Art Appreciation Flashcards
Art etymologically comes from the Aryan root “ar” which means
“to join” or “put together”
Art comes from the latin word ____ which means everything that is artificially made or composed by man
“sars” and “artis”
Refers to the skillful arrangement or composition of some common but significant qualities of nature such as sounds, colors, lines, movements, words, stone, and wood to express feelings, thoughts, imaginations, and dreams in an amazing, meaningful and enjoyable way (Adams, 2002)
Art
deals with man’s internal world
Humanities through the art
provides enjoyment and stimulation, particularly when people try to understand them.
Art
provides people with an image of themselves to enable them to further understand their nature and provide them with a way to showcase their passions and desires, their potentials and their relationship with other people.
Art
studies man and the manner in which he conducts himself from the time of his existence to the present (Martin & Jacobus, 2004),
Humanities
is composed of academic disciplines that make it distinctive in both content and method from the physical and biological sciences and from the social sciences.
Humanities
devoted to understanding the different phenomens within the human cultural contexts.
Humanities
is associated with beliefs about freedom and that human beings are capable of making significant personal choices within the constraints imposed by heredity, personal history and environment.
Humanism
the importance of the individual and specific human needs
Principles of the Humanities
MAJOR PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING HUMANISM
1.) Human nature is inherently good.
2.) Individuals are free and are capable of making choices.
3.) Human potential for growth and development is virtually unlimited.
4.) Self-concept plays an important role in growth and development
“Man is the measure of all things” according to____
Protagoras
Etymologically, Humanities came from the Latin word_____ which means, human, cultured and refined.
Humanus
Humanities comes from the latin word “humanus” which means
Human, cultured and refined
is to show good tastes and manners indicative of good, proper education.
To be cultured and refined
is to show characteristics of rationality, benevolence and care
To be human
Art that serve functions that make man’s life better
Functional art forms
Art that serve purposes far beyond mundane survival functions
Non-functional
3 FUNCTIONS OF ART
1.) The human need for expression
2.) The social need for display, celebration and communication
3.) The physical needs for functional objects
Is the philosophical study of beauty and taste
Aesthetics
It is concerned with the nature of art and used as basis for interpreting and evaluating individual works of art
Aesthetics
was said to have loved and hated the arts at the same time
Plato
PLATO TWO IDEAS OF ART
1.) Art is imitation
2.) Art is dangerous
He stated that the good always presents itself in some action while a thing of beauty may exist even in motionless objects or things. In certain conditions, however, the good may also be considered as beautiful.
Aristotle
considered art as imitation or a representation of nature.
Aristotle
His emphasis was on poetry. He stated that poetry was more philosophic and serious than philosophy itself.
Aristotle
he wrote a treatise on Aesthetics entitled, Observations on the Feelings of the Beautiful and the Sublime.
Immanuel Kant
His main interest was not in art itself but on beauty
Immanuel Kant
does not focus on the properties of the object itself but rather on the pleasure one experiences as he responds to it
Subjective taste
is non-aesthetic and does not consider the beauty of the work or the mastery of the artist, but rather, the artwork is appreciated for what it is.
Universal taste
is a person who exhibits exceptional skills in the visual and/or the performing arts
Artist
is a person who is in a skilled trade that involves making things by hand.
Artisan
7 ART FORMS
1.) Painting
2.) Sculpture
3.) Architecture
4.) Music
5.) Dance
6.) Literature
7.) Theatre
This is best described as the application of pigment to a surface.
Painting
This is an art form that is best described as three-dimensional.
Sculpture
This is the most functional of all the art forms. It involves creating designs for buildings and infrastructures.
Architecture
This is the art of sound expressed through a song, through the use of instruments or a combination of both.
Music
The art of body movements that is attuned to a musical piece. Used as a form of worship
Dance
The art of using words to express thoughts, ideas, and feelings,
Literature
The performance of drama. May be referred to as combined or performing arts
Theatre
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artist and Major Artworks:
Lascaux Cave Painting, Venus of Willendorf, Stonehenge
Stone Age
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Cave painting, fertility goddesses, megalithic structures
Stone Age
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Ice Age ends (10,000 BCE- 8,000 BCE)
New Stone Age & first permanent settlements (8000 BCE-2500 BCE)
Stone Age
The paintings are found on the walls and ceilings of the caves. The paint used were a mixture of grounded colored rocks and organic matter with tree sap and sometimes animal blood as binder.
