SPANISH COLONIAL TRADITION

GROUP 2
M A R I E L S A N DAG A
C RY S TA L J O Y B A R T O L O M E *
JANELL CARBONELL
J I M M UEL SI AG AN
ERL JOHN PIS-O
• Contemporary Arts
• Refers to the current and every recent practice of art, attributed,
approximately to the period of 1970’s to present.

• Contemporary artists work in and respond to a global

environment culturally diverse, technologically advancing and
multifaceted and working in a wide range of mediums.
• Modern Arts
• Modern art referred as “Traditional Art”. It began with the
Enlightenment in the seventeenth century more generally modern
can be used to refer to all things since the early RENAISSANCE.

• Modern art is defined in terms of linear progression of style such

as IMPRESSIONISM, EXPRESSIONISM, CUBISM, and
ABSTRACT.
Dance TINIKLING
As varied are the people of the Philippines, so too are
the dance. There are many dances performed in the
Philippine island such as the popular “Tinikling” to
the eroticized “Pangalay” to the skill-based
interpretation of the “Banga” and Spanish-tinged
“Jota”.
Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which
originated during the Spanish colonial era. The dance
involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding
bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in
coordination with one or more dancers who step over
and in between the poles in a dance. It is traditionally
danced to rondalla music, a sort of serenade played
by an ensemble of stringed instruments which
originated in Spain during the middle ages.
 PANDANGGO
Pandanggo is a South East Asian
Dance style originating from the
popular Spanish dance style
“Fandango”. This folk dance
originated in Philippines, and is
popular in the rural areas of the
country. Apparently several
versions of this dance style exist
in the Pilipino culture.
Furthermore this dance is mainly
performed during religious
rituals and processions.
• Choreography
Visual Art

Painting
For the first centuries of Spanish colonization,
painting was limited to religious icons. Portraits of
saints and of the holy Family became a familiar
sight in churches.
 • Sculpture
• The period where the Spaniards had colonized us had helped developed
our country to how it is as of today. During the period the Spaniards have
established Christianity on us. A wood sculpture I encountered copied a
famous sculpture of Michelangelo its name similar to the original “Pieta”
Although the sculpture creators in unknown from this we come to the
conclusion that the Spaniards had really engraved Christianity upon us.
The Triump of Science over Death (by Dr. Jose Rizal)
--- Also known as Scientia is a clay sculpture made by Dr. Jose Rizal as
a gift to his friend Ferdinand Bluemintritt. The statue depicts a young
nude woman with flowing hair ,standing on a skull while bearing a torch .
The woman symbolizes the ignorance of humankind during the Dark
Ages of the History ,while the torch she bears symbolizes the
enliggtment science bring to the world. The woman stand atop the skull,a
symbol of death, to signify the victory that humankind aims to achieve by
conquering the bane of death through scientific advancement .
Retablo ---
 Painting
For the first centuries of
Spanish colonization,
painting was limited to
religious icons. Portraits of
saints and of the holy
Family became a familiar
sight in churches.
• Architecture

CAPE BOJEADOR LIGHTHOUSE--also known as Burgos Lighthouse , is a cultural

heritage in Burgos Ilocos Norte , that was estabpished during the Spanish Colonial Period
in the Philippines . The lighthouse first lit on March 30, 1892 and is set high on Vigia de
Nagpartian Hill overlooking the scenic Cape Bojeador were early galleons used to sail
by.After 100 years it still function and serves the ships that enter the Philippine
Archipelago from the north.
 Fort Santiago,Intramuros,Manila---was
 Fort Santiago, Intramuros,Manila-- was built in late 1500s to
serve as a forward base for Spanish ambitions in the Far East . Over
the centuries , Fort Santiago gained a fearsome reputations among
Filipinos - the Philippine National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal was
imprisoned there immedieately before his execution, and the
Japanese massacred thousand here throughout their short but
brutal occupation in the 1940s.
 Literature

1. Noli me Tangere (Touch me Not)--is a first novel written by a

Filipino patriot and National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal in December 1887
to March 29,1891 and publish in Germany . The story line goes
detailed with the society of the Philippine during Spanish Colonial
Period and features aristocracy behind poverty and abuse of
colonialist.
EL FILIBUSTERISMO ( The Reign if Greed )-- It is the second
novel of Dr. Jose Rizal as a sequel of Noli me Tangere, like Noli me
Tangere it was written in spanish . Its consist of 38 chapter. Rizal
dedicated El Filibusterimo to the Three Martyred Priest of Cavite (
Gomez,Burgos,Zamora/ GOMBURZA) munity . The execution of
the three priest significant to the title of the novel. Rizal took 3 years
to write his second novel, he began writing El Fili in October 1887
while his in Calamba , and He finally completed the book on March 29,
1891 in Biarrits. Sept. 18, 1891 when the novel was published in Ghent
.
CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
Published in Manila in
1593, this catechism in
Spanish and Taglog is the
first book printed in the
Philippines. It is also the
first book printed in a
Philippine language and
the first and only in 16th
century.
 • Theater Arts
Zarzuela-
Music Harana
Nowadays, we call it old-fashioned
serenading. Harana originated from the
Spanish Era here in the Philippines. The
Haran is practiced in small towns and rural
places. This is how men court the women
from before. A man accompanied by his
friends would visit a woman and sing to her
love songs to make her fall in love with him.
The man is usually accompanied by his
friends to give him moral support and also
help him with the song.
Harana is also called “Habanera Filipina”
this is so because its rhythmic element came
from the Spanish Tango or Habanera.
 Kundiman
Another traditional way of serenading
is the Kundiman. Kundiman came
from the province of Batangas. The
Kundiman may be similar to Harana
because the song is dedicated to a
woman. Although in Kundiman a man
is singing about his longing for loved
one. This was also used in the Spanish
Era as a means to express ones love
for country and longing for freedom.
The Kundiman was used in this way
because the Spaniards did not allow
songs pertaining to patriotism.