FERNANDO AMORSOLO (1972) ANTONIO MOLINA MUSIC

Antonio Molina (26 December 1894 – 29

PAINTING
January 1980) was a Filipino composer,
Amorsolo was one of the most important artists conductor and music administrator. He was
in the history of painting in the Philippines. named a National Artist of the Philippines for
Amorsolo was a portraitist and painter of rural his services to music. He was also known as the
Philippine landscapes. He is popularly known for Claude Debussy of the Philippines due to his use
his craftsmanship and mastery in the use of of impressionist themes in his music.
light.
JUAN NAKPIL ARCHITECTURE
(1973) Juan Felipe de Jesus Nakpil (born Juan Felipe
Nakpil y de Jesus; May 26, 1899 – May 7, 1986),
FRANCISCA REYES-AQUINO known as Juan F. Nakpil, was a Filipino
DANCE architect, teacher and a community leader. In
1973, he was named one of the National Artists
Francisca Reyes-Aquino was a Filipino folk for architecture.[2] He was regarded as the
dancer and academic noted for her research on Dean of Filipino Architects.
Philippine folk dance. She is a recipient of the
Republic Award of Merit and the Ramon GUILLERMO TOLENTINO SCULPTURE
Magsaysay Award and is a designated National Guillermo Estrella Tolentino (July 24, 1890 – July
Artist of the Philippines for Dance. 12, 1976) was a Filipino sculptor and professor
of the University of the Philippines. He was
CARLOS "BOTONG" FRANCISCO designated as a National Artist of the
Francisco was a most distinguished practitioner Philippines for Sculpture in 1973, three years
of mural painting for many decades and best before his death.
known for his historical pieces. He was one of JOSE GARCIA VILLA LITERATURE
the first Filipino modernists along with Galo
Ocampo and Victorio C. Edades who broke José Garcia Villa (August 5, 1908 – February 7,
away from Fernando Amorsolo's romanticism of 1997) was a Filipino poet, literary critic, short
Philippine scenes. story writer, and painter. He was awarded the
National Artist of the Philippines title for
AMADO V.HERNANDEZ literature in 1973.
LITERATURE

Amado Vera Hernandez, commonly known as

Amado V. Hernandez (September 13, 1903 – (1997)
March 24, 1970), was a Filipino writer and labor
leader who was known for his criticism of social LINO BROCKA FILM

injustices in the Philippines and was later Catalino Ortiz Brocka (April 3, 1939 – May 22,
imprisoned for his involvement in the 1991) was a Filipino film director. He is widely
communist movement. regarded as one of the most influential and
significant Filipino filmmakers in the history of
Philippine cinema. He co-founded the
organization Concerned Artists of the arts. He is also a known printmaker, sculptor,
Philippines (CAP), dedicated to helping artists designer and art administrator.
address issues confronting the country, and the
Free the Artist Movement. JOSE MACEDA MUSIC

