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LESSON 3: SCULPTURE AND OTHER FORMS OF
VISUAL ARTS
WHAT’S IN
Activity 1. Review
Give the forms and themes of Sculptures
FORMS OF PAINTING THEMES OF PAINTING
WHAT IS IT
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. It is
one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving and
modelling; in stones, metals, ceramics, woods and other materials but, since
Modernism, there has been an almost complete freedom of materials and process. In
contrast to painting, sculpture has three dimensions – height, width, and depth. It is
created by either carving, modelling, or assembling parts together.
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GENERAL KINDS OF SCULPTURE:
This is a kind of sculpture that can independently stand in
space. It has a flat horizontal base. All its sides
contribute to the overall form of the sculpture.
Relief
This kind of sculpture does not have a flat horizontal base.
The form is projected from a flat surface. There are two types
of relief – low relief or bas-relief which is slightly from the flat
surface; and high relief. Cagayan de Oro’s Legendary
River Monster is an example of relief sculpture.
Assemblage
This sculpture is formed by putting together materials such as
found objects, pieces of paper, sponges, wood scraps, and other
materials. A good example of this is Lamberto Hechanova’s Man
and Woman.
Kinetic Sculpture
This is considered as a sculpture in motion because the
entire sculpture or some parts of the sculpture are
moving with the wind or are vibrating with
the surrounding air.
Welded Sculptures
Creating these sculptures involve the process of
connecting sheets of metal together by using an
acetylene or electric torch.
Use of Glass
A kind of sculpture where the medium of expression used by the artist
is glass.
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Symbolic Sculpture
It is a kind of sculpture in which an abstract idea is
represented by means of allegory and personification.
OTHER FORMS OF VISUAL ART:
Aside from painting and sculpture, other visual forms can be seen in every region in the
country. Some of them are even used by people on a regular basis. The following are some of
the visual arts used by various companies and offices:
Advertising Art
This refers to using paid space or time in any of the media to
inform and influence the public. This is used to encourage the
public to patronage certain goods and services, or to support
policies or persons.
Bamboo Art
This refers to works made of bamboo that may be
used for everyday purposes, for decorations or
ornaments.
Basketry
This refers to the art of creating containers by weaving,
plaiting, or braiding materials into hollow three-
dimensional shapes that can either be used for carrying,
storage and trapping animals.
Book Design
Book design involves structuring and reproduction of bound pages that are filled with text and
or images, and are protected by hard or soft covers.
Costumes
These are garments, hairstyles, and accessories that are worn by individual members in a
particular society.
Embroidery
This refers to the art of stitching ornaments on cloth by hand.
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Food Art
This involves packaging and / or presentation of food in
an artistic way. Food art involves enhancing the food itself
or its packaging in an artistic way.
Furniture
These are decorative and functional objects which are typically found in a public or private
dwelling or building. These are also known as muebles or kasangkapan.
Komiks and Editorial Cartoon
Both komiks and editorial cartoon involve illustrations of stories or events. However, an
editorial cartoon is a single-frame illustration that may either makes fun of political leaders or
institutions, or comments on current events. The komiks, on the other hand, may use single
or multiple frames with conversations of people or animals placed inside “balloons”.
Leaf Art
Leaf art is used in religious rituals, food wrapping, and even as a
form of modern artistic expression. This makes leaf art different
from basketry.
Mat Weaving
This refers to the art of “plaiting strips of organic fibers into mats”. These mats, locally known
as banig, are cool, light, and portable compared to fixed beds.
Metalcraft
This includes all objects made from metal using the processes of brass casting and
blacksmithing, tinsmithing, or goldsmithing and silversmithing.
Brass casting and blacksmithing
This process involves casting and forging pieces of brass or bronze.
Anting-anting or amulets are also created using this process.
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Goldsmithing and silversmithing
These processes involves the use of gold and silver in creating
objects and ornaments.
Tinsmithing
Tinsmithing can be easily seen in creating jeepneys, kalesas, and
cariton or ice cream cart.
Multimedia
This consist of works that involves the use of other senses in appreciating those works aside
from the sense of vision.
Conceptual Art
In this type of multimedia, a visual artist “ideates or sets up a situation,
placing philosophical value in the process itself while negating the importance
of craftsmanship in arriving at a finished art object.
Installation Art
In this type of multimedia, the artist puts together materials and objects
in an exhibition space to cast a new experience or idea.
Performance Art
In this type of multimedia, an artist converts himself or herself into
an art object in motion and sound.
Paper Art
This involves the processes of cutting, pasting, recycling, and / or
constructing of objects from paper. Paper art used to be limited
with folk paper art such as taka and higante from Angono, parol,
pastillas, wrappings, and kites.
Personal Ornaments
These are objects that are worn on the human body. Jewelry falls under this form. These are
worn either to enhance a part of the body of the wearer, to exhibit rank or status, or to
symbolize ritualistic and emotional states.
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Photograph
This refers to the process of producing images using a light-sensitive chemical plate or film.
