CONTEMPORARY

PHILIPPINE ARTS
FROM THE
REGIONS
RICARDO A. SAMPAYAN IV

TEACHER
 PICTURE ASSOCIATION
- STUDENTS WILL IDENTIFY PICTURES FROM DIFFERENT
ART FORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES.

-CLASSIFY THE REGION WHERE THE ARTS BELONG

1.______ 2.______
PAINTING / MAYON
BICOL

3.______ 4.______
SCULPTURE/ OBLATION

UP/MANILA
5.______ 6.______ 7.______ 8.______
DANCE/ BULAKLAKAN MUSIC/HARANA

BULACAN TAGALOG REGION

9.______ 10.______
ARCHITECTURE/ CCP

MANILA
 CONTEMPORARY ART
FORMS AND PRACTICES
FROM THE REGIONS
VISUAL ARTS, LITERATURE AND MUSIC
 What is Contemporary Art?

- Is the art springs out of the present-day events and passions of the society

- It is the newest form of art, amusing people from the late 1960s or early around 1970 up to
this very minute.
- This art functions in a global society that is culturally diverse and technology oriented.

- It is essential to you not only because it belongs to your time but it also served as form
of expression of the people present feelings and longings
Various Contemporary Art
Forms in the Philippines
1.VISUAL ARTS 4. THEATER

2.LITERATURE 5. DANCE

3.MUSIC
6. ARCHITECTURE

7. FILM
 Visual Arts - Can be defined as a form of art that uses
any medium to represent the artist's idea, emotion and
imagination.
SCULPTURE AS DEFINED AND AS PRACTICED IN THE PHILIPPINE CONTEMPORARY ARTS MADE USE OF
DIFFERENT MATERIALS LIKE THE VARIETY OF WOODS, METALS, AND STONES. SOME PLASTICS, JADE,
BRASS, AND OTHER MATERIALS.

THE MANUNGGUL JAR

IT IS A SECONDARY BURIAL JAR EXCAVATED
FROM A NEOLITHIC BURIAL SITE IN TABON
CAVES AT LIPUUN POINT IN PALAWAN.

THE MANUNGGUL JAR IS WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED

TO BE ONE OF THE FINEST PHILIPPINE PRE-
COLONIAL ARTWORKS EVER PRODUCED AND IS
CONSIDERED A MASTERPIECE OF PHILIPPINE
CERAMICS.
 THE BOHOL BLOOD COMPACT
THIS SIKATUNA-LEGASPI BLOOD COMPACT IS CONSIDERED AS THE FIRST TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP
BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT RACES, RELIGIONS, CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS. IT WAS A TREATY
OF
FRIENDSHIP BASED ON RESPECT AND EQUALITY. THIS EVENT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS
“SANDUGO”.
TODAY,TOURISTS CAN REACH AND VIEW BOHOL BLOOD COMPACT SITE IN BARANGAY BOOL,
TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL, PHILIPPINES.
 NAPOLEON ABUEVA, A NATIVE OF BOHOL, WAS THE
YOUNGEST NATIONAL ARTIST AWARDEES.
CONSIDERED AS THE FATHER OF MODERN
PHILIPPINE SCULPTURE.

SUNBURST, 1994 AT THE ALTAR OF PARISHOF THE HOLY

KAGANAPAN, 1953
THEPENINSULA MANILA HOTEL SACRIFICE

THE OBLATION BY FILIPINO ARTIST 
GUILLERMO E. TOLENTINO WHICH
SERVES AS THE ICONIC SYMBOL OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES.
 PAINTING IS THE PRACTICE OF APPLYING PIGMENT
SUSPENDED IN A CARRIER (OR MEDIUM) AND A BINDING
AGENT (A GLUE) TO A SURFACE (SUPPORT) SUCH AS PAPER,
CANVASS, OR WALL.

IN THE HISTORY OF PAINTING IN THE

PHILIPPINES, FERNANDO AMORSOLO Y
CUETO WAS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT ARTISTS.
AMORSOLO WAS A PORTRAITIST AND
PAINTER OF
RURAL PHILIPPINE LANDSCAPES. HE IS
POPULARLY KNOWN FOR HIS
CRAFTSMANSHIP
AND MASTERY IN THE USE OF LIGHT
 “BIGAS” IS AN ARTWORK OF NESTOR LEYNES.
MAGIC REALISM REFERS TO THE STYLE IN A
PAINTING SHOWING MINUTE DETAILS OF THE
SUBJECTS AND HIGHLIGHTING THEIR TEXTURE AND
COLOR. GENRE PAINTING IS SHOWING THE LIVES OF TOWN
FOLKS, LEGENDS, AND TRADITIONS THAT
STAYED IN THE PHILIPPINES CONTEMPORARY
PERIOD.