FELIPE PADILLA DE LEON MUSIC

José Montserrat Maceda (January 31, 1917 –
Felipe Padilla de León (May 1, 1912 – December May 5, 2004) was a Filipino composer and
5, 1992) was a Filipino classical music composer, ethnomusicologist.
conductor, and scholar. CARLOS QUIRINO LITERATURES
WILFREDO MA. GUERRERO THEATATER Carlos Lozada Quirino (14 January 1910 – 20
Wilfrido Maria Guerrero (January 22, 1911 – May 1999) was a Philippine biographer and
April 28, 1995) was a Filipino playwright, historian.
director, teacher and theater artist. Guerrero (2001)
wrote well over 100 plays, 41 of which have
been published. His unpublished plays have ISHMAEL BERNAL by film
either been broadcast over the radio or staged Ishmael Bernal (30 September 1938 – 2 June
in various parts of the Philippines. 1996) was a Filipino filmmaker, stage and
television director, actor and
ROLANDO TINIO screenwriter.Noted for his melodramas,
THEATER AND LITERATURE
particularly with feminist and moral issues, he
Rolando Santos Tinio (March 5, 1937 – July 7,
directed many landmark Filipino films such as
1997) was a Filipino poet, dramatist, director,
Nunal sa Tubig (1976), City After Dark (1980),
actor, critic,essayist and educator.
Relasyon (1982), Himala (1982), and Hinugot sa
N.V.M. GONZALES LITERATURE Langit (1985). He was declared a National Artist
of the Philippines in 2001.
Néstor Vicente Madali González (September 8,
1915 – November 28, 1999) was a Filipino SEVERINO MONTANO THEATER
novelist, short story writer, essayist and, Severino Montano (3 January 1915 in Laoag,
poet.Conferred as the National Artist of the Ilocos Norte – 12 December 1980) is considered
Philippines for Literature in 1997. as one of the Titans of Philippine Theater.
Through the foundation of the Arena
LEVIE CELERIO MUSIC AND LITERATURE
Theater,Montano institutionalized “legitimate
Levi Celerio (April 30, 1910 – April 2, 2002) was theater” in the Philippines. He also have lifetime
a Filipino composer and lyricist who is credited achievement award as part of National Artist of
to writing not less than 4,000 songs. Celerio was the Philippines.
recognized as a National Artist of the
Philippines for Music and Literature in 1997. FRANCISCO SIONIL JOSÉ LITERATURE
Francisco Sionil José (born 3 December 1924) is
ARTHUR R. LUZ PAINTING one of the most widely read Filipino writers in
Arturo Rogerio Luz (born November 20, 1926) is the English language. His novels and short
a Philippine National Artist awardee in visual
stories depict the social underpinnings of class Ramon Arevalo Obusan (June 16, 1938 –
struggles and colonialism in Filipino society. December 21, 2006) was a Filipino dancer,
choreographer, stage designer and artistic
ANG KIUKOK PAINTING
director. Obusan is credited for his work in
Ang Kiukok (March 1, 1931 – May 9, 2005) was promoting Philippine traditional dance and
a Filipino painter of Chinese descent and was a cultural work. He is also an acclaimed archivist,
National Artist for Visual Arts. researcher and documentary filmmaker who
focused on Philippine culture.
(2006)

BDENEDICTO REYES CABRERA

PAINTING
Benedicto Reyes Cabrera (born April 10, 1942),
better known as "BenCab",is a Filipino painter
and was awarded National Artist of the
Philippines for Visual Arts (Painting) in 2006. He
has been noted as "arguably the best-selling ILDEFONSO PAEZ SANTOS JR.
painter of his generation of Filipino artists.
ARCHITECTURE-LANSCAPE

Ildefonso Paez Santos Jr. (September 5, 1929 –

ABDULMARI ASIA IMAO SCULPTURE January 29, 2014), popularly known simply as
"IP Santos", was a Filipino architect who was
Abdulmari Asia Imao was a Filipino painter and
known for being the "Father of Philippine
sculptor. Imao was named National Artist of the
Landscape Architecture." He was recognized as
Philippines for Sculpture in 2006. A Tausūg,
a National Artist of the Philippines in the field of
Imao is the first Moro to receive the
Architecture in 2I006.
recognition. Aside from being a sculptor, Imao is
also a painter, photographer, ceramist, cultural FERNANDO POE JR. FILM
researcher, documentary film maker, writer, Ronald Allan Kelley Poe (August 20, 1939 –
and a patron of Philippine Muslim art and December 14, 2004), better known as Fernando
culture. Poe Jr. and colloquially known as FPJ, Ronwaldo
Reyes and Da King, was a Filipino actor, director
BIENVENIDO LUMBERA LITERATURE
and politician. His long career as an action film
Bienvenido Lumbera is a Filipino poet, critic and
star earned him the nickname "King of
dramatist. He is a National Artist of the
Philippine Movies" (often shortened to "Da
Philippines and a recipient of the Ramon
King")
Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and
Creative Communications. He won numerous RAMON VALERA
literary awards, including the National Book ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND ALLIED ARTS –
Awards from the National Book Foundation, FASHION DESIGN
and the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards.
He is the country's first and only fashion
RAMON OBUSAN DANCE designer to receive this distinction. In 2017, his
work was displayed in an exhibit called Valera Philippines in 2018. He wrote in Hiligaynon and
and the Modern: An Exhibit on the Life and popularized Hiligaynon literature.
Work of National Artist for Fashion Design,
Ramon Valera which was curated by Gerry RESIL MOJARES LITERATURE
Torres at De La Salle-College of St. Benilde’s Resil B. Mojares (born September 4, 1943) is a
School of Design and Arts Gallery. Filipino historian and critic of Philippine
literature best known as for his books on
Philippine history. He is acclaimed by various
writers and critics as the Visayan Titan of
Letters, due to his immense contribution to
Visayan literature.

