CPAR EXAM Flashcards
What are the 4 national artist award?
National Comission for culture and arts (NCCA)
Cultural center of the Philippines (CCP)
Kamisyon ng wiking Filipino (KWF)
National Museum of the Philippines (NMP)
It is the highest distinctive/ bestowed upon Filipino Artists
National Artist Award
What are the 7 Categories of National Artists?
Literature - Prose and fiction
Aim and broadcasting - director, writing
Architecture, Design and allied Arts - architecture, interior design
Music - singing, composition
Dance - choreography
Theater - direction , performation
Visual Arts - painting and sculpture
Insignia of the order of the national artists
Motto
Katotohanan
Kabutihan
Kagandahan
What are the two national artists award?
NCCA - Natioanal Comission for Cultural and Arts
CCP - Cultural Center of the Philippines
confers the award to deserving individuals
as recommended by the Cultural Center of
the Philippines (CCP) and the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA).
Under the proclamation no. 1001, april 27, 1972
National artist for music, composing of kundiman
Levi Celeno (Music)
National Artists who designed the CCP Complex
Leandro V. Locsin (Architecture)
Grand old man of the Philippines
Fernando Amorsolo (Visual Arts)
Father of modern Philippine painting
Victorio C. Edades (Visual Arts)
Pioneer of Neo-realist of the Country
Cesar Legaspi (Visual Arts)
Dean of Philippine Illustrator
Francisco C. Coching (Visual Arts)
Artistic director
-mobile theater
national artist for theater
Wilfredo Ma. Guerero
Honored as the Queen of Kundiman in 1979.
Honorata “Atang” Dela Rama
He is pioneered in modern Philippine Architecture.
Pablo S. Antonio
distinguished himself by
pioneering the practice of landscape architecture–an allied
field of architecture–in the Philippines and then producing
four decades of exemplary and engaging work that has
included hundreds of parks, plazas, gardens, and a wide
range of outdoor settings that have enhanced
contemporary Filipino life.
Archt. Ildefonso P. Santos
National Artists for music
Antonio S. Molina
Jovita Fuentes
Antonio R. Buenaventura
Lucrecia R. Kasilag
Lucio D. San Pedro
Felipe Padilla De Leon
Jose Maceda
Levi Celerio
Ernani, Joson
Andrea O. Veneracion
Francisco Feliciano
Ramon Santos
National Artists for Theater
Honorata “Atang “ dela Rama
Wilfrido Ma. Guerero
Rolando S. Tinio
Daisy Aveliana
Severino Montano
National Artists for Visual Arts
Fernando C. Amorsolo
Carlos “Botong” Francisco
Guellermo E. Tolentino
Victorio C. Edades
Napoleon V. Abueva
Vicente Manansala
Cesar Legaspi
Hernando R. Ocampo
Arturo R. Luz
Elizalde Navarro
Ang Kiukok
Jose T. Joya
Abdulmari Asia Imao
Benedicto R. Cabrera
Federico Aguilar Alcuaz
Francisco Coching
National Artists for Architecture
Juan F. Nakpil
Pablo S. Antonio
Leandro V. Locsin
Ramon O. Valera
Jose Maria Zaragoza
Ildefonso P. Santos
National Artists for Dance
Alicia Reyes
Francisca Reyes Aquino
Leonor Orosa Goquingco
Lucrecia Reyes Urtula
Ramon Ubusan
National artist for Film/Cinema
Gerardo De Leon
Lino Brocka
Ishmael Bernal
Eddie S. Romero
Manuel Conde
National Artist for Literature
Amado V. Hernandez
Jose Garcia
Nick Joaquin
Carlos P. Romulo
Francisco Arcellana
Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzales
Carlos Quirino
Edith L. Tiempo
Siohil Jose
Virgilio S. Almario
Bienvenido Lumbrera
Lozaro Francisco
Cirilo F. Bautista
Alejandro R. Roces
Who signs his paintings “Bencab,” upheld the
primacy of drawing over the decorative color.
Benedicto R. Ocampo
Born to immigrant Chinese parents
Vicente Ang and Chin Lim, he is one
of the most vital and dynamic figures
who emerged during the 60s.
Ang Kiukok
A painter, sculptor, and designer for more than
40 years, created masterpieces that exemplify
an ideal of sublime austerity in expression and
form. (art gallery)
Arturo Luz
A self-taught painter, was a leading member of
the pre-war Thirteen Moderns, the group that
charted the course of modern art in the
Philippines.
Hernado R. Ocampo
A painter and multimedia artist who
distinguished himself by creating an
authentic Filipino abstract idiom that
transcended foreign influences.
Jose Joya
He is a versatile artist, being both a proficient
painter and sculptor.
Jerry Navarro Elizalde
his talent was revealed
through the copies he made of the
Sagrada Familia and his mother’s portrait
that he copied from a photograph.
Vicente Manansala
The Poet of Angono
Carlos “Botong” Francisco
A native of Sulu, is a sculptor, painter,
photographer, ceramist, documentary film maker,
cultural researcher, writer, and articulator of
Philippine Muslim art and culture.
