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 1.) What is the traditional idea of art?
a certain group of
Traditional art is a part of a culture of
down through
people, with skills and knowledge passed
. It portrays the
generations from masters to apprentices
a country.
simple life before the massive growth of
ude folk
The traditional arts in the Philippines incl
sculpture in the
architecture, maritime transport, famous
ing arts, folk (oral)
Philippines, weaving, carving, folk perform
ornament, pottery,
literature, folk graphic and plastic arts,
onal culture. Among
and other artistic expressions of traditi
in the Philippines
the most famous forms of traditional art
Mindanao) has its
is weaving. Each island (Luzon, Visayas, and
the Philippine
own distinctive style of weaving to show
culture.

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2.) What is the importance of
traditional societies?
iety. Through
Art acts as a collective memory of soc
sculptures, music,
expressive outlets such as paintings,
preserve life as we
literature and other art forms, artists
t-based records. Art
know it even better than historical fac
ticular time.
expresses how it felt to exist in a par
ple from various
Art is also communicative—it helps peo
e with each other
cultures understand and communicat
ple often relate to
through songs, pictures and stories. Peo
their artistic
other societies and cultures through
representations.
ial change.
Art is often a preferred vehicle for soc
lptures, drama, movies
Governments use murals, paintings, scu
change public opinion
and songs as propaganda material to
ns.
and launch public informational campaig
 3.) What are the arts in the traditional
culture?
ude crafts, dance,
“The folk and traditional arts, which incl
ers, are those
music, oral traditions, visual arts, and oth
life of a community
that are learned as part of the cultural
itage, cultural
whose members share a common ethnic her
raphic region.”
mores, language, religion, occupation, or geog

in traditional
4.) What is an example of art
culture?
es of traditional
Puppetry and storytelling are exampl
range — from stone
performance art. Crafts cover a wide
ling, bead work, wood
building to pottery, basket making, quil
en represent a place or
carving and more. Traditional arts oft
a group of people.

calligraphy into
Examples include the incorporation of
weaving, for instance,
paintings and the use of embroidery or
tti or the digitally
in the textile works of Alighiero e Boe
ks often blur the
spun tapestries of Pae White. These wor
enting a hybrid of
boundary between art and craft, repres
cultural traditions.

culture arts in
5.) What are the traditional
the Philippines?
folk architecture,
Traditional arts in the Philippines include
performing arts,
maritime transport, weaving, carving, folk
tic arts,
folk (oral) literature, folk graphic and plas
, and other artistic
ornaments, textile or fiber art, pottery
expressions of traditional culture.
 6.) What did traditional art focus on?

s of previous
The traditional art reflects the art form
belief. The
generations, their lifestyle, thoughts and
s on the
traditional art's artists do not try to focu
usage and the
materialistic ideas or views, but on the
form.They work in
concept behind their usage in a creative
ity; due to which
groups, and belong to a particular commun
cultures and
it is possible for them to represent their
larly more on the
forms. These art forms emphasize particu
l artists are
creativity concept. The work of traditiona
vated and affected
rooted deep inside the past, which is inno
ities that evaluate
by the technology. The aesthetic sensibil
munity and not by
traditional art are defined by their com
ds. It is also subtly
anyone from some outside set of standar
or mass media.
influenced by factors such as migration
living forms such
Traditional artists create contemporary
as a song, a dance, or a handmade object.

l art was often

Key subject matter involved in traditiona
themes present
religion- and culture-related. Many of the
of expression
now were undiscovered, in art, as a means
artists created
during this time. This meant that art and
art that was very similar.