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WHAT IS ART? DANCE

derived from Old Latin creative movement with music
ARS e.g. TINIKLING Folk Dance from Leyte
craft or specialized sort of expertise (Tikling Bird)
e.g. SWAN LAKE ballet by Russian
SINING composer Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
expression of human skills & imagination
creation of aesthetic conditions, objects, & PAINTING
presentations art in 2D; applying color or pigment
e.g. THE LAST SUPPER Leonardo da Vinci
WHAT IS APPRECIATION?
a: expression of admiration, APPROVAL LITERATURE
b: JUDGMENT, EVALUATION organized words; art of language
c: sensitive awareness e.g. NOLI ME TANGERE NOVEL by Jose
d: increase in value Rizal

FORMS OF ART MUSIC

• APPEAL TO OUR SENSES organized sound
• Can be: e.g. RONDALLA ensemble of plucked string
PURE or instruments
COMBINED (mixed art) BANDURRIA instrument

VISUAL ARTS THEATER

perceived & SEEN by the viewer combined art; live drama
• Painting & sculpture e.g. LES MISÉRABLES MUSICAL by Claude-
• Uses different media, tools, & processes Michel Schönberg & starring Lea Salonga
book by VICTOR HUGO
LITERARY ARTS
art form of LANGUAGE CINEMA
• with author (writer, poet, etc.) medium of film
• organized words e.g. HIMALA directed by Ishmael Bernal &
starring Nora Aunor
APPLIED & ALLIED ARTS protagonist ELSA
combination of BEAUTY & USABILITY
• The application of artistic design ART HISTORY
• Created by artisans (skilled workers) PREHISTORIC ART
• Relied on natural pigments
Applied & Allied Arts • Stone carvings & wall/ cave paintings
(FAFA) were common art forms
• Fashion
• Architecture LASCAUX CAVE PAINTINGS in France
• Furniture The Great Hall of the Bulls
• Appliances
VENUS OF WILLENDORF
PERFORMING ARTS • fertility sculpture found in Willendorf,
artistic expression in front of an AUDIENCE Austria
Music, Dance, Theater • Venus/ Aphrodite; Goddess of love &
beauty
SCULPTURE
art in 3D STONEHENGE
e.g. LA PIETA Michelangelo Salisbury Plain, England
known for its concentric circles
ARCHITECTURE
art of building & designing ANCIENT ART
e.g. PARTHENON Temple in honor of Made by advanced civilizations with an
Athena established written language used to:
• tell stories
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• display religious & symbolic imagery

• depict rulers, gods, & goddesses STAINED GLASS
• decorate objects like bowls & weapons glass art that has been colored by metallic
• demonstrate social status oxides

CODE OF HAMMURABI GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

a Babylonian set of laws carved in stone European architectural style with:
created around Mesopotamia • Pointed arches
“An eye for an eye, a tooth a a tooth.” • Large stained glass
• Rib vaults
PARTHENON
a Greek temple in honor of Athena Lindisfarne Gospels
Goddess of wisdom (illuminated manuscript)

VENUS DE MILO Mosaic of Jesus Christ

• Classical Greek sculpture found at Istanbul, Turkey
Melos
• Made by Alexandros of Antioch NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL FRANCE
Gothic Architecture
KERCH VASES ROSE WINDOW Stained glass
• decorative vases
• from the final phase of Attic red-figure HAGIA SOPHIA
pottery Istanbul, Turkey (Constantinople)
with Islamic & Christian influences
KRATER or CRATER
• "mixing vessel" RENAISSANCE ART
• used to dilute wine with water • period of "rebirth" in arts, science, &
• functional vase culture
• originated in Italy
PELIKE • captured the humanist experience
• has two vertical handles
• has a narrow neck and a spherical LEONARDO DA VINCI
belly the ultimate “Renaissance Man”
Famous works:
MEDIEVAL ART • Mona Lisa
• a.k.a. “DARK AGES” • The Virgin of the Rocks
• period of economic & cultural decline • The Last Supper
following the fall of the Roman Empire • Vitruvian Man
• more sophisticated & decorated
churches MONA LISA
• BLACK DEATH or BUBONIC PLAGUE enigmatic half-smile
was stolen from the Louvre
RELIEF SCULPTURES
project from but belong to the wall VITRUVIAN MAN
Ideal male form; most proportionate
FRESCO
painting water-based pigments on freshly THE LAST SUPPER
applied plaster Fresco Painting

