Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions - Module 2 Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards featuring local performance practices, festivals, contemporary art forms, artists, and modern art techniques from Quarter 2 Module 2.

Pandawan Festival

A festival celebrated in Pantabangan every last week of April, meaning assurance of abundant fresh-water catch each time it is celebrated.

Tsinelas Festival

A festival celebrated in Gapan City every August 6-25 that commemorates the cityhood of the city and exhibits beautiful slippers.

Kapagayan Festival

A festival started in 2009 and celebrated from May 7 to 11 every year to promote palay, the main crop of Llanera.

Kariton Festival

A colorful festival held in Licab every March 28th featuring a parade of colorfully-dressed kariton pulled by carabaos.

Sibuyas Festival

A festival celebrated in Bongabon every April to celebrate the abundant harvest of onion each year.

Pagibang Damara Festival

An exciting festival celebrated in San Jose City every April 19 to 22, named after shelters that are demolished after harvest time.

Damara

A Tagalog word for a shelter made of bamboo and nipa built on rice fields as protection for farmers.

Tambo Festival

A festival celebrated in San Antonio every January in honor of patron saint St. Anthony Abbot for a good harvest of tambo.

Collage

The method of combining printed images with other flat media and posting them on a canvas or board.

Assemblage

A series of artworks made from paper collages, wood scraps, and other found objects.

Mobile

A sculptural work typically made with a number of balancing rods dangling in different lengths carrying one or more elements.

Installation Art

A form of contemporary art that involves the arrangement of objects in a given space.

Emmanuel Garibay

A Social Commentary painter born in Kidapawan, North Cotabato, Philippines in 1962, known for his expressionist figurative style and Social Realism.

Pagpasok ni Kristo sa Maynila (Christ Entering Manila)

A 2008 oil on canvas artwork (58 x 76 inches) by Emmanuel Garibay depicting signs and symbols of faith within a street festival.

Expressionism

An art movement based on vibrant, expressive color use that conveys emotion and meaning rather than reality by distorting or exaggerating subjects.

Abstract Expressionism

A 20th-century style of art that emphasizes self-expression and emotions using violent colors and symbolic content.

Chromolithography

A technique developed by Jules Cheret that serves as a unique method for making multi-color prints using eight to forty stones.

Chromist

A specialist who breaks down the colors needed to re-create a painting in ink and documents the process in a progressive proof book.

Surrealism

An art movement focused on tapping into the unconscious mind to release creativity, characterized by dream-like visuals, symbolism, and collage images.

Fauvism

An early contemporary art expression named after French painters in 1905, characterized by aggressive use of colors and autonomy from shapes.

Neoplasticism

An art style based on two-dimensionality, straight lines, and primary colors aimed at divesting from the particular to manifest the purity of art.