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Contemporary Philippine Arts From The Regions Module 2 Q1
Contemporary Philippine Arts From The Regions Module 2 Q1
CONTEMPORARY
PHILIPPINE ARTS
FROM THE REGIONS
Quarter 1
Module 2:
Philippine Arts and Its Diversities
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Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions - Grade 12
Quarter 1 – Module 2: Philippine Arts and Its Diversities
I. Introduction
In this module, you will learn to understand the different modern and contemporary art forms
and practices that can be found from the regions and in the country in general. This will help you to
know the characteristics of various art forms that have developed and accumulated from the beginning
of civilization in the country up to the present. So get ready to discover and explore the seven major
art forms in the Philippines.
II. Objectives
III. WORDS
Below are the language of arts and its meanings that can help you understand the lesson.
Alternative Music – a kind of music influenced by folk balladeers.
Bagay Poetry – A kind of poetry which uses colloquial language and is built on concrete
images which describe experiences.
Bodabil – A stage show
Cubism – A painting techniques fragmenting figures.
Documentary style – A style in theatre which tends to discuss historical events.
Dula-Dula – A short drama poem
Folklore – Traditional costumes and beliefs
Indigenous – Originating in a specific place or country, native
Indigenous art – ethnic art
Komedya - play
Modern Art – Art produced from 1860’s to 1960’s characterized by Avan-garde
Orchestra – A group playing classical music
Pinoy pop – Filipino Pop Music
Proletarian Arts – Art that depicts the life of the working class
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Psychological Realism – Deals with the individual
Rondalla – String bands
Social Realism – Deals with the individual considering the society.
Tsalet - A type of house on stilts with front porch made of wood and concrete.
IV. Pre -
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Choose the correct answer and write it on your notebook. DO NOT PUT YOUR
ANSWERS IN THE MODULE.
1. It is a kind of art which depicts the life after war, and economic problems.
2. The Philippine Contemporary Art is divided into how many major art forms?
3. This refers to the style in a painting showing minute details of subjects highlighting
their texture and color. Bigas artwork of Nestor Leynes is an example of this style.
5. Which of the following statements about the difference between contemporary art and
modern art is correct?
A) Contemporary art is the art of today while modern art is like a traditional art.
B) Contemporary art is the practice of art from 1970s up to present while modern art
is the practice of art from 1860s to 1960s
C) Contemporary art is the practice of art by a 21st century artist while modern art is
the practice of art by a traditional artist.
D) Contemporary art is the same with modern art.
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LEARNING ACTIVITIES
V.
Practice Activity 1. POST IT PARADE
You are provided with a question or prompt from which you need to generate ideas, solution
etc.
You will write it on a post-its. One idea, one post it.
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Then, you will post the post-its on your ACTIVITY NOTEBOOK. Regroup the questions
according to topic.
If face-to-face class is not available, it can be done through online forum, wherein you can
post ideas online.
Your task is to match the picture to the type of contemporary art forms. Below are the steps to
follow in order to succeed in this activity.
DANCE MUSIC
FILM THEATER
VISUAL ARTS
3. __________________
1. __________________ 6
2. __________________
4. ________________________
5. ________________________
6. ________________________ 7. ________________________
Gaining Insights
VISUAL ARTS
It is an art form that create works that are
primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics,
drawings, paintings, sculptures, printmaking
design, crafts, photography, video, film making
and architecture.
During the American Period, education
was introduced to the Philippines. There were
Filipinos who studied abroad and influenced the
art making in the country. It was noticeable that
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Urban setups became the usual subjects of visual arts. After World War II, artists
started creating proletarian art which depicts the life after the war, social issues and economics
problems. Through the year’s different artists carrying different style in making arts became
popular and various visual art trends emerged. There were stylistics arts and drawings and
thematic artworks reflecting historical, social, economic, and political themes. Different
mediums were also employed in art making.
Indeed, visual arts has developed and transformed through the years. The significant
development of the modern and contemporary art in the country only shows how creative,
innovative and free thinkers the Filipinos are.