MOSAIC MICHELANGELO
a pattern or image made of small pieces of dominant sculptor of the High Renaissance
stone, glass, or ceramic
Famous works:
METAL WORKS • La Pietà
useful & decorative objects made of various • David
metals (copper, iron, silver, bronze, gold, & • Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
brass)
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Fresco at the Sistine Chapel, completed over

four years, showing scenes from Genesis VINCENT VAN GOGH
• Born in Zundert, Netherlands
THE CREATION OF ADAM • Works: The Starry Night, Sunflowers,
one of the panels on the ceiling of the Sistine Irises
Chapel
CLAUDE MONET
RAFFAELLO DA URBINO • Born in Paris, France
Raphael was the youngest of the three great • “The richness I achieve comes from
High Renaissance masters Nature, the source of my inspiration.”
Famous Works: • Works: Water Lilies Impression, Lady
• Sistine Madonna with Parasol
• Madonna of the Chair • IMPRESSIONIST
• The School of Athens (Plato &
Aristotle) FRIDA KAHLO
• Born in Mexico City
DONATO DI BETTO BARDI • “I never paint dreams or nightmares.
Donatello was one of the best-known I paint my own reality.”
sculptors of the Renaissance • Works: Self-portrait with Thorn
Famous works: Necklace and Hummingbird, The Two
• The bronze David Fridas
• Zuccone (pumpkin) • self-portraits

SANDRO BOTICELLI GEORGIA O’KEEFFE

renowned Renaissance painter • Born in Wisconsin, USA
Famous works: • “The days you work are the best
• Primavera - spring fairies & gods days.”
• The Adoration of the Magi - nativity • Works: Black Iris III, Grey Line with
scene; 3 kings or 3 wise men Black, Blue, & Yellow, Slightly Open
• Venus and Mars - satyrs Clam Shell
• The Birth of Venus - ZEPHYR, God of • flowers
the West wind; HORAE, Goddess of
spring EDGAR DEGAS
• Born in Paris, France
GIOVANNI BELLINI • “Art is not what you see, but what
most known of the Venetian painters you make others see.”
Portrait of Doge Loredano • Works: The Dance Class, Ballet
Dancers in the Wings
BAROQUE ART • dancers or ballerinas
• over-the-top visual arts and
architecture EDVARD MUNCH
• grand; stylistically complex • Born in Norway
CARAVAGGIO • “From my rotting body, flowers shall
famous Baroque painter known for grow and I am in them and that is
“chiaroscuro” or dramatic use of lighting eternity.”
Famous works: • Works: The Scream, Melancholy,
• Medusa Despair
• Judith Beheading Holofernes • EXPRESSIONIST
• David with the Head of Goliath
JACKSON POLLOCK
ARTISTS & ARTISANS • Born in Wyoming, USA
• “The painting has a life of its own. I
LEONARDO DA VINCI try to let it come through.”
• “He who thinks little, errs much.” • Works: The Number 5, The Number
11, The Number 31
MICHELANGELO • paint splatter - ABSTRACT
• “Genius is eternal patience.”
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PABLO PICASSO 1. Landscape

• Born in Malaga, Spain 2. Portrait
• “Every child is an artist. The problem 3. Still life
is how to remain an artist once he 4. Figurative
grows up.” 5. Historical/ Social/ Political
• Works: Guernica, The Young Ladies
of Avignon, The Weeping Woman LANDSCAPE
• GUERNICA - depiction of war & • primary focus is natural scenery
violence • such as mountains, forests, cliffs, trees,
• Father of Cubism rivers, valleys, etc.