Photographs are taken to serve as portraits and as propaganda which is highly useful medium
for an artist.
Pottery
Pottery is a general term for decorative and useful objects
made from clay and set off at high temperatures. This is
frequently interchanged with “ceramics”. However, it is important
to note that application of ceramics is wider and even includes
industrial use.
Earthenware or Terracotta
This type of pottery is made from clay and is usually fired at
1,700-2,100 ᵒF.
Stoneware
This type of pottery is made from clay and feldspar.
Porcelain
This type of pottery is made from kaolin, a special type of clay that
is extra fine, white and feldspar.
Printmaking
This refers to transferring images from a firm surface, such as metal or wood , to a pliable
surface, such as cloth or paper, using pressure. This is different from production
because printmaking involves making the plate either by hand (of the artist) or mixed with
mechanical means.
Tattoo Art
This refers to a body adornment permanently engraved on the
skin using a sharp instrument and plant dyes or inks.
Textile Weaving
This refers to the process of creating cloth by interweaving a
series of parallel vertical threads with another series of
horizontal threads at right angles.
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WHAT’S MORE
Activity 2. Test your knowledge
Read the statements carefully. Identify what is being described in the statement.
Write your answers on the space provided..
1. This body adornment involves putting plant dyes into the skin through the use
of a sharp instrument.
a. Leaf art c. Textile weaving b.
Tattoo art d. Multimedia
2. This kind of sculpture stands independently and has a flat base.
a. Free standing c. Assemblage
b. Relief d. Use of glass
3. This form of visual arts refers to the way food is packaged and / or presented in
an artistic way.
a. Tattoo art c. Food art
b. Printmaking d. Costumes
4. This contemporary type of sculpture involves placing together materials such
as found objects, pieces of paper, sponges, wood scraps, and other materials.
a. Assemblage c. Performance art b.
Advertising art d. Installation art
5. This refers to the process of producing images using a light-sensitive chemical
plate or film.
a. Symbolic sculpture c. Bamboo art
b. Kinetic sculpture d. Photography
6. This is defined as a sculpture with its form projecting slightly from the flat
surface.
a. Conceptual art c. Relief
b. Pottery d. Photography
7. This form of visual arts involves braiding, plaiting, or weaving materials to
create hollow three-dimensional containers that can either be used for carrying,
storage, and trapping animals.
a. Basketry c. Printmaking
b. Textile weaving d. Personal ornaments
8. This is also known as a sculpture in motion.
a. Tattoo art c. Furniture
b. Metal craft d. Kinetic sculpture
9. This type of pottery is made from kaolin, a special type of clay that is extra fine
and white, and feldspar.
a. Stoneware c. Earthenware or Terracotta b.
Porcelain d. Ceramics
10. An example of this form of visual arts is the use of coconut leaves in wrapping
cooked rice.
a. Bamboo art c. Leaf art
b. Book design d. Metal craft
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Activity 3. Matching artworks
Match the artworks in column A with the corresponding form of visual arts in column B.
Column A Column B
1. Anting-anting A. Advertising art
2. Basey mat B. Bamboo art
3. Billboard showing C. Food art
a canned tuna product D. Mat weaving
4. Earrings E. Metalcraft
5. Kiping chandeliers F. Paper art
6. Lakub from Lanao G. Personal ornaments
7. Sapin-sapin H. Pottery
8. T’ nalak I. Sculpture
9. Kites J. Textile making
10. Terracotta jars
Activity 4: Your Turn
Fill in the Grid with what is asked
Forms/themes of Sculpture Regions in the Philippines
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED
WHAT HAVE YOU DISVOVRED FROM
THE LESSON?
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Key points to remember:
These are kinds of sculpture:
Free-standing
Relief
Assemblage
Kinetic sculpture
Welded sculptures
Use of Glass
Symbolic Sculpture
Advertising art
Bamboo art
Basketry
Book design
Costumes
Embroidery
Food art
Furniture
Komiks and Editorial cartoon
Leaf art
Mat weaving
Metalcraft
Multimedia
Paper art
Personal ornaments
Photography
Pottery
Printmaking
Tattoo art
Textile weaving
Sculpture is created by either carving, modeling, or assembling parts together.
What can I do
Activity 5. My Own Sculpture
Create your own sculpture. In making your sculpture, you can use objects or
materials found in your surroundings which you think helpful for making your desired
output (e.g. Soap for carving).
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RUBRICS:
CRITERIA 4 3 2 1
DESIGN The design is The design is It has an The design is
well thought thought out. appropriate not well
out. sizze and thought out.
shape but the
arrangement
is not very
attractive.
CREATIVITY Model is Model is Model is Model is not
original and original. original in original at
unique. some part. all.
EFFORT There is There is There is There is
evidence that evidence that evidence that evidence
the student the student the student that the
worked very worked very showed some student
hard on all hard most of effort. showed
aspcets the time. little effort.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY
After doing these activities, I have realized that
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Curriculum Guide
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