LITERATURE
It is an art form which uses language and
words as medium to create an artistic writing
deemed to have intellectual value. A painter uses
paint, a musician uses musical instruments, a
Philippine Literature, Famous Literary Works Analysis, sculptor uses stone-and-chisel and so a writer
Wordpress, https://csphilippineliterature.wordpress.com/ uses words.
The Philippines and the American continues their bond even after the declaration of
independence in 1946 which is evident in the development of modernism. In the field of poetry
during the contemporary period, publication of young poets to campus journals emerged. The
Bagay movement also took the scene. It is a kind of poetry which uses colloquial language and is
built on concrete images which tend to describe experiences. Later on, national consciousness
inserted into Bagay poetry. A long narrative piece about peasant leader. The nationalist spirit of
many writers arose because of the Marshall Law. During the contemporary period, the works of
American and British poets influenced the English poems in the Philippines. There are poets who
were influenced by Western poets. Their works revolved on subjects like the search for love and
identity, oppression and those subjects concerning poet’s privately worlds. This kind of poetry was
followed by poems containing social issues. And the rise of nationalistic poetry discussing poverty,
inequality, political turmoil, and other social problems started during the Marcos Era.
Philippine music continuously evolved and Pinoy pop or the Filipino pop music took
place. Pinoy pop covers different forms like jazz, dance hits, folksong revival, rock and roll, rap,
etc. With the development of Pinoy pop, Manila sound was born. This music is characterized as
Western-derived with English lyrics but with pure Filipino spirit. Later on, the OPM or the
Original Pilipino Music became popular. It is a kind of music purely Filipino and is composed and
sung by Filipino composers and singers. The OPM was followed by another form of popular music
called “alternative music”. Folk balladeers influenced alternative music. This type of music
sprouted out of protest that later on included themes like Filipino values, political and
environmental concerns, and other societal themes.
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Image of Parokya ni Edgar by Raymond Evora, Pinterest,
https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/555842778979454739/
In the regional set up, through the establishment of the Cultural Centre of the Philippines (CCP),
the Filipino music, as well as the Filipino artists, were given importance. The provincial councils
established and preserved the traditional music and innovated Philippine music. Indigenous
music continuously thrives and spread in different localities. Local composers continuously
create vernacular songs. Moreover, local festivals like the Las Pinas Bamboo Organ Festival
were established.
THEATER
The American introduced the bodabil or stage show. However, the bodabil in the
American period was not a form of stage play since it was composed mainly of song, dances and
skits. It was during the Japanese period the bodabil included short melodrama. The educational
system established by the American in the country paved the way to the development of legitimate
theatre. Through the Western education, production of Shakespearean plays and other Western
contemporary classics entered the scene. In the early stage of a Philippine theatre, Western culture
greatly influenced theatre production. Theatre artists tend to imitate popular American actor and
actresses. The Philippine theatre was Americanized. However, later on, because of the exposure to
different theatrical styles and dramatic theories, the Filipinos were able to expand their horizon
and create stage plays that reflect Philippine realities and set up. Those Filipinos in the field of
theatre started to experiment on traditional theatre forms like the sarswela, komedya and sinakulo.
Included in the directors who significantly contributed in the progress of the Philippine theatre are
the National Artists Lamberto Avellana, Severino Montano and Wilfredo Ma. Guerrero.
Another is the presentational style which highlights discussion of social ideas. The people
in the field of theatre employed this style during the Marcos regime since realistic portrayal was
prohibited. Presentational style made use of different methods like dance, song, mime etc. to
summon ideas from the audience. Next is the documentary style which tends to discuss historical
events.
There are other forms of theatre art that emerged like the dula-dula. This is a short drama-poem.
Musicals with contemporary themes, dance dramas employing ethnic music and choreography,
plays mixing realistic and non-realistic styles and traditional drama forms with contemporary
messages are also among the different theatre art forms of today.
