CONTEMPORARY

ARTS
 Contemporary Arts
Things to remember:

Art is a part of the bigger part of discipline.

Humanities: Study of human experience such as:

Beliefs
Thoughts
Desires
Views
Humanities coexist with other branch of discipline such as
science.

Humanities deals with the expression of internal world of

a person. It include human emotion, dreams and
aspiration.
 Contemporary Arts
Arts that are valued and created in the modern
times or present day such as todays generation.

It dates back from the middle to the late 20th

century up to present.

Creating new at the time modernism.

The idea of Less is More.

Created by the artist living in the post modern age.

 Contemporary Arts
Globally Diverse and Technology Oriented.

It gives people time to reflect and response to the

contemporary issues themselves in the world.
Ex: Wars, Poverty, Global warming and Etc.

Combination of mix styles, materials, techniques

and concepts.

it has gone mainstream. (with the use of internet.)

Contemporary Vs. Modern Art
Modern art is similar to Contemporary Arts.
Similar in so many ways.
Different in time period.
Modern art emerge from 1800s and continue to grow for
more or less a century.
It gave birth to postmodernism.
Postmodernism gave birth to Contemporary art.

Modern Art: Styles and Techniques

Contemporary Arts: with the times (con tempo) Arts of
the present times.
Both art used modern issues.
Still life, an ordinary daily activities or far
more serious social issues.
Ex: human trafficking or war

Most popular contemporary subjects are

feminism, globalization, migration and
environmental concerns.
Both have never-ending originality
form of art which cannot easily classify.
 Integrative Art
Different art categories can be melded together to
produce an integrated or combined arts.

Crossbreeding or Hybrid Art.

Consist of ideas and practices from different

branches of learning.

Example: Legends of the classics

 SUBJECT OF ART
Certain methods of presenting
arts are employed in order for it
to be effective.
In presenting his subject, the
artists uses different methods to
express the idea he wants to make
clear.
Methods in presenting art
subjects
Realism

Abstraction

Symbolism

Non Objectivism
 Realism
It is the attempt to portray the subject as is. The
artist selects, changes, and arranges details to
express the idea he wants to make clear.

The artist main function is to describe accurately

what is observed through the senses.
Examples of realism ARTS

Giora Eshkol (Daydreaming)

Willem Claesz Heda (Banquet Piece with Mince Pie)
 abstract
It means to move away or separate. Abstract art
moves away from showing things as they really are.

The art work is not realistic.

 Types of abstract art
Distortion. The subject is in misshaped condition.

Elongation. The subject is lengthened for

protraction or extension.

Mangling, Subjects are either cut, lacerated,

mutilated or hacked.

Cubism. Subjects are shown in basic geometrical

shapes.
 Samples of abstract art

Mary Capan (Title Unknown)

Vincent van Gogh (Starry Night)
 symbolism
The presentation of
an invisible sign such
as an idea or a quality
into something
visible.

Author Unknown (Memento Mori)

 Non-Objectivism
No subject at all.

Just an interplay of
pure elements like
line, shape or colour.
The Elements
and Principles of
Art Design
 What Are They?
Elements of design are the parts.
They structure and carry the work.

Principles of design are concepts.

They affect content and message.
 Elements of Design
Line

Form

Space

Texture

Shape

Color

Value
Line

Strokes that show motion and connect two points. May be

vertical, horizontal or diagonal, curved, straight, zigzag, or show
emotion.
Form

Shows an object in space, the mass or positive space it occupies.

The term usually used when describing 3-D objects.
Space

What is between objects, also known as negative space.

Texture

The feel, real or implied, on an object or its surface.

Shape

Area enclosed when both sides of a line meet. Shapes can be

geometric or organic.
Color

Hue. May be complimentary, analogous, primary, secondary,

tertiary, or part of a color wheel.
Value

The lightness of darkness of an object or color. Often used with

drawings.
 Principles of Design
Emphasis

Movement

Unity

Rhythm

Contrast

Variety
Emphasis

When one area in a work of art stands out more than another. The
part that catches your attention first.
Movement

The motion created in a work of art. Often uses the principle of

rhythm to achieve this.
Unity

The feeling of wholeness or the parts belonging together.

Rhythm

The repetition of lines, shapes, or colors to create a feeling of

movement.
Contrast

A difference created when elements are placed next to each other

in a work of art.
Variety

The use of different lines, shapes, and colors in a piece of work.

 FORM, CONTENT and CONTEXT
FORM
Is a surface feature of an artwork.
in visual arts, forms can either two dimensional similar
to sculpture, architecture and the like.
In music, form pertains to the structure of musical
composition.
Example: Serenade, opera, rhapsody and others.
In Literature, ranging from prose, drama, to poetry.
Theater has four basic forms: Tragedy, Comedy, drama
and Melodrama.
Embodiment of the work.
 FORM, CONTENT and CONTEXT
Content
Contains subject matter that carries the message.
It is the substance of the art work.
Evident in visual, literary, and theater arts.
It is not visible in music because music is the most
abstract of the arts.
In music it refers to the principal and recognizable
melody of the composition. something that is stated,
developed and repeated in the duration of the piece.