THE HISTORY OF

PHILIPPINE ARTS
 Pre-Colonial or Pre-Conquest
900 - 1521

✣ In art historical terms, we refer to art before the

coming of the first colonizers as "pre-conquest". In
stylistic terms, it is referred to as "indigenous" to
emphasize the idea that our ancestors have been
making art even before colonization.

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The examples of everyday expression

Rituals
Music
Dance
Carving
Pottery
Weaving
Body ornamentation
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Rituals
Music

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 Dance
Pangalay- movement of seabirds

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Banog²- movement of hawk

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Man manok- movement of predatory birds

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Takik dance- movement of wild fowls

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Carving

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 Pottery

Black

White

Gray

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Waving

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 Body ornamentation
Boxer code Lost wax or cire perdue
(kendi)

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 Islamic Colonial Period

In the 13th period century, traders

and missionaries have introduced
the religion of Islam in the
Philippines.

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Okir/langkit malong Sarimanok Sunduk

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Torogan Mosque

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 Spanish Colonial Period
1565 - 1898

When the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines in 1521,

the colonizers used arts as a tool to propagate the Catholic
faith through beautiful images. And they replaced the arts
that were once done in a communal spirit and community
setting for rituals.

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Paintings on the church wall

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American occupation
1898 - 1940

The arrival of the new colonial power came

a shift in art patronage from the native
illustrators to the Americans.

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Fabian Dela Rosa

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Miguel Zaragoza

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teodoro Buenaventura

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Jorge Pineda

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Fernando Amorsolo

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Japanese Occupation
1941 - 196

This period was considered as the dark

period of the Philippine history. Because of
World War 2 many artworks, buildings and
lives have been destroyed by the war. It is
also during this period where modern art
slowly penetrating the art world.

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Wartime scene

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70's - Contemporary
1970

Culture and art became highlighted during

the Marcos regime when Imelda Marcos
thought of having a home for the arts and the
Cultural Center of the Philippines was built.

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 The triumvirate

Victorio Edades Carlos Fransisco Galo ocampo

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