CONTEMPORARY PAINTING

Fine Arts The Artist as Selective Eye

- The Fine arts consist of - “Illusion of reality” is created
architecture, sculpture, and by elimination of details that
painting. Some fine arts are in the eye might see.
two dimensions where the - The artist has the unique and
material or medium is applied discerning ability to choose
to a flat surface to create an and focus on specific details
image. This is usually hung on around them.
the wall, as in the case of - Artist has special skill in
painting. picking out and highlighting
what they find
PAINTING interesting/meaningful in their
Practice of applying paint, art, helping viewers see the
pigment, color or other medium world through their creative
Painting is the expression of ideas perspective
and emotions with the creation of
certain aesthetic qualities in a 2D
visual language

BROAD STYLES IN PAINTING

a. Objective Accuracy
Realism The Laughter- Felix Catarata
- A style that attempts to
accurately represent what we b. Formal Order
see in the world around us. - Associated with stability and
permanence
QUALITIES:
Intellectual order
- This style is visible in CUBISM.
- This is a technique where an
intellectual method of
analyzing forms is employed
Mangingisda ng Aplaya by the painter
by Bianca Sara De Ridder

The Artist as Detached

Observer
- The artwork seems to have
been made by a reporter.
- Observation of the subject Vicente Manansala
matter as if taken by a candid
camera. Biomorphic order
- The artist represents reality
without revealing his/her
identity.
 Examples: Myth, Dreams and
Aesthetic order Hallucinations, Scientific Fantasy
- More applicable to sculpture
and architecture.
- Prioritizes visual beauty.

c. Emotion
Romanticism
- A style portraying themes of
feelings, romance etc.

Romanticism- in relation to love

Anxiety and despair -
disappointment, chaos, bitterness
(dark colors)
Joy and celebration- energy and
movement (sparkling and fresh
colors)

By: Vivien Szaniszló

d. Fantasy
- A style that depicts variety of
possibilities or even new
worlds they have not seen
before or will never exist in the
real world.
- Illusionism is employed to
create fantastic
images/substitute real images.
- Surrealism and Futurism
 MUSIC
- Music has been a constant Contemporary music takes
presence in the lives of human advantage of the technological
beings even in the distant past development of the era.
Any style of music that is current
or modern, addressing current
issues in a manner that is
appealing to the current
audience.

ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
Rhythm
An artist's rendition of the conch of Marsoulas
being played in a cave where it was found by - Element of "TIME" in music.
researchers in the early 20th Century. When you tap your foot to the
music, you are "keeping the
- As time progressed, music beat" or following the
evolved. structural rhythmic pulse of
the music.
What is Trot?
Trot is Korea’s Strength. Melody
- The LINEAR/HORIZONTAL
Sound vs. Music presentation of pitch (the word
SOUND used to describe the highness
- is a vibration that travels or lowness of a musical sound).
through a medium, such as air,
and can be heard when it Harmony
reaches a person's ear. Sound - It is the VERTICALIZATION of
can be produced by many pitch.
sources, including humans, - Thought of as the art of
animals, and machines. combining pitches into chords
(several notes played
MUSIC simultaneously as a "block")
- a form of organized sound. It is
typically characterized by a Texture
regular pattern of rhythms, - Whether the music is
melodies, and harmonies, and conceived in terms of melodic
is created with the intention of lines or in a sense of
being aesthetically pleasing. simultaneous sounds or
Music is often created using chords.
musical instruments, such as a
guitar or piano, or by the ASPECTS OF MUSIC
human voice. APPRECIATION
Music educator Richard Abeles
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC (in Bautista, 2007:9) suggests
Compositions that have adopted three aspects of music
ideas and elements from appreciation namely: form,
twentieth century art music in the context and expression.
West, as well as the latest trends
and musical styles in the
entertainment industry.
a. Form
- Musical elements in the song

Guide Questions:
What are the dominant elements?
How are these used in the musical
piece
What instruments are used?
How does the use of these
instruments enhance the beauty
of the music?

b. Context
- Events surrounding the song

Guide Questions:
What the singer’s perception of
life and mankind as expressed in
the musical piece?
What human character is revealed
in the musical piece?

c. Expression
- Meaning of the song

Guide Questions:
What message is the composer
trying to convey?
What values are held by the
singer?
What attitudes and ideas does the
song elicit?