The Lascaux Caves
This is oldest surviving three-dimensional depiction of human body, approximately 8,000 to 10,000 years older than the images at Lascaux
Venus of Willendorf
This is oldest surviving three-dimensional depiction of human body, approximately 8,000 to 10,000 years older than the images at Lascaux
Venus of Willendorf
This is one of the most famous surviving Neolithic-style structures located in Southern England
Stonehenge
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Warrior art and narration in stone relief
Mesopotamian
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Standard of Ur, Gate of Ishtar, Stele of Hammurabi’s Code
Mesopotamian
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Sumerians invent writing (3400 BCE); Hammurabi writes his law code (1780 BCE); Abraham founds monotheism
Mesopotamian
_______art features a distinctive style in the sculptures.
Mesopotamian
They usually are presented as animals (real or imagined) or animals with human heads.
Portal guardians
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Art with an afterlife focus: pyramids and tomb paintings: massive, monumental structures
Egyptian
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Imhotep’s Step Pyramid, Great Pyramid, Temple of Rameses, the Great Sphinx
Egyptian
This is the most recognizable statue associated with ancient Egypt and among the most famous in the world. The sculpture, of a recumbent lion with the head of an Egyptian king, was carved out of limestone on the Giza plateau.
Great Sphinx of Giza
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Greek idealism: balance, perfect proportions; architectural orders (Doric, lonic, Corinthian)
Greek and Hellenistic
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Parthenon, Myron, Phidias, Polykleitos, Praxiteles
Greek and Hellenistic
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Athens defeats Persia at Marathon (490 BCE); Peloponnesian
Greek and Hellenistic
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Roman realism: practical and down to earth; the arch
Roman
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Augustus of Primaporta, Colosseum, Trajan’s Column, Pantheon
Roman
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Julius Caesar assassinated (44 BCE); Augustus proclaimed Emperor (27 BCE); Diocletian splits Empire (CE 292); Rome falls (CE 476)
Roman
was a favorite material of the Romans
Marble
In this arena were held gladiator fights, naval battles and even prosecutions to the delight of the emperor and the crowd.
Colosseum
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Serene, meditative art, and Arts of the Floating World
Hindu, Chinese, and Japanese
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Gu Kaizhi, Li Cheng, Guo Xi, Hokusai, Hiroshige
Hindu, Chinese, Japanese
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Birth of Buddha (563 BCE); Silk Road opens (1st century BCE); Buddhism spreads to China (1st-2nd centuries CE) and Japan (5th century CE)
Hindu, Chinese, and Japanese
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Heavenly Byzantine mosaics; Islamic architecture and amazing maze-like design
Byzantine and Islamic
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Hagia Sophia, Andrei Rublev, Mosque of Córdoba, the Alhambra
Byzantine and Islamic
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Justinian partly restores Western Roman Empire (533 CE-562CE); Iconoclasm Controversy (726 CE-843 CE); Birth of Islam (610 CE) and Muslim Conquests (632 CE-732 CE)
Byzantine and Islamic
is about religious expression and more specifically about church theology translated into aesthetic forms.
