Contemporary Arts Lecture Notes

Vocabulary flashcards summarizing essential terms and definitions from the Contemporary Arts lecture.

Contemporary Arts

Modern artistic expression unbound by fixed rules, centered on the artist’s feelings and ideas, using varied materials, media, techniques, and styles, and inviting audience participation.

Characteristics of Contemporary Arts

Conceptual, innovative, expressive, and experimental qualities that often challenge tradition and engage viewers in self-reflection.

Traditional Arts

Art that strives for naturalistic depiction and adheres to long-established rules and conventions.

Integrative Art (Hybrid Art)

Artwork that combines two or more distinct art forms—such as music, dance, film, or visual arts—into a single unified creation.

Collage

A technique of gluing flat elements like newspaper clippings, photos, fabric, or text onto a surface to create a layered, relief-like image.

Decalcomania

Transferring a reversed image by applying gouache to paper or glass and pressing it onto another flat surface, such as canvas.

Decoupage

The craft of pasting paper cut-outs onto an object and finishing with one or more coats of clear varnish.

Frottage

Creating an image by rubbing crayon or pencil over paper placed on top of a textured object.

Montage

In photography or film, the overlapping of several images or shots to produce a new composite picture or design.

Digital Application (Digital Art)

Art produced or displayed using software, computers, or electronic devices, exemplified by interactive museum installations.

Choreography

The planned arrangement of dance movements accompanied by music to convey a story or theme.

Musical Instruments

Devices that produce sound for musical expression, such as the kulintang, gangsa, and kutyapi.

Literary Works

Written compositions intended to be read, sung, or performed, including poems, stories, and scripts.

Musical Compositions

Pieces of music represented through notation and musical symbols rather than text.

Visual Design

The composition or layout of lines, shapes, and colors to create patterns or images on paper, textiles, or other materials.

Theatrical Performance

A live public presentation of dramatic or musical entertainment before an audience.

Cinema

The youngest and most popular art form where action is recorded and viewed on a flat screen instead of being performed live.

Contemporary Philippine Art Forms

Regional practices now encompassing choreography, musical instruments, literary and music composition, visual design, theatrical performance, and cinema.