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MODULE 1: DEFINING ART
• Art is a part of life.
• Every now and then. we live with it
as we cook, speak. sing, dance
and write arc outcomes of our
productive imagination.
1.1. ASSUMPTIONS AND
MISCONCEPTIONS OF ARTS
ART IMAGINATION AND
EXPRESSION
1. IMAGINATION
• an abstraction of a certain thought
or feeling that produces a good art
based on reality or experience.
• Example: When a mother thinks
on what food to prepare for her
children's meal. she imagines the
ingredients, the kitchen utensils
and the processes to use before
expressing them into the actual
cooking.
• Unexpressed imagination is not
art. It is not art when an individual
fails to realize the beauty and
utilitarian purpose.
2. EXPRESSION
• Can either be positive or negative.
• An automatic response to
imagination.
• When both means and ends of
art are constructive: its
expression enhances not only the
individual's quality of life which is
essential to his or her progress
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and development but also the life
Of others and the nation as well.
• Example: The expression of art in
advertisement found in billboards.
Magazines and social media
entice public opinion in patronizing
certain brands and in the purchase
of products in order to increase
company's sales.
ETYMOLOGY AND DEFINITION
OF ART
• ars: Art is derived from this Latin
term which means skill, talent or
ability.
• In a broad sense, art is skill in
making or doing something.
• Art is uniquely human and tied
directly to culture. It takes the
ordinary and makes it
extraordinary.
• It asks questions about:
o Who we are?
o What we value?
o The meaning of beauty and
the human condition.
• As an expressive medium it allows
us to experience sublime joy, deep
sorrow, confusion and clarity.
• It tests our strengths,
vulnerabilities and resolve. It gives
voice to ideas and feelings,
connects us to the past, reflects
the present and anticipates the
future.
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• Along these lines, art history, THE FIELDS/STUDY OF

combined with anthropology and HUMANITIES
literature, are three main sources
in observing, recording and
interpreting our human past.

CREATIVITY AND ART

APPRECIATION

1. CREATIVITY

• The mother of all inventions.

o Imagination: Grandmother
of all inventions.

• This metaphor means that

imagination need to be creative, in
order to create scientific inventions • Philosophy
and aesthetic innovations. • Literature
• Language
• A metacognitive skill is a form of
• Music
divergent thinking that allows us to
generate relationship, integrate • Religion
concepts, elaborate information • History
brainstorm issues with fluency,
flexibility and originality. Art: The center of the seven fields
because this provides the
enhancement of the individual human
THE HUMANITIES
potential.
• humanus/humanitas: Latin o Linking art and the other fields
words of humanities meaning of humanities is relevant to
human. our religious customs and
lifestyles.
• The field of humanities provides
human beings opportunity to think NATURE AND ART HISTORY
critically and creatively, in order to
understand the values and • Dante Alighieri: Nature is the art
cultures of the world and to bring of God. As an artistic creation of
clarity to the future. God, nature comprises plants,
animals, lands and other features
and produce of the earth.
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o It has been used by many 3. MIXED ARTS

artists as one of their
sources of inspiration • utilizes the combined elements of
and subject in art. verbal and non-verbal arts.

THE SEVEN ELEMENTS OF ART o The advertisement for

commercial purpose, theater
• Line and drama, opera, song and
• Color dance of performing arts and
cinema.
• Space
• Form ART HISTORY
• Shape
• Texture • Art history begins with the
• Value emergence of human being whose
imagination propels an expression
ART GENRES of great legacies that human
civilizations have witnessed.
1. VERBAL ARTS
1. PRE-HISTORIC ART
• Include literature and oratory,
which use words and language
such as poetry, fiction and essay.

2. NON-VERBAL ARTS

• Use no words but motor skills.