LARRY ALCALA VISUAL ARTS

(2018) Lauro "Larry" Zarate Alcala (August 18, 1926 –
RYAN CAYABYAB MUSIC June 24, 2002) was a well-known editorial
Ryan Cayabyab (born Raymundo Cipriano cartoonist and illustrator in the Philippines.
Pujante Cayabyab; May 4, 1954), also known as AMELIA LAPEÑA-BONIFACIO THEATER
Mr. C, is a Filipino musician, composer and Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio (born April 4, 1930) is
conductor. He was the Executive and Artistic a Filipino playwright, puppeteer, and educator
Director for several years for the defunct San known as the "Grande Dame of Southeast Asian
Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts. He Children’s Theatre." She was recognized in 2018
was named as National Artist of the Philippines as a National Artist of the Philippines for
for Music in 2018. Theater - a conferment which represents the
FRANCISCO "BOBBY" MAÑOSA Philippine state's highest recognition for artist.
ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED ARTS
KIDLAT TAHIMIK
Francisco "Bobby" Mañosa (12 February 1931 –
FILM AND BROADCAST
20 February 2019) was a Filipino architect
Eric Oteyza de Guia (born October 3, 1942 in
considered as one of the most influential
Baguio, Philippines), better known as Kidlat
Filipino architects of the 20th century for having
Tahimik (a Tagalog translation of "Lightning
pioneered the art of Philippine neovernacular
Silent"), is a film director, writer and actor
architecture. His contributions to the
whose films are commonly associated with the
development of Philippine architecture led to
Third Cinema movement through their critiques
his recognition as a National Artist of the
of neocolonialism
Philippines for Architecture in 2018.