SALVADOR DALI PORTRAIT

• Born in Figueras, Spain • a representation of a person usually
• “Intelligence without ambition is a showing the face
bird without wings.” • depiction of a certain individual
• Works: The Persistence of Memory
(melting clocks), Swans Reflecting STILL LIFE
Elephants (optical illusion) • depicts anything that does not move
• SURREALISM - “dreamlike” or • can include man-made or natural
“fantasy” objects, flowers, fruit, fish, wine, etc.

PAUL CEZANNE FIGURATIVE

• Born in Aix-en, France • human and animal figures are
• “We live in a rainbow of chaos.” frequent subjects
• Works: The Card Player Series, Jug, • strong references the anatomical
Curtain, and Fruit Bowl correctness

THE SUBJECT IN ART HISTORICAL/ SOCIAL/ POLITICAL

• the foundation of the creation of the Frequent subjects:
work • prominent social figures
• is VARIED • historical events
• usually anything represented in the • political beliefs
artwork (person, object, event, etc.)
ASSUMPTIONS OF ART
Art Presented in 2 Ways 1. ART IS UNIVERSAL
REPRESENTATIONAL ART • Transcends societies and nations
• OBJECTIVE ART • ALL cultures have some sort of art
• with references & with subjects: form
- painting - sculpture
- literature - theater arts 2. NATURE IS NOT ART, & ART IS NOT
- graphic arts NATURE
• Art requires skill & expertise
NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ART • ART IS MAN-MADE (artificial)
• NON-OBJECTIVE ART
• no references & without subjects: 3. ART IS A RESULT OF PERSONAL
- music EXPERIENCE
- architecture • Many artists get inspiration for their
- applied & allied arts artworks from reality
• Art is subjective & situational
IMPRESSIONISM
French, nature, soft natural scenes, & FUNCTIONS OF ART (SUCA)
brushstrokes Social
Utilitarian
EXPRESSIONISM Cultural
German, harsh, exaggerated, expressive Aesthetic

KINDS OF SUBJECT IN ART Social Function

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• when art influences a human group • different hues are used to convey
• seen or used in public situations like messages & influence behavior
road signs, advertisements, &
political art PRIMARY
• Red
Utilitarian Function • Blue
• when art gives comfort & • Yellow
convenience
• includes practical arts & other applied SECONDARY
& allied arts • Orange
• Green
Cultural Function • Violet
• art helps preserve, share, and
transmit culture from one generation to TERTIARY
another • Red orange
• an outlet to show the knowledge, • Red violet
attitudes, customs, & traditions • Yellow orange
• Yellow green
Aesthetic Function • Blue green
• the appreciation of beauty but no • Blue violet
apparent functional use
• aesthetic experiences (looking at WARM
paintings, listening to music, etc.) • Red
• Yellow
ELEMENTS OF ART • Orange
SPACE
Pertains to emptiness within or outside an COOL
object • Blue
• POSITIVE - part inside a shape • Green
• NEGATIVE - opposite part outside a • Violet
shape
COLOR SCHEMES
LINE MONOCHROME
• A series of connected points • one color
• Created using a pointed tool or stick
ANALOGOUS
Different lines convey different meanings • next to each other
• Horizontal - calmness
• Vertical - strength COMPLEMENTARY
• Diagonal - action • on opposite sides
• Curved - gradual change of
direction SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY
• colors next its opposite
SHAPE
2-dimensional enclosed figures with height TRIADIC
& width • forms a triangle
GEOMETRIC - measurable; triangle, square,
circle TETRADIC
ORGANIC - natural; shape of a leaf, cloud, • forms a quadrilateral
teardrop
VALUE
FORM pertains to the lightness or darkness of color
• 3-dimensional figures TINTS - lighter hues made by adding white
• with height, width, & volume SHADES - darker hues made by adding
black
COLOR
TEXTURE
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• Surface quality, or texture, appeals to MEDIEVAL NOTABLE COMPOSERS

our sense of touch Adam de la Halle
• An object’s texture may be rough, Philippe de Vitry
smooth, bumpy, or slippery etc. Guillaume de Machaut