o Motor Skill: classified into • The early ancestors engaged in

two: fine and gross.
• Fine motor skills: Arts utilize the
use of dexterity of the hands and
fingers.
o musical composition,
drawing, architecture,
graphic arts, fashion design,
lithography, painting,
engraving, weaving and
other handicrafts.
• Gross motor/body skills: Interior
design, ceramics or pottery, film-
making, photography arts.
primitive art using stone flakes to
produce fire to protect themselves.
• Cro-Magnons made carvings on
woods and rocks and painted the
caves to scare wild beasts to
protect their families and bands,
who lived in deep and shallow
caves and rock shelters.
• Relied on the use of natural
pigments and stone carvings to
create representations of objects,
animals, and rituals that governed
a civilization’s existence.
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• Example: Paleolithic cave o Demonstrate social

paintings status

o found in the complex caves • Example: Code of Hammurabi

of Lascaux in France.
o from ancient Mesopotamia
o discovered in 1940 o Created around 1792 B.C.
o the piece bears a Babylonian
o estimated to be up to 20,000 set of laws carved in stone,
years old and depict large adorned by an image of:
animals and vegetation from
the area. o King Hammurabi
(sixth King of
Babylonia)
2. ANCIENT ART
o Shabash
(Mesopotamian
God)

3. MEDIEVAL ART

• It was produced by advanced

civilizations, which in this case
refers to those with an established
written language.

• These civilizations included • Dark Ages: The Middle Ages

Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and
those of the Americas. o marked a period of economic
and cultural deterioration
• The medium of a work of art from following the fall of the Roman
this period varies depending on Empire in 476 A.D.
the civilization that produced it.
• Much of the artwork produced in
• Most art served similar the early years of the period
purposes: reflects that darkness,
characterized by grotesque
o To tell stories imagery and brutal scenery.
o Decorate utilitarian
objects like bowls and • Art produced during this time was
weapons. centered around the Church.
o Display religious and
symbolic imagery
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• More sophisticated and • Mannerist artists emerged from

elaborately decorated churches the ideals of Michelangelo,
emerged; windows and silhouettes Raphael, and other Late
were adorned with biblical subjects Renaissance artists.
and scenes from classical
mythology. b. BAROQUE (1600-1750)

• This period was also responsible

for the emergence of the
illuminated manuscript and Gothic
architecture style.

• Examples:

o Catacombs (Rome)
o Hagia Sophia (Istabul)

o The Lindisfarne Gospels: • Painters used an intense contrast

one of the best-known between light and dark and had
examples of the illuminated energetic compositions matched
manuscript. by rich color palettes.

o Notre Dame: Parisian • Baroque paintings were

cathedral and prominent characterized by drama, as seen
example of Gothic in the iconic works of Italian painter
architecture. Caravaggio and Dutch painter
Rembrandt.
4. MODERN PERIOD
c. ROCOCO (1699-1780)
a. MANNERISM (1527-1580)

• Their focus on style and technique

outweighed the meaning of the
subject matter. • The Rococo style also easily
translated to silver, porcelain, and
French furniture. Many chairs and
• Often, figures had graceful,
armoires featured curving forms,
elongated limbs, small heads,
floral designs, and an expressive
stylized features and exaggerated
use of gilt.
details.
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• Painters like Antoine Watteau and f. REALISM (1848-1900)

Francois Boucher used
lighthearted treatments, rich
brushwork, and fresh colors.

d. NEOCLASICISM (1750-1850)

• Each inspired new interest in

accurately capturing everyday life.

• This attention to accuracy is

• Neoclassical artists were evident in art produced during the
influenced by classical elements; movement, which featured
in particular, a focus on idealism. detailed, life-like depictions of
subject matter.
• included modern, historically
relevant depictions in their works. g. ART NOUVEAU (1890-1910)

e. ROMANTICISM (1780-1850)

• translates to “New Art”

• attempted to create an entirely

• Prominent Romantic painters authentic movement free from any
include Henry Fuseli, who created imitation of styles that preceded it.
strange, macabre paintings that
explored the dark recesses of • This movement heavily influenced
human psychology. applied arts, graphics, and
illustration. It focused on the
• William Blake, whose mysterious natural world, characterized by
poems and images conveyed long, sinuous lines and curves.
mystical visions and his
disappointment in societal
constraints.
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h. OP ART (1950s-1960s)
• Short for “Optical Art”
• advances in science and
technology as well as an interest in
optical effects and illusions.
• Artists active in this style used
shapes, colors, and patterns to
create images that appeared to be
moving or blurring, often produced
in black and white for maximum
contrast.
• The Op Art movement launched
with Le Mouvement, a group
exhibition at Galerie Denise Rene
in 1955.
i. POP ART (1950s-1960s)
• One of the most recognizable
artistic developments of the 20th
century.
• The movement transitioned away
from methods used in Abstract
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Expressionism, and instead used
every day, mundane objects to
create innovative works of art that
challenged consumerism and
mass media.
j. MINIMALISM (1960s-1970s)
• The Minimalist movement
emerged in New York as a group
of younger artists began to
question the overly expressive
works of Abstract Expressionist
artists.
• Minimalist art instead focused on
anonymity, calling attention to the
materiality of works.
CONTEMPORARY ART
• The 1970s marked the beginning
of contemporary art, which
extends through present day.
• This period is dominated by
various schools and smaller
movements that emerged.
A. POSTMODERNISM
• In reaction against modernism,
artists created works that reflected
skepticism, irony, and
philosophical critiques.
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B. FEMINIST ART shock audiences through their