“BAYANIHAN” IS A MASTERPIECE OF CARLOS

“BOTONG” FRANCISCO. IT DEPICTED THE
RESILIENCE OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE IN
TIMES OF NEED, ADVERSITY, AND DISASTER.
ARCHITECTURE - is the art or practice of designing
and constructing buildings.

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THE PHILIPPINE ARCHITECTURE - ADOPTED THE MODERN WESTERN
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WHILE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION OF
THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL SITUATION OF THE COUNTRY.

JUAN ARELLANO CARLOS BARRETTO ANTONIO TOLEDO

METROPOLITAN THEATER, THE MAIN FAÇADE WITH THE GLASS AND
MANILA, PHILIPPINES OTHER DECORATIVE ELEMENTS MURAL
LAS CASAS PHILIPPINE HOUSES
FILIPINO ARCHITECTURE.

THE “TSALET” IS A TYPE OF HOUSE

DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY 2OTH
CENTURY
DESIGNED WITH A FRONT PORCH MADE
OF WOOD AND CONCRETE.

VIGAN, ILOCOS SUR, PHILIPPINES

IMAGES BY ESQUIRE PHILIPPINES
IN THE REGIONAL SET UP, RESIDENTIAL
HOUSES, CHURCHES, PUBLIC MARKETS,
BUSINESS SPACE TEND TO IMITATE THE
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES IN THE URBAN.
ALSO, ECO-CULTURAL TOURISM WAS
INTRODUCED.
LITERATURE IS THE ART FORM OF LANGUAGE, WORDS ARE ITS
TOOLS.

JOSE RIZAL'S NOVELS

 VALEDICTION SA HILLCREST
IN TAGLISH, (AN EXCERPT) BY: ROLANDO TINIO’S
NAGKACOLLECT NG RAILWAY EXPRESS SA OR CATACOMB. STRANGELY
AKING THINGS (DERETSO NA IYON SA ABSOLUTE ANG IMPRESSION NG
BARKO WHILE I TAKE THE PLANE.) HILERA NG MGA PINTONG
INAKYAT KONG MULI ANG N-311, AT DAHIL NAGPUPRUSISYON: INDIVIDUAL
DEAD OF WINTER, NAKATOPCOAT AT IDENTIFICATION, PARANG MUMMY
GALOSHES AKONG NAGRIGHT-TURN SA N CASES,
WING NG MAHABANG DILIM (TUNNEL DE-NAMEPLATE, DE-NUMERO, DE
YATANG AABOT HANGGANG TUNDO.) HOMETOWN ADDRESS. ANTISEPTIC
KINAPA KO ANG SWITCH SA HALL.SA ANG ATMOSPHERE, STREAMLINED
ISANG PITIK, NAGSHRINK ANGIMAGINARY YET. KUNG HINDI CATACOMB, AT
TUNNEL,NAGPARANG ATAOL. LEAST E FILING CABINET.

ROLANDO S. TINIO, PLAYWRIGHT, THESPIAN,

POET, TEACHER, CRITIC, AND TRANSLATOR
MARKED HIS CAREER WITH PROLIFIC ARTISTIC
PRODUCTIONS. TINIO’S CHIEF DISTINCTION IS
AS A STAGE DIRECTOR WHOSE ORIGINAL
INSIGHTS INTO THE SCRIPTS HE HANDLED
BROUGHT FORTH PRODUCTIONS NOTABLE FOR
THEIR VISUAL IMPACT AND INTELLECTUAL
COGENCY.
 AMADO VERA HERNANDEZ, COMMONLY KNOWN AS AMADO V.
HERNANDEZ (SEPTEMBER 13, 1903 – MARCH 24, 1970), WAS
A FILIPINO WRITER AND LABOR LEADER WHO WAS KNOWN FOR HIS
CRITICISM OF SOCIAL INJUSTICES IN THE PHILIPPINES AND WAS LATER
IMPRISONED FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT. 

