contemporary arts Flashcards
(34 cards)
the path of a point moving through space. May be continuous or broken, and can be any width or texture
line
create movement and energy
diagonal lines
add stability and strength to an artwork
horizontal and vertical lines
form the outside edge of a three-dimensional shape and clearly defines the area it occupies
contour lines
lines that show movement, particularly of characters in an artwork
gesture lines
are not made by a physical mark in an artwork, but rather by visual suggestion.
implied lines
lines that show feeling and emotion.
expressive lines
is a group of works of art made up of words.
literature
is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by hand or by using only simple tools.
handicraft
is a branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.
sculpture
is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface called the “matrix” or “support”.
painting
is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement.
dance
is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement.
dance
is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement.
dance
is a collaborative form of performing arts that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.
theater
is the art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre.
music
Encompass folk architecture, maritime transport, weaving, carving, folk performing arts, folk (oral) literature, folk graphic and plastic arts, ornament, textile, or fiber art, pottery, and other artistic expressions of traditional culture.
traditional arts
boat houses, boat-making, and maritime traditions. These structures, traditionally made of wood chosen by elders and crafts folks, were used as the main vehicles of the people, connecting one island to another, where the seas and rivers became the people’s roads.
maritime transport
has developed intricate designs and forms directed for specific purposes such as harvesting, rice storage, travel package, sword case, and so on.
basketry
is one of the most notable traditional arts in the Philippines, with some crafts in various ethnic groups date back prior to Hispanic arrival with perhaps the oldest surviving today are fragments of a wooden boat dating to 320 AD.
wood carving
is a priced art form in the Philippines, even prior to the arrival of Western colonizers, as seen in the stone likha and larauan or tao-tao crafts of the natives. These items usually represents either an ancestor or a deity who aids the spirit of a loved one to go into the afterlife properly.
stone carving
is an art practiced in the Philippines for more than a thousand years. The religious carvings of ivory, or garing as locally known, became widespread after the direct importation of ivory into the Philippines from mainland Asia
ivory carving
is an old art form in the Philippines, with many artifacts made of glass found in some sites such as Pinagbayanan. Stained glasses have been in place in many churches in the country since Spanish occupation.
glass art
accessories in the Philippines are almost always worn with their respective combination of garments, with some being used as accessories for houses, altars, and other objects.
accessory making