• This movement arose in an
attempt to transform stereotypes
and break the model of a male-
dominated art history.
C. NEO EXPRESSIONISM
• Artists sought to revive original
aspects of Expressionism and
create highly textural, expressive,
large works.
D. STREET ART
• Artists such as Keith Haring, Jean-
Michel Basquiat, Barry McGee,
Banksy, and more created graffiti-
like art on surfaces in public places
like sidewalks, buildings, and
overpasses.
imagery, and a willingness to push
beyond limits of decency. They’re
also known for their zestful,
entrepreneurial spirit.
H. DIGITAL ART
• The advent of the camera lent way
to this artistic practice that allowed
artists to use the infusion of art and
technology to create with mediums
like computers, audio and visual
software, sound, and pixels.
1.2. FUNCTIONS AND PHISOPHY
OF ARTS
FUNCTIONS OF ART
1. PERSONAL: utilitarian, public
display, expression

E. THE PICTURE GENERATION 2. SOCIAL: used for public display

and celebration, used to affect the
• recognizable imagery to explore collective behavior.
images shaped our perceptions of
the world. 3. PHYSICAL: The term "utilitarian"
was first coined by Jeremy
• Artists Cindy Sherman, Louise Bentham who labored on the
Lawler, Gary Simmons, and others notion of happiness. Its simplest
who were influenced by formulation is the popular phrase
Conceptual and Pop art "the greatest happiness for the
greatest number.”
F. APPROPRIATION ART
Most people are motivated to do an
• This movement focused on the artwork for some reasons:
use of images in art with little
transformation from their original • Source of income
form. • Self-expression
• Escape boredom
G. YOUNG BRITISH ARTISTS • Long-held traditions and beliefs
(YBA) (fiestas, birthdays, anniversaries)

• This group of London artists were • “Mens sana in corpore sano” - A

notorious for their willingness to healthy mind in a healthy body.
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PHILOSOPHY OF ART
1. INTERGITY: refers to faithfulness
to one's principles.
• when a person acts with integrity,
his actions adhere to his values or
principles.
• An artist's work has integrity if it
follows its own truth or values and
is not swayed by other people's
motives.
2. PROPORTION/CONSONANCE:
implies balance or consistency of
the elements.
3. RADIANCE/CLARITY: has
something to do with the meaning
or impact upon the observer.
1.3. WORK OF ART: SUBJECT,
FORM, AND CONTENT
SUBJECT
• The choices for subjects in the
visual arts are endless.
• An artist et canal. choose from the
list of persons, objects, themes
and even ideas, etc.
TYPES OF SUBJECTS OF ART
1. REPRESENTATIONAL
SUBJECTS
• Those that appear to be very much
like how people see them in the
reality.
• they are easily and clearly
identified by the viewers and
audience of the art.
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• However, artists have the freedom
to portray these subjects in their
own terms. Most of the time, they
employ abstraction, the process of
simplification or alteration or
rearrangement.
2. NON-REPRESENTATIONAL
SUBJECTS
• Work that does not depict anything
from the real world.
• shapes, colors, lines
• express things that are not visible
such as emotions or feelings.
Music: can be representational and
nonrepresentational.
o There are musicians who
choose to produce music
without lyrics. In the absence
of lyrics, identifying the
subject will be more difficult
than those with lyrics.
SOURCE AND KINDS OF
SUBJECTS
1. NATURE
• You can derive inspiration from the
shapes and forms that the
environment can offer such as the
trees, land, desert, animals, etc.
2. PEOPLE AND WORLD EVENTS
• one of the common subjects of art.
• can be found in individual and
family portraits.
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• Using people as subjects can also
convey emotions much clearer
than other subjects.
3. MYTHS AND LEGENDS
• The artists used myths and
legends as way of visualizing the
story found within them.
• Most common arts related to
myths and legends are
popularized during the Greek
• civilization.
4. SPIRITUAL AND RELGIOUS
BELIEFS
• Art has been an outlet for religion
and faith to come to life.
• For some, this is part of their
culture such as Buddhist and
Islamic nations.
5. IDEAS COMMISSIONED
EMPLOYERS
• The artists are hired by employers.
Like graphic designers, they
create corporate logos, brochure,
menus and other print materials.
FORM/COMPOSITION
• Form is the overall organization of
the artwork.
• It is an outcome of the artists’ effort
to use the elements of art and
arrange them according to
aesthetic principles.
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A. TWO-DIMENSIONAL ART
• This type of art begins the work on
a flat surface called a plane.
o For painters, the blank
canvass is a plane.
o For students who are tasked
to draw, the sheet of bond
paper is the plane.
1. CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO-
DIMENSIONAL ART
a. It has mathematical dimensions of
width and heigh.
b. They can be decorative spaces or
plastic spaces
c. Plane/Picture frame – this can be
interpreted as a limitation of two-
dimensional artists.
BY 2. TWO-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA
a. Drawing: It is a process of moving
an instrument over a smooth
surface to leave a mark, mostly in
the form of line.
b. Paintings: It is an art process or
media where the artist applies
colors to surfaces using paint
brush, painting knives or rollers.
B. THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA
a. Sculpture: A type of three-
dimensional art where, most of the
media used are clay, glass,
plastics, wood, stone or metals.
Sculpting allows you to create the
intended shapes through these
media.
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b. Assembling: It is the process of continuously seamless