THE POEM “ANG BAYANG MALAYA” IS A LONG NARRATIVE PIECE ABOUT A

PEASANT LEADER. OPPRESSION AND FIGHTING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ARE
THE MAIN THEMES OF THIS PIECE. IN THE SUCCEEDING POEMS DEVELOPED
BY FILIPINO POETS, THE INFLUENCE OF AMADO V. HERNANDEZ WAS
VIDENT. SOCIAL PROTEST AND SOCIAL REALISM BECAME THE THEME OF
THE POEMS. PROTEST POETRY PROFERATED.
 “SPOKEN WORD POETRY.”
PAGOD NA
NI BLU BAE_RRY
TATLONG SALITA, SAMPUNG LETRA
NA SUMASAGABAL UPANG PATULOY NA
MAHALIN KA
HINDI KO ITO GINUSTONG MARAMDAMAN
NANG BIGLA
PERO AKOÝ SADYANG NAPAGOD NA
PAGOD NA AKO
PERO MANIWALA KA, IKAW PA RIN ANG
MAHAL KO
IKAW PA RIN ANG LAMAN NG AKING PUSO
IKAW AT IKAW PA RIN ANG IMIISIP KO
HINDI KO RIN NAMAN ITO TANGGAP
PERO PAGMAMAHALAN NATIN AY HINDI NA
SAPAT
AT AYOKO RIN NAMING MAGPANGGAP
NA TILA AYOS LANG ANG LAHAT
PATAWAD SA MGA PANAHONG AKOÝ
HINDI KO GINUSTO NA ITO ANG ATING
MAGING KATAPUSAN
HINDI KO GINUSTONG ANG TAYO AY
MAGING IKAW AT AKO NA LANG
PERO AKOÝ SOBRA NANG NASASAKTAN
SOBRA NA AKONG NAHIHIRAPAN…
"SA PILING NG AKING NANAY"
MORBYJOHN (54)
SA PAGMULAT KO SA MUNDONG IBABAW,
DAMANG-DAMA KO ANG YAKAP AT HALIK
NG INA KUNG MAPANGLAW.
PAGMAMAHAL NIYA AY WALANG
KAPANTAY,
KAYA BUONG BUHAY KO SA KANYA IAALAY.
SALAMAT O AKING INA,
SA LAHAT NG IYONG PAGMAMAHAL AT
SUPORTA.
NA SA TUWING AKO'Y BIGO AT
NAGHIHIKAHOS,
NARIYAN KA SA TABI KO SIMULA PALANG
NOONG AKO'Y MUSMOS.
DI WARI MASUKAT ANG IYONG
KATAPANGAN,
NA SA BUONG BUHAY KO'Y BINIGAY MO NG
LUBUSAN.
KAHIT ANO PA MAN ANG IYONG SAPITIN,
BASTA'T MAGAWA MO LANG ANG LAHAT
PARA SA AKIN
NAGING PABIGAT,
DI KO SUKAT AKALAIN ANG
KASAKIMANG NAIDULOT KO SAYO NG
SALAT.
NATUTO NA AKO SA AKING MGA
PAGKAKAMALI,
DAHIL SA ISANG TULAD MO NA DI
WARI…
MUSIC - IS A FORM ART THAT COMBINES VOCAL OR INSTRUMENTAL
SOUNDS TO CREATE A COMPOSITION.

RONDALLA MUSIC

HARANA AT KUNDIMAN
 DURING THE EARLY AMERICAN PERIOD, THE MUSIC OF THE COUNTRY IS MOSTLY CLASSICAL DUE
TO THE INFLUENCE OF THE EUROPEAN. IT WAS IN THE 1960 THAT AVANT-GARDE MUSIC EMERGED
INTO A COMBINATION OF CLASSICAL, TRADITIONAL OR ETHNIC MUSIC. AS TIME GOES BY THE
INTRODUCTION OF RADIO, FILM, AND OTHER ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY. THE THEATRE MUSIC
GRADUALLY DECLINED, HOWEVER THE RONDALLAS OR THE STRING BAND REMAIN EVEN UP TO THE
PRESENT.
 PHILIPPINE MUSIC CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVED, AND PINOY POP OR FILIPINO POP MUSIC
TOOK PLACE. PINOY POP COVERS DIFFERENT FORMS LIKE JAZZ, DANCE HITS, FOLKSONG, REVIVAL,
ROCK AND ROLL, RAP, ETC. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF PINOY POP, MANILA SOUND WAS BORN.
THIS MUSIC IS WESTERN-DERIVED WITH ENGLISH LYRICS BUT WITH PURE FILIPINO SPIRIT. LATER
ON THE ORIGINAL PILIPINO MUSIC (OPM) BECAME POPULAR.
 FREDDIE AGUILAR

FLORANTE DE LEON BASIL VALDEZ


GROUP ACTIVITY
*EACH GROUP WILL THINK A BEST
EXAMPLE OF ART IN THE FOLLOWING
ART FORMS (VISUAL ARTS,
LITERATURE AND MUSIC).
GROUP I – VISUAL ARTS
GROUP II- LITERATURE
GROUP III – MUSIC
 
DIRECTION: WRITE THE
CORRECT ANSWER
1. HE IS THE ONE WHO INTRODUCED MODERN
VISUAL ART IN THE COUNTRY THROUGH HIS
EXHIBITION.
2. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MANUNGGUL
JAR EXCAVATED IN TABON CAVE LIPUUN
POINT, PALAWAN?
3. ANOTHER TERM FOR FILIPINO POP MUSIC.
4. IT IS A SCULPTURE OF A TREATY BASED ON
RESPECT AND EQUALITY BETWEEN MIGUEL
LOPEZ DE LEGAZPI OF SPAIN AND RAJAH
SIKATUNA OF BOHOL.
5. IN THE HISTORY OF PAINTING, HE WAS ONE
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS AS
PORTRAITIST OF RURAL PHILIPPINE
LANDSCAPES.
Thank You
See You Next Time