Contempo

• Pre-Colonial Art Periods in the Philippines

  • Pre-Colonial Period
• Pre-Colonial Period


  • Diverse range of ethnic groups, each with their own unique art forms and styles
  • Pottery
  • Weaving
  • Carving
  • Tattooing
  • Jewelry-making
• Hunter-gatherers


  Told stories about the hunt, hunted food and game that was shared by members of a group, imitated the movement and sounds of animals and prey
• Baybayin


  Tagalog ancient scripts also known in Visayan as Badlit, derived from Brahmic scripts of India and first recorded in the 16th century, continued to be used during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines up until the late 19th century
• Pottery


  • Manunggul Jar - secondary burial jar excavated from a Neolithic burial site in the Tabon Caves at Palawan
• Carvings


  • Bul-ul - carved wooden figure used to guard the rice crop by the Ifugao
  • Hagabi - wooden bench of Ifugao, shows social status
  • Okir - Maranao wood carving with rectilinear and curvilinear plant-based designs
• Hunting


  Pre-colonial Filipinos hunted food and game that were shared among members of a community in a gathering where they told stories about the hunt
• Body Ornamentation


  • Tattoo or tatu - means protection for evil spirit and badge for maturity and bravery
  • Jewelry - make the wearer more attractive and pleasing to God
• Ritual Practices


  • Cañao / Kanyaw - of Igorot, Cordillera Autonomous Region
  • Kashawing - of Maranao, Lake Lanao from Mindanao
  • Tagbanwa - Palawan, Tagbanwa people includes the religious beliefs, mythology and superstitions that has shaped the Tagbanwa way of life
• Art Periods of the Philippines


  • Pre-Colonial Period
  • Islamic Colonial Period
  • Spanish Colonial Period
  • American Colonial Period
• Islamic Colonial Period


  • Islamic art meshed with ethnic culture and formed a Muslim Filipino art that represents the people's ethnic context and Islamic identity
• Key Figures in the Introduction of Islam in the Philippines


  • Sayyid Abbubakar - Arabia, 15th Century, introduced Islam in Sulu
  • Princess Piramisuli Rajah Baguinda - Princess of Sultanate of Sulu, married to Sayyid Abbubakar
  • Rajah Baguinda - Sultan of Sulu, father of Princess Piramisuli
• Islamic Art and Architecture


  • Madrasa - Islamic school
  • Quran - Religious text/book of Islam
  • Mecca - Holiest city in Islam, capital of Makkah Province of Saudi Arabia
  • Ka'bah - Black shrine built by prophet Muhammad, Muslims must face the ka'bah when praying
  • Torogan - Traditional house built by the Maranao people of Lanao, Mindanao, symbol of high social status
• Spanish Colonial Period Introductions


  • Via Crucis (Stations of the Cross), engravings on estampas and estampitas
  • Paintings on church walls, representations of the Holy Family
  • Painting
  • Carving
  • 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 everyday activity amidst a common background, usually used in painting a patron's full name
  • Architecture
• Filipino Artists in the Spanish Colonial Period

  • Damian Domingo - "Father of Philippine painting", first Filipino to paint his self-portrait, founder of the first school of drawing in the Philippines (1821)
  • Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo - One of the greatest Filipino painters along with Juan Luna in the 19th century
  • Juan Luna y Novicio - Filipino painter, sculptor, and political activist of the Philippine Revolution, his Spolarium won the gold medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts
• Spolarium


  Painting that recreates a despoiling scene in a Roman circus where dead gladiators are stripped of weapons and garments
• Art Forms in the American Colonial Period


  • Art Illustration
  • Advertising
  • Commercial Design
  • Genre Paintings
  • Landscapes
  • Still Life
  • Portraits
• Commercial Art


  Art created for commercial purposes, primarily advertising, using a variety of platforms to promote sale and interest of products, services, and ideas
• Commercial Art in the American Colonial Period


  • Markang Demonyo - Logo created by Fernando Amorsolo for Ginebra San Miguel, a local alcoholic drink
  • Liwayway - Leading Tagalog weekly magazine published in the Philippines since 1922
  • Kenkoy - Philippine comics character created by writer Romualdo Ramos and cartoonist/illustrator Tony Velasquez in 1929
• Architecture in the American Colonial Period


  • Metropolitan Theater - Designed by architect Juan Arellano, departing from stately and monochromatic Neoclassicism and embracing Art Deco style
  • Mariano Uy-Chaco Building - Six-storey building in Binondo completed in 1914
• Commercial art


  Uses a variety of platforms for viewers with the intent of promoting sale and interest of products, services, and ideas
• MARKANG DEMONYO


  • Created by Fernando Amorsolo for Ginebra San Miguel, a logo for local alcoholic drink
• LIWAYWAY


  • A leading Tagalog weekly magazine published in the Philippines since 1922. It contains Tagalog serialized novels, short stories, poetry, serialized comics, essays, news features, entertainment news and articles, and many other
• KENKOY


  • A Philippine comics character created by writer Romualdo Ramos and cartoonist and illustrator Tony Velasquez in 1929
• Metropolitan Theater


  • Design by arch. Juan Arellano, departing from stately and monochromatic Neoclassicism, Arellano's aesthetic for the Met was stunningly different from his previous works as it eagerly embraced a fanciful new style: Art Deco
• Mariano Uy-Chaco Building


  • The six-storey Mariano Uy-Chaco Building in Binondo was completed in 1914, and served as headquarters for the hardware company Uy-Chaco and Sons, which imported and distributed US products. An Art Nouveau building, it has an ornamental clock tower crowned by a bell-shaped cupola
• Art Nouveau

  A style of decorative art, architecture, and design prominent in western Europe and the US from about 1890 until World War I and characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms. It characterized by simple, clean shapes, often with a "streamlined" look; ornament that is geometric or stylized from representational forms; and unusually varied, often ex- pensive materials
• Fernando Amorsolo


  • His paintings, bursting with yellow-orange and golden sunlight, captured the Philippine landscape in all its glory. First National artist in Visual art
• Ireneo Miranda


  • Known as a watercolorist, illustrator and cartoonist, he was at one time called the "Dean of Philippine Cartoonists"
• Spanish Colonial Period Architecture

  • Spanish Gate - Historic landmark in Olongapo City, Zambales, built in 1885
  • San Andres Apostol Parish Church - Known for the use of coral stones instead of adobe, founded by the Augustinian Recollects in 1607
  • Miagao Church - Also Known as the Sto. Tomas De Villanueva Parish Church Miagao, Ilo-ilo