PRAYER

Father God,
As we start this new day for new
learning, we ask for Your guidance.
Lead us all the way. May You let us see
through Your eyes, listen through Your
ears, and speak with Your Mouth.
Be with us as we explore the world.
Give us the heart to love and be kind to
one another. Please watch over all our
teachers, children, and families. AMEN
 LPO3: Credible, Responsive
COMMUNICATORS and TEAM PLAYERS

“As a Christ-centered Paulinian, I am a credible, responsive

communicator and team player, building harmonious
community through active collaboration.”
 FOCUSED ESSENTIAL
PERFORMANCE OUTCOME

EPO2: Take time before speaking or writing to assess the

accuracy, authenticity, and clarity of what they are about
to share, its tone, and how it is likely to be received and
interpreted by others. (LPO3, PO2)
 INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES/ MELCs

To check students’ prior knowledge about the elements and principles of contemporary art.
(Added Competency)
1.Identify various contemporary art forms and their practices from the various regions
CAR11/12IAC-0a-1
2. Classify various art forms found in the Philippines
CAR11/12IAC-0b-2
3. Takes time before speaking or writing to demonstrate his/her appreciation of his/her chosen
contemporary arts forms found in his/her chosen regions.
(Added competency)
 EXPECTED APPLIED PERFORMANCE COMMITMENT :

APC1: Call attention to the causes and consequences of

poverty and enlist others to assist those in ill-health and
physical need. (LPO5)
Performance Task:
Goal – As a class, students shall be able to come up with a production showcasing the
different faces of contemporary arts. Their goal is to raise mental health awareness
among students using literary pieces, paintings, photography, dances, songs or any
other form of contemporary arts.
Roles – Visual Artist, Literary Artist and Performer
Audience – Netizens
Situation – In this world dominated by technology, students utilize contemporary arts to
raise mental health awareness among students specially this time of pandemic.
Performance/Product – The Different Faces of Arts (Production Making)
Standards- Selection of Arts, Reflective Commentary, Citations, Multimedia Elements
Integrative Art as Applied
to Contemporary Art
 PRE-TEST
Instruction: Choose the best answer from the
given choices. Encircle your answer.
“My Freedom Wall”
Art. Plays a significant part in the rich
cultural identity of the Philippines. It
mirrors the Filipino people, its history,
its tradition, and the country.

• Diverse art forms in the different parts

of the archipelago, when integrated, will
give a clear picture of what kind of country
the Philippines is and what kind of people
the Filipinos are.
• These art forms developed from the early
times continue to evolve up to the present.
From the ethnic tradition, it continues to
progress to contemporary art tradition.
• Pre-Colonial Arts(ETHNIC
Arts)
In Pre-colonial Philippines, arts are
for ritual purposes or for everyday
use.

• ISLAMIC ARTS
Islamic art is characterized by
geometric designs and patterns
eliciting focus from the believers.
• SPANISH ERA
Art became a hand maiden of religion,
serving to propagate the Catholic faith
and thus support the colonial order at the
same time.

• AMERICAN ERA
In the American regime, commercial
and advertising arts were integrated
into the fine arts curriculum.
Moreover, Americans favor Ed idyllic
sceneries and secular forms of arts.
• JAPANESE ERA
Since the Japanese advocated for the culture
of “east Asia, preference was given to the
indigenous art and traditions of the
Philippines. This emphasized their
propaganda of Asia belonging to Asians.

