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LEARNING KIT

I. TITLE
 Subject: Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions
 Time Frame: 2 Days (Week 2, Quarter 1)
 Various contemporary art forms and their practices from the various regions
 Grade Level: Grade 12 (STEM, ABM, HUMSS)

II. OVERVIEW
The subject covers various contemporary arts practices of the region. It aims to provide
students with an appreciation of a broad range of styles in the various disciplines with consideration
on their elements and principles, and engage them to an integrative approach in studying arts.
Through this subject, students will broaden and acquire the necessary creative tools that open
opportunities in pursuing their individual career goals and aspirations.

III OBJECTIVE:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
 describes various contemporary art forms and their practices from the various regions
 demonstrate appreciation to contemporary art forms, found in the various regions through a
poster.

IV CONTENT

A. Let’s Get Involved.

B. Let’s Explore.

CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSE: Using your own words, answer the questions below to the best
of your ability.

1. What are the three major traditions in the development of Philippine Art?

2. What are the ethnic art forms during pre-colonial times in the following? Give examples.
 Dance?
 Choreography?
 Visual arts?
 Architecture?
 Literature?
 Theater arts?
 Music?

C. Let’s Clarify Things.

ART IS?
 ART is a natural human behavior.
 ART is communication.
 ART is healing.
 ART tells our story.
 ART is a shared experience.

WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY ART?

- It is a statement that an artist makes about life, thoughts, ideas, beliefs and many other
things that define human life.
- Refers to art made and produced by artists living today. Today's artists work in and respond
to a global environment that is culturally diverse, technologically advancing, and
multifaceted. Working in a wide range of mediums, contemporary artists often reflect and
comment on modern-day society.
 Source: http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/curric
ula/contemporary_art/background1.html
- Contemporary art is the art of today, produced by artists who are living in the twenty-first
century.
- Contemporary art provides an opportunity to reflect on contemporary society and the issues
relevant to ourselves, and the world around us.
- Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically
advancing world.
- Their art is a dynamic combination of materials, methods, concepts, and subjects that
challenge traditional boundaries and defy easy definition.
Source: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/art/education/definitions
- refers to current and very recent practice. it also refers to works of art made by living artists.
- tends to be assessed thematically and subjectively, drawing on an expanded range of
theoretical and practical disciplines.
- can be driven by both theory and ideas, and is also characterized by a blurring of the
distinction between art and other categories of cultural experience, such as television,
cinema, mass media, entertainment and digital technology.
Source:http://www.imma.ie0en0downloads0whatismodernandcontemporaryartmay1DD.pdf

DIFFERENT MAJOR CONTEMPORARY ART FORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES

PAINTING
In the early 19th century, wealthier, educated Filipinos introduced more secular Filipino art,
causing art in the Philippines to deviate from the religious motifs. The use of watercolor paintings
increased and the subject matter of paintings began to include landscapes, Filipino inhabitants,
Philippines fashion and officials.
Portrait paintings featured artist’s names painted ornately as well as day-to-day scenes of
average Filipinos partaking their daily tasks. These paintings were done on canvas, wood and
variety of metals. During World World War 2, some painters focused their artwork on the effects of
war, including battle scenes, destruction, and the suffering of the Filipino people.

SCULPTING

Is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions, and one of the plastic arts.
Durable sculptural processes originally used carving (the removal of material) and modelling (the
addition of material, as clay), in stone, metal, ceramics, wood and other materials, since modernism,
shifts in cultural process led to an almost complete freedom of materials and process. A wide
variety of materials maybe worked by removal such as carving, assembled by welding or
modelling, or molded, or cast.

MUSIC

Contemporary music in the Philippines usually refers to compositions that have adopted
areas and elements from 20th Century art music in the the West,as well as the latest trends and
music styles in the entertainment industry. This brief introduction covers only the works written by
the art music composers.

DANCE

As the popularity of the Pilipino Cultural Nights and the Folk Arts Groups gain their
ascendency, so too, does the need to create and recreate Philippine dance forms. Among these
contemporary issues are the ideas of bringing the village dance to the stage, the connections among
the various Philippine dance, the ownership of world-influence and the dances of Filipinos from
diaspora.

