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Unit III: Culture and The Arts

This document provides an overview of art and culture in different regions, including soulmaking and appropriation in art, improvisation, and examples of art from China, Japan, the Philippines, and its history over time. It discusses the key elements of style, form and content needed for audiences to understand art, and highlights significant artworks and their cultural influences from each region.

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Unit III: Culture and The Arts

This document provides an overview of art and culture in different regions, including soulmaking and appropriation in art, improvisation, and examples of art from China, Japan, the Philippines, and its history over time. It discusses the key elements of style, form and content needed for audiences to understand art, and highlights significant artworks and their cultural influences from each region.

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Unit III

Culture and the Arts


Lesson 10
Soulmaking, Appropriation, and
Improvisation
Introduction
• Throughout history, art has played an integral
role to capture, record and communicate
events, activities, traditions and even beliefs
systems of various groups of people.
Soulmaking: Making and Deriving Meaning
From Art.
• In arts, in order for people to make sense of
the work, it would require understanding the
visual elements where art was grounded on,
especially the principles of design.
The Audience must have:
• Style- refers to the distinctive handling of
elements and media.

• Form- is what the audience sees.

• Content- is the subject matter and underlying


meanings or themes.
IMPROVISATION
• Define as doing something without prior
preparation.

• It adds up to the totality of the work of art.

• Makes the artwork to have a distinctive


quality that crafts its individuality and identity.
Marta Minunjin Performance Art
APPROPRIATION
• The authorship relies on the viewer.

• Putting up the details of the works and


integrating them into their own.

• Intentions of the appropriation artist are often


question since issues of plagiarism or forgery
sometimes arise.
Andy Warhol’s
“Campbell Soup Can Series”
Lesson 11

Art in Asia
Chinese Art
• China in the past were able to produce
primitive artisan works.
• Chou Dynasty was under a feudal kind of
social system it was parallel period of Greece’s
Golden Age.
• Confucianism was the dominant way of life
subscribe to by the general public.
• The Chinese also had interactions with
Western missionaries who came from India.

• On the 6th century, Chinese artist started


making art that highlighted their own culture.
• Paintings usually depicted magical places and
realms that were born out of sheer
imagination.
• Porcelain is one of the commonly used items
to make decorative ornaments such as vases
and jars.
Chinese Central Themes:
1. Nature
2. Culture
> Form of Social Life
>Giving importance to Communities
>Interaction among people
3. Everyday Activities
> War and Violence
> Death
Japanese Art
• Art in Japan has undergone a series of
transitions and periodization.
• Korean and Chinese influences evident in
Japanese artworks.
Haniwa
• Shintoism- native religion in Japan. It did not
use to communicate its beliefs.

• Buddhism- art became an expression of


worship for the Japanese.
• China also influence Japan in terms of painting.
• The Japanese style of painting leaned toward
abstract and naturalistic handling.
• The artist is given the free reign for his work
which had more room for spontaneity and
individuality.
• A lot of works focused on individual portraits,
elements of nature and scenes from everyday
life.
Ukiyo-e
• It was crafted through woodcut prints. The
artist developed a technique tat used lines
and colors in a very distinctive manner.

• Some Western artist were intrigued and


influenced by Ukiyo-e paintings.
e.g.: Vincent Van Gogh & Edouard Manet.
Ukiyo-e
Philippine Art
• Ethnic minorities have used art not only for
daily activities but also for religious rituals and
practices.

• Most art forms are Pottery, Weaving, Carving,


and the use of Metalwork and Jewelry.
Pottery
• One of the earliest art forms used by the early
Filipino people.
• Most Prominent Artifacts is the Manunggal Jar
found in Palawan, it is a representation of the
early Filipinos’ religious beliefs and practices.
• Pottery produced items that are practical
value for the early Filipino such as pots for
cooking and large vases for storing.
Manunggal Jar
Weaving
• It was popular artisans of weaving is the
people fro Cordilleras, they are known for
their colorful woven cloth which also have
both religious and practical value.
• The T’boli from Mindanao are also known for
their woven abaca cloth called T’nalak.
Woodcarvings
• Woodcarvings in Palawan also depict animals
like birds, which are representations of their
religious beliefs.
• In Mindanao, the Tausug and Maranao people
are known for their Okir. Their common
subjects include the Sarmanok, Naga, and the
Pako Rabong.
Jewelry
• Jewlry was used as amulets for protection to
drive away evil spirits.
• From the group of Cordilleras and Cotabato
utilized jewelry as ornaments integrated in
their clothing.
16th Century: Spaniards discovered
Philippines
• Art was used by the Spaniards to propagate
their Christian faith.
• The Church became the sole patron of arts.
• Seen through the construction of churches,
which house various relics and paintings.
Under Colonial Rule
• Filipinos expressed their indignation and
desire for liberation and Art became one of
the avenues for Filipino patriots and
Nationalist.
• The most famous work that expressed Filipino
nationalism and stand against the colonizers
would be Juan Luna’s “Spoliaruim”
Juan Luna’s “Spoliaruim”
1960’s
• A period of modernism and dynamism with a
lot of styles, techniques, and methods.
• Most artworks were reflection of political,
social, and economic situation of the
Philippines during Marcos admoinistration.
• Most artworks were forms of protest.
• Photography has evolve into an art.

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