Abdulmari Asia Imao
Signed his works as Aguilar Alcuaz was
an artist of voluminous output.
Federico Aguilar Alcuaz
The result was the UP Oblation that became
the symbol of freedom at the campus and the Bonifacio Monument in 1933.
Guillermo E. Tolentino
Father of Modern Philippine
Sculpture
Napoleon V. Abueva
Acknowledged as the Folk Dance Pioneer.
Francisca R. Aquino
Dubbed the “Trailblazer”, “Mother of Philippine
Theater Dance” and “Dean of Filipino Performing
Arts Critics”, pioneer Filipino choreographer in
balletic folkloric and Asian styles, produced for
over 50 years highly original, first-of-a-kind
choreographies, mostly to her own storylines.
Leonor O. Goquingco.
A choreographer, dance educator and researcher,
spent almost four decades in the discovery and study
of Philippine folk and ethnic dances.
Lucrecia R. Urtula
Through the Ramon Obusan Folkloric
Grop (ROFG), he had effected cultural
and diplomatic exchanges using the
multifarious aspects and dimensions of
the art of dance.Ra
Ramon A. Obusan
As a dancer, choreographer, teacher and
director, she has made a lasting impact
on the development and promotion of
contemporary dance in the Philippines.
Alice Reyes
His novel Mga Ibong Mandaragit, first written by
Hernandez while in prison, is the first Filipino
socio-political novel that exposes the ills of the
society as evident in the agrarian problems of the
50s.
Amado V. Hernandez
According to him “Art is a miraculous flirtation with Nothing!
Aiming for nothing, and landing on the Sun.”
Jose Garcia Villa
Considered as one of the finest contemporary poets regardless of
race or language.
Jose Garcia Villa
“Before 1521 we could have been anything and everything not Filipino;
after 1565 we can be nothing but Filipino.” ― Culture and History, 1988
Is regarded by many as the most distinguished Filipino writer in English
writing so variedly and so well about so many aspects of the Filipino.
Nick M. Joaquin
It is common knowledge that he was the first Asian president of the
United Nations General Assembly, then Philippine Ambassador to
Washington, D.C., and later minister of foreign affairs.
Carlos P. Romulo
A writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist and teacher,
is one of the most important progenitors of the
modern Filipino short story in English.
He pioneered the development of the short story as a
lyrical prose-poetic form.
Francisco Arcellana
Also known as N.V.M Gonzales.
Among the many recognitions, he won the First
Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940, received the
Republic Cultural Heritage Award in 1960 and the Gawad
CCP Para sa Sining in 1990.
Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzales
A biographer, has the distinction of having written one
of the earliest biographies of Jose Rizal titled The
Great Malayan.
Carlos Quirino
A poet, fictionist, teacher and literary critic is one of the finest
Filipino writers in English whose works are characterized by a
remarkable fusion of style and substance, of craftsmanship and
insight.
Born on April 22, 1919 in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, her
poems are intricate verbal transfigurations of significant
experiences as revealed, in two of her much anthologized
pieces, “The Little Marmoset” and “Bonsai”.
Edith L. Tiempo
also known as Rio Alma, is a
poet, literary historian and critic, who has revived
and reinvented traditional Filipino poetic forms,
even as he championed modernist poetics. In 34
years, he has published 12 books of poetry, which
include the seminal Makinasyon and
Peregrinasyon, and the landmark trilogy
Doktrinang Anakpawis, Mga Retrato at
Rekwerdo and Muli, Sa Kandungan ng Lupa.
Virgilio S. Almario
“You cannot be a great writer; first, you have to be a
good person”
Alejandro R. Roces
As a librettist for the Tales of the Manuvu and Rama Hari, he
pioneered the creative fusion of fine arts and popular imagination. As
a scholar, his major books include the following: Tagalog Poetry,
1570-1898: Tradition and Influences in its Development; Philippine
Literature: A History and Anthology, Revaluation: Essays on
Philippine Literature, Writing the Nation/Pag-akda ng Bansa
Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera
Prize-winning writer_____ developed the social realist
tradition in Philippine fiction.
Lazaro Francisco
a poet, fictionist and
essayist with exceptional achievements and
significant contributions to the development
of the country’s literary arts. He is
acknowledged by peers and critics, and the
nation at large as the foremost writer of his
generation.
Cirilo F. Bautista
versatile musician, composer, music
educator was the last of the musical triumvirate, two of
whom were Nicanor Abelardo and Francisco Santiago,
who elevated music beyond the realm of folk music.
Antonio J. Molina
Her performance was hailed as
the “most sublime interpretation of the part”. This is all the more
significant because it happened at a time when the Philippines and its
people were scarcely heard of in Europe.
Jovita Fuentes
vigorously pursued a musical
career that spanned seven decades of unwavering
commitment to advancing the frontiers of Philippine music. In
1935, Buenaventura joined Francisca Reyes-Aquino to
conduct research on folksongs and dances that led to its
popularization.
Antonio R. Buenaventura
as educator, composer, performing artist,
administrator and cultural entrepreneur of national and international
caliber, had involved herself wholly in sharpening the Filipino audience’s
appreciation of music.