“WHERE WORDS FAIL,

MUSIC SPEAKS”
- Hans Christian Andersen
 CONTEMPORARY DANCE stage and other details of
- Involves rhythmic body dance.
movement within a given - Proper body alignment and
space, choreographed based posture are essential to
on a musical beat. dancers as it makes them
- Expression of idea or emotion, appear more elegant and
releasing energy, or simply confident
taking delight in music and e.g. Pointing toes, back straight,
dance movement itself. arm placement is not sloppy,
moves are executed smoothly.
CONTEMPORARY
DANCING STYLES c. Performing Skills
1. Disco Dancing - Aspects that set dancing
- Consists of steps and moves apart from mechanical
performed in time to the beat movement.
of disco music. - Our attention is drawn to the
- Elements of disco dance dancer who is using a range
include side-stepping in of performance skills
between bigger moves, raising effectively, because they
your arms overhead, large hip stand out from the rest.
and pelvic movements, and
twisting your hands in time to d. Rhythm or Tempo
the beat. - It is staying on count and with
the beats of the music.
2. Hip Hop - When an individual moves in
- Street dance styles primarily response to a particular
performed to hip-hop music or rhythm or music.
that have evolved as part of
hip-hop culture. Forms of dance may vary across
Styles: breaking, locking, and cultures, but dance as a whole is
popping which were created in universal because most human
the 1970s and made popular by movement is universal.
dance crews in the United States.
Another way that dance unites
ASPECTS OF DANCE people is through the interactions
APPRECIATION that happen in partner dances. In
a. Knowledge of these types of dances, the
Choreography dancers (usually the leads) have
- Mastery of the dance itself. It to use non-verbal signals in order
refers to the memory of the to tell their partner what moves to
routine and execution of the do.
moves looks true to the
moves that were
choreographed.

b. Technical Skills
- Quality of one’s performance
based from his movement,
body position, placement on
  Bayanihan Remembered
(1987)

