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Contemporary Philippine Arts

from the Region (Lesson 2)

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Make an interpretive statement about the
contemporary art work.
• What do you think is
the art form of the
given art work?
• What do you think is
the art form of the
given art work?
Pre Colonial ART
WHOA!
Period
(6185BC – 1520 AD)
Old Stone Age (Paleolithic) Age of Horticulture/
Neolithic Period Metal Age Iron Age

Lesson 1
Old Stone Age (Paleolithic) Espinosa
Ranch Site, Cagayan 16000- 8000
BC
● Associated with the
fossils of a proboscidean-
a prehistoric elephant
● It was used by ancient
Filipinos as knives and
scrapers
● The oldest man-made
object dated about .9
million years
 Shell Bracelets and Pendants
(Neolithic)
● Shells were fashioned
into tools as well as
ornaments
● The oldest known cone
shell ornaments were
found in 1960’s in the
grave of an adult male in
Duyong Cave in
Palawan. The shell
ornaments were dated
Agono Petroglyphs
● Oldest known artworks
in the Philippines that
was discovered in 1965
● Collection of 127 figural
cravings engraved on the
wall of volcanic tuff.
● Declared as National
Treasure
● In 1985, listed as World
Inventory of Rock Art
Lingling-o
(2000 BC – 1000 AD)
● An ear pendant
fashioned from
green nephrite
(jade). One of the
characteristic traits
of Early Metal Age
Maitum Jar
(Metal Age:n5BC -225 A.D.)
● An Earthenware pots resembling
human figures that is used for
secondary burial
● It was found in Ayub Cave, in
Pinol, Maitum, Saranngani
Province
● The head-shaped covers signify
different kind of facial
expressions: sadness, joy, and
contentment
● Creation of this earthenware
depicting human figures and faces
indicates high level of
craftmanship
 Okir
● A geometric and flower
designs (based on an
elaborated leaf and vine
pattern)
● Another name for okir are-
okkil, okil or ukkil
● A Muslim-influenced
artwork especially in the
Southern Philippines
● It might include
“Sarimanok”, Naga and
“pako rabong”
PATTERNS OF OKIR
In the book of Dr. Nagasura Madale,
it explains that the Okir has patterns
which are used by the Maranao
artists.
1. Matilak (circle)
2. Poyok (bud)
3. Dapal (leaf)
4. Pako (fern or spiral form)
5. Todi (fern leaf with spiral at
upper edge)
6. Pako lungat (fern leaf with a cut
at one edge) Another elements
found by Dr. Madale are: Naga,
obid-obid binotoon, kianoko,
pakonai and tialitali.
COMMON THEME OF THE OKIR
● Torogan known (flower
symbol of the ancestral
home) of the highest title
holder in a Maranao
village.
● The prominent part is
panolong, carved beam that
protrudes in the front of the
house. It symbolizes power
and prestige.
● Naga or serpent
● Sarimanok
 WHOA!
SPANISH COLONIAL ART
PERIOD
Spaniards introduced art as a tool to spread
Catholic faith using beautiful images

Lesson 2
BYZANTINE PAINTING STYLE
● 11th – 12th century
at Church of
Panayia
Phoryiotissa,
Cyprus
● Attributed to Maître
à la Ratière, Battle
of Marignano, 1515
LANGIT, LUPA AT IMPIERNO BY JOSEF
LUCIANO DANS CA. 1850
● One of the earliest painters recorded
in the Philippine art history
● A three – layer painting that shows
Holy Trinity, Mary the Mother of
Christ, saints, the Seven Blessed
Sacraments, and a Macabre depiction
of Hell
○ Byzantine art refers to artistic
products of the Eastern Roman
(Byzantine) Empire, as well as
the nations and states that
inherited culturally from the
empire. These are more
Christian based art.
BOROQUE AESTHETICS
● Cathedral Church of Saint Mary in
Murcia, Spain
○ The only cathedral in use in the
Roman Catholic Diocese of
Cartagena in Spain

● Filipino interpretation: Miagao Church

also known as the Sto. Tomas de
Villanueva Parish Church Miagao, Iloilo,
● Philippines The Baroque is often thought
of as a period of artistic style that used
exaggerated motion and clear easily
interpreted detail to produce drama,
tension, exuberance, and grandeur in
sculpture, painting, architecture,
literature, dance, theater, and music.
ROCOCO ART

● It was derived from

French word ‘rocaille’
meaning, rock-work after
the forms of sea shells
● An elaborate
ornamentation,
asymmetrical values,
pastel color palette and
curved serpentine lines
GOTHIC ART

