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 What is Art?
 Art is the expression of one’s feeling through creating something out of their
imagination.
 The expression of application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in
a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated
primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
 What does Contemporary Art mean?

 It is a common tendency to describe the present as “modern”. Being modern
means being up to date and technologically advanced. Often, being modern is
equated with being contemporary. Art that is new or current is also referred to as
“modern as opposed to “traditional” or “conservative”. In other words, in everyday parlance,
the terms are interchangeable.
 Contemporary art is art produced at the present period in time. Contemporary art
includes, and develops from Post-modern art, which is itself, a successor to Modern art.
 “Contemporary” and “Modern” are synonyms but contemporary art and modern
are different.
 Modern Art vs. Contemporary Art

 Modern Art – Includes artistic work from the periods of roughly 1860s to the 1970s. It is
also where the artists of that time, threw aside the traditions in the spirit of being able to
experiment.
 Contemporary Art – is the art of today or artists from the 21st century. It is a dynamic
combination of different ways, mediums, and concepts that challenge traditional
boundaries and defy definition.
 The first difference between contemporary and modern art is its historical and
chronological view. The table below proposed by Arts Studies Professors Fajardo and
Flores, titled “Historical Overview of Philippine Art” (2002) shows the summary of the
Philippine Art from Pre-Conquest to the Contemporary. This table includes painting,
sculpture and architecture but as you go on with the lessons, you will learn more forms
of arts such as music, dance, literature, and theater.
 The 7 Major Contemporary Art Forms in the Philippines

1. Music
- This is the art form that appeals to the sense of hearing. Music is composed by
combining notes into harmony.
 Francisco B. Buencamino Sr. – He was the son of a musically inclined couple. He taught at
the Ateneo de Manila and at the Centro Escolar de Senoritas whose Conservatory of Music
he founded.
 Francisco Santiago – known as the “Father of the Kundiman”. His music was Romantic in
style and composed several works such as kundiman, symphonies, piano concertos, and
other music pieces for the piano, violin, and voice.
 Antonio Molina – The First National Artist for Music. He is best known for his poignantly
romantic serenade for violin and piano Hatinggabi.
2. Literature
- Is a body of written works. Literature refers to writing considered to be an art form or
any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, often due to
deployinglanguage in ways that differ from ordinary usage.
 Summer Solstice - The Summer Solstice is a short story written by Nick Joaquin. The book
tells the story of a ritual performed by women to call upon the gods to grant fertility.
 Fruit Gatherer - is one of most important artist in the history of painting in the Philippines.
He was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippines landscapes. He is popularly known for
his craftsmanship and mastery in the use of light.
 Dekada ’70 - The story tells about the Bartolome family’s life during the 1970’s martial law
in the Philippines.
3. Theater
- This is the art form of performance. Dramatic texts are portrayed on stage by actors and
actresses and are enhanced by props, lights, and sounds.
 The World Is An Apple - is a play in one act, written by Alberto S. Florentino and directed
by Nick Agudo.It was first presented on television by the Caltex Star Caravan on 24 July
1959 under the direction of Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero.
 El Consejo de los Dioses - is a play written in Spanish by Filipino writer and national hero
José Rizal, first published in 1880 in Manila by the Liceo Artistico.
 Juan Tamban - This contemporary classic by Philippine Educational Theater Association
(PETA) writer Malou Jacob isespecially adapted by Guelan Valera-Luarca and will be
directed by Charles Yee.
4. Film
- A technological translation of theater. Special effects areutilized to enhance the story
telling.
 Dalagang Bukid – is a silent film directed and produced by José Nepomuceno, the Father
of Philippine Cinema.
 Himala - The Second Golden Age continued through the '80s, featuring the plight of
migrant workers,the proletariat, as well as the affluent kolehiyalas (college girls)
 Heneral Luna - In 1898, Gen. Antonio Luna(John Arcilla) faces resistance from his own
countrymen as he fights for freedom during the Philippine-American War.
5. Dance
- This is the art of the human form. The body is used, mobilized, andchoreographed in a
specific time, form, and space.
 Tinikling - Philippine dance which involves two individual performers hitting bamboo
poles, using them to beat,tap, and slide on the ground, in coordination with one or more
dancers who steps over and in between poles.
 Cariñosa - is a Philippine dance of colonial era origin from the Maria Clara suite of
Philippine folk dances,where the fan or handkerchief plays an instrumental role as it
places the couple in romance scenario.
 Sinulog- Sinulog Festival – is an annual religious and cultural festival in Cebu. The festival
is thought to be the first of the most well-known festivals in the Philippines
6. Architecture
- Are both the process and the product of planning,designing, and constructing buildings
or any other structures.
 Lapu-Lapu Shrine - Is a 20-meter bronze statue located in the Mactan Shrine in Punta
Engaño, Mactan Island, Cebu.The statue was erected to honor Rajah Lapu-Lapu, the
native chieftain of Mactan Island who defeated Ferdinan Magellan during historic battle
of Mactan in 1521.
 Rizal Monument - is considered by many as the most popular, most visited and most
photographed monumentin the Philippines. It housed the remains of Jose Rizal, a
Filipino nationalist, novelist, poet, journalist, ophthalmologist,and a national hero.
 Leyte Landing Monument - MacArthur Landing Memorial Park in Palo beach was the site
where the Allied Forces led by General Douglas MacArthur landed in Leyte on October
20, 1944. The monument also reminds us thefulfillment of MacArthur’s iconic word and
promise “I shall return”.
7. Visual Arts
- Artwork, such as painting, photography, or sculpture that appeals primarily to the visual
sense and typically exists in permanent form.
 Blood Compact - is one of the most important historical events in the annals of Philippine
History, not only of Tagbilaran City and the whole Bohol province. The event
was even immortalized in canvass by the famous Filipino painter Juan Luna and his work
was considered as one of his masterpieces.
 Francisco Guerrero - The woman’s name is Oyog. She is a community leader, dancer and
teacher with the T’boli people
 Black Nazarene - The Black Nazarene is a life-sized statue of Jesus Christ originally from
Mexico andbrought to the Philippines in 1606.

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 What is Art?

 What does Contemporary Art mean?

 Modern Art vs. Contemporary Art

 The 7 Major Contemporary Art Forms in the Philippines

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