Zeian Jacob Bayla

Contemporary arts

Check Your Understanding

Recall

1. The iconic school symbol of UP is based on the Oblation (1935) a sculptural work by the

classically trained sculptor Guillermo Tolentino (awarded 1973) depicting a male nude

with arms outstretched as a gesture of sacrifice and freedom.

2. Joya’s mural in the Virata School of Business titled Barter of Panay 1978 is rendered in the

Abstract Expressionist style and consists of soft, overlapping planes of black, white,

orange, brown, and golden yellow.

3. Maceda’s Pagsamba involved a hundred mixed voices, indigenous musical instruments such

as bamboo buzzers, clappers, and whistle flutes; while incorporating a prayer sung in Tagalog.

Application

4. What are the cultural offices that do rigorous deliberation and selection process of the NAA?

The cultural offices that do rigorous deliberation and selection process of the NAA are the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

5. What are the seven disciplinal areas of NAA?

The seven disciplinal areas of NAA are architecture, design, and allied arts, film and broadcast arts, visual
arts, literature, dance, music, and theater.

Synthesis

6. What is the role of the NAA to the Filipino public?

Its role is to prohibit people from gaining the praises of their non work arts. It is also their job to praise
and give rewards and treasure the arts of the Filipino.
Check Your Understanding

Recall

1. What year was the National Artist for Theatre granted to Salvador Bernal?

The National Artist for Theatre granted to Salvador Bernal was on year 2003.

2. Recounting the origins of the Manobo people, the scholar, poet, and teacher Bienvenido

Lumbera, National Artist for Literature (awarded 2006) wrote the libretto.

Application

3. What is the role of collaboration in film or theatre?

The role of collaboration in film or theatre is that this designates that an artwork and an artists
are not confined in its own world but rather, in collaboration with the works of other artists and
accountable to the public sphere.

4. What is Nick Joaquin’s The Portrait of the Artist as Filipino about?

The story revolves around a painting of the same designation, dedicated by a crippled artist to
his two unmarried daughters, Candida and Paula. The verbalized painting calls the attention of
characters that take interest in the work of the once famous artist, and who give their varied appraisals
of the work. Set in pre- war Intramuros, the play forwards concerns about the value of art and the plight
of artists and the nostalgia for “peace” and glory days in Manila.

Synthesis

5. What is the role of the NAA to the Philippine art scene?

It is to give praise to the artist and encourages young and aspiring artists to thrive.