Philippine Contemporary Art

• What does the expression of ideas and emotions in art create?

  Certain aesthetic qualities in a two-dimensional visual language
• What creates a shape in art?

  Closed lines with height and width
• What does tone refer to in art?

  The lightness or darkness of colors used
• How does tone contribute to art?

  It helps to create a sense of depth or distance
• What is a line in the context of art?

  A point moving in space
• What are the three properties that make up color?

  Hue, value, and intensity
• What does texture refer to in art?

  The way things feel or look as if they might feel if touched
• Who created "The Sketch"?

  • Victorio Edades
• Who created "Magellan’s Cross"?

  • Raul Agas
• Who created "Salaam (Peace)"?

  • Rameer Tawasil
• What is sculpture?

  An art form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects
• When did Filipino sculptors become known?

  In the middle of the 19th century
• What characterizes Philippine architecture?

  It is simple, rational, and functional
• What architectural style was introduced by young Filipinos studying in American colleges in the 20th century?

  The neoclassic style
• What is cinema?

  A form of visual art used to imitate experiences that communicate ideas, stories, or feelings with moving images
• When did the film industry in the Philippines start?

  In 1897
• What are some common subjects and themes in contemporary Philippine films?

  • Martyr wife
  • Superhero
  • Action
  • Melodramas
  • Comedies
• What is literature according to Lombardi (2020)?

  A term used to describe written and sometimes spoken material
• What does the Latin word "literature" mean?

  "Writing formed with letters"
• What are the types of works literature commonly refers to?

  • Poetry
  • Drama
  • Fiction
  • Nonfiction
  • Journalism
  • Song
• Who wrote "A Blade of Fern"?

  • Edith Ocampo
• Who wrote "I Saw the Fall of the Philippines"?

  • Carlos P. Romulo
• Who wrote "Panhayhay hin Bungtohanon"?

  • Francisco Alvarado
• Who wrote "An Higugma"?

  • Iluminado Lucente
• Who wrote "Dead Stars"?

  • H.O. Santos
• Who wrote "Indarapatra at Sulayman"?

  • Bartolome Del Valle
• What is performance art?


  A person doing certain actions and movements in front of an audience that go along with sound in a space and time
• What is music?

  A collection of coordinated sound or sounds
• What does contemporary music in the Philippines refer to?

  Compositions that have adopted ideas and elements from twentieth-century art music in the West
• What is a collaborative form of fine art?

  It uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience
• What is dance?

  The movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music, for expressing an idea or emotion
• What is the purpose of dance?

  To express an idea or emotion, release energy, or take delight in movement