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Bahay Kubo or Cube House. It may be regarded as the Lowland Christians ethnic house. Bahay kubo retains the feature of a traditional house- pile construction and the hip- roof, and push- out or sliding window necessary in the hot and humid climate. Basically it consists of a balkon or beranda that opens to a square or rectangular multi-purpose bulwagan, the main room of the house. On one side, it has -a small room for household storage. The bulwagan leads to the kusina or kitchen usually with a separate roof and finally to the open-air batalan. Bahay Na Bato . Also known as Bahay kastila (Spanish House), the Bahay na Bato is a residence of the well-to-do family. It has certain basic features, but the construction and design vary according to region. It is generally a two-sorry house. Here is a description of one of the variations. "The ground floor is made of cut stone or bricks the upper floor of wood. Iron grilles protect the ground floor windows, while the second-story windows...

Jose Rizal, aside from being a great Filipino hero was also a great sculptor. Some of his works can still be seen at the Fort Santiago. Napoleon V. Abueva is a National Artist and one of his most famous work is the Eternal Gardens sculpture. Guillermo Tolentino was the teacher of Napoleon Abueva and he made the famous Oblation statue of the University of the Philippines. Isabelo Tampinco is called the Juan Luna of Philippine sculpture. My great great grandfather, Florencio J., had his works exhibited at the 1904 St. Louis World Fair in Missouri alongside with those of Isabelo Tampinco. His bust of Jose Rizal is now in a dim corner of our house waiting to be restored and displayed. Maybe I'll do it myself when I am older.

Juan Luna I saw this mural at the National Museum. It is called the Spoliarium by Juan Luna and it is the painting treasure of the Philippines. Felix Resureccion Hidalgo I think this is the other one opposite it by Felix Resureccion Hidalgo and it is being restored by conservation artists. (I need to check if this is the one when I go back there.) Fernando Amorsolo These paintings by Fernando Amorsolo are so dreamy and it is what I think best shows the Philippines. but there was one done by Mr. Amorsolo which bothered me. You can also see this in the National Museum. Carlos Botong Francisco The stations of the cross in Don Bosco Mandaluyong were done by this great painter from Angono and I wonder if there is any effort to conserve them if they are the originals. The stations and the large mural of the crucified Christ are left exposed to the elements in the humid chapel. There are many other great Filipino painters but I just want to focus on one who I really like. His name is Joey V...

Everyone has good ideas. In the world. people are carrying around in their heads splendid ideas for dance, novels, paintings, sculpture, drama and theater, and architecture. What is lacking is form and this is essential to any work of art. Form is the way a work of art looks it includes everything from the material the artist uses, or the style in which the artist works, to the shapes, lines and colors in the art. In everyday conversation style, you have style and are familiar with it. However, because it is so crucial to the understanding of art you must consider its meaning specially related to art. Style is a characteristic of a number of characteristics that you can identify as constant, recurring or coherent. In art the sum of such characteristics is associated with a particular artist, group or culture, or with an artist's work at a specific time. For example, it can be associated with a whole artistic culture ( Sung Dynasty style in China ) with a particular time and pla...

In 2-dimensional art, the organization of all the elements is called composition , but the more inclusive term applicable to all kinds of art is design . The principles of design are a natural part of perception. These are not rules or laws but are guidelines rather to make the most effective choices and give greater insights into the work of art. These are the principles of unity and variety , balance, emphasis, scale and proportion, rhythm and harmony. UNITY and VARIETY Unity is a sense of oneness of thing belonging together and making up a coherent whole. Variety is difference which provides interest. An artist can achieve unity by holding one or two elements constant and varying the others. The artist brings together a number of diverse objects having different colors, shapes, sizes and textures and arrange them into a pleasing composition. BALANCE Balance is the equality of weight attention or attraction of the various elements. Its types are symmetrical, asymmetrical and radial....

Texture refers to surface quality. it is a perception of smooth or rough, flat or bumpy, fine or coarse. Actual texture in art is associated with sculpture, architecture and the crafts. However many paintings also have actual texture. An artist who uses the impasto technique makes painting have actual surface textures. This technique uses thick layers of paint laid in such a way that some areas are thicker than other. More often the texture you see on paintings are visual textures. The concept of visual in painting is how the eye remembers the textile texture of forms in the natural world. When the real object is remembered to be rough the eyes will perceive that same object in the painting to be rough. A visual texture may create an illusion provide a symbol or it may exist simply for its own sake. Texture helps to enliven a work of art.

