SCULPTURE AND

OTHER FORMS OF
VISUAL ARTS
 In contrast to painting, sculpture
has three dimensions- height, width
and depth. It is created by either
carving, modeling or resembling
parts together.
 Kinds of Sculpture
Free standing
Relief
1. Free Standing
A kind of sculpture that can
independently stand in space. It has flat
horizontal base.
Guillermo Tolentinos Oblation is a
classic example of this kind of sculpture.
2. Relief
This kind of sculpture does not have a
flat horizontal base. The form is
projected from a flat surface.
There are two kinds of relief low relief
or bas-relief (project slightly from the
flat surface) and high relief.
Types of Sculpture in the Cotemporary Setting

Assemblage
Kinetic culture
Welded sculpture
Use of glass sculpture
Symbolic sculpture
1. Assemblage
It is formed by putting together
materials such as found objects,
pieces of paper, sponges, wood craps
and other materials.
2. Kinetic Sculpture
This is considered as a sculpture in
motion because the entire sculpture
or some parts of the sculpture are
moving with the wind or are
vibrating with the surrounding air.
A mobile is the simplest form of
kinetic sculpture.
3. Welded Sculptures
Creating these sculptures involves
the process of connecting sheets of
metal together by using an acetylene
or electric torch.
Most sculpture of Eduardo Castrillo
are welded sculpture
4. Use of Glass
Ramon Orlina and Imelda Pilapil started the
use of glass in sculpture.
Orlina used glass in the table pieces, murals
and sculptures which are usually unified into
a framework.
On the other hand, Pilapil used glass planes
with irregular shapes and linear patterns.
5. Symbolic Sculpture
A good example of symbolic
sculpture is the interpretation of
Abulmari Imao on okir design, which
is a maraai design tradition that is
typically used in woodcarving.
 Aside from painting and sculpture, other visual art
forms can be seen on every region in the country.
These visual art forms are the following:
1. Advertising Art6. Embroidery
2. Bamboo Art 7. Food Art
3. Basketry 8. Furniture
4. Book design 9. Komiks and Editorial
Cartoon
5. Costumes 10. Leaf Art
11. Mat Weaving 16. Photography
12.Metalcraf 17. Pottery
13.Multimedia 18. Printmaking
14.Paper art 19. Tattoo Art
15.Personal Ornaments 20. Textile Weaving
1. Advertising Art
This refers to using paid space
or time n any of the media to
inform and influence the
public
2. Bamboo Art
This refers to works made of
bamboo that may be used for
everyday purposes or for
decorations or ornaments.
3. Basketry
This refers to the art of creating
containers by weaving, plaiting, or
braiding materials into hollow three-
dimensional shapes that can either
be used for carrying, storage and
trapping animas.
4.Book design
Book design involves
structuring and reproduction of
bound pages that are filled with
text and/or images, and are
protected by hard or soft covers.
5. Costumes
These are garments, hairstyles, and
accessories that are worn by individual
members or groups in a particular
society. These may vary according to
class, sex, age, status, occupation, rank
and personal taste of an individual.
6. Embroidery
This refers to the art of
stitching ornaments on cloth by
hand.
7. Food Art
This involves packaging/or
presentation of food in an artistic
way. This is different from Western
garnishing, which involves adding
decorative touches.
 The sapin sapin is good
example of art.
8. Furniture
These are decorative and
functional objects which are typically
found in a public or private dwelling
or building. These are also known as
muebles or kasangkapan.
9. Komiks and Editorial Cartoon
Both komiks and editorial cartoon involve
illustrations of stories or events. However,
an editorial cartoon is a single-frame
illustration that may either makes fun of
political leaders or institutions or
comments on current events.
10. Leaf Art
Leaf art is used in religious rituals, food
wrapping and even as a form of modern
artistic expression. This makes leaf art
different from basketry. The palaspas that
is used every Palm Sunday is a example of
leaf art.
11. Mat weaving
This refers to the art of plaiting strips
of organic fibers into mats. These
mats, locally known as banig, are
cool, light and portable compared to
fixed beds.
12. Metalcraf
This includes all objects made from
metal using the processes of brass
casting and blacksmithing,
tinsmithing, or goldsmithing and
silvermithing.
a. Brass casting and blacksmithing
This process invloves casting and forging
pieces of brass or bronze. Tools,
containers, weapons and other items can
be created using the process. Anting-
anting or amulets are also created using
this process.
b. Goldsmithing
These processes involves the
use of gold and silver in
creating objects and
ornaments.
c. Tinsmithing
Tinsmithing can be easily seen I
creatinng jeeneys, kalesas and
cariton or ice-cream cart.
13. Multimedia
This consist of works that involve
the use of other senses in
appreciating those works aside
from the sense of vision
a. Conceptual Art
A type of multimedia, a visual artist
ideates or sets up a situation,
placing philosophical value in the
process itself, while negating the
importance of craftmanship
b. Installation Art
The artist puts together material
and objects in an exhibition
space to cast a new experience or
idea.
c. Performance Art
An artist converts himself or
herself into an art object in
motion and sound.
14. Paper Art
This involves the processes of cutting,
pasting, recycling and/or constructing
of objects from paper. Paper art used
to limited with folk paper art such as
taka and higante from Angono, parol
pastillas wrappings and kites.
 15. Personal Ornaments
These are objects worn o the human
body. Jewelry falls under this form.
These are worn neither to enhance a
part of the body of the wearer, to
exhibit rank or status, or to symbolize
ritualistic and emotional states.
16. Photography
This refers to the process of producing
images using a light-sensitive chemical
plate or film. Photographs are taken to
serve as portraits and as propaganda and
also used to serve as documentation for
travel and research.
17. Pottery
A general term for decorative and
useful objects made from clay
and set off at high temperatures.
Three types of Pottery
Earthen or Terracotta
This type of pottery is made from
clay and is usually fired at 1,700-
2,100 F
Three types of Pottery
Stoneware
This type of pottery is made from
clay and feldspar and usually fired
at 2,200-2,230 F
Three types of Pottery
Porcelain
This type of pottery is made from
kaolin, a special type of clay that is
extra fine and white and feldspar.
Porcelain is fired at 2,500- 2,700 F
18. Printmaking
This refers to transferring images from
a firm surface, such as metal or
wood, to a pliable surface, such as
cloth or paper, using pressure.
19. Tattoo Art
This refers to a body adornment
permanently engraved on the skin a
sharp instrument and plant dyes or
inks. A tattoo is worn for several
reasons.
 20. Textile Weaving
This refers to the process of creating cloth
by interweaving a series of parallel vertical
treads with another series of horizontal
threads at right angels. Textiles may be
plain of decorated by dyes, embroidery
and appliqu.