(COR12)
Contemporary Philippine Art From the Regions
M1L1 - What is Art?
● Art Definitions
○ Tangible manifestation and product of
human activity
○ Conveys insight and emotions
○ Represents larger communities
○ (Plato) imitation of reality
○ (Tolstoy) pleasing production of elements
○ (Veron) manifestation of lines,
movements, sounds, colors, and emotions
○ (Da Vinci) queen of all sciences
● Evolution of Philippine Art
○ Pre-Colonial (Before 1521):
[Literature]
■ Literature - Ethnic literature, repository
of ideals and cultural practices
■ Folk Speeches - riddles with talinhaga
or metaphors
● (Cebuano) Tigmo
● (Tagalog) Bugtong
● (Ilongo) Paktakon
● (Bicol) Patototdon
■ Proverbs or Alphorisms - rules of
conduct through short verses in
rhyme
● Tanaga - lessons of life
■ Folk Songs - folk lyrics, repetitive,
sonorous, and didactic
● (Mangyan) Ambahan
■ Folk Narratives - epic and folk tales
● Monkey and a Turtle
[Visual Arts]
■ Pottery - an ancient art
● (Palawan) Manunggul Jar
■ Weaving - traditional source of living
● Tnalak - abacan weaved cloth
■ Sculpture
● (Cordilleras) Bulul - Anito figures,
ancestral spirits
■ Jewelry Making - adorn ornaments
and metals such as gold
● (Cordilleras) Ling-Ling-o - signifies
fertility
■ Dances - special occasions
● (Palawan) Tagbanaua rituals -
dancing and shaking both hands
with ugsang or palm leaves
○ Hispanic Philippines (1521-1898)
■ Poetry - lyrics or narratives
■ Dalit - no fixed rhyme, solem and
spiritual
■ Prose - prescribes proper behavior
● Manual de Urbanidad
■ Visual Arts - paintings of religions
icons, saints, and religious scenes
● Spolarium
○ American (1898-1939)
■ Literary Art - free verse, modern short
story, and critical essay
■ Free Verse - hallmark of modern
poetry
● Molave by Rafael Zulueta da
Costain (1940)
■ Filipino Novels - infused American pop
culture written in English
● Anino ng Kahapon by Francisco
Laksamana (1906)
■ Performance Arts - influenced
Philippine theater
● Bodabil (1920s) - comedy skit with
songs and dances
○ Japanese Period (1940-1945)
■ Poetry - themes of country, rural life,
religion, and arts
● Haiku - common, short, covers
wide meaning, free-verse poem
■ Drama - movie houses become
stages
■ Music - Japanese music was imposed
● Contemporary Art
○ Definition:
■ Expressive art created and produced
in the 21st century
■ Breakaway from established
expression
■ Abstraction and symbolism - feature of
the new era
■ Digital Art - unique expression of
creativity using modern tools
○ Contemporary Art as Postmodernism
■ Point of liberation from what is
considered modern after World War 2
 ■ Signifies to curtail the limits of
modernism
■ Gave rise to Conceptual art,
Performance art, Feminist, and
Installation art
○ Contemporary Art as Integrative
■ Expression of emotions through
optimal use of senses
■ Create and manipulate elements
allowing expression of sentiments
triggering sensory experiences
■ Product requiring the following
process:
1. Perceptual Cognition - use of
cognitive ability to process
information from external
environment
2. Metaphorical Mode of Thinking -
recreates realities according to
experiences
3. Use of Alternative Forms of
Communication - varied ways of
expression
a. Traditional method - can be
modified
b. Innovative method - produce
desired effect to convey a
message
M1L2 - Elements and Principles
● Elements of Art
○ Lines - series of dots arranged in a
connecting manner, straight or curved
○ Colors - consists of:
■ Hue - another word for color
■ Intensity - brightness
■ Value - lightness and darkness
○ Color Value - light source and gradience
○ Contrast - color wheels help determine
■ Analogous - adjacent
■ Complementary - opposites
○ Emotions in Color - helps portray emotions
and message by the artist
■ Example:
● Red - aggression and affection
● Orange - energy and
extravagance
● Yellow - cheer and overstimulation
● Green - serenity and prosperity
○ Shapes - enclosed objects created by
lines or color and value changes with
defined edges
○ Textures - surface look created by varying
dark and light areas, gives solidity and
appeal
■ Roughness, smoothness, and depth
■ 3-dimensional and 2-dimensional
artworks appearing 3-dimensional
○ Space - distance or area
● Principles of Art
○ Appropriation - appropriation of existing
artworks combining past and present,
usage of prints, images, icons
○ Performance - emphasizing spontaneous
element of choice, interpreting various
human activity
○ Space - arts transforming specific spaces
a. Flash mobs
b. Art Installation
○ Hybridity - unconventional materials,
mixing unlikely materials
a. Coffee paintings
b. Crayon Sculptures
○ Technology - technology in creation
a. Video phenomenon
b. Performance recordings
c. Live streaming
● 7 Principles of Art
○ Balance - visual weight, sense of stability
a. Symmetry
b. Asymmetry
c. Radial symmetry
○ Contrast -
○ Emphasis -
○ Movement -
○ Pattern -
○ Rhythm -
○ Unity/Variety -
 9. Haiku is the most common free-verse poem,
short but covers a very wide meaning during
Japanese Period.
TRUE
10. Japanese Occupation Era introduced the
free-verse and modern short story in
Quiz Answer Sheet
Philippine Literature.
M1L1 - What is Art?
FALSE
1. Contemporary Art embraces abstraction and
symbolism which became the basic feature of
M1L2 - Elements and Principles of Art
the new era in artistry.
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
TRUE
1. Which among the following best describe
2. Spolarium is a famous painting during
shape.
Hispanic Period.
An element that is concerned with height and
TRUE
width, and that encloses space.
3. Christianity was brought in the Philippines
2. It refers to the darkness or lightness of a
during Pre-Colonial Era.
color.
FALSE
Value
4. Contemporary Art is also known as Modern
3. Which of the following best describe color.
Art.
Light reflected to an object.
FALSE
4. Texture is which of the following?
5. Art is something one person can define
How something feels or how it looks like it
according to ones own standard and
feels.
perspective.
5. Which element of art refers to the distance or
TRUE
area between, around, or within things?
6. Integrative art is an activity that motivates
Space
learner to express his emotions through
II. MATCHING TYPE
optimal use of his senses.
● Principle of art that uses contrast to draw
TRUE
attention to an area.
7. It is during the Pre-Colonial Era where
EMPHASIS
Philippine arts literature focuses about ethnic
● This term refers to the quality of wholeness or
and folk practices.
oneness that is achieved through the
TRUE
effective use of the elements and principles
8. Metaphorical modes of thinking requires the
of art. UNITY
use of the learners cognitive ability to process
● This is the principle of art that indicates
the information derived from the external
movement by the repetition of elements.
environment through his senses.
PATTERN
FALSE
● This is the principle of art that uses
pre-existing objects or images with little to no
transformation applied to them.
APPROPRIATION
● A principle of art that makes use of
unconventional materials. 
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M1L3 - Arts Form



