Conphil Amrica, Japan, 70's

• Sedition law banned the writing, printing, and publication of materials advocating Philippine Independence
• Drama Simbolico:

  • One-act plays representing a deep yearning for freedom
  • Examples: Tanikalang Guinto or Golden Chain by Juan Abad (1902), Hindi Ako Patay or I am not Dead by Juan Matapang Cruz (1903), Kahapon Ngayon at Bukas by Aurelio Tolentino
• A Modern Filipina:

  • The first English play written in 1915 by Liastillejo and Jesus Araullo
• Vaudeville:

  • A collection of slapstick, songs, dances, acrobatics, comedy skits, chorus girls, magic acts, and stand-up comic acts
• New Urban Design:

  • Employed Neoclassic architecture for government edifices
  • Integrated parks and lawns to make the city attractive
  • Made buildings impressive and places more inviting for leisure amid urban life
• Paintings:

  • Landscape paintings became cherished travel souvenirs
  • Fabian Dela Rosa known for naturalist painting characterized by restraint and formality in brushwork, choice of somber colors, and subject matter
  • Examples: Planting Rice (1921), El Kundiman (1930)
• Fernando Amorsolo:

  • National Artist known for romantic paintings capturing the warm glow of the Philippine sunlight
  • Examples: Ginebra Logo Design
• Guillermo Tolentino:

  • National Artist (1973) known for sculpting
  • Studied Fine Arts in Rome and was influenced by classical tradition
  • Notable works: Oblation (1935 original, 1958), Bonifacio Monument (1933)
• Napoleon Abueva:

  • National Artist known for working with a variety of mediums from hardwood to precious alabaster
  • Modern artist influenced by the United States' modern art movement
• Japanese Occupation (1941-1945):

  • Modern art projects slowed down in pace
  • KALIBAPI sponsored art competitions
  • Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere promoted a Pan-Asia identity rejecting Western traditions
• Amorsolo Paintings:

  • Continued to flourish during the war, showing little or no indication of war's atrocities
  • Evocative of peace, idealized work in the countryside, and promoted values of docile industriousness
  • Examples: Harvest Scene 1942, Rice Planting 1942
• Post-1945:

  • Works depicted the horrors of war, such as Diosdado Lorenzo's Atrocities in Paco and Dominador Castaneda's Doomed Family
• 70's Contemporary:

  • Many cultural projects during the Marcos era
  • Vision of a New Society or Bagong Lipunan
• Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP):

  • Premier entity for art acquisition, exhibition making, workshops, grants, and awards
• National Arts Center in Mt. Makiling:

  • Designed by Architect Leandro Locsin, appropriated the style of vernacular houses like the Ifugao fale
• Coconut Palace:

  • Designed by Architect Francisco Manosca, utilized indigenous building materials and fashioned the roof to look like a salakot
• Victorio Edades

  • National artist
  • influenced by United States modern art movement
  • The Builders
• Slogans: "Asia for Asia"

  • japanese sponsored publications such as Shin-Seki, Liwayway, and Tribune
• Sa Kabukiran

  • Sylvia La Torre's Hit song written in tagalog
  • 1940
  • Acclaimed Composer : Levi Celerion ( National Artist for Music and Literature, 1997)
• His Excellency is Jorge B. Vargas
• Independence this year

  • His Excellency and Premier Tojo 1943
• PAINTINGS

  1.) Genre Paintings

  2.) Showed Indigenious and pre-colonial traditions

  3.) Portraits of ethnolinguistic groups

  4.)Scenes of war that remained nuetral focusing on aesthetic qualities of ruin and disaster
• Study of an Aeta

  • Crispin Lopez
  • 1943
• Bombing of the Intendencia

  • Fernando Amorsolo
  • 1942
• Ruins of the Manila Cathedral

  • Fernando Amorsolo
  • 1945
• Atrocities in Paco

  • Diosdado Lorenzo
  • After 1945
• Doomed Family

  • Dominador Castaneda
  • After 1945
• CCP COMPLEX:

  Folk Arts Theater - 1974 Miss Universe Pageant
• CCP COMPLEX:

  Philippine International Concention Center - 1976 IMF-WORLD BANK CONFERENCE
• CCP COMPLEX:

  Manila Film Center - Manila Internation Film Festival
• CCP COMPLEX:

  Tahanang Filipino or Coconut Palace ( Papal Visit )