lesson 3 Flashcards
His greatest contribution is espousing architecture reflective of Philippine traditions and culture. He has integrated strength, function, and beauty in the buildings that are the country’s heritage today.
Juan F. Nakpil
His major works are the Geronimo de los Reyes Building,Magsaysay Building, Rizal Theater, Capitol Theater, Captain Pepe Building, Manila Jockey Club, Rufino
Building, Philippine Village Hotel,University of the Philippines Administration and University Library, the reconstructed Rizal house in Calamba, Laguna.
Juan F. Nakpil
His basic design is grounded on simplicity, no clutter.
Pablo S. Antonio
maximum use of natural light and cross ventilation. He believes that buildings must be progressive, simple in design but dignified, true to a purpose without resorting to an applied set of aesthetics and should eternally recreate truth.
Pablo S. Antonio
shaped the urban landscape with a distinctive architecture reflective of Philippine Art and Culture.
Leandro V. Locsin
believes that the true Philippine Architecture is the product of two great streams of culture, the oriental and the occidental
Leandro Locsin
distinguished himself by pioneering the practice of landscape architecture
Ildefonso Santos, Jr
revived the forgotten art of mural painting.
Carlos “Botong” Francisco
He turned fragments of the historic past into vivid records of the legendary courage of the ancestors of his race
Carlos “Botong” Francisco
developed the backlighting technique that became his trademark where figures, a cluster of leaves, spill of hair, the swell of breast, are seen aglow on canvas
Fernando C. Amorsolo
Father of
Modern Philippine Sculpture, who has helped shape the local sculpture scene utilizing almost all kinds of materials.
Napoleon Abueva
Vicente Manansala
His paintings are described as visions of reality teetering on the edge of abstraction
He professes a preference for Cezanne and Picasso whom he says have achieved a balance of skill and artistry
Vicente Manansala
He believes that the beauty of art is in the process, in the moment of doing a particular painting, closely associating it with the act of making love. “The climax is just when it’s really finished.”
Vicente Manansala
He is remembered for his singular achievement of refining cubism in the Philippine context
Cesar Legaspi
He made use of the geometric fragmentation technique, weaving social comment and juxtaposing the mythical and modern into his overlapping, interacting forms with disturbing power and intensity.
Ceasar Legaspi
provided an understanding and awareness of the harsh social realities in the country immediately after the Second World War and contributed significantly to the rise of the nationalist spirit in the post-war era.
Hernando Ocampo
He created masterpieces that exemplify an ideal of sublime austerity in expression and form that elevated Filipino aesthetic vision to new heights of sophisticated simplicity.
Arturo Luz
created an authentic Filipino abstract idiom
Jose Joya
Most of his paintings are inspired by Philippine landscapes, such as green rice paddies and golden fields of harvest
Jose Joya
He espoused the value of kinetic energy and spontaneity in painting which became significant artistic values in
Philippine art.
Jose Joya
Artist of the Mandala Series
Jose Joya
upheld the primacy of drawing over the decorative color
Benedicto Cabrera
His solitary figures of scavengers emerging from a dark landscape were piercing stabs at the social conscience of a people long inured to poverty and dereliction
Benedicto Cabrera
His paintings are melancholic symbol of dislocation, despair and isolation–the personification of human dignity threatened by life’s vicissitudes, and the vast inequities of Philippine society.
Benedicto Cabrera
A distinguished Filipino writer in English writing so variedly and so well about so many aspects of the Filipino.
Nick Joaquin
His significance in Philippine literature involves his exploration of the Philippine colonial past under Spain and his probing into the psychology of social changes as seen by the young.
Nick Joaquin
pioneered the development of the short story as a lyrical prose-poetic form
Francisco Arcellana
For him, the pride of fiction is “that it is able to render truth that is able to present reality”.
Francisco Arcellana
His writing is the consistent espousal of the aspirations of the Filipino–for national sovereignty and social justice–that guarantees the value of his oeuvre.
F. Sionil Jose
He has always focused on the neglected aspects of the Filipino cultural heritage
Alejandro Roces
He was instrumental in popularizing several local fiestas, notably, Moriones and Ati-atihan.
Alejandro Roces
Introduced Bagay poetry
Bienvenido Lumbera
a landmark aesthetic tendency that has helped to change the vernacular poetic tradition.
Bagay poetry
said to have given the country its visual icon to the world via the terno
Ramon Vallera
He unified the components of the baro’t saya into a single dress with exaggerated bell sleeves, cinched at the waist, grazing the ankle, and zipped up at the back.
Ramon Vallera
researched on folk dances on the unrecorded forms of local celebration, ritual and sport.
Francisca Reyes Aquino
credited for introducing such innovations as the whole tone scale, pentatonic scale, exuberance of dominant ninths and eleventh cords, and linear counterpoints.
Antonio Molina
effected cultural and diplomatic exchanges using the multifarious aspects and dimensions of the art of dance.
Ramon Obusan
Her performance has been 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
His music evokes the folk elements of the Filipino heritage.
Lucio D, San Pedro
He effortlessly translated/wrote anew the lyrics to traditional melodies.
Levi Celerio
He made it to the Guinness Book of World Records as the only person able to make music using just a leaf
Levi Celerio
Tausug weaver of pis syabit
Darhata Sawabi
the traditional cloth tapestry worn as a head cover.
pis syabit
recognized as a master mat weaver among the Sama indigenous community for her unique designs, straightness of her edging (tabig), and fineness of her sasa and kima-kima.
Haja Amina Appi
T’boli traditional weaver of tinalak; or T’boli cloth made of colorful abaca fabrics.
Lang Dulay
Tagabanwa-Bagobo traditional weaver of distinct abaca fabrics called inabal.
Salinta Monon
Kalinga master of dance and the performing arts who mastered not only the Kalinga musical instruments but also the dance patterns and movements associated with his people’s ritual
Alonzo Saclag
Sulod-Bukidnon epic chanter from kalinog, Iloilo who ceaselessly works for the documentation of the oral literature, particularly the epics, of his people.
Federico Caballero
Yakan musician who is a master of the kwintangan, kayu, and tuntungan instruments.
Uwang Ahadas
Manunoo Mangyan poet who is considered as a master of the Ambahan poetry.
Ginaw Bilog
a prolific and pre-eminent epic chanter and story teller recognized for his outstanding mastery of various traditional musical instruments of the Palawan people such as basal, kulilal and bagit.
Masino Intaray
Eduardo Mutuc
an artist from Apalit, Pampanga who has dedicated his life to creating religious and secular art in silver, bronze, and wood
acclaimed kutyapi master and teacher of this instrument and is also proficient in kulintang, agong, gandingan, palendag, and tambul.
Samaon Sulaiman
