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• Fernando Amorsolo is the first National Artist of the Philippines known for his paintings of Philippine landscapes and mastery in the Chiaroscuro backlighting technique
• Fernando Amorsolo painted famous works such as Maiden in a Stream, Dalagang Bukid, The Mestiza, Planting Rice, and Sunday Morning Going to Town
• Art is a diverse range of human activities creating visual, auditory, or performed artifacts expressing imaginative or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power
• Oldest documented forms of art are visual arts, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and other visual media
• Art is a form of communication shaped by materials, techniques, forms, ideas, and feelings it creates in viewers
• Art involves expressing feelings, thoughts, and observations
• The Philippines has a larger and more vigorous artistic community than any other Southeast Asian nations
• Philippine art has been influenced by Renaissance, Baroque, and Modern Periods through colonizers
• Visual arts include painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture
• Sculpture operates in three dimensions and uses a wide variety of materials such as stone, metal, ceramics, wood, and others
• Philippine sculpture is a familiar art form among Filipinos, from traditional carving of anitos to Christ and saints
• Indigenous woodcarving is a notable traditional art in the Philippines, with crafts dating back prior to Hispanic arrival
• Stone carving is a prized art form in the Philippines, seen in stone likha and larauan crafts representing ancestors or deities
• Ivory carving has been practiced in the Philippines for over a thousand years, focusing on Christian icons with gold and silver designs
• Philippine architecture reflects historical and cultural traditions influenced by Austronesian, Chinese, Spanish, and American architectures
• Philippine textile weaves include Pinilian, Bontoc Weave, Kalinga Textiles, Piña, Hablon, and others
• Philippine folk literature includes folk narratives, folk speech, and folk songs, each unique to different ethnic groups in the Philippines