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Contemporary Arts in The Philippines During The American
Contemporary Arts in The Philippines During The American
A REVIEW:
U.S. v SPAIN
• US has a lot of investments and
businesses in Cuba, Spain does not
want Cuba to be annexed by the US.
• When the USS Maine blew up on
February 15, 1898 the war started
• The Major war happened in the
harbour of Manila Bay
• It Lasted only for a few months and
was ended with the signing of
Treaty of Paris
A REVIEW:
Treaty of Paris
• Article I states that Spanish surrenders
sovereignty of Cuba to the US
• Article II sates that Porto Rico and other
islands and other islands under Spanish
sovereignty in the West Indies and the
Island of Guam is ceded to the US
• Article III states that Spain surrenders
the PH to the US
• Also in Article III Americans will pay
Spain the sum of $ 20,000,000.00
EFFECTS TO THE PHILIPPINE CULTURE
Religious Freedom – During Spanish rule the Catholic
Church was established as the National Religion and was
strongly enforced.
• Cooper Act of 1902 – Which establishes a Bill of Rights
for the Filipinos that protects their rights, one of it
would be to practice their religion
Relevant Part:
Baguio Cathedral
Balustraded Balcony
NEOGOTHIC
• Style from Europe used in the PH later in the 19th Century. Revives the
architectural vocabulary of Gothic Architecture
• Lofty Faced
• Pointed Arches
• Soaring Spires (Conical or pyramidal structure on top of a building)
• Ribbed Vaulting (A rib vault is an architectural feature used to cover a large
interior space in a building, usually the nave of a church or cathedral, in which
the surface of the vault is divided into webs by a framework of diagonal
arched ribs.)
• Flying Buttress (Projecting support of stone or brick against a wall)
• Rich Ornamentation and Tracery
Balustraded Balcony
Ribbed Vaulting
Flying Buttress
Pointed Arches
Neo-Renaissance
• Style from Italy during the architectural style of
revival in the 19th Century
• Hip-type Tiled roof with low-pitched or
inclination
• Eaves with supporting decorative brackets
• Employment of details such as columns,
pilasters, pediments, quoins, and arches
• Often symmetrical
Pointed Arches
ARTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
DURING THE AMERICAN
COLNOZATION
ARTS IN THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE
AMERICAN COLONIZATION
o The arrival of new corporations and businesses caused
advertising and commercial design were in demand and
incorporated in the curriculum of fine arts schools.
o With the arrival of the new colonial power came a shift in art
patronage. The new patrons were
Tourists; and
Foreign investors
These new patrons favoured the Landscapes and
exotic qualities of the Philippines that show the beauty of the people
ARTS IN THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE
AMERICAN COLNOZATION
• Still life, and portrait paintings still persisted.
• Portraits were favoured by the public officials that depict
them in dignified poses
• These portraits were reserved for high ranking-officials
with a more academic approach to make the subject more
formal.
• In 1909 after the establishment of the University of the
Philippines, by the Americans, its school of Fine Arts opened
with Fabian dela Rosa as the first dean. It offered a course on
commercial design
PAINTERS AND PAINTINGS
DURING THE AMERICAN
COLONIZATION
Fabian de la Rosa
(May 5, 1869 – December 14, 1937
• He was the first painter of note for the 20th
Century.
• He was known for his realistic portraits, genre,
and landscapes characterized by restrained and
formality In brush work by the use of subdued
colors
• Fabian de la Rosa succeeded the peninsulares • His nephews are Pablo
with Rafael Enriquez as director and Fernando Amorsolo
• Peninsulares is a term used to refer to
Spanish-born residents of the Philippines
• Enrolled at the Escuela de Bellas Artes y Dibujo
• Considered brightest name in Filipino Painting
and most important for the first quarter of the
Fabian de la Rosa
Making of the
Philippine Flag Dalagang Bukid
Palay Maiden (1958)
(1920)
Fernando Amorsolo Y
Cueto
• Graphic artist of “The Philippine Readers”
• On of the illustrators of “The Independent”
(a newspaper).
• Designed Ginebra San Miguel: depicts the
saint over the devil. A.k.a. [Tagalog]
“Markang Demonyo”
• Faculty member of the U.P. School of Fine
Arts (1952 – 1955)
Because of his stay in U.P., Amorsolo
influenced and created a following
there.
Sungkaan (1924)
Ireneo Miranda
( December 15, 1896 – March 21, 1964)
• Known at one time as the
“Dean of Philippine
Cartoonists”
• This may be because he
designed labels and
advertisements for the
Pacific Commercial
Company
Ireneo Miranda
Pegaraw-Pegasus (2000)