Contemporary Arts and National Awards

Flashcards covering the fundamentals of contemporary arts, the history and artists of the UP Chapel, and the criteria and honors for National Artists and GAMABA awardees.

Art

A creation constructed from man’s imagination that serves as a venue to convey or express thought, emotions, or aspirations.

Line

A mark with greater length than width; considered the definitive starting point of creation.

Shape

A closed line that forms the boundaries of geometric and organic subjects.

Texture

The surface quality that can be seen and felt, categorized as rough or smooth and soft or hard.

Space

The area between, around, and within objects.

Contemporary Arts

Arts produced by living artists today.

Integrated Art

The combination of two or more artistic disciplines.

Film

An integrated art form that brings together visual arts and literature.

Ballet

An integrated art form that integrates dance, music, and Theater.

Graphic Novel

An integrated art form that combines visual arts and literature.

Musical Play

An art form containing elements of music, dance, literature, and theatre.

Hue

The color itself (Color mismo).

Intensity

The combination of different colors.

Value (Color Dimension)

the dimension of color referring to the range from light to dark.

Aesthetic Value

The quality that causes an object to be a work of art and appeals to the sense of beauty.

Intellectual Value

Quality where an artwork stimulates thought and enriches mental life by making one realize fundamental truths about themselves and the world.

Suggestiveness

Quality associated with the emotional power of art, evoking visions beyond ordinary life experience.

Spiritual Value

Quality that elevates the spirit by bringing out moral values.

Permanence

A quality of great art that endures and gives fresh light and new insights with each encounter.

Universality

A quality that is timeless and timely, dealing with fundamental truths and universal conditions anywhere and anytime.

Style

The peculiar way in which an artist sees his subject from his ideas and expresses them.

Form

The organization, arrangement, or framework of an artwork, and the manner of coordinating parts for an effective result.

Angono Petroglyphs

Arts in Rock discovered/attributed to Carlos “Botong” Francisco in $1965$.

Parish of the Holy Sacrifice

The first structure in the Philippines featuring a circular, thin-shelled roof; also known as the UP Chapel.

Fr. John Patrick Delaney, S.J.

An Irish Jesuit who served as the catalyst for the UP Chapel and was the guiding star of UPSCA.

Vidal Tan

The UP President who granted the request to separate the places of worship for Catholics and Protestants.

Leandro Locsin

National Artist for Architecture ($1990$) who designed the UP Chapel with a saucer-shaped roof and $14$ entrances.

Napoleon Abueva

National Artist for Sculpture ($1976$) who created the Giant Wooden Cross and the Sermon on the Mount at the UP Chapel.

Arturo Luz

National Artist for Visual Arts ($1997$) who designed the River of Life floor mural in the UP Chapel.

Vicente Manansala

National Artist for Painting ($1981$) who painted the $15$ mural-sized Stations of the Cross in oil at the UP Chapel.

Ang Kiukok

National Artist for Visual Arts ($2001$) who assisted Vicente Manansala in painting the Stations of the Cross.

Jose Maceda

National Artist for Music ($1997$) whose composition Pagsamba premiered at the UP Chapel in $1968$.

Order of National Artist

The highest national recognition for Filipinos in the field of arts and letters, established by Presidential Proclamation No. $1001$, s. $1972$.

KKK (CCP Motto)

Stands for katotohanan, kabutihan, at kagandahan (the true, the good, and the beautiful).

GAMABA

Short for Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan, it honors Filipinos at the forefront of preserving traditional folk arts.

Republic Act No. 7355

The legislation through which GAMABA was institutionalized.

GAMABA Cash Award

A minimum cash award of $P200,000.00$ and a lifetime personal monthly stipend of $P50,000.00$.