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DANCE
During the first years of the American period, vaudeville or bodabil dancing became
popular. Bodabil is a kind of stage show introduced by the American. Dances like buck-and-wing,
tap dancing, clog, skirt dancing were among the dances being performed in the show. Later on,
European classical ballet entered the scene. There were ballet dance groups from other countries
who went to the Philippines to perform. The huge popularity of ballet led to the birth of many
ballet dancers in the Philippines during that time. The ballet was followed by a modern dance.
Modern dance is revolutionary in nature and does not conform to the rules of classical
ballet. It deals
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dances, and other experimental dances.
Aquino researched on the Philippine folk dances. Her published research on folk dances influenced
many Filipino dancers to do similar researches. When Reyes-Aquino entered the Bureau of
Education, the Bureau integrated folk dances in the educational system which resulted to its wide
spread popularity. Numerous folkloric dance was established later on. There were dance groups
that developed Filipino adaptations of European and American dances like the valse, rigaudon,
polka, fandango, jota, etc. These dance groups integrated traditional customs in these Western
dances. Other dance groups revived the indigenous dance forms commonly performed during
rituals and ceremonies by the indigenous groups.
ARCHITECTURE
In the American Colonial and Contemporary Period, the Philippine architecture adopted
the modern Western architectural style while taking into consideration the physical and socio-
cultural situation of the country. The Philippine architecture was characterized as simple, rational
and functional. In the early 20 th century the young Filipinos who studied in American universities
and institutes went back to the country and brought changes in the Philippine architecture
It was after the World War II when the architecture in the country departed from the
native tradition. Real estate development started to place, and two-story houses were introduced.
Filipino houses were Americanized. Urban housing, multi-story tenements, and government
housing, slums and shanties started to proliferated. On the other hand, those houses owned by the
upper class were characterized as huge with large front garden. Condominiums also emerged.
FILM
The film industry in the Philippines started in 1897 through the initiatives of foreign
businessmen. Swiss entrepreneurs were the first to feature film shows in Manila. The film became
popular in 1912 when foreigners Edward Gross and Harry Brown produced the film about the life
of Dr. Jose Rizal. This started the filmmaking in the country.
Philippine film during the early times was greatly influenced by Hollywood since the local
directors set Hollywood movies as their model. However, the Filipino producers still cannot level
with quality of American movies due to outdated technology and limited budget. The only edge of
the Philippine movie during those times was that the local films portrayed the lives of the Filipinos
and used Tagalog as its language. The use of Tagalog garnered more audience since the majority of
the Filipinos cannot understand English during those times. The different theatre forms like the
sarswela, sinakulo, and komedya influenced the succeeding film productions. Philippine literature
was also another source of movie themes. There were film adaptations of the works of Francisco 12
Baltazar’s Florante at Laura and Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. Other literary
sources like novels and folklore inspired filmmaking.
Due to the boost of the film in the Philippines, film companies were established like the
Philippine Films, Parlatone Hispano-Filipino, Excelsior Pictures, Sampaguita Pictures Inc, LVN
Pictures and X’Otic Films. The number of local movie actors and actresses increased as well. In the
Philippine started to regain strength and flourished during the 1950s. Four film studios became
prominent and considered as the Big Four. These are LVN, Sampaguita, Lebran and Premiere.
Film awards were also instituted like the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS)
and Maria Clara Awards. Moreover, Filipino movies, directors and producers started to be
recognized not just locally but internationally like “Ifugao” of Gerardo De Leon, and “Anak
Dalita” of Lamberto Avellana.
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Your task in this activity is to research more information about the seven major contemporary
art forms such its origins, the artists, techniques, about the various contemporary art forms. Below are
the steps to succeed in this activity.
The class will be divided into seven groups; each group will research on one
major contemporary art forms.
Include in your work the origins, artists, techniques and samples of their work (photo of
artwork/ music clip/video clip) about each major contemporary art forms.
You will put your research on a short bond paper with font size of 12 and font style of Times
Roman or Arial. The margins must be 1 inch each side.
