ART Elements of Visual Art

➔ Expression/application of human • Line

creative skills, imagination, and • Shape
skills that produce product/work to
• Form
be appreciated for
• Space
beauty/emotional power.
• Modern (1870-1960/70) • Texture
 Indudtrial period • Value
 Experimentation and • Color
abstraction
 Change of approach and 1. Form
techniques  Shape including its
• Contemporary(1960/70-present) volume/perceived volume
 Experiment on materials  3D AW has depth, width,
Forms of Art height (sculpture)
 2D AW illusion of form using
1. Visual Art perspective/shading
 use of visual  Formalism= analysis of
environment/perception works by form/shape in art
 Showcase beauty of artwork history and acheology
using sight  3 ways of form:
 Drawing, painting, sculpture, a. Molded=Added
architecture, decorative b. Carved=Subtracted
2. Performing Arts c. Constructed=Built
 Uses body movements,
facial expressions, and voice 2. Line (“strokes” in digi wrld)
to portray and express  Marks that span a distance
artwork b/w 2 points (path of moving
 Dance, music, theater point)
3. Media Arts  Use various marks, outlines,
 created by new media implied lines
technology and machines  Has width, direction, length
 TV and radio production,  Width=thickness
digital art, computer An untitled work by
graphics, computer Jean-Michel Baquiat
animation, visual art, internet
art, interactive art, video
games, computer robotics,
3D printing
4. Applied Art
 “to put into action”
 Functional objects that are
creatively designed for
aesthetic and function
  Lines are drawn
 Types of lines and purpose
a. Curve Lines
= Comfort, ease
Wheat field w/
cypresses (1889) by
Vincent Van Gogh
b. Horizontal Lines
= Distance, calmness
Sea scape (1984) by
Martino Abellana
c. Vertical Lines 4. Space
= Height, strength  Area provides particular
The storm on the sea purpose
of galilee (1633) by  Distance/area around, b/w -,
Rembrandt van Rijn w/I things
d. Jagged Lines  Background, foreground,
= Turmoil, anxiety middle ground
Gulf stream (1889) by
Winslow homer

3. Color
 Produced when light, striking  2 kinds of space
an object is reflected back to a. Negative space
eye = area b/w, around,
 Strongest effect on emotions through or w/I object
of art b. Positive space
 Creates mood and = areas accupie by
atmosphere object
 “All color for light except that
color” 5. Texture
 3 properties of color  How something feels/look
a. Hue  Smooth, bumpy, hard, light,
= name given to color clear, rough, etc.
(red, blue, etc.)  2 kinds of texture
b. Intensity/saturation a. Optical = skillful
= vividness of color manipulation and
c. Value painting technique to
= lightness and darkness create illusion of texture
of color b. Physical = can be felt by
= shade- adding black touch (brush strokes,
= tints- adding white natural texture like sand,
wood, cloth, rust)
Color Theory Quantities of Colors
1. Hue
“study how color work together and
 Name of color/identifiable
how they affect our emotions and colors inside color wheel
perceptions (toolbox of an artist)”  Primary to tertiary
Color  Red, orange, yellow, green,
blue, violet, pink
= aspect appearance of object and light 2. Saturation (Intensity/chroma)
source (hue, lightness, saturation,  Vibrancy of colors
objects)  Desaturated color = dull
 Saturated color =
Light objects deflect that our eyes can
bright/vibrant
detect
*saturated > hue > desaturated
= visible light spectrum
3. Value
Selections of the color wheel  Darkness/lightness
 Shade (color + black)
 Tone (color + grey)
 Tint (color + white)

Additive and Subtractive Theory

Additive/light Subtractive/pigment
* black radiates * black absorb most
no light light
* White (sun) *white reflects most
radiates all light
* red green (g) * absorb light and
blue (b) reflect only the
*primary mix frequency of pigment
together = white color
* TV, theater * All colors other than
lighting pigment color are
computer absorb
monitors, video * cyan © Magenta
production (M) Yellow (Y) Black
(K)
* printing, painting
Meaning of Colors • Black
- Power
• RED
- Mystery
- Love
- Create necessary negative
- Energy
space
- Appetite
• White
- Power
- Safety
- Passion
- Innocence
- Encourage action
- Streamline
• Orange Color Harmony
- Youth
➔ Uses geometric rs to identify
- Friendship
harmonious color combination
- Innovation
➔ Found in color wheel (places
- Joy
primary, secondary, tertiary in
- Enthusiasm
rainbow order)
- For positive message
Color Schemes
• Yellow
1. Monochromatic
- Warmth
 Only one base color/hue
- Optimism
with only tints, tones or
- Happiness
shades being altered
- Intellect
Subflower (187)
- Wary of overuse
Vincent Van Gogh