Simultaneous Contrast The phenomenon called simultaneous contrast can play tricks on your eyes... Afterimage Effect You might be creating an instant 'still life' when you decorate your home... klhkl If you stare fixedly on the color areas in the illustration below... (Place image here)

Color harmony or sometimes called color scheme is the selective use of two or more colors in a single composition. This may be monochromatic harmony analogous harmony and complementary harmony. The artist's choice of colors is intuitive. You can only identify the color harmony of a certain work of art after it has been completed. Monochromatic harmonies are composed of variations on the same

The properties of color are hue, value and intensity. Hue is the property of color that gives color its name. Value refers to the lightness and darkness of color. All hues have normal value. A color lighter than the hues normal value is called int, and a color darker than the hues normal value is called shade. Pink is a tint of red maroon is a shade of red. Intensity also called chroma or saturation- refers to the relative purity of a color. Colors may be pure or saturated as they appear in the color wheel. The purest colors are said to have high intensity gray colors lower intensity. Intensity gradations may be full tensity three-fourths intensity one-half intensity or one fourth intensity. To lower the intensity of a color. The artist may add a combination of black and white (gray) or may add a little of the colors complement

Color is a property of light. When light goes out, color goes with it. All colors are dependent on light. No object possesses color intrinsically. What we perceive as color is reflected light rays. Natural objects have only one color because any object has a color quality called pigmentation which enables it to absorb some of the colors and reflect only one. A red rose appears to be red because it reflects red waves of light and absorbs all the others. Some objects do not have color they may be black white or gray. Black, white and gray do not have color quality. They differ in the quantity of light that they reflect. They are called neutrals. Black reflects no light at all white relects all colors and gray results from partial reflection of light.

Value means relative lightness and darkness whether in color or in black and white. It is easier to see value in black and white than in color. Value is considered in terms of a value scale ranging from white (the lightest) to black (the darkest) with several gradations in between. Light values in a work of art are called high-key dark values that predominates are low-key. Value contrasts may be used in painting and drawing to create effects of light and shadow. This technique is called chiaroscuro which literally means "light/dark" xxx

Light is the ally of three-dimensional forms. It creates shadows and reflections on their surfaces gives forms solidity and depth. Light sometimes animates forms from within. Artists working on two-dimensional art create the illusion of light by including it in the image.

Technologically speaking , space sometimes may convey the idea of nothingness. However, space in a work of art is not void rather it is very much there. It is a dynamic visual art element that interacts with lines, colors, shapes and textures of a work of art to five them definition space. Two-dimensional space refers to the space in painting, drawing, height and width with no actual depth.

Perspective is a system for depicting the illusion of three-dimensional space on a two dimensional surface. Linear perspective is the most "realistic" method of portraying two dimensions the visual depth of the natural world. In linear perspective forms far away from the viewer seem smaller than those close up. The parallel lines receding into the distance seem to converge until they meet at a point on the horizon line where they disappear. The point is known as vanishing point. It turns the square into a trapezoid. Isometric perspective is a system in which distant forms are made smaller but parallel lines do not converge. The lines that would be perpendicular to the picture plane are drawn as sharp diagonals. They turn the square into a parallelogram. Atmospheric perspective forms meant to be perceived as far as the distance is blurred, indistinct, and misty-much as the eye perceives distant forms in nature.

Actually, lines do not exist. What we see as line in nature are only close observations of the edges of objects the veins of the leaf and the join of two different surface. By conventional definition line is a imitate or to represent objects or figure on a flat surface. Lines can be curved. Line is so basic to art that it is difficult to conceive of any work across or within a shape they give the effect of solidity or create an According to its direction, a line may be straight or curved. Straight lines proceed vertically, horizontally or diagonally. these can express emotional states or evoke emotional responses. A be associated with a person sleeping or the horizon. Vertical line appears poised and stable. It can be seen in a person standing straight. This may imply a sense of dignity height and strength. A diagonal line is the most and instability. A result in a gradual change of direction is a curved line. It is gradual and it shows fluidity. It gives a feeling of grace, movement, ...

Numerous objects for daily use which are found all over the country are evidence that native of the Philippines have involved themselves in visual arts. Crude stone tools have been excavated in batanggas, Cagayan, Davao, Palawan, and the Central Luzon area. Aside from tools and weapons, pottery and later jewelry were designed. The first containers served to enclose and protect the body of the dead relative. Coffins were made out of tree barks and fibers woven into mats. Receptacles of food and other belongings to accompany the dead on his journey to the other world were made of leaves, wood, and bamboo . Mans earliest jewelry were shell flowers, leaves and plumage. Metals soon became a part of the materials, and so were beads of glass carnelian, agate, and gold. Bamboo and Palm Leaves. Most native houses were single room construction with walls of bamboo and palm leaves. These houses rested on four posts and the access to them was through a bamboo ladder. Brass. The elegance of Maran...