ARCHITECTURE

A reflection of the country's historical and cultural heritage. Most prominent historic
structures in the archipelago are based on a mix of indigenous Austronesian, Chinese, American,
and Spanish influences. During three hundred thirty years of Spanish colonialization, the Philippine
architecture was dominated by
the Spanish influences. The Augustinian friars, along with other religious orders, built a large
number of grand churches and cathedrals all over the Philippine Islands. During this period the
traditional Filipino Bahay na bató (Filipino for "stone house") style for the large houses emerged.
These were large houses built of stone and wood combining Filipino, Spanish and Chinese style
elements.

MAJOR TRADITIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHILIPPINE ARTS

 Ethnic Tradition
 Spanish Colonial Tradition
 American Colonial Tradition
 Contemporary Tradition

ETHNIC TRADITION

- Pre-Colonial Arts (ETHNIC Arts) In Pre-colonial Philippines, arts are for ritual purposes or
for everyday use.

SPANISH COLONIAL TRADITION

- When the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines in 1521, the colonizers used art as a tool to
propagate the Catholic faith through beautiful images. With communication as problem, the
friars used images to explain the concepts behind Catholicism, and to tell the stories of
Christ's life and passion. While it is true that Spain subjugated the Philippines for more
mundane reasons, this former European power contributed much in the shaping and
recording of our literature.Religion and institutions that represented

- European civilization enriched the languages in the lowlands, introduced theater which we
would come to know as komedya, the sinakulo, the sarswela, the playlets and the drama.
Spain also brought to the country, though at a much later time, liberal ideas and an
internationalism that influenced our own Filipino intellectuals and writers for them to
understand the meanings of “liberty and freedom.”

AMERICAN COLONIAL TRADITION

- Filipinos struggled for independence, first in the revolution against Spain, and later in the
war against the United States. While they succeeded in ridding themselves of the first
colonizers in 1898, the new colonizers would set their government in place in 1901.

- The American colonial order defined its priorities as education and value formation, with
both following the “American way of life.” It hastened to set up a public school system, and
 in the process transplanted images through the flooding of imported textbooks and
publications, leaving little demand for native creativity in the graphic and publication arts.
However, with the corporations emerged the need for advertisingand for commercial design
which eventually became integrated into the fine arts curriculum.

- As with all historical conjunctures, a shift in art patronageagain took place. As the new
patrons, American officials, merchants, and tourists lorded it over the arts; the range of
subjects for art expanded considerably. Landscapes, genre, and still life which had risen in
the 19th century—were greatly favored by the American patrons who sought “exotic,”
tropical scenes of their new colony. Portraits continued to be in vogue, mainly
commissioned by public officials. The detailed miniaturist style gave way to academic
portraiture that strove to capture physical likeness and endow it with the appearance of
dignity and benevolent authority.

CONTEMPORARY TRADITION

- refers to an art produced at the present period of time that reflects the current culture by
utilizing classical techniques in drawing, painting, and sculpting. Practicing artists are
mainly concerned with the preservation of time-honored skills in creating works of
figurative and representational
- forms of fine art as a means to express human emotions and experiences. Subjects are based
on the aesthetics of balancing external reality with the intuitive, internal conscience driven
by emotion, philosophical thought, or the spirit.

D. Let’s Reinforce Learning.

 D.1 Identify various contemporary art forms and practices initiatives from the regions.

D.2 Directions: Write E if the statement belongs to Ethnic Tradition, S if it belongs

to Spanish Tradition, A to American Colonial and C to Contemporary Traditions. Write
your answer before each number.

1. Filipinos developed choreographies by mimicking movements of animals.

2. Zarsuelas and operas became popular in this period.
3.Filipinos studied abroad and later on introduced new ideas in art making.
4.Technological innovations affected art making resulting to non-conventional
artworks.
5. The geographical location and experiences of the Filipinos were the main factors
in art production.

E. Let’s Evaluate
In a long bondpaper (8.5” x 13”), make a poster about the evolution of art in the
Philippines and give a short explanation about it. Your work will be graded through the following:
Required Elements, Labels, Graphics – Relevance, Attractiveness, and Grammar.
Attached Rubrics:

Rubric source: https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/download/18726?lessonId=12365&segmentTypeId=2