RAMON MUZONES ARCHITECTURE

Ramon Muzones (March 20, 1913 - August 17,
1992) was a writer and lawyer and the
posthumous recipient of the National Artist of
the Philippines for Literature award in the
 various media and techniques for innovation
and experimentation in art creation. It may
UNIT 6: ARTS IN TODAY’S SOCIETY involve cross-breeding the art-making process
SOUL-MAKING with other disciplines like with the natural and
In the language that refers to all activities physical sciences, industrial and etc.
concerning individual expression through the
arts, is the deeper process known as
“soulmaking.” The soul here refers to the Levinson identifies three important categories
individual’s psyche.“It is this activity of working of hybrid art forms which are classified
through disintegration that I consider to be at according to their method of combining
the core of the creative and therapeutic different artistic disciplines:
processes. I call this act “poesis” (following
Heidegger’s use of the Greek word for poetry), JUXTAPOSITION (OR ADDITION)
and consider it to be at the center of human simply joining two or more different products to
existence. These creative activities can be best present a larger, more complicated one; each
described as a death and rebirth of the soul or component maintains its original identity;
what James Hillman calls “soul-making.” involves arts that explicitly use accompaniment
and most multi- or mixed-media arts; examples
ART FUSION mime accompanied by flute b. symphony plus
Art fusion is a product of industry and light show.
commercialism. It occurs when an artist of any
art form collaborates with a brand/company (a SYTHESIS (OR FUSION)
product, service, fashion, charity) to create a all components modify each other so that each
product that will benefit the artist, the company one loses some of its original identity; employs
and society as a whole. a certain amount of parity or symmetry of
fusion; examples:Wagnerian opera = symphonic
TRANSCREATION sung drama (or dramatic song)Concrete poetry
Transcreation is a type of translation that also = poem-picture (partly poetry, partly graphics).
includes creation, or recreation. It means going
a step further than simply adapting the text. It is
a term used in advertising and marketing and
refers to the process of adapting a message
from one language to another, while TRANSFORMATION (OR ALTERATION) My one
maintaining its intent, tone and contex. art is transformed is the direction of another; an
unequal mixture of components so that the
resulting hybrid maintains the identity of the
dominant art form; example: kinetic sculpture
(sculpture with movement related to dance).
HYBRID
Hybrid is defined as having mixed origin that APPROPRIATION
adds variety or complexity to a system. Hybrid Appropriation is borrowing. It is the practice of
Art Forms in the contemporary arts explore the creating a new work by taking a preexisting
image or material from another source like Installation art is characterized into three major
book and combines it with new ones, thus characteristics: immersive, large-scale and site
completely transforming the original. A found specific.
object is an existing object given a new identity
as an artwork or part of an artwork. Artist can IMMERSIVE
re-create an object in many ways like repainting This unique characteristics entices the viewers’
it, altering its style, they can also layer images senses and invites them to experience the art
and redefining the images in a new context. from new and different perspectives.

IMPROVISATION LARGE-SCALE
Improvisation is creating or performing Most works are massive or large in scale. Their
something spontaneously or without size engulfs the viewers and enables them to
preparation, or making something functional become completely immersed in this
from whatever is available. There are things environment.
that no matter what people do, is just SITE-SPECIFIC
unpredictable and cannot be controlled, the
best that the person can do is adapt and make Before artists create their massive installations,
use of whatever is available to survive. they usually plan it with certain sites already in
Murphy’s Law states that in any field of mind. These areas may be rooms in galleries,
endeavor, anything that can go wrong will go museums or outdoor spaces.
wrong.
APPLIED ARTS
PHOTOREALISM Applied Arts refers to the application of artistic
Photorealism is a term that was invented to designs and decorations to everyday utilitarian
refer to artist whose works depended for the objects to make them aesthetically pleasing.
most part on photographs. These artists would This includes, industrial design, fashion design,
often project onto the canvas the images which furniture design, and commercial art.
would be replicated
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
with precision and accuracy. Photorealism
Industrial design is a process of design applied
complicates realism by combining that which is
to products that are to be manufactured
real and which is not.
through techniques of mass production. A key
INSTALLATION ART characteristic is that design precedes
manufacture: the creative act of determining
Installation art is a modern movement and defining a product's form and features
characterized by immersive, larger-than-life takes place in advance of the physical act of
works of art. Usually, installation artists create making a product, which consists purely of
these pieces for specific locations, enabling repeated, often automated, replication.
them to expertly transform any space into a
customized, interactive environment. FASHION
It is defined as popular way of dressing at a
particular time and place, and among a
particular group of people. It is the art of
applying design and aesthetics or natural
beauty to clothing and accessories. Fashions
designs are influenced by culture and social
attitudes which has varied over time and place.
Designers are tasked to come up with works
that are original, flattering, and comfortable.
They also consider who is likely to wear the
garment and situations in which it will be worn.

FURNITURE DESIGN

A specialized field where function and

aesthetics are brought together. Interior
designers believe that furniture is one of the
most important aspects of an interior space.
Furniture not only add function and space, but
they also add style and personality. Chair, table
and couch should be more than just functional,
it should be aesthetic and decorative.