Lesson 1.1 Contemporary Art PDF

2  CHAPTER 1 Contemporary Art As you understand the meaning of colors you will begin to appreciate art. COLOR THEORY  What is this famous painting of SPOLIARIUM Juan Luna that has won first place in Madrid, Spain? ART ✘ It is the expression or ap...

2  CHAPTER 1 Contemporary Art As you understand the meaning of colors you will begin to appreciate art. COLOR THEORY  What is this famous painting of SPOLIARIUM Juan Luna that has won first place in Madrid, Spain? ART ✘ It is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. 13  ART IT IS A FORM OF CREATIVE ACTIVITY SUCH AS PAINTING, MUSIC, LITERATURE AND DANCE 14 CHARACTERISTIC OF CONTEMPORARY ART Contemporary Arts ✘ CONTEMPORARY ART is the art that springs out of the present-day events and passions of the society. ✘ It is the newest form of art, amusing people from the late 1960s or early around 1970s up to this very minute. 16 A Contemporary art should have the following characteristics… CONTEMPORARY ART FOCUSES ON: SOCIAL ISSUES FEMINISM ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS POVERTY GLOBALIZATION MIGRATION  INNOVATION OF THE ARTISTS The Ability of one Artists to innovate from the traditional concept of doing the art to a more complex artwork or modern ones 19 20  ORIGINALITY ◦ Ithas to be original, meaning no imitations were made from previous artwork. 21 22  EMOTION ◦ It emphasizes the expressions of the self and emotions. ◦ The use of the unconventional way of Coloring technique and trying out new palette. 23  Random students will be called to answer. Look closely at the colors and feel the emptions you felt along those colors. Let’s play a game! The emotions of color can be used in poems or literary pieces, the lyrics of a song, in a stage design, in a play, or movie. COLOR THEORY 28 SUBJECT OF ART  Space ✘ Space in visual arts can be defined as a void, an emptiness which can be positive of negative 30 31 “ Positive space is the actual object within the art work 32 Negative space “ is the area around the object. It is the background 33 34 35  Line ✘ It is the extension of a point, a short or long mark drawn or carved in the surface ✘ A. Direction: Vertical, Horizontal, Diagonal ✘ B. Character: Jagged, curved, series of dots or broken line 36  Horizontal Line ✘ In art horizontal line is generally restful like the horizon, where the sky meets the land 37 38  Vertical Line ✘ In art vertical line seem to be reaching, so they may see inspirational like tall majestic trees. 39  Diagonal Line ✘ In art diagonal lines tend to be disturbing. They are suggest decay or chaos like lightening or falling trees 41 44  Shapes and Form ✘ When the end of the line meet, they form a shape SHAPE = TWO DIMENTIONAL FORM = THREE DIMENTIONAL 45 53 57 Worksheet #1 58