INTEGRATIVE ART AS APPLIED TO

CONTEMPORARY ART

By: Godwin Anthony B. Gravador

Grade 12- Benevolent
Learning Competencies:
• Identifies various contemporary art forms
and their practices from the various regions
• Classifies various art forms found in the
Philippines
Art
• Art is a diverse range of human activities in
creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts,
expressing the author's imaginative,
conceptual ideas, or technical skill, intended
to be appreciated for their beauty or
emotional power.
What is Art?
What is Art?
• Art is creation. Creating something new,
something original and something different. It is
doing something to change a subject, to build.
Art is life. It is creating life on a material and
making inanimate objects to have life. To
create art is to give life (RAMON ORLINA-Glass
Sculptor)
Contemporary Art
• Contemporary art is the art of today, produced
in the second half of the 20th century or in the
21st century. Contemporary artists work in a
globally influenced, culturally diverse, and
technologically advancing world.
• Contemporary- Current, now, the present.
Contemporary Art
• Produce by living artist and
contemporary to us.
• Contemporary Art may become
Traditional and Academic art at
some point.
Painting
The Philippine artist Fernando
Amorsolo (1892 -1972) was a
portraitist and painter of rural
landscapes. He is best known
for his craftsmanship and mastery
in the use of light.
Lavandera (1957)
Amorsolo's bather represent
the epitome of Philippine
beauty. The wet drapery on
this young woman is both
revealing and sensuous.
The flower is symbolic of the
woman herself.
Sculpture
• Sculpture in the Philippines mirrors its culture –
complex and diverse. The art in this area has been
influenced by many different cultures, the most
prevalent being the east Asian nations, such as
China. In Islamic traditions began to be shown in
these areas in the Philippine Islands near the 14th
century. However, its culture began to expand in
the recent decades from influences in the United
States and other western nations.
The sacred and the mythical, the physical and
the erotic, the magical and the mundane, the
religious and the profane, and music and song
all permeate the art of Filipina artist Agnes
Arellano. Drawing from rich personal experience
and an extraordinary range of influences, she
makes some of the most dramatic art in Asia.
Best known for surrealist and expressionist work in
plaster (cast and directly modeled),
bronze, and cold-cast marble,
Her work tends to stress the
integration of individual
elements into one totality
or "inscape". She has
participated in international
group exhibitions in Berlin,
Fukuoka, Havana,
Johannesburg, New York, Brisbane and
Singapore.
Temple to the Moon Goddess
Architecture
Tausug House: To the
seafaring Tausug, Sulu, a
house built on flat dry land
or a site that slopes towards
Mecca is lucky. The one-room, gabled roof
house is known as “bay sinug” has a separate
kitchen accessible through a side porch.
Ivatan House
• Ivatans’ houses are up made of limestone
walls, reeds, and cogon roofs
Pre-Colonial Arts(ETHNIC Arts)
• In Pre-colonial Philippines, arts are for ritual
purposes or for everyday use.
ISLAMIC ARTS
• Islamic art is characterized by geometric
designs and patterns eliciting focus from the
believers.
SPANISH ERA
• Art became a handmaiden of religion, serving
to propagate the Catholic faith and thus
support the colonial order at the same time.
AMERICAN ERA
• In the American regime, commercial and
advertising arts were integrated into the fine arts
curriculum. Moreover, Americans favored idyllic
sceneries and secular forms of arts.
Japanese Era
• Since the Japanese advocated for the culture
of East Asia, preference was given to the
indigenous art and traditions of the Philippines.
this emphasized their propaganda of Asia
belonging to Asians.
MODERN ERA
• Modern era in Philippine Art began after World War II
and the granting of Independence. Writers and artists
posed the question of national identity as the main
theme of various art forms.
CONTEMPORARY ERA
• Philippine Contemporary Era was an offshoot of
social realism brought about by Martial Law.
Arts became expression of people’s aspiration
for a just, free, and sovereign society.
QUIZ 
ASSESSMENT:
Write your answer in blank before the number:
__________1.) is characterized by geometric
designs and patterns eliciting focus from the
believers.
__________2.) Amorsolo's bather represent the
epitome of Philippine beauty.
__________3.) He was was a portraitist and painter
of rural landscapes. He is best known for his
craftsmanship and mastery in the use of light.
_______4.) Art became a handmaiden of religion,
serving to propagate the Catholic faith and thus
support the colonial order at the same time.
_______5.) It advocated for the culture of East Asia,
preference was given to the indigenous art and
traditions of the Philippines. this emphasized their
propaganda of Asia belonging to Asians.
_______6.) is the art of today, produced in the second
half of the 20th century or in the 21st century.
Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced,
culturally diverse, and technologically advancing
world.
______7.) In this era, commercial and advertising
arts were integrated into the fine arts curriculum.
Moreover, Americans favored idyllic sceneries
and secular forms of arts.
______8.) Philippine Art began after World War II
and the granting of Independence. Writers and
artists posed the question of national identity as
the main theme of various art forms.
______9.) Philippine Art was an offshoot of social
realism brought about by Martial Law. Arts
became expression of people’s aspiration for a
just, free, and sovereign society.\
______10.) Traditional arts are for ritual purposes or
for everyday use.
Answer Key:
1.) Islamic Arts
2.) Lavandera (1957)
3.) Fernando Amorsolo
4.) Spanish Era
5.) Japanese Era
6.) Contemporary Art
7.) American Era
8.) Modern Era
9.) Contemporary Era
10.) Pre-colonial Art (Ethinc Arts)
THE END 