Visual and Performing Arts Review

Flashcards covering key vocabulary from the lecture on Visual Arts, Architecture, and Performing Arts.

Terracotta

A type of pottery that is reddish-brown, porous, and unglazed.

Ceramics

Pottery created at high temperatures, often glazed and non-porous.

Coil/Slab, Potter's Wheel, Free Modelling

Common techniques used in pottery and ceramics.

Banig mats

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

Backstrap weaving

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

Ikat

A resist-dye weaving technique, exemplifies in T'boli t'nalak fabric.

Abel Iloco

Traditional Ilocano cotton weaving styles, including kinurkuros and pinilian.

Inaul

A Maguindanaon malong (tubular skirt) featuring symbolic colors: yellow for royalty, red for bravery, and black for dignity.

Langkit

Narrow woven panels from the Maranao people, adorned with okir motifs.

Piña & Jusi

Fibers used for barong fabric, made from pineapple fiber and silk, respectively.

Woodcarving (ukit)

Traditional Filipino carving art, notable examples include Ifugao bulul and works by Paete masters.

Metalwork

Filipino craft including Maranao kulintang and gador kettles, often made using the lost-wax technique.

Glass Sculpture

A modern sculptural art form, with Ramon Orlina as a prominent artist.

Soft sculpture

Contemporary sculpture using textiles and other pliable materials.

Printmaking types

Techniques such as relief, intaglio, silkscreen, and lithography.

Papier-mâché (taka)

Art of making objects from paper pulp or pieces, notably from Paete, Laguna.

Pabalat

The art of intricate paper cutting used for Bulacan pastillas wrappers.

Ivatan gold filigree

Delicate ornamental work made of gold wire, characteristic of the Ivatan people.

T’boli brass armlets, bead belts

Traditional ornaments of the T'boli people, known for their craftsmanship.

Parol lanterns

Festive kaleidoscopic lanterns from Pampanga, especially during Christmas season.

Post-and-lintel

An architectural system using vertical posts and horizontal lintels, exemplified by the bahay kubo.

Domes/arches

Architectural elements seen in structures like the Ivatan stone houses.

Thin shell architecture

A structural system using thin, curved elements, exemplified by the UP Church of the Holy Sacrifice by Leandro Locsin.

Cantilever

An architectural element that extends horizontally into space without supporting columns at its outer end, as seen in the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Geodesic dome

A spherical, partial-spherical, or other curved structure made of interconnected triangles, notable at the People's Park in Davao.

Tensile structure

A structure that uses tension elements like cables or fabrics to support loads, such as the Expo Filipino Freedom Ring.

Spanish influence on Theater

Introduced forms like komedya, sinakulo, and sarsuwela to Filipino theater.

American influence on Theater

Introduced forms like bodabil and English plays to Filipino theater.

Kundiman

A traditional Filipino classical song form, often expressing profound love or longing.

Sarsuwela songs

Semi-classical songs derived from the Spanish-influenced theatrical form.

Manila Sound

A musical genre popular in the 1970s, associated with groups like APO Hiking Society and Hotdog.

Rock operas

Full-length musical theater works combining rock music with operatic narrative, like 'Rak of Aegis' and 'Rama Hari'.

Folk/indigenous dance

Traditional Filipino dances, including tinikling (bamboo dance) and singkil (a Maranao epic dance).

Mise-en-scène

In cinema, the arrangement of everything that appears in the frame, including props, actors, lighting, and setting.