● Style of European
architecture, sculpture,
and minor arts
● Public form of Christian
art
● Flourished in Ile de
France and the
surrounding region in the
period 1150-1250 and
spread throughout Gothic Architecture St. Stephen Cathedral in Vienna, Austria

Northern Europe
 WHOA!
THE FILIPINO ARTIST
Illustrado-“Erudite”, “learned” or the enlighten ones in the 19th
Century
Filipino educated class during the Spanish colonial era
FATHER OF FILIPINO PAINTING: DAMIN DOMINGO
● First Filipino artist to
specialized in secular
(non-religious) painting
● He is well known as the
creator of miniature
portraits of Manila
society figures
● Founder of the Academia
de Dibujo y Pintura, the
first school of drawing in
the Philippines (1821)
JUAN LUNA y NOVICIO

● His Spoliarium
won the gold
medal in the 1884
Madrid Exposition
of Fine Arts. It
measures 4x7
meters
FELIX RESURRECCION HIDALGO

● He won silver
medal along
with Luna in
the 1884
Madrid
Exposition of
Fine Arts
TWO FILIPINO ART SYLE DEVELOPED DURING THE SPANISH ERA

MINIATURISMO ART LETRAS y FIGURAS ART

STYLE (Letters and Figures)
Portraits of illustrados
. A style developed by Jose
where painters Honorato Lozano that
captured the intricate combines letters with
figures in everyday activity
designs- the attention amidst a common
to minuet details background. Usually used
characterized in painting a patron’s full
name
miniaturismo
AMERICAN COLONIAL
WHOA!
ART PERIOD
(1898 – 1946)
 Commercial Design gained popularity and
incorporated in Fine Arts
• Painting themes still largely
favored Genre Paintings,
Landscapes and Still Life.
• Portraits are reserved for high
ranking officials with a more
academic approach to make the
subject more formal.
 Popular Art Style during the Philippine
American Colonial Period
Neoclassicism in
Architecture:

THE WHITE HOUSE

 Popular Art Style during the Philippine
American Colonial Period
Neoclassicism in
Philippine
Architecture

MANILA CITY
HALL
 Popular Art Style during the Philippine
American Colonial Period
Art Deco in
Architecture
Chrysler Building
 Popular Art Style during the Philippine
American Colonial Period

Art Deco in Philippine

Architecture
Metropolitan Theater
Popular Art Style during the Philippine
American Colonial Period

Art Nouveau in
Architecture Old
England building
built in Art
Popular Art Style during the Philippine
American Colonial Period
Art Nouveau in
Architecture Old
England building
built in Art Nouveau
style. Musée des
instruments de
musique – Bruxelles
 Popular Art Style during the Philippine
American Colonial Period

Art Nouveau in
Philippine
Architecture Uy-
Chaco Building
 ART NOUVEAU
1. Prominent style in western Europe and USA
from 1890 -World War I
2. Decorative art style in architecture
characterized by intricate linear designs and
flowing curves based on natural forms
3. Another name is “modern”. A movement in
the decorative arts and architecture,
originated in 1920. Characterized by simple,
clean shapes with “streamlined” look
ornament which is geometric or stylized
form
NOTABLE ARTIST: FABIAN DELA ROSA
• an outstanding painter of
women’s portrait
• He introduced and taught
decorative painting
• Director of UP School of
Fine Arts (1927- 1937
 NOTABLE ARTIST: FERNANDO
AMORSOLO
• He is known as “The Painter of the
Philippines Sunlight”. He illuminated
landscapes displayed the magnificence
of country’s sunshine and traditional
Filipino customs.
• His art style: chiaroscuro a
backlighting technique meaning “
light-dark”, an interplay of light and
dark which became his artistic
trademark.
• • First awardee of the National Artist
Award in 1972
 GUILLERMO TOLENTINONOTABLE ARTIST:
GUILLERMO TOLENTINO
1. National Artist for Sculpture in
1973
2. Known as the "Father of
Philippine Arts" because of his
great works like the famous
"Bonifacio Monument"
symbolizing Filipinos cry for
freedom and "The Oblation" in
UP signifying academic freedom
MERGENCE OF PHILIPPINE PREMODEN ART: TRIUMVIRATE OF
PHILIPPINE MODERN ART
1. Victorio Edades
2. Carlos “Botong” Francisco
3. Galo B. Ocampo
a. Three artists who
introduced the Modern Art
styles such as pop art,
maximalism, minimalism,
abstraction, expressionism,
constructivism, magic
realism, and
environmental art before
the World War II
THE LEGEND OF THE 13 MODERN ART
• The Thirteen Modern Artist Award is then-biennial, now triennial event founded by the Cultural Center of the
Philippines in 1970. The goal is to give recognition to exemplary artists in the filed of contemporary visual art.
• The first 13 Modern Artists
• Victorio Edades
• Carlos Francisco
• biebie Galo B. Ocampo
• Hernando R. Ocampo
• Cesar Legaspi
• Diosdado Lorenzo
• Vicente Manansala Anita
• Magsaysay-Ho Demetrio
• Diego Ricarte
• Purugunan Bonifacio
• Cristobal Arsenio Capili
POST COLONIAL PERIOD (1946-1986)
WHOA!
PHILIPPINE MODERN ART