Byzantine art
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Celtic art, Carolingian Renaissance, Romanesque, Gothic
Middle Ages
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
St. Semin. Durham Cathedral, Norte Dame, Chartes, Cimabue, Duccio, Giotto
Middle Ages
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Viking Raids (793- 1066); Battle of Hastings (1066): Crusades 1-IV (1095-1204); Black Death (1347-1351); Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
Middle Ages
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Rebirth of classical culture
Early and High Renaissance
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Ghiberti’s Doors, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael
Early and High Renaissance
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Gutenberg invents movable type (1447); Turks conquer Constantinople (1453); Columbus lands in New World (1492); Martin Luther starts Reformation (1517)
Early and High Renaissance
literally means rebirth and describes the revival of interest in the artistic achievements of the Classical world (of Greece and Rome)
Renaissance
WHAT AGE PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics
The Renaissance spreads north- ward to France, the Low Countries, Poland, Germany, and England
Venetian and Northern Renaissance
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks
Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Dürer, Bruegel, Bosch, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden
Venetian and Northern Renaissance
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Council of Trent and Counter- Reformation (1545-1563); Copernicus proves the Earth revolves around the Sun (1543)
Venetian and Northern Renaissance
was famous for its advanced techniques in oil painting, realistic, expressive altarpiece art, wooden panel paintings, woodcuts and printmaking
Northern Renaissance
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Art that breaks the rules; artifice over nature
Mannerism
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Tintoretto, El Greco, Pontormo, Bronzino, Cellini
Mannerism
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Magellan circumnavigates the globe (1520- 1522)
Mannerism
paintings and compositions can have no focal point and space can be ambiguous
Mannerism
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Splendor and flourish for God; art as a weapon in the religious wars
Baroque
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Reubens, Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Palace of Versailles
Baroque
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Thirty Years’ War between Catholics and Protestants (1618-1648)
Baroque
describes something that is elaborate and highly detailed
Baroque
This technique refers to the interplay between light and dark, often used in paintings with dimly lit scenes to produce a very high-contrast, dramatic atmosphere
Chiaroscuro technique
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Art that recaptures Greco-Roman grace and grandeur
Neoclassical
involved an emphasis on austerelinear design in the depiction of classical events, characters and themes, using historically correct settings and costumes
Neoclassical
WHAT AGE PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics
The triumph of imagination and individuality
Romanticism
WHAT AGE PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Celebrating working class and peasants; en plein air rustic painting
Realism
WHAT AGE AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics
Capturing fleeting effects of natural light
Impressionism
WHAT AGE PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics
A soft revolt against Impressionism
Post-impressionism
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics
Harsh colors and flat surfaces (Fauvism); emotion distorting form
Fauvism and Expressionism
Is a term used to denote the use of distortion and exaggeration for emotional effect
Fauvism
is an artistic style in which the artist attempts to portray not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse in him.
Expressionism
WHAT AGE PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Pre-and Post- World War I art experiments: new forms to express modern life
Cubism, Futurism, Supremativism, Constructivism, De Stijl
It employs geometric shapes in depictions of human and other forms
Cubism
is an Italian art movement that took speed, technology and modernity as its inspiration.
Futurism
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Ridiculous art; painting dreams and exploring the unconscious
Dada and Surrealism
was the first conceptual art movement where the focus of the artists was not to craft aesthetically pleasing objects but create works that up ended bourgeois sensibilities.
Dadaism
aim is to channel the unconscious as a means to unlock the power of the imagination
Surrealism’s
WHAT AGE PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Post-World War II: pure abstraction and expression without form; popular art absorbs consumerism
Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art
is also known as Action Painting or Color Field Painting. It entered the art scene after World War II with its characteristic messiness and extremely energetic applications of paint
Abstract Expressionism
is also referred to as gestural abstraction, because its brush stokes revealed the artist’s process. This process is the subject of the art itself
Abstract Expressionism
is a movement marked by a fascination with popular culture reflecting the affluence in post-war society
Pop Art
is a direct descendant of Dadaism in the way it mocks the established art world by appropriating images from the street, the supermarket, the mass media, and presents it as art in itself
Pop Art
is a direct descendant of Dadaism in the way it mocks the established art world by appropriating images from the street, the supermarket, the mass media, and presents it as art in itself
Pop Art
is a direct descendant of Dadaism in the way it mocks the established art world by appropriating images from the street, the supermarket, the mass media, and presents it as art in itself
Pop Art
WHAT AGE PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Art without a center and reworking and mixing past styles
Postmodernism and Deconstructivism
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Art without a center and reworking and mixing past styles
Postmodernism and Deconstructivism
refers to a group of movements that began in the late 1950s and early 1960s, during which artists rejected established practices and questioned the importance of their roles in the artistic process
Postmodern art
is a musical composition that is without lyrics, or singing, although it might include some inarticulate vocals
Instrumental music
WHAT PERIOD?
