Visual and Performing Arts Review

Vocabulary flashcards covering various visual and performing arts, architecture, and cultural notes from the lecture.

Terracotta

Reddish-brown, porous, unglazed pottery material.

Ceramics

Pottery made at high temperatures, glazed, and non-porous.

Coil/Slab, Potter's Wheel, Free Modelling

Techniques used in pottery and ceramics.

Banig mats

Woven mats from Samar (tikug), Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi.

Backstrap weaving

A weaving technique practiced by Ifugao, Bontoc, Itneg, Bagobo, T'boli, and Yakan groups.

Ikat

A resist-dye weaving technique, exemplified by T'boli t'nalak fabric.

Abel Iloco

Cotton weaving from Ilocos, including kinurkuros and pinilian styles.

Inaul

A Maguindanaon malong with symbolic colors: yellow for royalty, red for bravery, and black for dignity.

Langkit

Narrow Maranao panels featuring okir motifs.

Pi
a & Jusi

Fabrics made from pineapple fiber and silk, commonly used for barongs.

Ukit

Filipino woodcarving, famously seen in Ifugao bulul figures and works by Paete masters.

Metalwork

Includes Maranao kulintang and gador kettles, often made using the lost-wax technique.

Glass Sculpture

Sculpture form associated with artist Ramon Orlina.

Soft sculpture

A contemporary sculpture form using textiles.

Printmaking types

Relief, intaglio, silkscreen, and lithography.

Papier-m
ch
taka

A papier-m
ch
craft from Paete, Laguna.

Pabalat

A paper cutting technique used for Bulacan pastillas wrappers.

Ivatan gold filigree

A type of gold ornamental work from the Ivatan people.

T'boli ornaments

Include brass armlets and bead belts.

Parol lanterns

Kaleidoscopic Christmas lanterns from Pampanga.

Post-and-lintel

An architectural system used in structures like the bahay kubo (nipa hut).

Domes/arches

Architectural features found in Ivatan stone houses.

Thin shell architecture

A structural style exemplified by the UP Church of the Holy Sacrifice by Leandro Locsin.

Cantilever

An architectural element used in structures like the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Geodesic dome

A spherical or partial-spherical shell structure, such as the People's Park in Davao.

Tensile structure

An architectural system using tension, seen in the Expo Filipino Freedom Ring.

Komedya, Sinakulo, Sarsuwela

Forms of theater influenced by Spanish culture.

Bodabil, English plays

Forms of theater influenced by American culture.

Kundiman

A traditional Filipino classical song form.

Sarsuwela songs

Semi-classical songs from Spanish-influenced theatrical forms.

Manila Sound (70s OPM)

A music genre from the 1970s, featuring groups like APO Hiking Society and Hotdog.

Rock operas

Musical theater productions like 'Rak of Aegis' and 'Rama Hari'.

Tinikling

A folk/indigenous bamboo dance.

Singkil

A Maranao epic dance.

Mise-en-sc
ne

The arrangement of everything that appears in the frame in cinema.