PRINCIPLES OF ART RENAISSANCE

• golden age for choral compositions
PROPORTION • Polyphonic & secular musical forms
relationship of the size of elements became popular such as the madrigal

HARMONY RENAISSANCE NOTABLE COMPOSERS

Refers to the arrangement of related Josquin de Prez
elements that make up the whole (unity) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Thomas Morley
VARIETY
Or diversity means adding multiple, different BAROQUE
elements to break the monotony • known for dense polyphony which
gave birth to the orchestra, concerto,
MOVEMENT & opera
Movement is the illusion of motion in a • instrumental pieces became more
painting, sculpture, or design in art prominent
• use of the harpsichord (early
RHYTHM keyboard instrument) became popular
Refers to the repetition of elements that can
produce a pattern BAROQUE NOTABLE COMPOSERS
Johann Sebastian Bach
BALANCE George Frederick Handel
Balance or symmetry, refers to the even & Antonio Vivaldi
equal distribution of elements
CLASSICAL
EMPHASIS • the harpsichord was replaced by the
• Refers to the greater impact or focus more expressive piano (or pianoforte)
of the artwork • solo instrumental concertos became
• Also refers to an element’s ability to popular
attract attention • concerto grosso (concertos for more
than one soloist) became less common
PERIODS OF MUSIC
• Medieval CLASSICAL NOTABLE COMPOSERS
• Renaissance Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Baroque Ludwig van Beethoven
• Classical Joseph Haydn
• Romantic
• 20th & 21st Century ROMANTIC
• had expressive pieces (dramatic &
MEDIEVAL emotional)
most came from the Church & contained • golden age of the virtuoso (prodigies
religious subjects or soloists)
VIRTUOSOS: Yo-Yo Ma. Joshua Bell
GREGORIAN CHANT
are MONOPHONIC with a single, ROMANTIC NOTABLE COMPOSERS
unaccompanied, melodic line sung in unison Frederic Chopin
by monks Franz Liszt
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
POLYPHONIC MUSIC
with 2 or more melodic parts that are 20TH & 21ST CENTURY
simultaneous & independent • period of experimentation & free reign
• influenced by jazz & synthetic music
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PRESTO very quick tempo

TH ST
20 & 21 CENTURY NOTABLE
COMPOSERS TIMBRE
Igor Stravinsky Timbre or tone quality distinguishes the
John Williams particular tone of a sound
Hans Zimmer
KINDS OF INSTRUMENTS
ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
PERCUSSION
RHYTHM sound produced by striking, shaking, or
• Beats make up rhythm hitting the instrument
• This is the steady pulse & backbone of e.g. drums, maracas, xylophone, cymbals,
the piece tambourine, gongs, triangle

DURATION STRING
• It is the length of the beats sound produced by vibrating strings
• The different lengths of the NOTES & e.g. violin, guitar, mandolin, harp, cello, banjo,
RESTS sitar, ukulele
TIME SIGNATURE
• Indicates meter or (note values per WOODWIND
measure) sound produced by blowing air against a
• DUPLE 2/4 march wooden reed
• TRIPLE 3/4 waltz e.g. oboe, clarinet, bassoon, recorder,
• QUADRUPLE 4/4 common time contrabassoon

PITCH BRASSWIND
Pitch is how high or low a sound is sound produced by blowing air against a metal
resonator
VOCAL RANGES e.g. saxophone, French horn, trombone,
FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST (SATB) trumpet
• Soprano – highest female
• Alto – lowest female HORNBOSTEL-SACHS INSTRUMENT
• Tenor – highest male CLASSIFICATION
• Bass – lowest male IDEOPHONE - percussion; made by
instrument itself
PITCH SYMBOLS MEMBRANOPHONE - percussion; stretched
SHARP membrane
raises note by half step CHORDOPHONE - vibrating strings
AEROPHONE - blowing air against a reed/
FLAT resonator
lowers note by half step ELECTROPHONE – sound generated
electronically
NATURAL
cancels sharps & flats MELODY
A sequence of notes that create a musical
TEMPO idea or tune
Describes the speed of music with:
• Metronome with BPM (beats per HARMONY
minute) Sounding of two or more notes at the same
• Performance directions in Italian time such as chords
DYNAMICS
LENTO slow tempo • Describe how loud or soft a sound is
LARGO slow & stately tempo (volume)
ADAGIO leisurely tempo
ANDANTE walking pace tempo CRESCENDO gradually getting louder
ALLEGRO fast tempo FORTISSIMO very loud
VIVACE lively tempo FORTE loud
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MEZZO FORTE medium loud The insignia contains 3 Baybayin “KA”

