Researches on Various Contemporary Arts

Flake Tools

The oldest man-made objects recovered in the Philippines, dated about 9 million years and associated with proboscidean fossils from the Espinosa Ranch Site in Cagayan.

Shell Bracelets and Pendants

Neolithic ornaments made from cone shells found in Duyong Cave in Palawan (dated 4854 B.C.), as well as Cagayan and Sorsogon, used as tools and grave ornaments.

Angono Petroglyphs

The oldest known work of art in the Philippines located in Rizal, featuring 127 human and animal figures carved on a rockwall during the late Neolithic period (3000 BC).

Lingling-o

An ear pendant fashioned from green nephrite (jade) characteristic of the Early Metal Age (2000 BC – 1000 AD), such as the double-headed pendant from Duyong Cave, Palawan.

Maitum Jar

Anthropomorphic secondary burial jars dating to the Metal Age (190 BC to 500 AD), discovered in 1991 in Ayub Cave, Barangay Pinol, Maitum, Sarangani Province.

Byzantine Art

Christian-based artistic products originating from the Eastern Roman Empire, introduced during the Spanish Colonial Art Period.

Rococo Art

An 18th-century Parisian art style characterized by whimsical, curvy lines and elaborate decoration derived from the French word 'rocaille' meaning rock-work.

Gothic Art

A Middle Ages to Renaissance Northern European art style rooted in religious devotion, distinguished by church arches, stained glass, and illuminated manuscripts.

Baroque

An artistic style using exaggerated motion and clear detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature, dance, theater, and music.

Damian Domingo

Known as the father of Filipino painting, he was the first Filipino to paint his face in a self-portrait and founded the Academia de Dibujo y Pintura.

Juan Luna y Novicio

A late 19th-century Filipino painter, sculptor, and political activist whose painting Spoliarium won the gold medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts.