the development of Philippine arts Flashcards
Philippine Art comes in three major traditions
Ethnic Tradition, Spanish Colonial Tradition, and the American Colonial and Contemporary Traditions.
forms are primarily influenced by the geographical location and the experiences of the Filipinos
ETHNIC TRADITION/PRE COLONIAL PERIOD
4 types of visual arts during ethnic period
pottery, weaving, wood carving, and metal crafting
folk literature
folk speeches, songs, and narratives
theater arts (ethnic)
tribal presentations and rituals were the early theatrical performances depicting their beliefs.
instruments like the bamboo flutes and brass gongs
replace the Philippine indigenous arts with Western art forms.
SPANISH COLONIAL TRADITION
influenced the art in the Philippines under the Spanish regime
Religion and secularization
the ones supervising the practices of arts in the country with their agenda of propagating Christianity and maintaining the power of colonizers.
The friars
the literary works (spanish) could classified into 2
religious and secular prose and poetry.
Theater arts (spanish)
secular and religious plays like the “komedya” became popular.
Choreography (spanish)
religious dances commonly performed to venerate patrons and saints proliferated
In visual arts (spanish)
Spaniards introduced painting and sculpture which mostly depicted religious subject matters.
the Spaniards introduced the (instrument)
the piano, and other Western instruments. Bands and orchestra multiplied as the zarzuelas and operas became prevalent.
Modern art refers to the practice of art in the
1860s-1960s.
Contemporary art refers to
the recent and current practice of art ranging from the 1970’s up to the present. It mirrors the society and culture of the present times.
