Lesson 1: VARIOUS CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS AND THEIR PRACTICES FROM THE VARIUS REGIONS

What is Art?

it mirrors the filipino people, its history, its tradition, and the country as a whole. Diverse forms in the different parts of the archipelago, when integrated, will give a clear picture of what kind of country the Philippines is and what kind of people the Filipinos are.

What is the nature of art?

it is derived from the latin word ars/artis which means to do or man-made

In the nature of art, art is a medium of?

expression because we express our ideas, emotions, feelings without using words. Creative activity involves skill or expertise in handling materials and organizing them into something new.

In the nature of arts, art is applied to?

express ideas by the use of skills and imagination in the creation of objects and experiences that can be shared to others.

Who said that art is derived from the lation word “ars” meaning the ability or skill

J.V Estolas

“Art is taken from the lation word “artis”, which means craftmanship, skill, mastery of form exist between material and technique”

A. Tan

“Art is a product of man’s need to express himself”

R. Zulueta

“Art is the communication of ideas and feeling by means of medium, color, sound, bronze, marble, words, and film”

C. Sanchez

“Art is beauty of the world”

Plato

“Art is an attitude of sprint, a state of mind-one which demands for its own satisfaction and fulfilling”

J. Dewey

“Art is the skillful arrangement of nature such as colors, sounds, lines, movements, words, stones, wood, etc and to express human feelings”

Rustia

Art Appreciation

it is the ability to interpret or understand man-made arts and enjoy them either through actual and work experience with tools and materials or possession of these works for satisfaction

Work of Art

an activity that involves both imagination and skills in accomplishing it. A thing of beauty having aesthetic value “obra maestra” that provides aesthetic value to viewers. Must have an artistic and literary merit. A symbolic state of meaning rather having a practical function.

Subject of Art

the subject matter may vary, usually anything that is represented in the artwork. It may be a person, object, scene, or event.

Visual Arts

in the americal period education was introduced to the philippines. There were filipinos who studied abroad and influenced the art making in the country.

Who were the personalities who studied outside abroad/ outside the philippines to study visual arts?

Juan Arellano, Diosdado Lorenzo, and Victorio Edades.

Literature

in the field of poetry during the contemporary period publication of young poets to campus journals emerged

Music

during the early American Period, the music of the country was mostly classical due to the influence of the European. This kind of music continued flourishing until the 1950s. It was in the 1960s that avant-garde music emerged

Dance

During the first years of the american period, vaudeville or bodabil dancing became popular.

What is bodabil?

is a kind of stage show introduced by the American Dances like buck-and-wing, tap dancing, clog, skirt dancing were among the dances beong performed in the show

Architecture

in the americal colonial and contemporary period, the Philippine _____ adopted the modern western ____al style while taking into consideration the physical and socio-cultural situation of the country.

Film

this industry in the philippines started in 1987 through the initiatives of foreign businessmen.

What nationality did first feature film shows in manila?

Swiss Entrepreneurs

When did film became popular in the Philippines?

1912

What famous film made the film industry popular in the 1912 and who were the producers?

The Life of Jose Rizal. Edward Gross and Harry Brown

Types of Visual Arts

painting, drawing, printmaking, sculture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture

The Higantes of Angono

is a sculpture made of paper-mache. This paper-mache in our native town in Paete Laguna calls it “taka”

How tall is the Higantes?

it measures four to five feet in diameter and ten to twelve feet in height

What does the “Higantes” represents?

“mag-anak” or family in the filipino culture: a father, a mother, and the children

What place is considered the Higantes as one of its main attraction?

Angono Rizal in their annual festival to honor of St. Clement patron saint of the fisher folks held every 23rd November

What is a sculpture?

as defined and as practiced in the Philippine Contemporary Arts made use of different materials like the variety of woods, metals, and stones. Some produced creative works using plastics, jade, brass, and other materials

The Manunggul Jar

a secondary burial jar excavated frol a Neohilitic Burial site in Tabon Caves at Lipuun Point in Palawan. It is widely acknowledged to be one of the finest Philippine pre-coonial artwords ever produced and is considered a masterpiece of Phippine ceramics. 

Who made the The Bohol Blood Compact?

was made by the national artist Napoleon Abueva, a boholano himself.

