as folk arts or craft. The more
closely that an art historian engages with these latter forms of low culture, the more
likely it is that they will identify their work as examining visual culture or material
culture, or as contributing to fields related to art history, such as anthropology or
archeology. In the latter cases art objects may be referred to as archeological
artifacts.
Art History is the study of objects of art in their historical development and
stylistic contexts; that is genre, design, format, and style.[1] The study includes
painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, furniture, and other decorative objects.[
10. Hernando Ruiz Ocampo was a Filipino National Artist in the visual
arts. He is also fictionist, a playwright and editor. National Artist of the
Philippines in Visual Arts. Ina ng Balon, Man and Carabao.
14. Lito Mayo, was a Filipino graphic artist, print-maker, avantegarde poet,
social activist, sculptor, satirist, and art professor. His prolific career was
brief; it lasted only a mere decade.