constructing a sculpture using movements.
different materials.
c. Computer Arts: Graphic
c. Modeling: It is an additive process designers rely on computers and
where the artist gradually adds its applications to create art.
more of the material to build the
form. CONTENT

d. Carving: It is a subtractive • Emotional or intellectual

process where the sculpture
removed, cuts, chips or drill parts
of the sold mass to create the
form.
e. Casting: It comes in the
manipulative process where
materials like soft pliable materials
are made into shapes using
manual hand force of machine
manufactures force.
f. Crafts: Usually, crafts made with
functions are baskets, plates,
cups, vases, jars, etc.
g. Architecture: Shelters, buildings,
monuments and religious shrines
are some of the few by-products of
architecture.
C. TECHNOLOGICAL MEDIA
a. Photography: This is technique of
“capturing optical images on the
light sensitive camera.” Done
through cameras, photographic
media have improved not only as
a method to capture moment but
now done as a method to convey
art.
b. Films and Videos: Film making
was a by-product of people’s
interest towards still pictures by
transforming them into
messages.
• There are statements, moods or
interpretations developed by an
artist through the artwork.
• A system can be devised to
discover at least some of the
relevant contents of art. We may
research about the artist’s life, time
period and culture to have better
view points and interpretation of
the work.
1.4. THE ARTISTS AND THE
ARTISANS
ARTIST
• Artists work in the fine arts
including painting, illustration and
sculpture.
• Artists focus on creating
aesthetically pleasing works.
• The work of artists tends to be
shown in museums or galleries
• All fine artists first learn to sketch
and begin with a pencil and
sketchpad to work with an idea on
paper.
o Artists transfer their visions
to canvas or other medium,
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and this may mean working in
pencils, oil, watercolor or
pastels.
o Sculptors take their sketches
and create three dimensional
(3D) products from clay.
marble, or other material.
o Illustrators might work for a
publishing or animation
company or create original
comic books.
• A career related to an artist is a
graphic designer who develops
layouts using artwork,
photographs. or illustrations.
• The job responsibilities of an
artist include:
o Developing ideas for a canvas
or product
o Selecting a medium for a final
Work. including texture, size,
or area
o Collecting work for a portfolio
o Applying for grants for
financial support
ARTISANS
• Craftsmen who work in textiles,
pottery, glass and television, long
and round tables, room doors, etc.
Usually, these are manmade
shapes.
• Artisans' work focuses on
accessorizing functionality more
than aesthetics.
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• Artisans' crafts are displayed in
Fairs, shops and in malls.
• Artisans craft work like jewelry,
glasswork, pottery, or other
functional products.
• Craftsmen who make practical
artistic products: such as earrings.
urns, stained glass and other
accessories.
• Artisans gain their knowledge by
studying under master craftsmen
and then practicing with continued
study.
• Artisans work to create something
new, original and at times,
provocative. They spend a good
portion of their time selling and
promoting their items in various
marketplaces.
• The job responsibilities of an
artisan include:
o Using and mixing mediums
like paint, metal, glass, or
fabric.
o Shaping, gluing, sewing.
testing and producing
products.
o Displaying work at various
sites including auctions, craft
shows or online markets.
o Estimating costs and material
needs.
• Metalworker. They build products
using metal for construction,
artistic or manufacturing purposes.
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ARTIST beyond the esoteric circles in