3 Big Names in Philippine

Dance
1. ALICE GARCIA REYES
As a dancer, choreographer, 2. LISA MACUJA-ELIZALDE
teacher, and director, she has Lisa Teresita Pacheco Macuja-
made a lasting impact on the Elizalde was born on October 3,
development and promotion of 1964 and is a Filipino prima
contemporary dance in the ballerina. In 1984, she broke
Philippines. Her dance legacy is barriers for Fillipino dancers by
evident in the dance companies, becoming the first soloist
teachers, choreographers and the foreigner to join the Kirov ballet in
exciting Filipino modern dance Saint Petersburg, Russia. Not only
repertoire of our country today. did she dance in foreign countries
but she also brought the art of
Perhaps the biggest contribution ballet to her people and her
of Alice Reyes to Philippine dance people to the ballet.
is the development of a distinctly
Filipino modern dance idiom. After graduating at the top of her
Utilizing inherently Filipino class in 1984, she became the
materials and subject matters first foreigner to be invited to join
expressed through a combination as soloist the historic Kirov Ballet.
of movements and styles from While there, she debuted as
Philippine indigenous dance, principal ballerina in full-length
modern dance and classical ballet productions of The Nutcracker,
she has successfully created a Don Quixote, and Giselle at the
contemporary dance language Mariinsky Theater.
that is uniquely Filipino.
In 1988 she became a principal
By introducing the first modern dancer of the Philippine Ballet
dance concert at the CCP Main Theatre. As an international guest
Theater on February 1970 artist, she has performed principal
featuring an all contemporary roles with foreign companies in
dance repertoire and by various full-length performances
promoting it successfully to a in Russia, the United States,
wide audience, she initiated the Cuba, Mexico, Japan, South Korea,
popularization of modern dance in Malaysia, Singapore, Lithuania,
the country. Latvia, Ukraine, Georgia and
Armenia. In 1995, she established
 Among her major works: her own company, Ballet Manila.
 Amada (1969
 At a Maranaw On July 2012, Senator Miriam
Gathering (1970) Defensor-Santiago urged
 Itim-Asu (1971) President Benigno Aquino III to
 Tales of the Manuvu (1977) confer on prima ballerina Lisa
 Rama Hari (1980) Macuja-Elizalde the title of
National Artist for Dance.
"Lisa is hailed as the 'ballerina of
the people.' No Filipina ballerina
has yet surpassed the recognition
and pride Lisa Macuja-Elizalde has
brought to the Philippines. She is
the embodiment of talent,
creativity and imagination,
technical proficiency of the 3. DOUGLAS NIERRAS
highest order, grace, and The founder, artistic director, and
humanity that makes her worthy choreographer of Douglas Nierras
of the title of National Artist," Powerdance. Creatively involved
Santiago said. in dance over four decades, His
present choreographic and
In December 2015, she was teaching style is the distillation of
accepted as a Member of the influences from the various
International Dance Council CID at companies he became a part of
UNESCO, the official world-wide as well as academic training in
organization for dance. In May dance pedagogy, both here and
2016, she was recognized with abroad.
the Filipino Woman of
International Distinction Award by Douglas Nierras Powerdance has
the National Federation of represented the country on
Women’s Club of the Philippines. several occasions including the
In August 2016, Lisa became the “FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE
first Filipina artist to sit as a JAZZ DE MEXICO” (1990)
member of the jury in the Pre- ASEAN FESTIVAL SONGS” in
Competitive division of Asian Singapore (1989-94)
Grand Prix (AGP) Ballet THE EAST MEETS WEST Economic
Competition in Hong Kong. In July Summit (1995), and as the finale
2017, Lisa served as a jury performers for the “ASIA DANCE
member in the 2nd International FESTIVAL” in Tokyo (1996).
Scholarship Korea Ballet
Competition Seoul, South Korea.
As an arts educator and advocate,
she has also received multiple
trophies from the Catholic Mass
Media Awards, the KBP Golden
Dove Awards, and Gawad
Tanglaw, for her groundbreaking
art and culture talk show.
 - Meaning and main idea from
the play
- The theme is the philosophy
that forms the base of the
story or a lesson that the
characters learn. It is the
message that the play gives to
Theater and Performance the audience.
Arts, and the Art of Film
Theater Arts
Theater - derived from the Greek Language or Diction
theaomai, "to see" - Language is used to depart
information, reveal characters,
Art concerned with live characterize, direct attention,
performances in which the action reveal themes and ideas,
is precisely planned to create a establish mood.
coherent and significant sense of - Diction is the expression of
drama. meaning through the use of
words. These should be
It is a collaborative form of fine appropriate to the role of the
art that uses live performers, character.
typically actors or actresses, to
present the experience of a real Song or Music
or imagined event before a live - Use of sounds and rhythm in
audience in a specific place, often dialogs as well as music
a stage. compositions that are used in
the plays.
Elements of Theatrical - If the scenes are accompanied
Performance by pieces of music, they
Plot become more effective on the
- Arrangement of events which audiences.
has a beginning, middle and
end Spectacle
- The plot is the story that the - Visual elements of a play: sets,
play narrates. costumes, special effects, etc.
- The plot is the story that the Spectacle is everything that
play narrates. the audience sees as they
- watch the play.
Characters
- The people (sometimes Director
animals or ideas) portrayed by - Directors bring a unique vision
the actors in the play. It is the to a production and coordinate
characters who move the everything from performances,
action, or plot, of the play stage design, blocking, sound
forward. production, lighting and more
- Protagonist and antagonist in order to meld everything
together into that cohesive
Theme vision.
 Proscenium Stage
- Stages have an architectural
frame, known as the
proscenium arch, although not
always arched in shape.
- They are known as proscenium
arch theatres and often include
an orchestra pit for live music
and a fly tower for the
movement of scenery and
lighting.