MEZZO PIANO medium soft characters representing the 3 values of
PIANO soft Philippine Art
PIANISSIMO very soft THE TRUE, THE GOOD, & THE BEAUTIFUL
DECRESCENDO gradually getting softer KA - Katotohanan
KA - Kabutihan
STRUCTURE KA - Kagandahan
Refers to the different sections and order of
a piece 5 NATIONAL ARTIST CRITERIA
1. Artists who are Filipino citizens at the time
of nomination, or were Filipino citizens at the
ART FROM A PHILOSOPHICAL time of their death;
PERSPECTIVE
2. Artists who have contributed in building a
AESTHETICS Filipino sense of nationhood through their
branch of philosophy art;
PHILOSOPHY OF ART
nature of beauty and taste 3. Artists who have pioneered in a mode of
examines aesthetic value creative expression or style;

ART AS EMULATION 4. Artists who have created a substantial and

Plato's The Republic portrays artists as significant body of work and consistently
mimics, and art as nothing more than a displayed excellence in the practice of their
collection of imitations. art;

ART AS COMMUNICATION 5. Artists who enjoy broad acceptance

Art is a representation of reality and has two through:
purposes: the enjoyment of pleasure, and • prestigious national and/or international
the power to be instructional. recognition,
such as the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining, CCP
ART AS UNBIASED EVALUATION Thirteen Artists Award and NCCA Alab ng
Kant's asserted that the value of beauty was Haraya;
universal, despite being prone to subjective • critical acclaim and/or reviews of their
taste. works;
• respect and esteem from peers.
ART AS EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
Tolstoy believed that art creatively HONORS & PRIVILEGES
communicates feelings the creator has 1. The rank and title of National Artist, as
previously experienced. proclaimed by the President of the Philippines;
2. The insignia of a National Artist and a
ORDER OF NATIONAL ARTIST OF THE citation; (medal & certificate)
PHILIPPINES 3. A lifetime emolument and material and
ORDEN NG PAMBANSANG ALAGAD NG physical benefits comparable in value to
SINING NG PILIPINAS those received by the highest officers of the
land such as:
One of the highest awards bestowed on a. a cash award of One Hundred Thousand
Filipino artists who have made significant Pesos (P100,000.00) for living awardees;
contributions to Philippine Art. b. a cash award of Seventy-Five Thousand
Pesos (P75,000.00), for posthumous
The Order is administered by: awardees, payable to legal heir/s;
• Cultural Center of the Philippines c. a monthly life pension, medical and
(CCP); & hospitalization benefits;
• National Commission for Culture and d. life insurance coverage for Awardees who
the Arts (NCCA) are still insurable;
e. a state funeral and burial at the Libingan ng
mga Bayani;

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f. a place of honor, in line with protocular

precedence, at national state functions, and JOSE GARCIA VILLA
recognition at cultural events. National Artist for Literature
“Doveglion”
ORDER OF NATIONAL ARTIST 8 MAJOR (Dove, Eagle, Lion)
CATEGORIES Wrote “comma poems” that used punctuation
Music creatively
Dance
Theater KIDLAT TAHIMIK
Visual Arts National Artist for Film
Literature Postcolonial and independent “Third Cinema”
Film & Broadcast Arts exemplar
Architecture & Allied Arts Eric De Guia
Design
NORA AUNOR
LUCIO SAN PEDRO National Artist for Film
National Artist for Music Popular actress known for her roles in Himala,
Composer of Bona, Guy & Pip, Hinulid etc.
“Sa Ugoy ng Duyan” Nora Cabaltera Villamayor