Why was the Bohol Blood Compact consideres as the first treaty of friendship?

thi sikatuna-legaspi blood compact is considered as the first treaty of friendship between two different races, religion, cultures, and civilizations. This event is commonly known as the “Sandugo”. Today tourists can reach and view _____ in Barangay Bool Tagbilaran City Bohol Philippines.

What is a painting?

is the practice of applying pigment suspended in a carrier (or medium) and a binding agent (a glue) to a surface (support) such as paper, canvass, or wall.

Who is Fernando Amorsolo in terms of Painting?

he is one of the most important artists. He was portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes. He is popularly known for his craftmanship and mastery in the use of light. “Planting Rice”

Who is Nestor Leynes who painted “Bigas” which had a magic realism?

genre painting is showing the lives of town folks, legends, and traditions that stayed in the Philippines contemporary period

Magic Realism

refers to the style in a painting showing minute details of the subjects and highlighting their texture and color.

Who painted “Bayanihan”

masterpiece of Carlos “Botong” Francisco. It depicted the resilience of the Filipino people in times of need, adversity, and disaster. It showerd the true character of the Philippine folks as a distinct human race.

What is “the Filipino Struggles Through History” by Carlos “Botong” Francisco great artword all about?

this painting had recently been unveiled for public viewing after four year of restoration. This artwork hailed him the “greatest muralist” of our country.

Decorative Arts

are arts of crafts whose object is the design and manufacture of objects that are both beautiful and functional. It includes interior design, but not usually architecture

Cloth Weaving

one of the most valuable living traditions that are still preserved until this day is ___. Beginning in the pre-colonial era the art of ______ ____ particularly of the Cordillera tribes in the North, still lives notwithstanding the threat of the more practical production of fabrics today. The native practive blackstrap loom to create blankets and pieces of clothing.

T’NALAK

a deep bron abaca based cloth tie-dyed with intricate designs. It is a weaving tradition of the T’Boli people of south Cotabato Philippines

Who are the dream weavers of T’nalak?

females. because the pattern of the t’nalak cloth are inspired by their dreams.

Pina Cloth

is also created through looms everywhere in the province of Antique. It is a fine and elegant fabric that is produced from the fibers of pineapple plants. It is used in Barong Tagalog.

Jewelry Making

the use of gold, silver in the forms of earrings, bracelets, rings, broaches, necklaces, tie pins, pendants, and cuff links.

Who were the filipinos who studied architecture in american universities and brought changes to philippine architecture?

Juan Arellano, Carlos Barreto, and Antonio Toledo (metropolitan theater-20th century)

What is “tsalet”

is a type of house developed in the early 20th century design with a front porch made of wood and concrete. During this time, steel was used in buildings as protection for calamities like earthquakes.

Literature

is any bdy or collection of written work. More restrictively, it refers to writing considered to be an art form or any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value and sometimes deploys languagein ways that differ from ordinary usage.

In the contemporary period, what happened to literature?

has oscillated between personal expression and social commentary. In vernacular poetry, the two tendencies can be seen at work.

“Bagay”

is aform of poetry that uses colloquial language and is built on concrete images which tend to describe tendencies. This movement were group of young poets that emerged during the contemporary period in the publications of campus journals. 

Who were the people to start “Bagay” movement?

Jose F. Lacaba, Rolando Tinio, Bienvenido Lumbera, Antonio Samsaon, and Edmund Martinez.

What did Amado V. Hernandez introduced?

another form poetry inserting national conciousness to bagay poetry through his work “Ang Bayang Malaya”- a poetry about a peasant leader

Spoken Word Poetry

is a poetic performance art that is word-based. It is an oral art that focuses on the aesthetics of word play such as intonation and voice inflection

Music

mostly classical due to the influence of European. In the 1960 avant-garde music emerged into a combination of classical, traditional or ethnic music. As time passes by, radio, film and thetre gradually declined. However, the rondallas or the string ban remain up to the present.

OPM

Original Pilipino Music. then followed by alternative music influenced by fold balladeers,

Theatre or Theater

uses live performers- actors or actresses. Combination of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. The american introduced bodabil dances, songs, and skits. Short melodrama during the japanese times

Dance

has played tremendous role in filipino culture. Folkloris dances: Pandango, Carinosa. and Subil.

Tinikling

is a traditional philippine fold dance which originated during the spanish colonial era. Involces two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground

Carinosa

philippine dance of colonial era origin from the maria clara suite of philippine fold dances where the fan or handkerchief plays an instrumental role as it places the couple in romance scenario.