Secular music with notated manuscripts showing connections with the church; organum indicated the beginnings of harmony
Medieval music
WHAT PERIOD?
Increased freedom in music showed harmony and polyphony; composers still devoted to choral writing
Renaissance Music
WHAT PERIOD?
Choral music no longer dominated the era; the idea of the modern orchestra was born; violin, viola, cello and harpsichord were invented; important advances in all musical groups
Baroque Music
WHAT PERIOD?
Sonata form; development of modern concerto, symphony, trio and quartet; obsession with structural clarity
Classic Music
A transitional period between the Baroque and Classical periods called
Rococo music
was characterized by delicate, frivolous expression designed more to please than to excite the listener
Rococo music
WHAT PERIOD?
Golden age of virtuoso; attempts to balance the expressive and the formal in music
Early Romantic Music
WHAT PERIOD?
Composition in terms of emotional content and dramatic continuity
Late Romantic Music
WHAT PERIOD?
Diverse styles
Modern Music
refers to Filipino works of art that have developed in country from the beginning of its civilization up to the present era.
Philippine Art History
These were containers fashioned by early Filipinos to enclose and protect the bodies of their dead relatives.
Receptacles
is the description of the vessel’s body, the form of its mouth, the thickness of its lips, or the presence of ears, spouts and legs attached to its body.
Shape
is the manner by which designs are applied on the body’s surface. Decorative designs are either impressed or incised.
Method of decoration
involve pressing on the vessel certain objects like a rópe, string, or small piece of mat while the surface clay is still wet. This will leave an impression on the surface of the clay as it dries
Impressed design
make use of sharp objects to draw patterns on the earthenware’s still wet body, like the picture at the left
Incised designs
designs consist of dots stres, stars, waves, clouds, which are Absted by nature.
Abstract designs
are usually of objects in nature, for example trees, animals and drawings of human figures
Representational design
The Tagalogs called their religious images______
likha, tao-tao, and larawan.
Cooking and washing were done in a part of the house called.
batalan
is built from bamboo and nipa which are the rural common construction materials in the rural areas
Bahay-kubo
are so structured because of the cold climate of the Mountain Province.
Ifugao house
is a traditional house with a boat-like appearance.
Maranao house
is a representation of an open-winged legendary bird which stands on a fish with another fish hanging from its beak. It is usually placed on top of bamboo poles at the center of Maranao villages among decorative flags
Sarimanok
is a stylized dragon or serpent carved in grave markers or elaborately in plows.
Naga
The most important element in Muslim art is
Color
This is a general term for the colorful flowing designs which decorate any surface of the Muslim regions
Okir
are ornamental designs for men
Okir-a-datu
are ornamental designs for women
okir-a-bay
Is a design technique usually seen in the Sulu Peninsula. It is a decorative design that is used in carving, basketry, pottery and weaving. Its pattern is similar to the Western style Arabesque and Art Noveau.
Ukkil
jar-like containers with covers that resemble the domes of their mosques
Kabul and gadur
a long sword, its handle resembling the open mouth of a naga;
Kampilan
a wavyflame-like blade representing the body of a serpent
Kris
a leaf-like blade having the same geometric designs on its hilt.
Barong
Is the medium of choice in the art of the Mountain Province. It is used in making shields, spoons, ladles, bowls, and also human and animal figures.
Wood
Is considered an important skill in all tribes.
Woodcarving
Mountain art is divided into two kinds:
Ritualistic and decorative
figure of a benevolent spirit who guards granaries and rice fields
Bulol
figure meant to scare and create fear of punishment in anybody who goes against the norms of the village
Bihang
a Jesuit, introduced lime (a significant component of cement) in the
construction of buildings. He was responsible for the construction of the first fortress, the Nuestra Señora de Guia Fort in Manila
Fr. Antonio Sedeno
the sculptor of ‘the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City, Philippines.
Guillermo Tolentino
designed the Cultural Center of the Philippines and earned a National Artist Award
Leandro Locsin
considered the first modern Filipino sculptor.
