HOW PHILIPPINE ART?

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SURVEY 0N THE
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ARTISTIC CULTURE
GROUP 4
 INTRODUCTION

• APPLYING THE KNOWLEDGE OF ART CRITICISM HERE, WE CAN SEE HOW SUCH AN PAINTING
RENDITION OF AMORSOLO’S WORK MIRROR THE FUNCTIONS OF ART WE HAVE STUDIED BEFORE. THE
SUBJECT MATTER, THE CONTEXT, THE IMAGERY, AND EVEN THE USE OF LIGHT HERE OBVIOUSLY
SIGNIFIES SOMETHING LOCAL, HENCE PRESENTING ITSELF AS A REMINDER OF OUR CULTURE AND
EVEN A SENSE OF IDENTITY.
• WE DO HAVE AN IDENTITY. FILIPINOS ARE ACTUALLY ART LOVERS. WE LOVE GRANDIOSE AND
COLORFUL THINGS, THESE ARE SO EVIDENT IN OUR JEEPNEYS, THE COLORFUL DECORATIONS OF
PAHIYAS FESTIVAL, OUR NATIVE PIGMENTS AND COLORS, EVEN OUR CLOTHES. SOMETHING WE DO
NOT EVEN HAVE SENSE OF COLOR HARMONY BECAUSE OF OUR LOVE FOR COLORFUL THINGS.
NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THAT. OUR DIVERSITY IS NEEDED REFLECTED IN OUR ART FORMS AND IT
MAKES US UNITED AND UNIQUE.
 ABSTRACTION

• FILIPINO ARTIST ARE IMPORTANT FORCES IN THE FORMATION OF OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY. IMAGES
AND THE CULTURE OF MAKING ARTWORK HAS POWER IN ITSELF. THESE ARE SOME NOTABLE ARTIST
WHO HAVE CAPTURED OUR FILIPINO SENSIBILITIES IN THEIR OWN WAY.
• 1. FERNANDO AMORSOLO INTERPRETED THE “PHILIPPINE LIGHT”
• A. WE CAN COMPARE HIS STYLE WITH THE IMPRESSIONIST PAINTERS WHO ALSO AIMED TO EXPRESS
THE SIMPLE BEAUTIES OF NATURE AND LIFE. SUCH ARTIST ARE AUGUSTINE RENIOR, EDOUARD
MANET, AND 19-CENTURY PORTRAIT ARTIST AUGUSTINE DOMINIQUE INGRES. BECAUSE OF
AMORSOLO’S EXPERTISE ON HIS MEDIUM, WHICH IS OIL, AND HIS SENSITIVITY OF LIGHT, AMORSOLO
WAS ABLE TO PAINT LUMINOUS SKIN AS LIGHT STRIKES IT AND CREATES A CERTAIN GLOW. OTHERS
EVEN SAY THAT YOU CAN ALMOST FEEL THE BLOOD RUSHING UNDERNEATH THE FLESH.
 QUICK FACTS:
1. ANALOGOUS IS A TYPE OF HARMONY WHICH TECHNICALLY MEANS THOSE
COLORS THAT ARE NEXT TO EACH AND OTHER IN THE COLOR WHEEL:
 1. FERNANDO AMORSOLO INTERPRETED THE
PHILIPPINE LIGHT”