CPAR (fine arts)

Paintings

• 2nd form of art showcasing artistic expression on a flat surface

• From Spanish colonization

Religious themes

• Primary subjects for the artworks during spanish colonial times

• Seen in many churches

• Renato Habulan’s boceto pen and ink series

Historical themes

• Carlos “Botong” V. Fransisco’s artworks showing Filipino struggles through historical events

Portraiture

• Commemorates personalities

• Symbol of one’s rise to power/wealth

• Rafael del Casal created portrait of San Pedro Calungsod

• Daryl de Leon Dascallar created the official portrait of Rodrigo Duterte

Still Life

• Portrays inanimate objects

• Vincente Manansala created a painting showing things you would find in a kitchen

Landscapes

• Beauty of outdoors

• Martino Abellana regarded as the ‘Dean of the Cebuano Painters”

Nude

• Rare before 20th century but has been accepted 

• Fernando Amorsolo and his Lavandera series

Genres

• Themes showing people doing everyday activities

• Maura Malang Santos known for his fiesta inspired paintings

Nonrepresentational

• Abstract art

• Works of art that depict subjects/objects that have little to no resemblance in real life

• Nona Garcia and her x-ray like paintings

Sculptures

• 3d artworks

• Made by adding or subtracting materials

Free standing sculptures

• In the round

• Raised independently in their given space

• Can be observed from all points

Reliefs

• Raised from a background

  • Bas reliefs are slightly protruding

  • High reliefs are prominently raised