1. Painting, illustration, and which the artist moves.
sculpture.
2. Focus on creating aesthetically NATIONAL AND GAMABA
pleasing works. ARTIST’S NOTABLE WORKS
3. Museums and galleries AND CONTRIBUTIONS
4. Sketch and begin with a pencil
and sketchpad. • The National Living Treasures
5. Graphic designer who develops Award, alternatively known as
layouts using artwork, the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng
photographs. or illustrations. Bayan (GAMABA)

ARTISANS o Conferred to a person or

group of artists recognized by
1. Textiles. pottery, glass
the Government of the
television, tables, doors.
Philippines for their
2. focuses on accessorizing contributions to the country’s
functionality more than intangible cultural heritage.
aesthetics.
3. Fairs, shops, and in mall. o Filipino citizens engaged in
4. Gain their knowledge by any traditional art uniquely
studying under master Filipino, whose distinctive
craftsmen and then practicing skills have reached and have
with continued study. been passed on to and widely
5. Metalworkers who build practiced by the present
products using metal for generations in their
construction, artistic, or community with the same
manufacturing purposes. degree of technical and
• Jewelry, glasswork, pottery, or artistic competence.
other functional products.
• create something new, original QUALIFICATIONS (BASED ON
and at times, provocative. NCCA GUIDELINES)

AWARD, RECOGNITION, AND 1. He/she is an inhabitant of an

RENOWN
• Award: Something that is
conferred or bestowed especially
on the basis of merit or need.
• Recognition: refers to an esteem
credit given to an artist’s best
performance in the art world.
• Renown: signifies a more
cosmopolitan form of recognition
indigenous/traditional cultural
community anywhere in the
Philippines that has preserved
indigenous customs, beliefs,
rituals and traditions and/or has
syncretized whatever external
elements that have influenced it.
2. He/she must have engaged in a
folk-art tradition that has been in
existence and documented for at
least fifty (50) years.
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3. He/she must have consistently A. GAMABA AWARDEES

performed or produced over a
significant period, works of 1. GINAW BILOG
superior and distinctive quality.

4. He/she must possess a mastery of

tools and materials needed by the
art and must have an established
reputation in the art as master and
maker of works of extraordinary
technical quality.

5. He/she must have passed on

and/or will pass on to other
members of the community their • Mansalay, Mindoro.
skills in the folk art for which the
community is traditionally known. • He’s an expert in Ambahan Poetry.

• Spread Hanunoo Mangyan

Even if the traditional artist is language.
incapable of teaching his/her
masterpiece due to advanced age or • He received the award last 1993.
sickness, he/she can still be
rewarded if: 2. MASINO INTARAY
1. He/she had created a significant
body of works and/or has
consistently displayed excellence
in the practice of his/her art, thus
achieving important contributions
for its development.

2. He/she has been instrumental in

the revitalization of his/her
community's artistic tradition.

3. He/she has passed on to the other • Hails from Brookes Point,

members of the community skills
in the folk art for which the
community is traditionally known.
4. His/her community has recognized
him/her as master and teacher of
his/ her craft.
Palawan.
• He is a musician. A prolific and
pre-eminent epic chanter and
storyteller.
• Well-versed in the instruments and
traditions of basal, kulilal, and
bagit.
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• Plays aroding (mouth harp) and • Hails from Lake Sebu. South
babarak (ring flute) Cotabato.

• He accepted the award last 1993. • A T 'boli textile dream weaver.

3. SAMAON SULAIMAN • She relives the history of their tribe

by means of weaving; her intricate
design shows such thing

• She received tile award last 1998.

5. SALINTA MONON

• Came from Mamasapano.

Maguindanao.

• He is a musician who excels in

playing the krayapi.