• Green
- Food
2. Complementary
- Nature
 Combines 2 opposite colors
- Wealth
Orange on Blues
- Growth/ambition
(2016) Clare Bowen
- Sense of brand in the rise

• Blue
3. Split Complementary
- Thrust  Colors adjacent to
- Technology complementary
- Tranquility
- Lighter shade= peace
- Darker shade=confidence
• Purple
- Wisdom
- Royalty
- Creativity
- Luxury
 4. Triadic Harmony Forms of Painting
 Pairs of color w/ 2 hues
spaces each side of
complement 1. Easel Painting
 Evenly space out ➔ Most common
Marilyn Monroe ➔ Applying color to board/canvas
(1967) Andy Warhol fixed on an upright support
(easel)
➔ Meant to be framed and hanged
5. Analogous/Releted on the wall
 Combining key color w/ Fernando Amorsolo
adjacent in color wheel = studio b4 he died
 Produces calming and
comfortable colors
Starry Night (1889) 2. Murals
Vincent Van Gogh ➔ Huge wall size paintings
➔ Large painting done on surface
of wall
HINTS for painting ➔ 1980s artist believed it should
impart message (social
* Inspiration/subject
awareness) and to prevent form
* mood/emotion being erased they created
“portable mural” made by using
* context
bold strokes and bright colors
* color wheel on cheesecloth/canvas
Tomb of King
* draft
Tutankhamun
- 60% primary/main color The last supper
the last judgement @
- 30% secondary
the Sistine chapel
- 10% accent wedding feast at
canna
progress of medicine
PAINTING by Carlos Botong
Francisco (father of
 Process of applying color to
PH murals)
flat surface
 2D (height and width)
3. Telon Painting
 Materials: watercolor,
➔ Backdrop/background for
acrylic, ink, oil pastel,
theaters long ago (komedya,
charcoal
sarswela, sinakulo)
 Surface: wood, canvas,
➔ Now it only present in carnivals,
cardboard, paper
fiesta, religious celebrations
 4. Jeepney and Calesa painting 3. Interiors
➔ Calesa usually painted using 1  Painting of space inside part
color (border of calesa of house/building
decorated w/ geometric  Reveals social class and
patterns) traits of the family living in it
➔ Jeepney evolved from calesa. 4. Landscape
Logo, number, or painting is  Natural scenery/urban
covered near driver seat as well scenes
as seats adjacent to it (range  Now mixed media is used to
from landscape to comic book create this
scene)  *seascape= large bodies of
water (ocean/sea)
5. Portraits
5. Collage  Portraying one/more specific
➔ Combining images in single AW individuals
➔ Cutting and pasting materials  Physical characteristics of
(papers, fabric, tin foil, other subjects and seek to show
relatively flat materials onto understanding of person’s
canvas) character
Imelda Marcos by Jay 6. Nudes
Cabalu  Unclothed human figures
Flaming Chandelier by  Now uses wide variety of
Jay Cabalu materials and style
 Sessions are conducted in
galleries
THEMES OF PAINTING 7. Religious
 Common subject is lobe
1. Genre
religious image, live saints,
 People in daily activities
scene based on scriptures
(planting, harvesting,
(nativity scene, stations of
singing, barong vendors,
the cross)
fiesta)
 Some animals associate
a. Folk genre = everyday
have human like
activities on folk
characteristics (especially
b. Cubism = folk/urban
those who symbolize God)
subjects in more
8. Still life
abstract/deformed way
 Natural/man-made objects
c. Folk-naïve = uses a lot of
form a composition in
colors and spontaneity
natural setting
inspired by children’s art
2. Historical
 Scenes from past
 Lesson concerning national
value
  Contemporary still life in the General Kinds of Sculpture
PH
1. Free-standing
a. Neo-realism
 Can independently stand in
= representational
place
figures that look abstract
 Has flat horizontal base
= Cesar Legazpi -> ph
 All sides contribute to overall
pioneer
form
Oblation by Guillermo
Tolentino
= concrete statue in
UP. Man facing
upward with arms
stretch out
b. Hyperrealism
symbolizing selfless
= magic realism
offering of oneself to
= Subjects resemble
country
photographs