ANDREA O. VENERACION RICARDO “RICKY” LEE

National Artist for Music National Artist for Film
“Ma’am OA” Prolific screenwriter for film & TV
Founder of the Philippine Madrigal Singers Part of the “2nd Golden Age of Philippine
Cinema”
FRANCISCA REYES-AQUINO
National Artist for Dance MARILOU DIAZ-ABAYA
“Mother of Philippine Folk Dancing” National Artist for Film
Pioneer researcher of PH folk dance Director for film & TV
Part of the “2nd Golden Age of Philippine
AGNES LOCSIN Cinema”
National Artist for Dance
Blended traditional indigenous & Western LEANDRO LOCSIN
modern (neo-ethnic) choreography National Artist for Architecture
PH architecture is a synthesis of the Oriental &
DAISY HONTIVEROS-AVELLANA Occidental (East & West)
National Artist for Theater
“First Lady of Philippine Theater” SALVACION LIM-HIGGINS
National Artist for Design
SEVERINO MONTANO “Mother of the Modern Terno”
National Artist for Theater Founded SLIM’s Fashion & Arts School
Founder of Arena Theater
Brought drama to the masses GAMABA
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
ROLANDO TINIO NATIONAL LIVING TREASURES
National Artist for Theater
“Titan of Philippine Theater” The GAMABA logo is a stylized representation
Pushed for the use of Filipino & Taglish of the human form in traditional cloth
“MANLILIKHA NG BAYAN” in Baybayin
LAURO “LARRY” ALCALA
National Artist for Visual Arts GAMABA CRITERIA
Prolific Filipino slice of life cartoonist • an inhabitant of an indigenous or traditional
cultural community in the Philippines
NICK JOAQUIN • must have engaged in a folk-art tradition that
National Artist for Literature has been in existence and documented for at
“Quijano de Manila” least fifty (50) years
Distinguished Hispanic writer in English
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• has been instrumental in the revitalization of

their community’s artistic tradition BLUE
• has passed on to other members of the POSITIVE
community skills in the folk art • Intelligence, calm, communication,
• has created a significant body of work and efficiency
consistently displayed excellence, with works NEGATIVE
of superior & distinctive quality • Cold, emotionless, unfriendliness,
• their community has recognized them as a sadness
master and teacher of their craft
YELLOW
GAMABA AWARDEES POSITIVE
• Optimistic, confident, extraversion,
GINAW BILOG friendly
• 1st GAMABA Awardee NEGATIVE
• Musician & poet • Irrational, fear, fragility, depression,
• Oriental Mindoro anxiety
• Ambahan poetry (7 syllable lines)
GREEN
SAMAON SULAIMAN POSITIVE
• Musician • Harmony, balance, rest, environment,
• Maguindanao nature
• Music (Kutyapi, 2-stringed plucked lute) NEGATIVE
• Stagnation, blandness, jealousy, disgust
MASINO INTARAY
• Musician & epic chanter VIOLET
• Palawan POSITIVE
• Kulial & Bagit poetry • Spirituality, vision, luxury, authenticity
NEGATIVE
ALONZO SACLAG • Introversion, inferior decadence,
• Musician & dancer (Gangsa) suppression
• Kalinga
• Fierce & brave war tribe ORANGE
• practiced “head taking” POSITIVE
• Comfort, warmth, abundance, fun, youth
MAGDALENA GAMAYO NEGATIVE
• Textile Weaver (Inabel) • Deprivation, frivolity, immaturity
• Ilocos Norte
• High thread count PINK
POSITIVE
LANG DULAY • Tranquility, nurture, femininity, love
• Textile weaver (T’nalak) NEGATIVE
• South Cotabato • Inhibition, physical weakness,
• Call themselves “dreamweavers” emasculation

