Art Appreciation Flashcards by Juliana Ruiz

Art etymologically comes from the Aryan root “ar” which means

“to join” or “put together”

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Art comes from the latin word ____ which means everything that is artificially made or composed by man

“sars” and “artis”

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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

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deals with man’s internal world

Humanities through the art

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provides enjoyment and stimulation, particularly when people try to understand them.

Art

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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

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studies man and the manner in which he conducts himself from the time of his existence to the present (Martin & Jacobus, 2004),

Humanities

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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

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devoted to understanding the different phenomens within the human cultural contexts.

Humanities

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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

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the importance of the individual and specific human needs

Principles of the Humanities

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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

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“Man is the measure of all things” according to____

Protagoras

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Etymologically, Humanities came from the Latin word_____ which means, human, cultured and refined.

Humanus

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Humanities comes from the latin word “humanus” which means

Human, cultured and refined

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is to show good tastes and manners indicative of good, proper education.

To be cultured and refined

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is to show characteristics of rationality, benevolence and care

To be human

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Art that serve functions that make man’s life better

Functional art forms

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Art that serve purposes far beyond mundane survival functions

Non-functional

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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

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Is the philosophical study of beauty and taste

Aesthetics

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It is concerned with the nature of art and used as basis for interpreting and evaluating individual works of art

Aesthetics

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was said to have loved and hated the arts at the same time

Plato

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PLATO TWO IDEAS OF ART

1.) Art is imitation
2.) Art is dangerous

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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

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