MEDIUM BASED- CLASSIFICATIONS

OF ART FORMS
4th Quarter: Lesson No. 1|| Prepared by: John Agustin T. Tabugos
 ART IS CLASSIFIED……
I n t o s eve ra l f o r m s d e p e n d i n g o n h ow i t i s e x p re s s e d .
All those forms however communicate the ____ and ____
of the artists which may be subjected to interpretations.
It conveys a story that is uniquely the artists’
ENVIRONMENT, CULTURE AND PROFOUND SENTIMENTS.

Emotions Inner thoughts

 1. VISUAL ARTS
These are works created primarily for visual perception,
imagination and expression.
These are classified as two-dimensional arts and three-
dimensional arts.
Two-Dimensional Three-Dimensional

Painting Sculpture
Mixed-Media Jewelry
Graphic Arts Furniture
Photographs Monuments
Visual Artist
 Vicente S. Manansala
(1981)
 January 22, 1910-August
22, 1981
 Macabebe- Pampanga
 UP SCHOOL OF FINE
ARTS-1930
 Pounding Rice- 1st Prize at
the UST National Art
Exhibition
 One of Thirteen Moderns
 Neo Realist Cubist
 2. ARCHITECTURE
• Greek Word- arkhitekton-master builder/carpenter
• A creation of science with art purposive of designing
structure.
• Art and discipline of creating or inferring an implied
or apparent plan of complex object or system.
Examples
Religious , residential, industrial and commercial
Architect
 Pablo S. Antonio (1976)
 January 25, 1902-June 14,
1975
 Modernist and Iconoclast
 Radically changed the
architecture into
neoclassicism in the
Philippines.
 Tallest Building on 1937-
Bel-Air Alhambra
Apartments
 3.DANCE
• This is an expression represented by sequenced by body
movements.
• French word- DANCIER which is a non-verbal form of expression
performed in varied settings.
• It can be categorized and describe by its
• 1 . c h o r e o g ra p hy 2 . i t s r ep e r t o i r e o f m ov e m e n t s
3. historical period or place of origin.

Examples:
Ballet, Folk, Indigenous, street, modern, popular
and hiphop
DANCER
 Lucrecia Reyes Urtula (1988)
 June 29-1929-August 24, 1999
 She was exposed to the different indigenous
groups in the Philippines at a very young
age.
 Bachelor of Science in Physical Education at
the Philippine Women’s University.
 Martha Graham School of Modern Dance in
New York
 Hanayagi school in Japan
 San Francisco State College in the 1950’s
 Doctorate in Theater management in dance –
Polytechnic University of the Philippines in
1985
 Republic Cultural Heritage Award in 1963
and Patnubay in Sining Award in 1973
 4. PHOTOGRAPHY
• This is art through photos taken by the photographer. This may be inspired by
people, objects, events or the environment.
• It is an art where one produces images of varied objects light and other forms
of radiant energy.
• Several effects can now be used to produce images that projects illusions
through the use of more advanced camera features such as Retro Photo effect,
Lomo effect, Vintage photo effect, comic book effect and etc.

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOJOURNALISM COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Imbues photos with an artistic statement Documentary visual account of specific Focused on creating idealized images of
and selective vision of reality subjects and events, literally re- products and service for the purpose of
representing object reality rather than advertising, including food and fashion
subject intent of the photographer. photograph
 5. THEATER
• Greek- Theatron- a place where spectators
gather to watch a performance or a show.
• It is a collaborative art where performance act
a real life or imagined story with their……..
speech music Examples:
dance acting Street, school plays , ritual, protest theater, stand up
comedy and puppetry
gesture movements
ACTOR
 Salvador F. Bernal (2003)
 January 7, 1945- October 26, 2011

Theater designer who, since 1969,

designed more than 300
productions.
“Father of Philippine Theater
Design”
He worked with dramas, musicals,
operas and concerts of Musical
Theater Philippines and Opera Guild
of the Philippines.
He designed costumes for films like
Peque Gallaga’s- Oro Plata Mata
 6. CINEMA
• Aesthetic Communication through the design of
time and three dimensional space into two-
dimensional images and sound.
• Film and Video are essentially photographs shot
in sequence to give the illusion of movement.
Examples:
Mainstream, short film in feature, experimental,
documentary and indie.
CINEMA
 Ronald Allan K. Poe (2006)
 August 20, 1939- December 14,
2004
 Fernando Poe, Jr. FPJ
 Da King
 Ronwaldo Reyes
 D’Lanor
 Actor, director, writer, producer
and politician.
 King of Philippine Movies
7. BROADCAST AND TELEVISUAL

• It is the distribution of audio and/ or video

content or other messages to a dispersed
audience via any electronic mass
communications medium.
Examples:
Television, radio, internet, videoke, MTV and youtube
 8. DIGITAL ARTS AND
COMPUTER MEDIATED WORKS
• It is a comprehensive term for any
manifestation of arts where a computer or
digital technology has been utilized in its
creation.
Examples:
Pixilated designs, virtual reality, animation and game art
 9. INSTALLATIONS
• It is an art piece usually of mixed media (mixing of art
materials and forms in creating an artwork).
• It is organized for and place in a specific space for a
temporary period.
• Designed to transform the perception of a space, it occupies
an entire space in which spectator should walk through and
engage fully with the work of art.
Examples:
Site specific work
 10. MUSIC
• An art that involves the creative use of sound to
express insights and emotions. Its elements
include rhythm, harmony and pitch which creates
a pattern or a composition together with a song
and even the playing of an accompanying
instrument.
EXAMPLES
PITCH RHYTHM DYNAMICS TIMBRE AND
TEXTURE FOLK, INDIGENOUS,
MELODY AND TEMPO, METER, LOUDNESS, COLOR OF POPULAR, CONSERVATORY,
HARMONY ARTICULATION SOFTNESS MUSICAL REGGAE, BLUES, COUNTRY,
SOUND ROCK AND POP
 SINGER
 Andrea O. Veneracion (1999)
 July 11, 1928 -July 9, 2013
 Was taught her first lessons in voice and piano by her
mother.
 Gawad CCP para sa Sining in 1990
 Graduated high school in Philippine Women’s University
 Degree in Piano at the UP Conservatory of Music
 Champion-swimming
 Taught 2 years in Guam
 Fulbright grant and scholarship from the Music Promotion
Foundation
 Indiana University
 Master of Music degree in voice pedagogy, minor in opera
 Founder of Philippine Madrigal Singers
 •If you are to choose one
classification of arts that you
can see yourself in it, what
would it be?
 I. Ili-ili tulog anay,
Wala diri imong nanay. ili ili tulog anay
Kadto tienda bakal papay. wala diri imo nanay
Ili-ili tulog anay. kadto tienda bakal
papay
II. mata kana tabangan mo
ikarga ang nakompra ko ili ili tulog anay.
kay bug-at man sing putos ko
tabangan mo ako anay