WEEK 5 WORKSHEET

APPRECIATING THE ARTS

Written Work #3
Direction: Choose one artist per art form and briefly describe the artist’s technique/style in
artmaking. (5 pts each)

Music

Ernani Cuenco. He was a composer, film scorer, musical director,

and music educator who produced a body of work that is remarkable and memorable, resonates with
Filipino musicality, and elevates the aesthetic planes of current Filipino music. Most of the music created
by Ernani Cuenco resembles today’s so called “Classical Music” because of the way he style and
compose his music, most of his songs are slow, it’s soothing and calming vibe give Ernani Cuenco the
National Artist Award Title. He is also known for influencing “Kundiman” to his compositions.

Dance

Alice Reyes had a significant influence on the advancement and promotion of

contemporary dance in the Philippines as a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director. Alice Reyes
became the National Artist for Dance on June 20, 2014. Her dance choreo heavily influences the modern
form of Filipino ballet, Her works are often represented as very lively and very rich in culture. Using
dancers' movements to create a lively flow on the stage and create a signature culture-related scenery is
her signature in ballet dancing.
Theater

The tremendous artistic output of Rolando S. Tinio, writer, actor, poet,

teacher, critic, and translator, defined his career. Tinio's main claim to fame as a stage director is that the
shows he oversaw were renowned for their visual impact and intellectual cogency thanks to his innovative
insights into the scripts he oversaw.

Then, after directing plays for the Ateneo Experimental Theater (which he also organized and oversaw),
he took on Teatro Pilipino. He donated a significant amount of effort to Teatro Pilipino that revived ancient
Filipino drama by exhibiting antiquated theater forms like the sarswela and creating a treasure trove of
modern Western drama. Theater in the Philippines in the 1960s was given a position among the arts
thanks to his work's excellence and beauty.

Written Work #4

Direction: Choose one artist per art forms and briefly describe the artist’s technique/style
in artmaking. (5 pts each)

Film

With his performance in the 1957 movie Lo Waist Gang, Fernando Poe Jr. rose
to fame as an actor. He established FPJ Productions in 1961, along with D'Lanor, JAFERE, and Rosas
Productions, among other film businesses. He directed The Ravagers in 1965, which went on to become
the most well-known Filipino movie. as well as Rosas Productions. He directed The Ravagers in 1965,
which went on to become the most well-known Filipino movie. Poe won honors for his performances in
the films Mga Alabok ng Lupa (1967), Asedillo (1971), Durugin si Totoy Bato, Umpisahan Mo, Tatapusin
Ko (1983), and Magnum 357. He also received numerous best actor nominations at FAMAS (1987).

Literature

Cirilo F. Bautista is a poet, fiction author, and essayist who has contributed
significantly to the development of the country's creative arts. His contemporaries, reviewers, and the
general public all consider him to be the best writer of his generation.
Over the course of his more than four-decade career, he earned a reputation for superb and profound
workmanship; his books, speeches, poetry readings, and creative writing classes continue to have an
influence on his contemporaries and upcoming generations of writers.
Bautista held both funded and unfunded seminars across the country in order to make poetry and fiction
more accessible to those who might not otherwise have the chance to explore their creative potential.

Architecture

Ramon Valera, whose ancestors are from Abra, made a significant contribution
via the tradition of excellence in his works and his dedication to his profession. He did this by performing
his magically ground-breaking inventions on the Philippine terno. The style of his works are simple and
very artistic.

According to legend, Valera created the terno, which has become the nation's emblematic symbol over
the world. A four-piece outfit made up of a blouse, skirt, overskirt, and long scarf was created by Valera in
the early 1940s as a single article of apparel. In order to create a single dress with exaggerated bell
sleeves, a waistband that was tightened, an ankle-grazing hem, and a back zipper, he combined the
elements of the baro't saya. For the elite of the nation, switching from hooks to zippers was already a
dramatic step.

Visual Art

Filipino painter Frederico Aguilar Alcuaz had numerous

international exhibitions and was well-known both home and abroad for his works. He received the Order
of National Artist for Visual Art in 2009. His works are often described as Cubist-inspired paintings.
Alcuaz's work is distinguished by its soft blurred edges combined with dramatic lines and shapes, and it
most frequently features nude women, interiors, still lives, and landscapes.