• MODERN ERA
Modern era in Philippine Art began after
World War 2 and the granting of
Independence. Writers and artists posed the
question of national identity as the main
theme of various artforms.
• CONTEMPORARY ART
Philippine Contemporary Art was an
offshoot of social realism brought about
by Martial Law. Arts became expression
of people’s aspiration for a just, free,
and sovereign society.
 Various
Contemporary Art
Forms
In the American period, education
was introduced to the Philippines.
There were Filipinos who studied
abroad and influenced the art
making in the country.
◦ Juan Arellano, Diosdado Lorenzo,
and Victorio Edades were among
those who studied outside the
Philippines.
These three artists went back and
introduced the concept of modern
art in the country.
◦Visual arts are art forms
such as painting, drawing,
printmaking, sculpture,
ceramics, photography,
video, filmmaking, design,
crafts, and architecture.
Many artistic disciplines s
uch as performing arts, co
nceptual art, textile arts als
o involve aspects of visual
arts as well as arts of other
types.
◦LITERATURE.
◦In the field of poetry
during the
contemporary period,
publication of young
poets to campus
journals emerged.
◦Music. During the early
American period, the music of
the country was mostly
classical due to the influence
of the European. This kind of
music continued flourishing
until the 1950’s. It was in the
1960s that avant-garde music
emerged. 
◦The Philippine music at the ti
me evolved into a combinatio
n of classical and traditional
or ethnic music.
◦Dance. During the first
years of the American
period, vaudeville or
Boabdil dancing became
popular. Boabdil is a kind of
stage show introduced by
the American Dances like
buck-and-wing, tap dancing,
clog, skirt dancing was
among the dances being
performed in the show.
◦Architecture. In the
American Colonial and
Contemporary Period, the
Philippine architecture
adopted the modern Western
architectural style
while taking into
consideration the physical
and socio-cultural situation
of the country. The
Philippine architecture was
characterized as simple,
rational, and functional.
◦Film industry in the
Philippines started in 1897
through the initiatives of foreign
businessmen. Swiss
entrepreneurs were the first to
feature film shows in Manila.
The Film became popular in
1912 when foreigner Edward
Gross and Harry Brown produced
the film about the life of Dr. Jose
Rizal. This started filmmaking
in the country and each artforms
have significant developments
in the contemporary period.
◦Sculpture as defined
and as practiced in the
Philippine
Contemporary arts made
use of different
materials like the variety
of woods, metals, and
stones. Some produced
creative works using
plastics, jade, brass,
and other materials.
 FOUR PICS
ONE WORD
 Mechanics for the game are
the ff:
 The teacher will show a
picture that imply the various
art forms in the Philippines.
 Whoever got the correct
answer will be given a 1-
point score.
 Various
Contemporary Art
Practices in Various
Regions.
CALABARZON
◦THE HIGANTES OF ANGONO is a
Sculpture made of paper-mache. This paper-
mache, in our native town in Paete, Laguna
calls it “taka.” The “Higantes” measures four
to five feet in diameter and ten to twelve feet
in height. The “Higantes” represents “mag-
anak” (family) in the Filipino culture, a
father, a mother, and the children. 
◦The “Higantes” is one of the main
attractions in the annual festival in Angono,
Rizal in honor of St. Clement, patron saint
of the fisher folks held every 23rd of
November. This art form may have started
during the Spanish colonial time, but the
love of family among Filipinos have made
this art form a part of the Filipino tradition
and a distinct Philippine contemporary art.
MIMAROPA
◦THE MANUNGGUL it is a secondary
burial jar excavated from a Neolithic burial
site in Tabon Caves at Lipuun Point in
Palawan. 
◦The Manunggul Jar is widely
acknowledged to be one of the finest
Philippine pre-colonial
artworks ever produced and is considered a
masterpiece of Philippine ceramics. The two
prominent figures at the top handle of its
cover represent the journey of the soul to the
afterlife. It is made from clay with some
sand soil. Pottery stands among one of the
most ancient arts in the Philippines.
CENTRAL VISAYAS
◦THE BOHOL BLOOD COMPACTS
culpture was made by the National Artist,
Napoleon Abueva,
a Boholano himself. This Sikatuna-Legaspi
blood compact is considered as the First
Treaty of Friendship between two different
races, religions, cultures, and civilizations.
It was a treaty of friendship based on
respect and equality. This event is
commonly known as “Sandugo”. Today,
tourists can reach and view Bohol Blood
Compact site in Barangay Bool, Tagbilaran
City, Bohol, Philippines. This site was
made in honor of a very important event in
the Philippine history done between
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi of Spain and
Rajah Sikatuna of Bohol.
◦“Painting is the practice of applying pigment
suspended in a carrier (or medium) and a binding agent
(a glue) to a surface (support) such as paper, canvass, or
wall.
◦Painting is also used to express spiritual motifs and
ideas; sites of this kind of painting range from artwork
depicting mythological figures on pottery to The Sistine
Chapel and to the human body itself.”  
◦Painting in the Philippines, Fernando Amorsolo y
Cueto was one of the most important artists. Amorsolo
was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine
landscapes. He is popularly known for his
craftsmanship and mastery in the use of light.
NCR
◦“Bigas” is an artwork of Nestor
Leynes. Magic realism refers to the style
in a painting showing minute details of
the subjects and highlighting their
texture and color. Genre painting is
showing the lives of town folks, legends,
and traditions that stayed in the
Philippines contemporary period.
CALABARZON
◦“Bayanihan” is a masterpiece
of Carlos “Botong” Francisco. It