Napoleon Abueva
(1901-1975)
Sample works: FEU building
Date conferred as NA: 1976
Pablo S. Antonio
(1929 -2014)
Sample works: Rizal Park, SMC
building
Date conferred as NA: 2006.
Ildefonso P. Santos
Some work of his are Double crucifix suspended from the dome above the altar of U.P. and Allegorical Harpoon at CCP
Napoleon Abueva
is the highest individual award given to an artist who contributed works of significance to the Philippine arts in their area of artistry
National Artist
(1912-1994)
Sample works: San Beda Convent
Date conferred as NA: 2014
Jose Maria V. Zaragoza
(1899- 1986)
Sample works: UP Diliman admin building
Date conferred as NA: 1973
Juan F. Nakpil
(1915-1991), director
Sample works: Sakay, The Evil Within Date conferred as NA: 1976
Lamberto V. Avellana
(1915-1985), actor/director
Sample works: Ibong Adarna, Si Juan Tamad
Date conferred as NA: 2009
Manuel Conde
(1939-1991), director
Sample works: Maynila: Sa Kuko ng Liwanag, Orapronobis
Date conferred as NA: 1997
Lino Brocka
(1913- 1981). director
Sample works: Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo
Date conferred as NA: 1982
Gerardo de Leon
(1938- 1996), director
Sample works: Pahiram ng Isang Umaga, Broken Marriage
Date conferred as NA: 2001
Ishmael Bernal
(1939- 2004), actor/director
Sample works: Batang Maynila, Ang
Pagbabalik ng Lawin
Date conferred as NA: 2006
Ronald Alan K. Poe
(1892- 1972), painter
Sample works: Maiden in a Stream, Dalagang Bukid
Date conferred as NA: 1972
Fernando Amorsolo
(1911-1978), painter
Sample works: Genesis, Ina ng Balon Date conferred as NA: 1991
Hernando R. Ocampo
(1942-), painter
Sample works: Madonna with Objects, Studies of Sabel
Date conferred as NA: 2006
Benedicto Cabrera
(1912-1969). painter
Sample works: Portrait of Purita, The Invasion of Limahong
Date conferred as NA: 1973
Carlos “Botong” Francisco
(1917-1994), painter
Sample works: Diggers, Idols of the Third Eye
Date conferred as NA: 1990
Cesar Legaspi
(1936-2014), sculptor/ painter
Sample works: Industry Brass Mural, Mural Relief on Filmmaking
Date conferred as NA: 2006
Abdulmari Asia Imao
(1890-1976), sculptor
Sample works: The Bonifacio Monument, President Quezon at Quezon Memorial
Date conferred as NA: 1973
Guillermo E. Tolentino
(1926-), painter/sculptor
Sample works: Bagong Taon, Vendador de Flores
Date conferred as NA: 1997
Arturo Luz
(1932-), painter
Sample works: Roadside Squatters, Manila 1968
Date conferred as NA: 2009
Federico Aguilar Alcuaz
(1930-), sculptor
Sample works: Kaganapan, Kiss of Judas
Date conferred as NA: 1976
Napoleon V. Abueva
(1924-1999), painter
Sample works: I’m Sorry Jesus, I Can’t Attend Christmas This Year
Date conferred as. NA: 1999
J. Elizalde Navarro
(1919 1998), Illustrator
Sample works: Pusakal, Talipandas Date conferred as NA: 2014
Francisco Coching
(1895-1985), painter
Sample works: The Sketch, The Artist and the Model
Date conferred as NA: 1976
Victorio C. Edades
(1931- 2005), painter
Sample works: Geometric Landscape, Pieta
Date conferred as NA: 2001
Ang Kiukok
(1931-1995), painter
Sample works: Hills of Nikko, Abstraction, Dimension of Fear
Date conferred as ΝΑ: 2003
Jose T. Joya
(1910- 1981), painter
Sample works: A Cluster of Nipa Hut, San Francisco Del Mont
Date conferred as NA: 1981
Vicente Manansala
(1916-2002), writer
Sample works: Frankie, The Man Who Would Be Poe, Death in a Factory Date conferred as NA: 1990
Francisco Arcellana
(1919-2011), poet
Sample works: A Blade of Fern, The Native Coast
Date conferred as NA: 1999
