VISUAL ARTS

In the American period, education

was introduced to the Philippines.
There were Filipinos who studied
abroad and influenced the art
making in the country, namely,
Juan Arellano, Diosdado Lorenzo,
and Victorio Edades.
LITERATURE
Bagay Movement= it is a
kind of poetry which uses
colloquial language an dis
built on concrete images
which tend to describe
experiences.
Bagay Movement Poets
ROLANDO TINIO
JOSE F. LOCABA
BIENVENIDO LUMBERA
ANTONIO SAMSON
EDMUNDO MARTINEZ
AMADO V. HERNANDEZ
He introduced another
form of poetry through
his artwork, “Ang Bayang
Malaya”, it is a long
narrative piece about a
peasant leader .
Social Protest and social realism
became the theme of the said
piece.
During the contemporary period,
the works of American And British
poets influenced the English
poems in the Philippines.
WESTERN POETS
EDITH TIEMPO
EMMANUEL TORRES
DOMINADOR ILIO
 Their works revolved on subjects like
the search for love and identity,
oppression and those subjects
concerning the poets private world’s
NATIONALISTIC POETRY
Discussing the poverty,
inequality, political turmoil,
and other social problems
started during the Marcos
Era.
SHORT STORY WRITERS
 N.V.M Gonzales
 Nick Joaquin
 Alejandro Roces
 Francisco Arcellana
 Gregorio Brillantes
 Bienvenido Santos
 Edith Tiempo
 During Contemporary period, short
stories produced which used vernacular
langauge.
 Short story writers produced more
social conscious fiction during the
1970’s.
 Social Protest fiction was produced
during the Marcos era.
 In the area of novels, the production of
novels with sociopolitical themes
continued after the World War II.
 In the area of essay and criticism,
literary criticism was produced after
the World War II aiming to analyze The
Philippine writings.
MUSIC
 During the early American period, the music of the
country was mostly classical due to the influence of
European.
 This kind of music continued flourishing until 1950’s.
 It was in 1960’s that avant-garde music emerged.
 Pinoy pop or Filipino pop music took place.
 Pinoy pop covers different forms like jazz, dance hits,
folksong revival, rock and roll, rap, etc.
 OPM was followed by another form of popular music,
called, “alternative music”
Freddie Aguilar’s Anak,
Herber Bartolome’s Tayo’y
mge Pilipino”, Florante De
leon’s Ako’y Pilipino