Lucresia R. Kasilag
is a master composer, conductor, and
teacher whose music evokes the folk elements of the Filipino
heritage. Cousin to “Botong” Francisco,
Lucio D. San Pedro
composer, musicologist, teacher and
performer, explored the musicality of the Filipino deeply
Jose M. Maceda
is a prolific lyricist and composer for decades.
He effortlessly translated/wrote anew the lyrics to
traditional melodies: “O Maliwanag Na Buwan” (Iloko),
“Ako ay May Singsing” (Pampango), “Alibangbang” (Visaya)
among others.
Levi Celerio
highly esteemed for her
achievements as choirmaster and choral arranger. Two
of her indispensable contributions in culture and the
arts include the founding of the Philippine Madrigal
Singers and the spearheading of the development of
Philippine choral music.
Prof. Andrea O. Veneracion
a seasoned musician born in May 10,
1936 in Malolos, Bulacan. A composer, film scorer,
musical director and music teacher, he wrote an
outstanding and memorable body of works that resonate
with the Filipino sense of musicality and which embody
an ingenious voice that raises the aesthetic dimensions
of contemporary Filipino music.
Ernani J. Cuenco
A prime
figure in the second generation of Filipino
composers in the modern idiom, Santos
has contributed greatly to the quest for
new directions in music, taking as basis
non-Western traditions in the Philippines
and Southeast Asia.
Ramon P. Santos
director for theater and film, has the
distinction of being called “The Boy Wonder of Philippine Movies”
as early as 1939.
Lamberto V. Avellana
In the decades before and after World War II when Philippine
society was being inundated by American popular culture,
Conde invested local cinema with a distinct cultural history of
its own through movies that translated onto the silver screen
the age-old stories that Filipinos had told and retold from
generation to generation for at least the past one hundred
years. A
Manuel Conde
His first directorial job was “Ama’t Anak” in which he
directed himself and his brother Tito Arevalo. The movie got good
reviews. De Leon’s biggest pre-war hit was “Ang Maestra” which
starred Rogelio de la Rosa and Rosa del Rosario with the still
unknown Eddie Romero as writer.
Gerardo De Leon
He also directed for theater with equal zeal and served in
organizations that offer alternative visions, like the Philippine
Educational Theater Association (PETA) and the Concerned Artists of
the Philippines (CAP). At the same time, he garnered awards and
recognition from institutions like the CCP, FAMAS, TOYM, and Cannes
Film Festival.
Lino R. Brocka
was a filmmaker of the first order
and one of the very few who can be truly called a
maestro. Critics have hailed him as “the genius of
Philippine cinema.”
Ishmael Bernal
, is a screenwriter, film director and producer, is the
quintessential Filipino filmmaker whose life is devoted to the art
and commerce of cinema spanning three generations of
filmmakers. His film “Ganito Kami Noon…Paano Kayo
Ngayon?,” set at the turn of the century during the revolution
against the Spaniards and, later, the American colonizers, follows
a naïve peasant through his leap of faith to become a member of
an imagined community. Also Noli Me Tangere
Eddie S. Romero
was a
cultural icon of tremendous audience impact and cinema artist and
craftsman–as actor, director, writer and producer.*
Fernado Poe Jr.
architect, teacher and civic leader, is a
pioneer and innovator in Philippine architecture. In
essence, Nakpil’s greatest contribution is his belief that
there is such a thing as Philippine Architecture, espousing
architecture reflective of Philippine traditions and culture.
Juan F. Nakpil
pioneered modern Philippine
architecture. His basic design is grounded on simplicity, no
clutter. The lines are clean and smooth, and where there are
curves, these are made integral to the structure. Pablo Jr.
points out, “For our father, every line must have a meaning, a
purpose.
Pablo S. Antonio
reshaped the urban landscape with a
distinctive architecture reflective of Philippine Art and
Culture. He believes that the true Philippine Architecture is
“the product of two great streams of culture, the oriental and
the occidental… to produce a new object of profound
harmony.”
Leandro V. Locsin
 Notwithstanding his affinity to
liturgical structures, he greatly excelled in secular
works: 36 office buildings, 4 hotels, 2, hospitals, 5
low-cost and middle-income housing projects; and
more than 270 residences – all demonstrating his
typological versatility and his mastery of
modernist architectural vocabulary.
Jose Maria V. Zaragoza
As the acknowledged guru of contemporary Filipino theater
design, Bernal shared his skills with younger designers through
his classes at the University of the Philippines and the Ateneo
de Manila University, and through the programs he created for
the CCP Production Design Center which he himself
conceptualized and organized.
To promote and professionalize theater design, he organized the
PATDAT (Philippine Association of Theatre Designers and
Technicians) in 1995 and by way of Philippine Center of OISTAT
(Organization Internationale des Scenographes, Techniciens et
Architectes du Theatre), he introduced Philippine theater design
to the world.
Salvador F. Bernal
is the
forerunner in institutionalizing “legitimate theater” in the Philippines.
Taking up courses and graduate degrees abroad, he honed and shared his
expertise with his countrymates.
Severino R. Montano