Edith L. Tiempo
(1932-), poet
Sample works: Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1898: Tradition and Influences in its Development
Date conferred as NA: 2006
Bienvenido Lumbera
(1915- 1999), essayist
Sample works: The Winds of April, Seven Hills Away
Date conferred as NA: 1997
N.V.M. Gonzalez
(1944-), poet
Sample works: Ang Makata Balagtasismo versus sa Panahon ng Makina,
Date confirmed as NA: 2003
Virgilio S. Almario
(1941-), essayist
Sample works: Summer Suns, Words and Battlefields
Date conferred as NA: 2014
Cirilo F. Bautista
(1917- 2004), writer
Sample works: The WomanWho Had Two Navels, A Portrait of the Artist as
Filipino
Date confirmed as NA: 1976
Nick Joaquin
(1903-1970), poet
Sample works: Bayang Malaya, Isang Dipang Langit
Date conferred as NA: 1973
Amado V. Hernandez
(1898-1980, writer
Sample works: Ama, Bayang Nagpatiwakal, Maganda Pa Ang Daigdig
Date confirmed as NA: 2009
Lazaro Francisco
(1924-), writer
Sample works: The Pretenders, Tree, My Brother, My Executioner
Date confirmed as NA: 2001
F. Sionil Jose
(1899-1985), educator
Sample works: The United, I Walked with Heroes
Date conferred as NA: 1982
Carlos P. Romulo
(1908-1997), poet
Sample works: Footnote to by Doveglion Youth, Many Voices, Poems
Date conferred as NA: 1973
Jose Garcia Villa
(1924-2011), writer
Sample works: Of Cocks and Kites, My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken
Date confirmed as NA: 2003
Alejandro Roces
(1924-2011), writer
Sample works: Of Cocks and Kites, My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken
Date confirmed as NA: 2003
Alejandro Roces
(1937- 1997), playwright
Sample works: Sitsit sa Kuliglig. Dunung - Dunungan, Kristal na Uniberso
Date confirmed as NA: 1997
Rolando S. Tinio
(1910-2002), lyricist
Sample works: O Maliwanag Na Buwan” (Iloko), “Ako ay May Singsing
Date confirmed as NA: 1997
Levi Celerio
(FASHION DESIGN)
(1912-1972),
Sample works:
Date conferred as NA: 2006
Ramon Valera
(1945-2011), theater designer
Sample works: organized the PATDAT
Date conferred as NA: 2003
Salvador F. Bernal
(1899-1983), folk dancer
Sample works: Philippine National Dances (1946); Gymnastics for Girls Date conferred as NA: 1973
Francisca Reyes Aquino
(1899-1983), folk dancer
Sample works: Philippine National Dances (1946); Gymnastics for Girls Date conferred as NA: 1973
Francisca Reyes Aquino
(1917-2005), ballet
Sample works: TREND: Return to Native, In a Javanese Garden
Date conferred as NA: 1976
Leonor Orosa Goquingco
(1938-2006), choreographer
Sample works: Vamos a Belen! Series, Noon Po sa Amin Date conferred as NA: 2006
Ramon Obusan
(1929-1999), choreographer
Sample works: Vinta, Tagabili
Date conferred as NA; 1988
Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula
(1942-), dancer
Sample works: Amada (1969), At a Maranaw Gathering (1970)
Date conferred as NA: 2014
Alice Reyes
(1910-1999), biographer
Sample works: Maps and Views of Old Manila, Lives of the Philippine Presidents
Date conferred as NA: 1997
Carlos Quirino
(1904-1996), composer
Sample works: Triumphal March, Echoes of the Past
Date conferred as NA: 1988
Antonino Buenaventura
(1917- 2004), composer
Sample works: Ugma- ugma (1963), Pagsamba (1968)
Date conferred as NA: 1997
Jose Maceda
(1918-2008), composer
Sample works: Toccata for Percussions and Winds, Divertissement and Concertante Date conferred as NA: 1989
Lucrecia R. Kasilag
(1936- 1988), composer
Sample works: Nahan, Kahit na Magtiis, Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa
Date conferred as NA: 1999
