NAME: LOUIE JAY G.

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GRADE AND SECTION: 2 BSAGECON A

JOSE JOYA
National Artist for Visual Arts (2003)
(June 3, 1931 – May 11, 1995)

Jose Joya is a painter and multimedia

Born June 3, 1931 artist who distinguished himself by
creating an authentic Filipino abstract
idiom that transcended foreign
Died May 11, 1995 (aged 63) influences. Most of Joya’s paintings of
harmonious colors were inspired by
Manila, Philippines
Philippine landscapes, such as green
rice paddies and golden fields of
Occupation Abstract artist harvest. His use of rice paper in
collages placed value on transparency,
a common characteristic of folk art. The
Awards Order of National Artists of the Philippines curvilinear forms of his paintings often
recall the colorful and multilayered
‘kiping’ of the Pahiyas festival. His important mandala series was also drawn from Asian
aesthetic forms and concepts.
He began sketching at the age of eleven. At a young age, he became interested in studying
architecture, but found that he did not have the aptitude for the math and science that
architecture would require. While attending the University of the Philippines he was introduced
to the paintings of Fernando Amorsolo, and began his study of painting.

JOSE T. JOYA ARTWORKS

Jose Joya (1931-1995)
Space Transfiguration
signed and dated 1959 (lower right)
oil on canvas
60” x 70” (152 cm x 178 cm)

Content
Space Transfiguration shows the great freedom
depicted in a storm of brushstrokes of vivid,
violent colors with which Joya was handling
paint — a freedom which long after his death,
continues to liberate Philippine painting towards the
end of the 20th century.
 Artist:

José Joya
(Filipino, 1931–1995)

Title:

Torogan
, 1985

Medium:

Acrylic on canvas

Size: 1 0 1 x 2 9 8 c m

Content: Often of a large or dramatic scale, Joya’s abstracts followed a

process of visual and formal reduction based on an observation of nature.
Landscapes, trees, rivers, rocky peaks and cities were the sources of his
vision, to be rearranged and simplified into lines, planes, colors, and
“visual sensations.”

“Hills of Nikko”

Jose Joya

Oil on canvas

1964

172cm X 198.8cm

Content:
The “Hills of Nikko” that was painted by Jose
Joya, who is a known Filipino abstract
expressionist painter (particularly in “gestural painting”), was made in 1964. It shows no form,
as how an abstract expressionist painting really looks. Compared to the reality of the hills in
Nikko, Japan, the hills where this painting was depicted, the Hills of Nikko are tranquil and
calm. They show no complexity of emotions; they purely show peace. But in Jose Joya’s painting
and interpretation of the Hills of Nikko, it shows too much confusion yet joy with its vibrant
colors. It’s as if the hills were come to life through the strokes and colors.
 Michelangelo, in full Michelangelo di
Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni,
(born March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic
of Florence [Italy]—died February 18,
1564, Rome, Papal States),
Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter,
architect, and poet who exerted an
unparalleled influence on the
development of Western art.

MICHAEL ANGELO’S ARTWORKS

The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Italian
artist Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine
Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the
Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in
which God gives life to Adam, the first man. Wikipedia

Artist: Michelangelo
Location: Sistine Chapel
Subject: Adam
Year: c. 1512
Dimensions: 280 cm × 570 cm (9 ft 2 in × 18 ft 8 in)
Periods: Renaissance, Italian Renaissance, High Renaissance
Media: Paint, Plaster

 Title: Doni Tondo or Doni Madonna,

 Italian: Tondo Doni

 Artist: Michelangelo

 Year: 1506

 Materials: tempera on panel

 Dimensions: 120 cm (47.2 ″)

 Type: Christian Art

 Museum: Uffizi Gallery

Content

Doni Tondo by Michelangelo portrays the Holy Family consisting of the Child Jesus, Mary, and
Joseph in the foreground. John the Baptist is shown in the right with his rough clothing holding a
long wooden rod. Five mostly nude male figures are featured at the back by a low wall in the
background.

The Entombment

Artist Michelangelo

Year c. 1500–1501

Medium oil on panel

Dimensions 161.7 cm × 149.9 cm (63.7 in × 59.0 in)

Condition Unfinished

Location National Gallery, London

Content:

 · Mournful
 o The fresco beside it shows the beginning of Christ’s live (annunciation)
and this shows the ending
 · Just figures, not much land, packed with people
 o This is very mannerist and the completely opposite of the Renaissance
 · There is no depiction of a cross so we are not sure as to whether it is the
deposition or the entombment
 · Unnatural body position of the figure in the left foreground
 · Abandons the high Renaissance pyramid balance
 · No place for our eye to rest
 · Constant movement
 · Figures have no weight to their body
 · Over exaggerated