Module 2

• The Golden Tara is a 1.79 kilogram, 21 carat Madjapahit period gold image discovered in Esperanza, Agusan in 1918.
• Tampuhan, is an 1895 classic oil on canvas painting by Filipino painter and revolutionary activist Juan Luna. It depicts a Filipino man and a Filipino woman having a lovers' quarrel.
• Liwayway is a leading Tagalog weekly magazine published in the Philippines since 1922.
• Alfonso Ossorio, The Last Judgement (Angry Christ), 1950 St. Joseph the Worker Chapel Victorias, Negros Occidenta
• “Krista”, 1984 Pablo Baen Santos
• Pre-Colonial Arts (6185 BC – 1520 AD) Local communities are being established and art starts to go beyond mere craft, i.e., stone weapons or jewelry but starts to have decorative elements, meaning and context.
• Flake tools and cobble tools were the earliest implements they made during the Paleolithic (or Old Stone Age) Period. They used these tools as knives and scrapers.
• Lingling-o, a kind of ear pendant. Its basic form is a ring with a slit in one side to fit the pierced earlobe.
• The Baybayin alphabet, probably developed from the Kawi script of Java, Bali and Sumatra, which in turn descended from the Pallava script, one of the southern Indian scripts derived from Brahmi.
• In 1990, Antoon Postma, a Dutch expert in ancient Philippine scripts and Mangyan writing, and a long-time resident of the Philippines, translated the document that came to be known as the Laguna Copperplate Inscription (LCI).
• The Okir (motif) it is as an artistic design of the Maranao before the Islamization of the area.

  • It is a design or pattern often rendered or curved in hardwood, brass, silver and wall painting in curvilinear lines and Arabic geometric figures.
• The Sarimanok is the legendary bird that has become an ubiquitous symbol of Maranao art.

  • It is depicted as a fowl with colorful wings and feathered tail, holding a fish on its beak or talons.

  • The head is profusely decorated with scroll, leaf, and spiral motifs.

  • It is said to be a symbol of good fortune.
• Spanish Colonial Art (1521 – 1898 AD) • Introduced formal Painting, Sculpture and Architecture which was inspired by the Byzantine, Gothic, Baroque and Rococo art styles. • Most art works are Religious (Catholic) based.
• Rocco Aethetics Rococo Art originated in early 18th century Paris, is characterized by whimsical, curvy lines and elaborately decorative style of art.
• Gothic Art is typically rooted in religious devotion, it is especially known for the distinctive arched design of its churches, its stained glass, and its illuminated manuscripts.
• In the formation of the elite Filipino class, the Ilustrado, paved way for the rich locals to study abroad, a more “academic” and “western” approach has been learned.
• THE FATHER OF FILIPINO PAINTING: Damian Domingo

  • First Filipino to paint his face, the first Self-Portrait in the Philippines.

  • Founder of the Academia de Dibujo y Pintura, the first school of drawing in the Philippines (1821).

  • One of the known artist of the decorative art illustrations tipos del pais watercolor paintings that depict local costumes.
• Juan Luna y Novicio was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century.
• Spoliarium 1884

  The painting was submitted by Luna to the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1884 in Madrid, where it garnered the first gold medal.
• "Luna's Spoliarium with its bloody carcasses of slave gladiators being dragged away from the arena where they had entertained their Roman oppressors with their lives... stripped to satisfy the lewd contempt of their Roman persecutors with their honor....“
• La Muerte de Cleopatra, 1881

  The famous painting was a silver medalist during the 1881 National Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid.
• The Parisian Life, 1892

  The three gentlemen dressed in European garb – top hats and coats – at the left of the image are Luna himself, José Rizal, and Ariston Bautista Lin.
• Felix Resureccion Hidalgo

  One of the greatest Filipino painters along with fellow painter Juan Luna in the 19th century.
• Miniaturismo art style that pays attention to the embroidery and texture of the costume.
• Letras y Figuras art style that fuses letters with figures in every day activity amidst a common background. Usually used in painting a patron’s full name.
• American Colonial Art Period (1898 – 1946)

  • The American brought in Education and Value Formation, with both following the “American way of life”.

  • Art Illustration, Advertising and Commercial Design gained popularity and incorporated in Fine Arts.

  • Painting themes still largely favored Genre Paintings, Landscapes and Still Life.
• Neoclassical architecture is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, Greek— especially Doric —or Roman detail, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls.
• Art Deco or decorative art style is characterized by precise and boldly delineated geometric shapes and strong colors.
• Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto

  A portraitist and painter of rural landscapes.

  • He is best known for his craftsmanship and mastery in the use of light.

  • First awardee of the National Artist Award in 1972.
• Guillermo Tolentino

  • The National Artist Awards for Sculpture in 1973.

  • He is consider as the "Father of Philippine Arts" because of his great works like the famous "Bonifacio Monument" symbolizing Filipinos cry for freedom and "The Oblation" in UP signifying academic freedom.
• The Oblation, 1935

  It depicts a man facing upward with arms outstretched, symbolizing selfless offering of oneself to his country.
• Triumvirate of Philippine Modern Art

  • Introduced the Modern Art styles such as pop art, maximalism, minimalism, abstraction, expressionism, constructivism, magic realism, and environmental art before the World War II.

  • "The Triumvirate" who broke away from romanticism style of Fernando Amorsolo's Philippine Scenes.
• Post Colonial Art Period (1946 – 1986)

  • Some Philippine art historians/critics has always been a follower of the Western Art Style and its trends at that point and thus, suggested that this was the point where Philippine Modern Art Period started but went only full swing only after the war.
• This is set by the creation of the Art Association of the Philippines (AAP) that in a way has a strong leaning with the Modernist than the Conservatives (the traditional art also termed as the Amorsolo School).
• The support of the Philippine Government for the arts via the creation of the Cultural Center of the Philippines during 1969, gave a venue for all artist to experiment and explore different art medium tying closely to the Post-Modern Art Period of the West with Pop Art, Installation Art, Performance Art, dominating the scene.
• In contrast, social realism became a heavy theme by most Filipino Artist as a social commentary of the problem brewing in the Philippine political and social landscape.
• Philippine Contemporary Period

  • It was on the on-set of the sudden rise of personal computers and new technology created a new art medium for the arts and human expression.

  • But there were also countless revivals of old styles being done.

  • This started a new direction for the arts thus, setting the name, momentarily, the Philippine Contemporary Period.
• Installation art is an artistic genre of threedimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space