Ernani J. Cuenco
(1913- 2002), conductor
Sample works: The Devil’s Bridge, Malakas at Maganda Overture
Date conferred as NA: 1991
LUCIO SAN PEDRO
(1894- 1980), music educator
Sample works: Misa Antoniana Grand Festival Mass, Ang Batingaw
Date conferred as NA: 1973
Antonio J. Molina
(1917-2005), composer
Sample works: Ashen Wings (1995), Sikhay sa Kabila ng Paalam (1993) Date conferred as NA: 2014
Francisco Feliciano
(1910-2002), lyricist
Sample works: O Maliwanag Na Buwan (Iloko), Ako ay May Singsing (Pampango)
Date conferred as NA: 1997
Levi Celerio
(1941-). composer
Sample works: Panaghoy
Date conferred as NA: 2014
Ramon P. Santos
(1895-1978), broadway singer
Sample works: Liu Yu in Puccini’s Turnadot, Mimi in Puccini’s La Boheme
Date conferred as NA: 1976
Jovita Fuentes
(1902-1991), Kun- diman singer Sample works: Dalagang Bukid, Pangarap ni Rosa
Date conferred as NA: 1987
Honorata “Atang” dela Rama
(1902-1991), Kun- diman singer Sample works: Dalagang Bukid, Pangarap ni Rosa
Date conferred as NA: 1987
Honorata “Atang” dela Rama
(1912-1992), composer
Sample works: Mariang Makiling Overture, Roca Encantada Date conferred as NA: 1997
Felipe Padilla de Leon
(1928-2013), choirmaster
Sample works:
Date conferred as NA: 1999
Andrea Veneracion
(1917-2013), actor
Sample works: Othello (1953), Macbeth in Black (1959)
Date conferred as NA: 1999
Daisy Avellana
(1937- 1997), playwright
Sample works: Now and Forever, Gamitin Mo Ako, Bayad Pur
Date conferred as NA: 1997
Rolando S. Tinio
(1910-1995), theater artist
Sample works: Half an Hour in a Convent, Wanted: A Chaperon, Forever
Date conferred as NA: 1997
Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
(1902-1991), Kun- diman singer Sample works: Mascota, Sueño de un Vals, and Marina
Date conferred as NA: 1987
Honorata “Atang” dela Rama
(1945- 2011), theater designer Sample works: organized the PATDAT Date conferred as NA: 2003
Salvador F. Bernal
(1915- 1980), playwright
Sample works: started a graduate course at the Philippine Normal College for theater artists
Date conferred as NA: 2001
Severino Montano
(1915-1991), ballet
Sample works: Sergeant Hasan (1967), Destination Vietnam
Date conferred as ΝΑ: 1976
Lamberto V. Avellana
Is the art of the native Filipinos. It is also known as FOLK ART. These arts are beautiful, natural and made with skills that are passed down from generation to generation.
Indigenous Philippine Art
This is an indigenous local craft in which plant fibers are used to make functional and/or decorative works of art
Textile Art
Is the technique of making beautiful fabrics through interlacing horizontal and vertical threads.
Weaving
is a local style of weaving that uses a resist dyeing process before the threads are woven to create a pattern or design. This technique is still practiced by the women of the Cordilleras.
Ikat
a popular local art that may have resulted from the abundance of trees in the region. Acacia, ipil, molave and langka are some of the popular ones.
Woodcarving
This is the woodcarving center of the Philippines
Paete, Laguna
is also known as basketry. This craft makes use of a combination of animal and plant fibers. Grasses, twigs, straw and animal hair are woven into baskets, bags, slippers and other containers.
Basket weaving
known as the “Province of Basket Weavers”.
Pangasinan in Central Luzon
are used for making beautiful, quality baskets.
Abaca, pandan and nito
In the Philippines, a mat is called a ______
banig
These refer to objects that are made of clay.