depicted the resilience of the
Filipino people in times of need,
adversity, and disaster. It showed
the true character of the
Philippine folks as a distinct
human race.
◦Another one of Carlos
“Botong” Francisco great
artwork is “The Filipino
Struggles Through History” 
that has recently been unveiled
for public viewing, after
four years of restoration. This
artwork hailed him the
“greatest muralist” of our
country.
◦“A mural is any piece of
artwork painted or applied
directly on a wall, ceiling,
or other permanent surfaces. A
distinguishing characteristic of
mural painting is that the
architectural elements of the
given space are harmoniously
incorporated into the picture.”
◦Decorative arts are arts
or crafts whose object is
the design and
manufacture of objects
that are both beautiful and
functional. It includes
interior design, but not
usually architecture.
CORDILLERA
◦Cloth weaving -One of the most
valuable living traditions that are still
preserved until this day is the cloth
weaving. Beginning in the pre-colonial
era, the art of cloth weaving,
particularly of the Cordillera tribes in
the North, still lives notwithstanding
the threat of the more practical
production of fabrics today. The
natives practice blackstrap loom to
create blankets and pieces of clothing.
BANGSAMORO
◦T'nalak, a deep brown abaca-
based cloth tie-dyed with intricate
designs. T'nalak, is a weaving
tradition of the T'boli people of
South Cotabato, Philippines. One of
the best Filipino craftsmanship that
lives until this present-day. The
traditional female weavers are known
as dream weavers because the pattern of
the t'nalak cloth is inspired by their
dreams.
WESTERN VISAYAS
◦Piña cloth is also created through
looms everywhere in the province of
Antique. It is a fine and elegant
handwoven fabric that is produced
from the fibers of pineapple plants.
It is commonly used in the well-
known Barong Tagalog, the traditional
Philippine clothes for Filipino men.
Barong Tagalog has become a popular
formal attire not only in the
Philippines but even across
different regions.
◦Jewelry making is another
demonstration of the
skilled craftsmanship of Filipinos
that dates back during the pre-
colonial period. This is evident
in the pictures of our great
ancestors in our history. The use of
gold or silver in the forms of
earrings, bracelets, rings, brooches,
necklaces, tie pins, pendants, and
cuff links.
ACTIVITY 1 ESSAY. The students will do the activity 1
from their worksheet. The activity will help them know and
identify the various contemporary art forms and their practices
from the various regions.
◦The Philippine architecture adopted the
modern western architectural style while taking
into consideration of the physical and socio-
cultural situation of the country. The
Philippine architecture was characterized as
simple, rational, and functional in the early
20th century of the young Filipinos who studied
in American universities and institutes were back
to the country and brought changes in the
Philippine architecture. Among them were
Juan Arellano, Carlos Barreto, and Antonio
Toledo. And one of the structures built during
this period was the Metropolitan Theater.
◦The “tsalet” is a type of house
developed in the early 2oth century
designed with a front porch made of
wood and concrete. During this time,
steel was used in buildings as protection
for calamities like earthquake. During
the Marcos era, there had been
construction of expressways, convention
centers, hospitals, hotels, malls, high-rise
buildings, amusement centers, etc. All
these comes with technological
advancements like escalators, elevators,
air-conditioning systems, computers, etc.
◦Literature is anybody or
collection of written work.
More restrictively, literature
refers to writing considered to
be an art form, or any single
writing deemed to have artistic
or intellectual value, and
sometimes deploys language
in ways that differ from
ordinary usage.
Literature in the contemporary period has
oscillated between personal expression and
social commentary. In vernacular poetry, the
two tendencies can be seen at work. “Bagay” is
a form of poetry that uses colloquial language
and is built on concrete images which tend to
describe tendencies. The “Bagay” movement
were group of young poets that emerged during
the contemporary period in the publications of
campus journals. Poets Jose F.Lacaba, Rolando
Tinio, Bienvenido Lumbera,Antonio Samsaon,
and Edmundo Martinez started this the Bagay
movement.
Spoken word is a poetic performance art that is
word-based. It is an oral art that focuses on the
aesthetics of word play such as intonation and
voice inflection.
During the early American period, the music of
the country is mostly classical due to the
influence of the European. It was in the
1960 that avant-garde music emerged into a
combination of classical, traditional or ethnic
music. As time goes by the introduction of
radio, film, and other entertainment technology.
The theatre music gradually declined, however
the rondelles or the string band remain even
up to the present
Philippine music continuously evolved, and
Pinoy Pop or Filipino pop music took place.
Pinoy pop covers different forms like jazz,
dance hits, folksong, revival, rock and roll, rap,
etc. With the development of Pinoy pop, Manila
sound was born. This music is Western-derived
with English lyrics but with pure Filipino spirit.
Later on the Original Pilipino Music (OPM)
became popular. The OPM was
followed by another form of popular
music called “alternative music” influenced by
folk balladeers. This type of music sprouted out
of protest that later on included themes like
Filipino values, political and environmental
concerns, and other societal themes.
◦Some examples of alternative music are
Freddie Aguilar’s “Anak,” “Tayo’y Mga
Pinoy,” and Florante De Leon’s “Ako
ay Pilipno.”In the establishment of Cultural
Center of the Philippines (CCP) Filipino
music as well as Filipino artists were given
importance.

