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PHIL ARTS WHAT IS ART? - Artworks created from 1930’s to present time. - Encompasses a variety of media, from Art came from th...

PHIL ARTS WHAT IS ART? - Artworks created from 1930’s to present time. - Encompasses a variety of media, from Art came from the Latin word ars, meaning “skills” traditional painting to video art and tech- Skill in using different materials or media to enabled artworks. represent an idea or concept - Started with the emergence of abstract -It is the expression or application of human expressionism spearheaded by Jackson creative skills and imagination. Pollock and Willem de Kooning. -As an expression (drawing, sculpture, music, dance, literature, performances.) SIGNIFICANCE OF ART IN CONTEMP What is Contemporary Art? ❖ ART still remains a significant tool that allows It is the “art of today.” individuals to express themselves and Roger Eliot Fry and his colleagues founded communicate the Contemporary Art Society in 1910. ❖ Even today; Art continues to influence people The main goal of this private society was for and society, as when they see and artwork to be purchased in public museums. experience art that reflects different values, 1960s as the birth of contemporary art. cultural traditions and significant experiences Statement that an artist makes about life, that translate across space and time thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and many other ❖ Art created in contemporary times allows things that define human life. Reflects the spectators and viewers to have varying realities and values of our society, its variety interpretations depending on how they portrays the mosaic of our cultural diversity experience the art form. through our culture. Produced by artist living today. POP ART an art movement that veered away from MODULE 2: CONTEMPO ART MOVEMENTS modernism. Paintings - The most common art form. MODERN ART vs CONTEMPORARY ART Artist make use of color pigments and apply on canvas or boards to express their thoughts and ideas. MODERN Sculpture - No longer limited to traditional media such - Created from the 1880s to 1970s as clay, stones or metals in creating their works - Noteworthy for introducing styles like - In contemporary art, artistst incorporate other Fauvism, Impressionism, Surrealism, elements and media such as pieces of clothing, coins, Expressionism, Cubism, etc. found objects or even electrical materials; bulb and - Renowned artists from this era include fluorescents. CLAUDE MONET - HENRI MATISSE, PABLO PICASSO, PHOTOGRAPHY VINCENT VAN GOGH, PAUL CEZANNE- - The main purpose of photography is to “Father of Modern Art” communicate and document events, - Considered a radical departure movements, or portraits over time. - Paint thru their kinds of movements, pinepaint - Used this medium as an art form to sa canvas. communicate a theme convey ideas and CONTEMPORARY concepts.  Installation FIGURATIVE ART - The main goal being to transform the - Regarded as a contrast to abstract art spectator’s perception of space. - Create works that depict real life imagery of - Usually done or executed on a large scale human forms depending on the space or site. EARTH ART Performance - Earth art or Land art is an art movement that - Use their bodies as a medium or tool to emerged in 1960’s and 1970’s communicate ideas or concepts through - Artist create structures in a landscape using actions or movements. natural materials such as rocks. - Performance may be in the form of acting - The goal: To transform natural landscapes singing, and so on. into works of art. - to make the audience experience this art style Digital and Video Art by bringing landscape materials in galleries - Artists use computers rather than traditional and using them to create artworks. art tools or media to create their artworks. STREET ART - Artists make use of video presentation that can be combined with audio or broadcast to - Inspired by graffiti art in the 1980’s create works of art. - Graffiti is considered as vandalism (do nut intend for spectators) POP ART - Street art - they release a message - Pop art came about as reaction against CONCEPTUAL ART abstract expressionism and obsecure imagery - For conceptual artists, the idea or concept - Pop art was inspired by advertising, behind the artwork is more important than magazines, television and comic strips. the artwork itself. - Explored art as knowledge and art as idea MINIMALISM and used different materials and media to - The term Minimal was first coined by an convey these concepts. American professor of Philosophy Richard INSTALLATION ART Wollheim to describe the art style. - The art style focuses on the fundamental - Is an art movement characterized by its principle of “less is more” immersive large-scale artworks. - was made famous by Ludwig Mies van der - To design artworks that would physically Rohe a German born American Architect interact with their viewers and spectators as - what they see is what you get the environment becomes part of the whole artistic experience. PHOTOREALISM PERFORMANCE ART - A style that employs a “more real than real” precision of detail - To design artworks that would physically - It emerged in the United States around 1965 interact with their viewers and spectators as with the aim of creating hyperrealistic the environment becomes part of the whole paintings and drawings that usually involve a artistic experience. reproduction of photographs, including - Four basic elements: TIME, SPACE, portraits, landscapes and others. PERFORMER’S BODY and RELATIONSHIP  BETWEEN PERFORMER AND THE - Began in Europe and the united states in the AUDIENCE 1960s. - This art can be performed in any setting or - use different media and technology to create venue live or through different media. multimedia installations, film based photography and computer generated or DIGITAL ART digital images. - Referred to as computer art or cybernetic art. KAYO NA MODULE 3 SYUG PRACTICAL RESEARCH