Paintings and Illustrations (Fine Arts) - 1st Sem Cont. Arts

Fine Arts

In the Philippines, most contemporary art produced are paintings, sculptures, and drawings.

Paintings

Two dimensional form that showcases artistic expression created on a flat surface. Uses pigment on a flat surface to create images. Includes tools and materials.

Spanish

During the _____ era, paintings were religious in nature.

American influenced

Contemporary forms in paintings are _____.

Religious theme

A theme in painting that is the primary subject for artworks during Spanish colonial times. Now, it can be seen in murals in churches.

Joey Velasco

Hapag ng Pag-asa was a religious-themed painting by _____.

Renato Habulan

Boceto pen and ink series by _____; shows similarities of the suffering of human condition with that of the passion of Christ through use of christian iconography.

Carlos Botong Francisco

Filipino Struggles through History by _____; a historical-themed painting depicting Manila's historical events.

Portraiture

A theme in painting that has been a symbol of one's rise to power and now used to commemorate personalities and are seen in many formal institutions.

Antipas Delotavo

Started with Rafael del Casal as a portraiture artist.

Rafael del Casal

San Pedro Calungsod is a portraiture painting by _____.

Daryl de Leon Descallar

Official portait of President Rodrigo Dutere is a portraiture painting by _____.

Still Life

A theme in painting that portrays inanimate objects and traditionally composed of a basket or bowl of fruits and flowers in vases on a table.

Paz Paterno

Still-life artist from Manila.

Ang Kuikok

Still-life Filipino-Chinese artist.

Vicente Manansala

Still-life Kapampangan artist who created still-life paintings that feature items and ingredients one would find in a typical Filipino kitchen.

Landscapes

A theme in painting that depicts the beauty of the outdoors, can be the beauty of the natural environment including seascapes, and highlights the busy city streets and scenes through urban scenery.

Fernando Amorsolo

Many early Filipino landscape artists made use of the academic style under guidance of _____.

Martino Abellana

A landscape artist referred to as the "Dean of Cebuano Painters," she became a mentor to generations of Visayan artists.

Diosdado M. Lorenzo

A landscape artist who veered away from realistic scenery depictions to a more modernist take on landscape paintings.

Manuel Baldemor

A landscape artist who transformed his hometown into simple geometric forms and imbibed it with a festive vibe.

Prudencio Lamarroza

A landscape artist who was inspired by the Amburayan river to create surreal landscapes.

Nude

A theme that is a subject of painting in the Philippines that was rare but now accepted and popular.

Fernando Amorsolo

A nude artist who made the Lavandera series of paintings.

Ben Cabrera, Cesar Legaspi, Romulo Olazo, Vicente Manansala

Enumerate four (4) artists who in one time or another in their career have dabbled in nude:

BC, CL, RO, VM

Genres

A theme in painting that showcases people doing everyday activities and chores.

Boxer Codex

Miniature genre paintings; shows different social classes and attires of the different inhabitants of the country at the time.

Mauro Malang Santos

Fiesta-inspired genre artist.

Mario Parial

Distinct figurative style genre artist.

Nonrepresentational

A theme in painting also known as abstract art depicting subjects or objects that have little or no resemblance found in real life. Subjects or objects are manipulated and altered beyond their typical portrayal.

Nona Garcia

A nonrepresentational painter with an "x-ray" collection.

X-ray collection

A collection of nonrepresentational paintings that portray indigenous objects, animal bones, religious artifacts.

Geraldine Javier

A nonrepresentational painter known for her conceptual oil paintings which are often intermixed with other media.