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OUTLINE: 8 FORMS OF ART

I. WHAT IS ART? • Two Dimensional image of
a. Definition of Art real life images to the
b. 8 Forms of Art visually abstract
c. Characteristics of Filipino Art PICTURE • Can be created using
II. CONTEMPORARY ARTS different media such as
a. Definition of Contemporary Art chalk, charcoal, graphite,
b. Elements of Contemporary Art ink, oil paint, etc.
III. ART PROMOTION & PRESERVATION • Three-Dimensional artwork
a. National Commission for Culture & that can be created using
SCULPTURE
stone, marble, wood, and
the Arts
concrete
b. Subcommittees of NCCA
• Structures that are meant
_______________________________________ to use as shelter
ARCHITECTURE
• Relies on the design and
WHAT IS ART?
purpose of the structure
ART • Art that appears to the
sense of hearing.
• An imitation of life and the world rendered MUSIC
• Combining notes into
beautifully which givers pleasure. harmony.
• “lying deep in our nature” - Aristotle • Art form of language
Art also can be defined as: through combined use of
LITERATURE
words, creating meaning
• Refer to any skill or mastery and experience
• Process or a product of a creative skill • Art form of performance
• Imitation, representation of reality • Dramatic text portrayed on
THEATER
• Form of communication stage
• Expression, expresses feelings and ideas • Live performances
shared by all individuals regardless of • Art form of technological
CINEMA
culture translation of theater.
• Art of human form.
• The body is used,
mobilized and utilized and
DANCE
choreographed in a
specific time, form and
space.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF FILIPINO ART such as poverty, commercialism and
war.
Filipino Art…
• A combination of Colonial History & Migrant 3. SPACE
Reality • site-specific wherein the art is
• Most of the techniques in art in the Philippines performed and positioned in specific
are foreign influenced. spots, especially in public places
4. HYBRIDITY
In Leo Benesa’s understanding
• an art form mixing unlikely materials
• “The idea was that the depiction of scenes of to produce an artwork
everyday life and the surroundings without 5. TECHNOLOGY
idealizing them was closest in spirit to the • Used for creation and dissemination
Filipino soul and native soil.” f works of art.
• Used video to propagate art
• Internet as a mode of sharing
CONTEMPORARY ARTS artworks
DEFINITION OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS
• “Art made and produced by artist living today.
Today's artists work in and respond to global
environment that is culturally diverse,
technologically advancing, and multifaced.” -J.
Paul Getty Museum
• Contemporary Art is not restricted to the
individual experience but reflective if the world
we live in, and most of the contemporary works
are displayed in public places, not limited to
galleries and museums.
ELEMENTS OF CONTEMPORARY ART
1. APPROPRIATION
• Combines past from the present.
• Revives interests to existing forms of
art.
2. PERFORMANCE
• Interpretation of various human
activities to socially relevant themes

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 ART PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND ARTS
• REPUBLIC ACT 7356 - An act creating the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts, establishing National Endowment
Fund for Culture and the Arts, and for other purposes
• Overall policy making body coordinating, and grants giving agency for the preservation, development and promotion of the
Philippine arts and culture
AGENCIES UNDER NCCA
NCCA AGENCY MANDATE FUNCTION ART FORMS INVOLVED
Bringing together the different
To serve as the premier venue in
CULTURAL CENTER OF THE arts from various regions to the Dance, Music, Theater, Film,
the Philippines for culture and the
PHILIPPINES entire country and the whole Visual Arts
arts
world
Promoting “Philippine History and
NATIONAL HISTORICAL cultural heritage through To identify, conserve and restore
COMMISSION OF THE research, dissemination, historical sites around the Architecture, Visual Arts
PHILIPPINES conservation, site management, different regions of the country
and heraldry works”
To solicit, document, preserve,
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE Putting a network of museums exhibit, and promote the natural
Visual Arts
PHILIPPINES around the country and artificial wonders of the
Philippines
Serving as a “repository of the To provide access to literary and
printed and recorded cultural information sources for
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF THE
heritage of the country and other intellectual growth, citizenship, Literature
PHILIPPINES
intellectual literary and building, lifelong learning and
information sources” enlightenment

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 NCCA AGENCY MANDATE FUNCTION ART FORMS INVOLVED
NATIONAL ARCIVES OF THE Stipulating the relinquishments of To guard and preserve
Literature
PHILIPPINES cession of documents documents
Undertaking, coordinating, and
promoting researches for the
KOMISYON SA WIKANG To promote and develop our
development, propagation, and Literature
FILIPINO national language
preservation of Filipino and other
Philippine Language

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