2. Relief
c. Social Realism
 Latin verb “relevo”=to raise
= depict socio-economic
 Sculpture elements remain
and political problems
attached to solid background
of same material
 Impression that sculpted
SCULPTURE material has been raised
above background plane
➔ 3D (height, width, depth)
 2 types:
➔ Carving, modeling, assembling
a. Low relief/bas-relief
parts together
= low relief projects
sightly from flat surface
= barely standout from
Sculptures in the PH throughout
background (carved just
history
around the edge)
 b. High relief 4. Welded
= forms and figures  Connecting sheets of metal
stand out from together by using acetylene
background to half > half or electric torch

5. Symbolic
 Can be symbolic in several
levels
 From conventional symbolic
(heraldry and other insignia)
 Simplest and most
straightforward is abstract
• Combination of high and low idea represented by allegory
relief carvings and personification
Four La Madre
= symbolized
democracy, justice,
gratitude, progress in
the context of Jones
3. Use of Glass Law in 1916
 Started by Ramon Orlina
New Types of sculpture in
and Imelda Pilapil
contemporary setting
 Orlina= glass in table piece,
murals, sculptures (usually
unified into framework)
1. Assemblage
 Pilapil= glass planes w/
➔ Putting together materials
irregular shapes and linear
(found objects, piece of paper,
pattern sponges, wood scraps, etc.)
• Imelda “Impy” Pilapil (launched
major shows each breakthrough
in scale and ambition to 2. Kinetic
anchored oceanic theme ➔ In motion bc the entire/some
parts are moving/ wind or
vibrating w/ surrounding air
➔ Mobile = simplest
forms/example

3. Public sculptures
➔ Designed and intended for
public use, viewing, aesthetic to
outdoor scene/commemorate
event/person
 4. Action Figure 3. Book Design
➔ Poseable character model  Structuring and reproduction
figure made most of plastics of bound pages that are
➔ Based i=on characters from filled with text and/or image
film, comic book, military, video protected by hard or soft
game, TV program cover
➔ Fictional or historical

4. Komiks and Editorial Cartoon

5. Bicking: art made by lego  Illustration of stories/events
➔ Debated by experts but  Editorial = single-frame
consider art form illustration either makes fun
of political leaders/institution
6. 3D Printed or comments on current
➔ 3D model layer by layer from events
computer-generated design  Komiks = may use single or
multiple fames w/ convo
placed inside “ballons”
OTHER FORMS OF VISUAL ARTS IN
THE PH
5. Food Art
 Packaging, presentation of
1. Bamboo art food in artistic way
 Made of bamboo and maybe  Different form western
used in everyday purpose or garnish that involves
decoration/ornaments decorative touches
 Thick bamboo = building  Enhancing food itself or its
sturdy structures, packaging
decorations, furniture, Sapin-sapin
containers, writing materials
 Thin bamboo = creating
musical instruments and 6. Pabalat
personal accessories  Paper art of decorative
wrappers used to wrap
Pastillas De Leche (milk
2. Singkaban dessert from carabao milk)
 Filipino word for decorative popular in Bulacan
bamboo arch used as  Wrapper made of Japanese
welcome signage paper, intricately cut to
 Widely decorative during create elaborate designs
fiestas in Bulacan
 Well known in bulacan
(Malolos and Hagonoy)
where it originated
7. Tattoo Art
 Body adornment
permanently/temporarily
engrave on sin using sharp
instrument and plant
dyes/inks
 Worn for several reason:
=clothing that enhance
physical beauty of wearer
=drive away evil spirits and
enemies
=express particular social
value and attributes

8. Personal ornaments
 Worn on human body
 Enhance part of body,
exhibit rank status,
symbolize rituals and
emotional state
 Jewelry in PH describe as
symmetrical and exhibits
formal proportion and strong
send=se of rhythm

9. Tamborin (Tambourine)
 Necklace strung w/ intricate
gold filigree beads of various
size that would meet at the
center (usually shaped like
bow, garland pair of wings)
 Rosary necklace