• His extensive repertoire of

dinaladav, linapu, minuna, binalig
and other forms and styles • Came from Bansalan, Davao del
interpreted with refinement and Sur.
sensitivity fully demonstrate
creative and expressive
• She is a Tagabawa Bagobo textile
possibilities of his instrument.
weaver.
• He was awarded last 1993.
• Absence of formal education or
4. LANG DULAY training

• She learned the art of weaving

from her mother and soon
perfected it.

• She shared her knowledge to her

fellow Bagobo women so that their
culture will be preserved.

• She obtained the award in 1998.

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6. ALONZO SACLAG • His expertise is oral literature,

specifically the epics that talks
about his people and their culture.

• He got the award year 2000.

8. UWANG AHADAS

• Comes from Lubuagan, Kalinga.

• He is a musician and dancer

• He teaches a lot of people

especially his fellow tribesmen in
the performing arts so that the
• He is a musician of the Yakan
culture of their ancestors will not
Muslim Tribe from Lamitan,
be forgotten.
Basilan.
• He got the award last 2000.
• The proliferation of Western-
based instruments did not
7. FREDERICO CABALLERO
discourage him from mastering the
Yakan musical instruments:
kwintangan, for women and
agung, for men.

• He got the award year 2000.

9. DARHATA SAWABI

• He is an epic chanter from

Calinog, Iloilo.

• He’s well-versed with Sulod-

Bukidnon, one of the country’s
indigenous languages.
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• She is- a Tausug textile weaver 12. TEOFILO GARCIA

from Parang, Sulu.

• Masters the art of pissyabit.

• She received the award last 2004.

10. EDUARDO MUTUC

• He is a casque who came from

San Quintin, Abra.

• Teofilo is his own endorser of

product that he is making –
• He is a proficient metalsmith from tabungaw.
Apalit, Pampanga.
• it's a better alternative than the
• He is a specialist in religious and conventional umbrella or cap.
secular art.
• He got the award last 2012.
• He was awarded last 2004.
13. ESTELITA BANTILAN
11. HAJA AMINA APPI

• She is an expert mat weaver from

• She is a mat weaver Of the Sama
Upper Lasang, Malapatan,
tribe who's from Tandubas. Tawi-
Sarangani.
Tawi.

• Her natural instinct and talent

• The straightness of her edging and
paved the way for her creativity in
fineness of her sasa and kima-
mat weaving.
kima are famous.

• She awarded last 2004.

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• Her expertise is heavily sought by
the people who wanted to emulate
her.
• She was awarded last 2016.
14. MAGDALENA GAMAYOIS
• She is an Ilocos textile weaver
from Pinili, Ilocos Norte.
• Being self-taught, her own
dedication to share h expertise has
earned her an award last 2012.
o Traditional deisgn (binakol)
o Geometric design (inuritan)
o Spiral torms similar to orange
(kusikol)
o Flowers (sinan-sabong)
15. AMBALANG AUSALIN
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• She is a textile weaver who hails
from Parangbasak, Lamitan City,
Basilan.
• She possesses the complex
knowledge of the entire weaving
process, aware at the same time of
the cultural significance of each
textile design or category.
• She became a recipient or the
award last 2016.
16. YABING MASALON DULO
• She is an Ikat weaver from
l.andanv Polomolok, South
Cotabato.
• Her ikat-dyed fabrics with historical
and cultural significance are
sought by people from all walks or
lite.
• She's also an influential person
because many are awed by her
creativity and want to emulate her.
• She gained the award also in
2016.
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• the Order of National Artists

B. THE ORDER OF NATIONAL should be conferred every three
ARTISTS years.
THE INSIGNIA OF THE ORDER OF
• A recognition of his or her NATIONAL ARTISTS
significant contributions to the
development of Philippine arts and
letters.

• The rank and title of National Artist

is conferred by means of a
Presidential proclamation.

• a rank, a title and a wearable

award that represents the highest
national recognition given to
Filipinos who have made distinct
contributions in the field of arts and
letters.

