The Visual Arts

• Painting


  Application of color, pigment, or paint to a surface or support
• Sculpture


  A three-dimensional artwork which may be made through different processes, such as carving, modeling, assembling, or casting
• Architecture


  The art and science of designing spaces and constructing buildings (structures), and other environmental features
• Mosaic


  Small pieces of colored stone or glass glued on the surface
• Tapestry


  Fabrics with colored designs which are woven in a pattern
• T'nalak


  An indigenous woven fabric made from abaca by the T'boli tribe of South Cotabato
• Printmaking


  Creation of a picture or design by printing from a plate that holds ink or color
• Photography


  The art of creating pictures by recording light into a sensitive medium, such as film
• Modeling


  Process of creating a form through altering the figure of a medium, such as clay
• Molding and Casting


  A complex process of creating a negative and positive replica from a model. It is ideal for mass production
• Assemblage


  Putting together found objects
• Welding


  Process of joining metals
• Carving


  Cutting away pieces of material until the desired form is reached
• Bahay na bato


  Architectural style formed during the Spanish colonial period
• Daniel H. Burnham


  Sent by the US government to create urban plans for Manila and Baguio
• Juan Arellano


  Designed the Manila Post Office, Legislative building, and the Manila Metropolitan Theater
• Antonio Toledo


  Designed the Manila City Hall, and the Agriculture and Finance buildings at the Agrifina circle in Luneta
• Tomas Mapua


  Designed the Philippine General Hospital and the Normal School
• Mobile


  Kinetic or moving sculpture
• Pottery


  The process of shaping a material to produce earthenware, stoneware, or porcelain
• Western classical architectural works were bound to the conventions of classicism, which include balance, proportion, and an emphasis on form.
• Baroque and Rococo's energetic styles include intense ornamentation both on the interior and exterior.
• Modernist architecture tends to become more straightforward and minimal.
• Minaret


  A tall spire from which summons to prayer are called, an architectural feature of Islamic architecture
• Naga


  Literally means "snake" but normally refers to serpent deities, found in both Hinduism and Buddhism
• Apsara


  In Hindu and Buddhist mythology, a female spirit of the clouds and waters, or a nymph of the sky
• Jataka


  Tales of the lives of the Buddha, found in different parts of Asia, such as on the walls of Indonesia's Borobudur temple
• Famous architectural works in Asia

  • India (Taj Mahal, Kandariya Mahadeva temple)
  • China (The Forbidden City, The Great Wall of China)
  • Japan (Himeji Castle, Osaka Castle, traditional Japanese gardens)
  • Cambodia (Angkor Wat)
  • Thailand (Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Arun)
  • Myanmar (Shwedagon Pagoda, Ananda Temple)
  • Malaysia (Zahir Mosque, Ubudiah Mosque)
  • Indonesia (Borobudur, Prambanan)
• Juan Nakpil


  Responsible for the rebuilding of the Quiapo Church in 1930
• Leandro V. Locsin


  Commissioned by the Marcos administration to design numerous edifices for the government, including the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC)
• Froilan Hong


  Designed the Manila Film Center
• Francisco Mañosa


  Designed the Coconut Palace
• Mañosa Brothers


  Designed the San Miguel Building and Ortigas
• Batik


  A technique of dyeing cloth which includes the use of removable wax to repel the dye on parts of a design, found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, China, and India
• Calligraphy


  Decorative art of lettering in an ornamental style, particularly well-known in East Asian arts
• Wat


  An entire religious complex with multiple buildings, found across Asia, especially in Thailand and Cambodia
• Mandala


  In Buddhism, a diagram with pictures or statues of gods in specific positions, mandala literally means "circle"
• Stupa


  An architectural form which originated in pre-Buddhist India, can be a burial marker or container of precious relics
• Pagoda


  A tiered tower with several eaves, derived from the Indian stupa and most commonly Buddhist
• Masjid


  Commonly known as "Mosque", a place of worship for followers of Islam