CONTEMPORARY

PHILIPPINE ART
FROM THE
REGIONS
INTEGRATIVE ART
AS APPLIED TO
CONTEMPORARY
ART
 ART IN THE PHILIPPINES

• HAVE YOU EVER WONDER HOW THE

PHILIPPINE ART DEVELOPED?

• DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT

DIFFERENCES IN THE ART FORMS AND ART
MAKING BASED ON THE PERIOD THE
ARTWORK WAS PRODUCED?
 3 MAJOR TRADITIONS OF PHILIPPINE ART

• ETHNIC TRADITION
• SPANISH COLONIAL TRADITION
• AMERICAN COLONIAL AND
CONTEMPORARY TRADITION
 ETHNIC ART FORM
• DANCE - in highlands, dance steps were imitation
of movements of certain animals like birds while
people near the sea choreograph mimicking the
fishes
• VISUAL ART - pottery, weaving, wood carving,
metal craftingwere dominant during the pre-
colonial period.
• ARCHITECTURE - Filipinos used local materials
• FOLK LITERATURE -folk speeches,
songs, and narratives based on their
experiences
• THEATRE ARTS - tribal presentations
and rituals were the theatrical
performances depicting their beliefs.
• MUSIC - indigeneous musical instrument
 SPANISH COLONIAL TRADITION
• →Spaniards tend to replace the Philippine Indigeneous
art with Western Art Form.
• →religion and secularization greatly influenced the art in
the Philippines
• →Friars were the ones supervising the practice of arts in
the country .
• LITERATURE- classified into religious and
secular prose and poetry
• THEATRE ARTS - secular and religious plays like
“komedya” became popular.
• DANCES- religious dances comonly perforemed
to venerate patron and saints proliferated.
»there were also secular dances performed in social
function like Valse, Fandango, Polka, and Minuet
• MUSIC - Spaniards introduced piano and other western
instrument
» bands and Orchestra multiplied as the zarsuela and operas prevalent

• VISUAL ARTS- Spaniards introduced painting and

sculpture which mostly depicted religious subject matter.

• ARCHITECTURE- stones and bricks were predominantly

used in contructing buildings like churches, houses and
government offices.
» Western Spanish influence was evident in architecture, the exterior, interior of
buildings were embelished with wood carvings or metal works with intricate
designs
 AMERICAN COLONIAL AND
CONTEMPORARY TRADITION
• MODERN ART -practice of art in 1860's -1960's
»Western world was significantly developing
»urbanization, consumerism, rise of middle class,
change in the political system, secularization
and emergence of new technology affected the
way of art making in the period.
»new form of expression came which were avant-
garde
»continuously develops even after WWII(World
War II)
CONTEMPORARY ARTS
• refers to the recent and current practice of art ranging
from 1970's up to the present.
• it mirrors the society and culture up to the present.
• it uses a combination of different methods, materials,and
ideas that transcend the traditional way of art making