CPAR 1ST QUARTER CHPATER 2 - A BRIEF HISOTRY OF PHILIPPINE ART

pre-conquest

This is the existing or relating to a time before a conquest.

retablo

This is a decorative altar niche that is often embellished with rosettes, scrolls, pediments and solomonic columns which may be gilded or polychromed.

indigenous

This refers to artwork created by indigenous people or native Filipinos prior to colonization.

Doctrina

This is the first printed book in the Philippines compiling song lyrics, commandments, sacraments, and other catechetical materials.

Pre-colonial

This refers to the way of Filipinos lives through life before colonization.

Anthropomorphic

This is relating to or characterized by human-like characteristics.

Terracotta

This is a type of fired clay, typically of a brownish-red color and unglazed, used as an ornamental building materials and in modelling.

Abstraction

This is a type of art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead uses shapes, colors, forms, and gestural marks to achieve its effect.

Representation

This refers to a type of description or portrayal of someone or something; it is the ways in which an artwork depicts or portrays a subject, often something outside of itself.

Abstract expressionist

This is an art movement characterized by non-representational art that aims to express emotions and ideas through abstract forms and techniques.

Neorealism

This is a movement of school in art or philosophy representing a modified form of realism.

Social Realism

This is the realistic depiction in art of contemporary life, as a means of social or political comment.

Installation

This refers to the configuration of objects in a space, where the totality of objects and space comprise the artwork.

Kanyaw

This is a ritual found in the Cordillera Autonomous Region that is officiated by a shaman or mumbaki, that involves an animal sacrifice, where the entrails are read through a process of divination.

Kashawing ritual

This is a type of ritual in Lake Lanao Mindanao that involves the reenactment of the pact made by the ancestors of the community and unseen spirits that inhibit the lake to ensures abundance during rice planting and harvesting.

Tagbanwa ritual

A ritual formed in Palawan which believes that every thirteenth moon, three goddesses descend from heaven to bless the planting of rice.

Pangalay

This is a mimetic movement of seabirds performed by those in the archipelago of Sulu.

• Mandaya’s kinabua

• Higaonon’s and the B’laan’s banog-banog

• Bagobos’ man-manok

These are dance forms that imitate the movements of predatory birds.

Talip

This is a dance by the Ifugaos that is used in courtship and is mimetic of the movements of wild fowls.

• Matigsalugs’ inamong

• T’bolis’ kadaliwas

These are native dances that represent the comedic movements of monkeys.

Tinikling

This is a popular Tagalog folk dance that is evocative of the movements of the crane, balancing itself on stilt-like legs or flitting away from the clutches of bamboo traps.

Manunggul Jar

This is a secondary burial vessel discovered at Manunggul Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan that is dated to the late Neolithic period, where buried and exhumed bones are placed.

Boxer Codex

This is an illustrated manuscript dated back to the 16th century, which portrays an upper class Tagalog couple wearing gold jewelry while the Visayans are shown fully covered in tattoo.

Lost wax

This is a special technique of metal casting which involves the use of molds filled with liquefied metal that eventually hardens.

Kendi

This is a vessel used for pouring liquids. It has a round body with no handle.

Gadur

This is a container with a tapered top, a round body, and a flared base.