Art Words
A word you didn't know makes the work you're about to meet far more interesting.
An art glossary.
Academism
Expression following norms institutionalized by art schools. In Manila, rooted in early 20th-century portraiture centered on UP Fine Arts.
Aquatint
松脂の粒子で版面に微細な凹凸を作り、面としての濃淡を刷る腐食銅版技法。エッチングと併用され、水彩のような階調を生む。
Actionism
1960年代ウィーンで展開した過激な身体表現。身体・血・儀礼的行為を用い、絵画を超えた行為そのものを作品とした。
Action Painting
A postwar American painting movement that records the act itself — flinging, dripping, full-body gesture — directly onto the canvas.
Acrylic
Water-based paint using synthetic resin. Valued for fast drying in the tropical climate of the Philippines.
Assemblage
A technique of combining found objects into three-dimensional works; it expanded the boundaries of sculpture in the mid-20th century.
Agitprop
Politically charged propaganda art. In the Philippines, it took shape as protest art during the 1970s Marcos era.
Atelier
A French-origin word for an artistic studio. Used when implying an educational master-apprentice system.
Abstract
Painting concerned with relationships of form, color, and line rather than depicting specific objects. Fernando Zóbel is the leading figure in postwar Philippines.
Abstract Expressionism
戦後アメリカに興った抽象絵画運動。大画面と身体的な筆致で内面を表出し、アクション・ペインティングやカラーフィールドを含む。
Appropriation
既存の画像や作品を意図的に流用し、文脈を変えて提示する手法。オリジナリティや作者性を問い直す1980年代以降の戦略。
Arte Povera
1960年代イタリアの運動。土・布・廃材など「貧しい」素材を用い、産業社会や制度への批評を試みた。
Allegory
A mode in which abstract concepts are encoded in concrete imagery; common in Spanish-colonial religious painting.
Avant-garde
Vanguard practice that pushes beyond established art frameworks. In the Philippines, postwar circles such as the Saturday Group and Shop 6 are key reference points.
Earthwork · Land Art
Art that takes the earth itself as material and site, working in sand, soil, and stone outside the gallery.
Artist's Proof · A.P.
In limited edition prints, impressions the artist keeps. Marked 'A.P.' separately from the numbered edition.
Art Fabrication
作家の構想を専門の工房や職人が実際に製作する制作方式。大型彫刻やインスタレーションで一般化し、構想と手作業の分業を前提とする。
Art Deco
A decorative style that flourished in the 1920s–30s. Traces remain in the architectural ornament along Escolta Street, Manila.
Art Nouveau
A late-19th to early-20th-century decorative style based on organic forms and curves; it strongly shaped prints and posters.
Art Brut · Outsider Art
Raw art created by self-taught artists outside the formal art world. In the Philippines, discussed in relation to street painters and drawing movements in prisons.
Anti-Art
既成の芸術制度や作品概念そのものを否定する態度。ダダに端を発し、日本では1960年代の読売アンデパンダン展周辺の前衛を指す語としても定着した。