• It recognizes excellence in the

fields of:
• composed of a Grand Collar
featuring circular links portraying
o Music the arts and an eight-pointed
o Dance conventionalized sunburst
o Theater suspended from a sampaguita
o Visual Arts wreath in green and white enamel.
o Literature
o Film and Broadcast Arts • The central badge is a medallion
o Architecture or Allied Arts divided into three equal portions:
• Those who have been proclaimed o Red, white, and blue.
National Artists are given a Grand
Collar symbolizing their status.
• KKK: Katotohanan, kabutihan, at
kagandahan. (Coined by the first
• It is jointly administered by the lady.
National Commission for
Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and
• Imelda Romualdez Marcos: the
the Cultural Center of the
CCP's founder.
Philippines (CCP) and is
conferred by the President of the
• The composition of the Grand
Philippines upon recommendation
Collar is silver gilt bronze.
by both institutions.
• In place of a rosette there is an
enameled form of the insignia of
the order.
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WHEN WAS THE ORDER OF
NATIONAL ARTISTS CREATED?
• It was established by virtue of
Presidential Proclamation No.
1001, s. 1972' which created the
Award and Decoration of National
Artist.
• Posthumously conferred the
award on the painter Fernando
Amorsolo, who had died earlier
that year.
LEGAL BASES FOR GIVING THE
ORDER OF NATIONAL ARTISTS
1. Proclamation No. 1144, s. 1973
• The CCP Board of Trustees as the
National Artist Awards Committee
(or Secretariat)
2. Presidential Decree No. 208, s.
1973
• Reiterated the mandate of the
CCP to administer the National
Artist Awards as well as the
privileges and honors to National
Artists.
3. Executive Order No, 236 s. 2003
• Known as the Honors Code of the
Philippines.
• conferred additional prestige on
the National Artist Award by
raising it to the level of a Cultural
Order
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4. Executive Order No. 435, s. 2005
amended Section 5 (IV) of EO
236
• Giving the President the power to
name National Artists without need
of a recommendation.
PROCESS OF NOMINATION AND
CONFERMENT OF THE ORDER
1. Living artists who are Filipino
citizens at the time of nomination,
as well as those who died after the
establishment of the award in 1972
but were Filipino citizens at the
time of their death.
2. Artists who, through the content
and form of their works, have
contributed in building a Filipino
sense of nationhood.
3. Artists who have pioneered in a
mode of creative expression or
style, thus earning distinction and
making an impact on succeeding
generations of artists.
4. Artists who have created a
substantial and significant body of
work and/ or consistently
displayed excellence in the
practice of their art form thus
enriching artistic expression or
style
5. Artists who enjoy broad
acceptance through:
a. prestigious national
and/or international
recognition, such as the
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Gawad CCP Para sa 2. AMELIA LAPEÑA-BONIFACIO

Sining, CCP Thirteen
Artists Award and NCCA
Alab ng Haraya;

b. critical acclaim and/or

reviews of their works

c. respect and esteem from

peers.

SOME OF THE NATIONAL ARTISTS

• She is known as the Grand Dame
1. LAURO "LARRY" ALCALA of Southeast Asian children's
theatre.

• She is the founder and playwright

director of the Teatrong Mulat ng
Pilipinas.

o placed the Philippines on the

artistic map of world theater.

• She has written most of the plays

• 18 August 1926-24 June 2002
• He is famous for his cartoons. His
comic strips spiced up the slices of
Filipino lives with witty illustrations
executed throughout his 56 years
of cartooning.
• He created over 500 characters
and 20 comic strips in widely
circulated publications.
performed by the group based on
materials culled from careful
researches.
• She has also been involved in the
production and design of puppets.
• What she has achieved is an
innovative fusion of puppetry,
children's literature, folklore and
theater.

• Famous work: Slice of Life

o widely circulated images of

Filipino everyday life.
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3. RYAN CAYABYAB • Mababangong Bangungot

(1977): praised by critics and film
makers.

o Known as Third Cinema: a

cinema that is critical of
neocolonial exploitation and
state oppression.

5. RESIL B. MOJARES

• He is the most accomplished

composer, arranger and musical
director in the Philippine music
industry since it bloomed
beginning 1970s.

• His compositions reflect a

perspective of music that extols
• He is a teacher and scholar,
the exuberance of life and human
essayist and fictionist, and cultural
happiness, thus capturing an
and literary historian.
essence of Filipino Soul.
• founding director of the Cebuano
4. KIDLAT TAHIMIK (ERIC DE
Studies Center.
GUIA
• For over 50 years, Mojares has
published in diverse a wide range
of discipline.

• he has 17 published books and

edited, co-edited, or co-authored
11 books, and written numerous
articles for popular and scholarly
publications.

• He has continually invented

himself through his cinema and so
his cinema is as singular as the
man.