◦There were provincial councils established w
hich preserve the traditional music and
innovate Philippine music. Indigenous music
continuously thrives and spread in different
localities. Local composers continuously
create vernacular songs. Moreover, local
festivals like the Las Pinas Bamboo organ was
established.
◦Theatre or theater is a collaborative
form of performing art that uses live
performers, typically actors or actresses, to
present the experience of a real or imagined
event before a live audience in a specific
place, often a stage. The performers
may communicate this experience
to the audience through combinations of
gesture, speech, song, music, and dance.
Elements of art, such as painted scenery and
stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance
the physicality, presence, and immediacy
of the experience.
◦In the Philippines, the American
introduced the “Boabdil” or stage
show, however during that time it
was composed mainly of songs,
dances, and skits. It was only during
the Japanese period when “Boabdil”
included short melodrama. Another
presentational style of stage plays
highlights discussion of social ideas
since realistic portrayal is prohibited
during the Marcos regime.
◦Philippine dance has played a tremendous
role in Filipino culture. From one of the
oldest dated dances called the Tinikling, to
other folkloric dances such as the Pandanggo,
Cariñosa, and Subli, and even to more
modern-day dances like the ballet, it is no
doubt that dance in the Philippine setting has
integrated itself in society over the course of
many years and is significantly imbedded in
culture. Each of these dances originated in a
unique way and serve a certain purpose,
showcasing how diverse Philippine dances
are.
EASTERN VISAYAS
◦Tinikling is a traditional
Philippine folkdance which
originated during the Spanish
colonial era. The dance involves
two people beating, tapping, and
sliding bamboo poles on
the ground and against each other
in coordination with one or more
dancers who step over and in
between the poles in a dance.
MIMAROPA
◦Pandanggo is a Philippine folk
dance which has become popular
in the rural areas of the
Philippines. The dance evolved
from Fandango, a Spanish folk
dance, which arrived in the
Philippines during the Hispanic
period. The dance is accompanied
by castanets.
CALABARZON
◦Sublî is a religious folk dance of the 
Tagalog ethno-linguistic group in the 
Philippines. It is mostly confined to
several towns in the province of 
Batangas.
WESTERN VISAYAS
◦Cariñosa is a Philippine dance of
colonial era origin from the Maria
Clara suite of Philippine folk
dances, where the fan or
handkerchief plays an instrumental
role as it places the couple in
romance scenario.
ACTIVITY 2: CHART
Instruction: Write at least 5 examples of an art
forms found in the Philippines and classify
them.
 PRAYER
Dear Father and Lord of all, Thank you
for our school and everybody who
works and studies in it. We are so
grateful for all the things we have learnt
today. Be with us now as we journey
home. Please keep us safe and watch
over all our families and friends. In the
name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.