SALINTA MONON GRAY

• Textile weaver (Ikat - dye) POSITIVE
• Davao del Sur • Neutrality, wisdom
• Traditional Bagobo art NEGATIVE
• Lack of confidence/ energy, dampness,
PSYCHOLOGY OF COLORS depression, hibernation

RED BLACK
POSITIVE POSITIVE
• Courage, strength, warmth, passion, • Sophistication, glamour, security,
love, power substance
NEGATIVE NEGATIVE
• Defiance, aggression, strain, danger
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• Oppression, coldness, menace, Painting by Fernando Amorsolo, “Grand Old

heaviness Man of Philippine Art”

WHITE BAYANIHAN
POSITIVE • by Carlos “Botong” Francisco from
• Hygiene, purity, cleanliness, simplicity Angono, Rizal
NEGATIVE • the mural painting shows the Filipino’s
• Sterility, coldness, unfriendliness, elitism bayanihan tradition and Francisco’s
distinctive painting style
BROWN
POSITIVE BAYANIHAN
• Seriousness, warmth, nature, • Oil on Canvas painting by Fernando
earthiness, reliability, support Amorsolo
NEGATIVE • From the Collection of the University of
• Lack of humor/ sophistication, heaviness Santo Tomas Museum

PHILIPPINE PREHISTORIC ART FERNANDO AMORSOLO

National Artist for Visual Arts
ANGONO PETROGLYPHS • known for his depictions of rural life
• the oldest known artwork in the • vibrant hues of the Philippine sun
Philippines WOMEN WASHING CLOTHES (LAVANDERA)
• 127 figural carvings engraved on the UNDER THE MANGO TREE
wall of a shallow cave of volcanic tuff
HERNANDO OCAMPO
MANUNGGUL JAR National Artist for Visual Arts
• secondary burial jar • known for his abstract paintings
• found in the Manunggul cave of the • used bold color palettes
Tabon Caves at Palawan, Philippines BLOOMING
PLANTSADORA
MAITUM JAR MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
• secondary burial vessels INA AT ANAK
• discovered in Ayub Cave, Barangay DALAWANG ISDA
Pinol, Maitum, Sarangani Province, SARIMANOK - legendary Maranao bird
Mindanao, Philippines
ANG KIUKOK
SPANISH COLONIAL ART National Artist for Visual Arts
• known for his expressive, Cubist-like
LANGIT, LUPA, AT IMPYERNO works & abstract geometric style
Wall painting by Josef Luciano Dans found in • dynamic or disturbing subject matter
St. James the Apostle Church in Paete, STILL LIFE - FISH
Laguna FISHERMEN
Depicts the heavens; the crucifixion of Christ; MAN ON FIRE
earth, Adam and Eve; and hell’s sinners CRUCIFIXION
ANGRY FIGURE
ST. PAUL METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL THINKING MAN
• located in Burgos, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur
• follows a Baroque architectural design PHILIPPINE ARTISTS & ARTISANS

AMERICAN COLONIAL ART FELIX RESURECCION HIDALGO Y PADILLA

The Christian Virgins Being Exposed to the
MODERN ART Populace
Refers to art from 1860s to 1960s. inspired Juan Luna
The main theme of art works in this time is
national identity. JUAN LUNA Y NOVOCIO
Spoliarium
THE MAKING OF THE PHILIPPINE FLAG
NAPOLEON ISABELO VELOSO ABUEVA
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National Artist for Sculpture

“recently awarded”
The Transfiguration, Sunburst

ANTONIO TOLEDO
Manila City Hall architect

EDUARDO MASFERRE
Father of Philippine Photography
indigenous people

VICTORIO EDADES
Father of Modern Philippine Painting
distorted human figures

LEANDRO LOCSIN
Cultural Center of the Philippines architect
Brutalist architectural style

FABIAN DE LA ROSA
Amorsolo’s uncle and mentor

GUILLERMO TOLENTINO
Bonifacio Monument & UP Oblation
Student: Anastacio Caedo

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