Below is the rubric as your guide on how you will be graded.
DO NOT PUT ANY WRITINGS ON THIS MODULE.
VI. PRACTICE
TASKS
Based on the information you have gained from the previous activities, you
can now identify the different contemporary art forms. These contemporary art forms are well-known
not only in the Philippines but also around the world. However, for this activity you will able to
identify the different forms of contemporary arts in your community. Below are the steps to follow in
order to do well in this activity.
First, form a group consists of seven (7) members. Each member will be given one
art form from the seven major contemporary art forms. (If the group is not enough to form 7
members, they can choose what art forms they want to work on.)
Second, each of the members will take a photo of their assigned art form from their
community.
Then, your assigned photo will be presented as you interview your family /neighbors/ or
possible resource persons regarding the contexts of the form and its resonance in everyday
life. Write down your findings below the photo.
Then, you will share the photo of your contemporary art form with your group.
The leader will collate the work of the group members and post it online or to a manila paper
or cartolina as if the group are doing an art exhibit.
Lastly, each group will present their output in class.
RUBRICS
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Practice
Group Photo Task
Exhibit,#2: Let’s
ADDU ART
Photo Exhibit, Rcampus,
https://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?code=V596WA&sp=yes&
How’s your experience in doing the previous activities? This time you will not just take a picture
of art that is present in your community but you will make your own artwork. Remember, that an art
is not only about beautiful things but it is the reflection of an artist’s own feelings and emotions. With
the same group from LET’S DO ART RESEARCH activity, you will now make your very own
version of ART. Your work must be based from the seven major contemporary art forms that can be
found in the Philippines.
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Art exhibit is a collection of artworks for a public display. It helps bring the essence of an
artist’s masterpiece and it is also a way to discuss more about an artist’s artwork. Your task is to
create an art exhibit focusing on Bicol arts using your own artworks. Below are the steps to succeed
on this activity.
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Prepare the exhibit area for your audience if not so, you can make it in a form of virtual
exhibit.
You will act as a curator in the exhibit while you are presenting your artwork
Answer questions from your audience regarding your artworks.
The exhibit should be documented.
Goodluck! Have fun and enjoy!
For this activity’s rubric please refer to the Rubric of Practice Task No. 2.
VII.
ASSIGNMENT/ADDITIONAL
ART REFLECTION
Direction: Below is a “Reflection Weight” that aims to determine what have
you realized (the attitude s toward learning), the things that you have
discovered (skills that you will cherish to life) and the things that you have
learned (the knowledge that serves as your foundation to stand and keep you
going). Fill in each part of the weight and share it to your classmates.
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Things I have realized
(Attitude)
_____________ 1. It is a kind of art which depicts the life after the war, and economic problems.
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_____________ 3. It tends to analyse Philippine writings.
______________ 5. It is an art form which uses language and words as medium to create an artistic
writing deemed to have intellectual value.
______________ 6. It is a kind of poetry which uses colloquial language and is built on concrete
images which tend to describe experiences.
______________ 7. It is a type of house on stilts with a front porch made of wood and concrete.
______________ 8. Among all the art forms, it has the largest audience.
______________ 9. It covers different forms like jazz, dance hits, folksong revival, rock and roll, rap
etc.
_____________10. It is the committee of NCCA that annually convened visual artists in the country.
IX. ANSWER
KEYS
PRE-TEST
1. C 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. B
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
What is your idea about
Practice Activity No. 1
Visual Arts? (Same question
will be ask about the other contemporary art forms such as
architecture, literature, music, dance, theatre and film).
Practice Activity No. 2
PRACTICE TASK:
Practice Task No. 1 - 3
Depends on performance of the students.
POST-TEST
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1. PROLETARIAN ART 6. BAGAY POETRY
2. BODABIL 7. TSALET
3. LITERARY CRITICISM 8. FILM
4. VISUAL ARTS 9. PINOY POP
5. LITERATURE 10. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
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