ART Module - Lesson 2 Q2
ART Module - Lesson 2 Q2
Discusses the concept that technology is an effective and vibrant tool for empowering a person to express
his/her ideas, goals, and advocacies, which elicits immediate action. (A10PL-IIh-1);
Explains the role or function of artworks by evaluating their utilization and combination of art elements
and principles. (A10PL-IIh-2);
Uses artworks to derive the traditions/history of a community (e.g. landscape, images of people at work
and play, portraits studies, etc.). (A10PL-IIh-3); and
Compares the characteristics of artworks in the 21st century. (A10PL-IIh-4)
LESSON 1
Modern Technology: Its Role and Function on Artworks
LESSON 2
Characteristics of the 21st Century Artworks
Art is a form of expression. It is a medium of communication that an artist uses to convey messages. In
Lesson 2, you learned that artworks reflect the history, culture, and development of people. These valuable
artworks are tools for better understanding of the past, and for the present to continue on with its development
and progress.
One product of development in artwork is the application of technology. Artworks in the 21st century
evolve from the traditional ways to a more technology-based arts. In this module you will be identifying the
different characteristics of 21st century artworks such as technology-based arts.
The beginning of the 21st century has expanded the world of artists as they are taking advantage of
endless options technology can offer them. On the other hand, younger generations are more engaged in arts
because they can create their own artworks using technologies that are more interactive.
The rise of technology-based arts like digital arts using desktop PC, laptops, phones, and tablets has
created new styles and expressions. In fact, you can be a digital artist in your own simple way by editing using
your phone. Just so, you are already creating your own style of manipulating and producing an artwork.
PROCESS
Artists of different generations have one thing in common and that is to express their personal
experiences, beliefs and to make a change. However, from generation to generation, the processes or ways of
creating artworks totally differ. Artists of the Classical Period produced masterpieces using materials that were
available at that specific time like paints from natural materials. But with the advancement of technology, artists
in the 21st century developed new processes of creating art compositions. The integration of technology became
so popular and a new norm of “do-it-yourself artworks” has invaded the mainstream of arts. Desktop computers,
laptops, and smartphone have emerged as powerful tools over paints and brushes in making artworks.
THEMES AND STYLES
The 21st century era of art is a period of free forms and styles which is characterized by experts as the
time of art without uniformity in principle or ideology. Artists drew their subjects from the day-to-day events. An
artist can create a masterpiece just simply observing this around him. These artworks are reflections of society
and culture, politics, science, and technology, etc. Therefore, it does not have a single point of view and make
audience think outside of the box. It so interdisciplinary that you need to understand other fields to point out
exactly what the artist wanted to give you.
VISUAL ARTS
Visual arts are basically art forms which are visual in nature, like drawing, painting, design, photography,
videography, architecture, and movie making. During the 20th century, visual arts were only used to describe
fine arts like sculpture and paintings. But today’s usage, they also include applied arts such as the forms. Image
and media are the two distinct elements of visual arts. Artists use these to send messages and to create
communications about specific subjects such as gender, human rights, political beliefs and ideology, culture,
poverty, and other contemporary issues. Furthermore, the emergence of technology gave the rise of computer
arts or digital arts. Computer arts, together with film making, became the mainstream of art that it expanded to a
very vast discipline. People have new ways of appreciating and looking at arts in a different perspective.
Some Artworks of the 21st Century….
Julie Mehretu's Dispersion, 2002 Olafur Eliasson: The Weather Project (2003)