Pottery
This craft involves using seashells as decoration of objects or surfaces and making fancy accessories.
Shell craft
This craft involves the use of the coconut shell after the meat is removed. The shell is considered a hardwood and produces craft pieces that are of good quality.
Coconut craft
is an award that acknowledges folk and indigenous artists who, despite modern technology, remain true to their traditions.
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan Awards or GAMABA
The artist who received GAMABA awards are also recognized as the ______________
Philippine’s National Living Treasures.
helped preserved the Mangyan literary tradition by documenting the pieces of ambahan recorded not only on bamboo tubes but also on notebooks passed on to him. The ambahan is a poetic literary form composed of seven- syllables. It is usually sung.
Ginaw Bilog
has mastered the traditions of his people-the Palawan, Batak, and Tagbanwa in the highlands of southern Palawan. He is skilful in basal (gong music ensemble), kulilal (lyrical poem expressing passionate love sang with the accompaniment of the kudyapi), and bagit (instrumental music depicting nature).
Masino Intaray
is a master in the use of the kulintang and kudyapi of the Maguindanaons. His extensive repertoire of dinaladay, linapu, minuna, and binalig has demonstrated not only his own skills but their culture.
Samaon Sulaiman
The T’bolis are known for their use of abaca fibers in textile weaving. She continued this tradition and preserved the culture of their community through patterns of crocodiles, butterflies, flowers, mountains, and streams and of Lake Sebu in her works.
Lang Dulay
started learning weaving traditional Bagobo textiles from her community. mother at the age of 12. Her family is among the remaining Bagobo weavers in the community.
Salinta Monon
has worked for the preservation of Kalinga culture. He lobbied that the abandoned Capitol Building be turned into a museum, that schools implement the practice of donning the Kalinga costume for important events, and that traditional Kalinga music should be broadcasted alongside contemporary music in the local radio station. He also formed the Kalinga Budong Dance Troupe to guarantee that his knowledge in the performing arts is passed on to others.
Alonzo Saclag
a Panay-Bukidnon from the mountains of Central Panay, has worked hard to document the oral literature of his people. He has preserved the epics that use a language that has long been dead by working together with scholars, artists and advocates of culture
Federico Caballero
has made it his life’s work to preserve and promote Yakan culture through the traditional music and instruments of his tribe. He has mastered the gabbang, the agung, the kwintangan kayu, and others.
Uwang Ahadas
is one of the master weavers in the island of Jolo. Like most women in their tribe, she has learned the art of weaving the pis syabit, the traditional cloth tapestry worn as head cover by the Tausug of Jolo, from her mother.
Darhata Sawabi
dedicated his life in sculpting retablos, mirrors, altars, and carosas from silver, bronze, and wood. Some of his works can exceed 40 feet tall while the others feature smaller sizes and delicate craftsmanship.
Eduardo Mutuc
is recognized as the master mat weaver among the Sama indigenous community of Ungos Matata. Her mats are known for their complex geometric patterns, proportion, and unique combination of colors.
Haja Amina Appi
He learned how to make gourd casques and weave baskets from his grandfather at the age of 16. Since he learned the craft, he never stopped experimenting with other designs. He previously used nito (vine trimmings) to decorate the headgear and then used with other materials such as bamboo after his supplier from Cagayan passed away
Teofilo Garcia
In her profile, it was reported that she has taught herself the traditional patterns of binakol, inuritan (geometric design), kusikos (spiral forms similar to oranges) and sinan-sabong (flowers). She has learned the art of weaving from her aunt and started harnessing her innate skills at the age of 16. She may be in her late 80s but she still manages to arrange threads on the loom, which is the hardest task in textile weaving
Magdalena Gamayo
In her profile, it was reported that she has taught herself the traditional patterns of binakol, inuritan (geometric design), kusikos (spiral forms similar to oranges) and sinan-sabong (flowers). She has learned the art of weaving from her aunt and started harnessing her innate skills at the age of 16. She may be in her late 80s but she still manages to arrange threads on the loom, which is the hardest task in textile weaving
Magdalena Gamayo