PAINTING
DESIGN IN ARTS CRAFT

 
PERFORMING ARTS ARCHITECTURE


SCULPTURE


PHOTOGRAPHY


FINE ARTS AND VISUAL ARTS


FINE ART
 Artist Award.
NCCA/CCP
● He is known as Mr. C and still currently the
most accomplished composer, arranger, and
musical director in the Philippine music
  industry.
MIXED MEDIA ART Ryan Cayabyab
M2L2 - PNA Awardees ● The father of Modern Philippine Sculpture.
● The first to be awarded as Philippine National Napoleon Abueva
Artist. ● The father of Modern Philippine Painting.
Fernando Amorsolo Victorio Edades
● The only artist to be awarded as PNA under ● He is known as the Dean of Filipino
Fashion Design Category. Illustrators.
Ramon Valera Francisco Coching
● The year PNA was proclaimed. ● He is known as the Genius of Philippine
1972 Cinema.
● The virtue of the “Orden sa mga Ishmael Bernal
Pambansang Alagad ng Sining”.
Presidential Proclamation No. 1001
He’s best known for UP Oblation.
Guillermo Tolentino
● The only man to play music with a leaf and
was recognized under Guiness Book of
Records.
Levi Celerio
● A PNA that is also known as being diplomat,
journalist and author.
Carlos Romulo
● She is known as the mother of the Philippine
Folk Dance.
Francisca Reyes Aquino
● He is the “Claude Debussy” of the
Philippines.
Antonio Molina
The institution administering the National