Thrust Stage
- ‘Thrust’ into the auditorium
with the audience sitting on
three sides.
Playwrights - Such stages are often used to
- Also known as writers, increase intimacy between
dramatists, or script writers, actors and the audience.
write the story for theatrical
productions.
- They write the words that the
characters speak next to or
under each character's name.

Theaters in-the-round
- These have a central
performance area enclosed by
the audience on all sides.
- The arrangement is rarely
‘round’: more usually the
Theatre Space seating is in a square or
- A space where a performance polygonal formation.
takes place, in effect a large
machine in the form of a
building that is specialized for
presenting performances.

BASIC TYPES OF STAGE

 music, acting, and a whole
host of other talents, skills, and
abilities from talented
individuals.

Film Appreciation: Typology in

Arena theaters Cinematic Forms
- Large scale auditoria and have Visual Component
a central stage area with - Physical aspects of the film
audiences on all sides.
- Stage area is rectangular, Things to be considered:
more like a sports arena, with - Texture
tiered seating. - Shape
- Size
- Focus
- Light
- Color
- Space

Found Stage
- Also referred to as a found Dramatic Component
space or profile theater, found - Over-all performance of the
stages are non-theatrical areas film as regards to its
that are converted into theater characters and the
spaces. representation of the problems
- These stages typically place or conflict within the film itself.
audiences on risers facing the
“stage.” Things to be considered:
- Sound
- Language
- Editing
- Movements
- Time

Literary Component
- Over-all impact as regards to
its literary elements and
techniques used to tell the
story or narrative in the film.

The Art of Film Things to be considered:

Film - Object
- Most advanced form of art so - Place
far created by man. - Event
- Movies are the highest art from - Sequence
because it takes writing, story, - Plot
photography, drawing, - Symbol
painting, concept art, - Texture
animation, visual effects, - Shape
- Size prevalent belief that traditional
- Focus photographs accurately depict
- Light reality. It depicts the truth and
- Color relies on both the indexicality
- Space and visual accuracy of
photographs.
Contemporary Photography
- Contemporary photography is - The concepts of truth and
a modern style of shooting in reality in photography
which traditional rules of encourage investigation and
photography are bent and critical thinking amongst fine
broken. It developed around art photographers.
the 1970’s and is still quite
popular today. Photographic Alterations
- Photography can also offer an
- Images do not have to be illusion and this challenges the
pleasing to eye, but rather tell standpoint of fidelity of
a story or carry a message that appearance.
needs to be interpreted by the
viewer.
- One goal of contemporary - Photographic devices can be
photography is to elicit a used for entertainment,
response or reaction from the documentation, reporting but
viewer rather than to as these devices offer instant
encourage simple observation. technology that can convert
and edit images at one touch.
Types of Photography Hence, what is natural
Nature Photography becomes an interpretation that
- Nature photography refers to a can hide whatever the
wide range of photography photographer wishes to
taken outdoors and devoted to conceal, and add what is
displaying natural elements desired to be present, even
such as landscapes, wildlife, when it is actually not.
plants, and close-ups of natural
scenes and textures. Mobile Photography
- Mobile photography is taking
- The goal of a nature pictures using cellphone
photographer is to photograph camera a mobile phone.
his subject with the least Depending on the quality and
amount of disruption to the image resolution, photos can
subject’s environment. The be printed as big as 8"x10".
photographer should not cause
destruction, harming the flora - However, if it is printed bigger,
or fauna, in his attempt to the photograph looks blurry
photograph his subject and pixelated because of the
limited image resolution.
Photography and Reality
- Truth claim, in photography, is Photojournalism
a term used to describe the
- As the name suggests, this
type of photo is used in
journalism. There are photos
that accompany narratives in
the newspapers, magazines,
and digital media to give the
reader a view of persons,
places, and event.

e.g. Photo of Cheryl Diaz that

garnered first place on the "Eyes
of History" contests by The White
House News Photographers
Association (WHNPA)