PHILIPPINE

ART
Pre-
Colonial
HISTORY
•The oldest human fossil
found in the Philippines is
the skull cap of a "Stone-
Age Filipino", about
22,000 years old.
•Discovered by Dr. Robert
B. Fox, American
anthropologist of the
National Museum, inside
Tabon Cave Palawan, on Tabon Man
May 28, 1962. .
THE COMING OF THE NEGRITOS
They came
during the
Old Stone
Age
(Paleolithic
) walking
dry-shod
through
Malay
Peninsula,
Borneo, an
d the land
bridges
and were
the first
inhabitants.
.
THE INDONESIANS
•First Sea-Immigrants
•They were the
maritime
Indonesians, who
belonged to the
Mongoloid race with
Caucasian affinities.
• They belonged to
the New Stone Age
(Neolithic).
THE MALAYS
*They belong to the Iron
Age culture.
*Daring and liberty-
loving, the Malays
belonged to the brown
race.
*Prominent contribution:
* Ati-atihan festivals
* Maragtas chronicle
* the Code of
Kalantiaw
MUSIC
»The ancient Filipinos had
music practically for all
occasions, for every phase
of life, from birth to
death.
BAMBOO ZITHER
GADDANG
KULINTANG
ARCHITECTURE
» The ancient Filipinos
had first dwelt in caves
and has learned the art
of architecture as they
move and hunt for food..
.
TAUSOG HOUSE
 SCULPTURE
» The ancient Filipinos
had attained a high
artistic level through
pottery, jewelry, and
wood carving.
Jewelry
 Wood
Carvings
PAINTINGS
» The ancient Filipinos had
expressed paintings through
tattoos and cave carvings.
 Tattoos
The pintados (painted
ones), inhabitants of
the Visayan islands as
described by the first
Spaniards to set eyes
upon them, would use
sharp metal
instruments
previously heated over
fire.
Silup
•The tattooing
imitated the upper
garment worn by the
men of north
Kalinga.
• The women of
south Kalinga
painted their faces a
bright red.
 PETROGLYPHS
•The Angono
Petroglyphs is the
oldest known work
of art in the
Philippines.
• There are 127
human and animal
figures engraved on
the rock wall dating
back to 3000 B.C.
END
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