A BRIEF HISTORY

OF PHILPPINE ART
 SPANISH
COLONIAL
PERIOD
1521 - 1898
4. WRITING
 TICAO, Southern
Province of Leyte

o n f o r
at i
Invoc urney
jo
a s a fe e a
by s
 PRINTING
TECHNOLOGY
IT CAME IN THE FORM OF
CATECHISM AND PRAYER
BOOKS IN SPANISH
NOT ONLY TEACH THE
LOCAL TO READ AND
WRITE, BUT MORE SO TO
EVANGELE
 MOST OF THE
LOCAL CHURCHES
BEFORE WERE
MADE FROM EGG
WHITES
The egg whites were needed to form
a sort of mortar, known
as argamasa, which binded and
protected the building materials
used to construct the churches. Egg
whites were meant to make the
mixture “more durable,” and
historical records attest to this
widespread practice.
DARAGA CHURCH, 1770S
5. THEATERS
FROM: SHAMANISTIC
RITUALS, DANCES,
AND CHANTS OF PRE-
COLONIAL
 TO: POMP AND
PAGEANTRY OF
RELIGIOUS
PROCESSIONS
 19 CENTURY
TH
ZARZUELA /
SARSUWELA
Operetta which features singing
and dancing interspersed with
prose dialogue which allowed
the story to be carried out in
song
 19 CENTURY
TH
ZARZUELA /
SARSUWELA
First staged in the
Philippines were entirely in
Spanish and featured a
European cast.
 19 CENTURY
TH
ZARZUELA /
SARSUWELA
 19 CENTURY
TH

LOCAL PLAYWRIGHTS

SEVERINO REYES
HERMOGENES ILAGAN
HONORATA ‘ATANG’ DELA RAMA
 19 CENTURY TH

LOCAL PLAYWRIGHTS
HERMOGENES
ILAGAN

HONORATA
DELA
RAMA
SEVERINO REYES
 1704
SENAKULO / PASSION
PLAY
BY GASPAR AQUINO DE BELEN

- Entirely from the biblical account of

Christ’s passion and death from the
cross
 1704
SENAKULO / PASSION
PLAY
 NUEVA ECIJA
SENAKULO / PASSION
PLAY
ARAGUIO / ARAKYO
performed all throughout the seven
days of HOLY WEEK
 KOMEDYA
- Depicts the conflict between
the Muslims and Christians
 KOMEDYA
1. KOMEDYA DE SANTO /
RELIGIOUS
KOMEDYA
- Centers on the life of Christ
or any saint
 KOMEDYA

Comedia de
San Miguel

Iligan City in Mindanao, performed

for San Miguel the patron saint of
the city
 KOMEDYA

2. SECULAR KOMEDYA
- MORO MORO
Usually involve a love story between
a Christian hero and an Islamic
heroine or vice versa
MEXICO & PHILIPPINES
MEXICAN INFLUENCES IN PH
FOLK MUSIC AND DANCES
1. CARIÑOSA
2. PANDANGGO
3. POLKA
4. DANSA
5. RIGODON
MEXICO & PHILIPPINES
6. VISUAL
ARTS
 VISUAL ARTS

Visual interpretation of
biblical texts central to
Catholic devotion
HEAVEN, EARTH, and HELL

A mural by Jose Dans in Paete, Church, Laguna in 1850

 BASI REVOLT

A SERIES OF 14 PAINTINGS BY ESTEBAN

VILLANUEVA
IT CHRONICLES THAT DEFEAT OF ILOCANOS WHO
REBELLED AGAINST THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT
MONOPOLY OF BASI OR RICE WINE IN1821
 REPROGRAPHIC
ART
16TH CENTURY, APPLYING THE
TECHNIQUE OF XYLOGRAPHY OR
WOODCUT
 DOCTRINA
CHRISTIANA
THE TEACHINGS OF
CHRISTIANITY, 1593
First printed book;
Spanish and Tagalog by
Dominican priests;
Compilation of song lyrics,
commandments,
sacraments, and other
catechetical materials
PRAYER BOOKLET

ESTAMPAS and
ESTAMPITAS,
printmaking,
engraving
 1734, Fr. Pedro Murillo
Velarde with Francisco
Suarez, and engraver Nicolas
de la Cruz Bagay made the
first ever scientific map of the
Philippines
 Tipos
del Pais

CARTA HYDROGRAPHICA Y
CHOROGRAPHIA DE LAS YSLAS
FILIPINAS
 LITHOGRAPHY

Facilitated the reproduction of

color plates as well as the
mass printing of news papers
and periodicals
LITHOGRAPHY
 FLORA DE
FILIPINAS
An extensive compilation of
Philippine plants produced in
1878 by Augustinian botanist
Fr. Manuel Blanco
FLORA DE
FILIPINAS
 MANILA
INTERNATIONAL SUEZ CANAL,
TRADE, 1834 1869

Economic benefits for the native elites

Opportunity to study in Europe

“Ilustrado”
7. PAINTINGS
 Miniaturist Style

It allowed the artist to reveal

meticulous details that signify
the wealth and refinement of
the sitter.
 Miniaturist Artists

1. Antonio Malantic
2. Isidro Arceo
3. Dionisio de Castro
4. Justiniano Asuncion
 Portrait of the
Quiazon Family
By Simon Flores, 1800
 Letras y Figuras

Combination of names and

vignettes of everyday life
Letras y Figuras
Letras y Figuras
 Academic Painters
Received their art studies in
local schools, or abroad
WON ME
DALS
IN THE
MADRID
ON
EXPOSITI

1. Juan Luna
2. Felix Hidalgo
JUAN LUNA, 1884

GOLD MEDAL
FELIX HIDALGO,
1884

SILVER MEDAL