(1946-1970)

Lesson 3
 Art Association of the Philippines (AAP)
1.has a strong leaning with the Modernist
than the Conservatives (the traditional art
also termed as the Amorsolo School).
 Philippine Post-Modern Art (1970 – 1980s)

1. The support of the Philippine Government for the

arts leads to the creation of the Cultural Center
of the Philippines during 1969 gave a venue for
all artists to experiment and explore different art
medium tying closely to the Post Modern Art
Period of the West with Pop Art, Installation Art
and Performance Art
Philippine Contemporary Art (1980s to Present)

1. Known as the “art of today”, it includes artwork

produced during the 1980’s and early 21st centuries
2. This genre goes not have its own approach or style and is
difficult to define because of its variety
 Modern art
1. A worldwide movement in culture and society that sought
a new alignment with the expertise and values of modern
industrial life
2. It is characterized by the artist's intent to portray a
subject as it exists in the world, according to his or her
unique perspective and is exemplified by a rejection of
accepted or traditional styles and values.
 Postmodern art
1. Wide category of contemporary art created about 1970
onwards. It rejects aesthetics of modern art
2. New art forms includes performance art, conceptual art,
installation art, as well as computer-aided movements
like deconstructivism and projection art
CONTEMPORARY ART’S CHARACTERISTICS
1. Based on abstract expressionism
2. It has artistic vanguards that seeks different form of expression
3. It has basis coming from abstract art
4. Original, artistic and leave mark of the artist who creates them
5. The instruments are changing, and new technologies are used day by
day
6. Influenced by Fauvism, Neoplasticism and Cubism
7. Emphasizes expression of the self and emotion
8. Colors used are strong and with symbolic content
9. Manifest the movement and repetition of objects on canvass
10.Art is avant-garde and surrealistic
 ALTERMODERNISM
1.Altermodern- a term coined by curator
Nicolas Bourriand in 2009. It describe art
made as a reaction against standardization
and commercialism, in the context of
globalization
1. The title of the Tate Britain's fourth Triennial exhibition last 2009 curated by
Nicolas Bourriaud
2. The Tate exhibition includes a series of four one-day events (called
"Prologues"),
3. The goal is to "introduce and provoke debate" around the Triennial’s themes
4. Each Prologue includes lectures, performances, film and a manifesto text and
attempts to define what the curator sees as the four main facets of
Altermodern
a. The end of postmodernism
b. Cultural hybridisation
c. Travelling as a new way to produce forms [clarification needed]
d. The expanding formats of arts
CONTEMPORARY
ART FORMS
CLASSIFICATION
 Visual Arts
1. Forms perceived by the eyes
2. An art form that occupy space which is called
Spatial Art
3. Examples: Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
 Graphic Arts
1. Visual art forms known as two-dimensional arts (2D Art)
2. Flat art can be seen on flat surface Example: billboards and
advertisement in magazine and print ads (commercial arts), painting,
printing, drawing, sketching, mechanical processes, computer
graphics and photography
Photography
 Plastic Arts
1. Visual arts with length, width and volume known as
three- dimensional arts (3D Art) Example: Sculpture,
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, City Planning
Design, Set Design, Theater Design, Industrial Design,
Crafts and Allied Arts.
 Audio-Visual Arts
1. Art forms perceived by both ears (audio) and eyes
(video)
2. Another name is performing arts
3. Examples: Music (vocal, instrumental and mixed), Dance
(ethnological, social and theatrical), Drama (tragedy,
comedy, tragicomedy, farce, melodrama, etc.)
 Literary Arts
1. Art forms in the written mode and intended to be
read
2. Example: prose (short stories, novels, essays and
plays) and poetry (narrative poem, lyric poems
and dramatic poems)
Read the questions carefully. Make thoughtful and detailed answers to each question. Make
sure each answer contains at least 2 sentences for critical analysis. Strengthen your answer
by including evidence, examples, or context. Express your opinion clearly, and avoid
unnecessary repetition. Be brief, and address the main points. Copy and answer the
questions in your Notebook.

1. How can you infer the birth of various contemporary arts

form in our country?
2. How can you advocate our various contemporary art
forms from different regions?
3. How will you show appreciation to the various
contemporary arts forms in our country?