Teacher : JERMER U.

TABONES
Core Subject Title: Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Region

CONTENT: INTEGRATIVE ART AS APPLIED TO CONTEMPORARY

ART
TOPIC: Combination of Different Art forms as seen in Modern times
CONTENT STANDARD: The learner demonstrates:
appreciation of contemporary art forms, found in the various
regions by understanding the elements and principles
HOURS : 16 Hours

TOPIC : Combination of Different Arts

Introduction
The arts of the Philippines s refers to the works of art have developed and accumulated in the Philippines from the
beginning of civilization in the country up to the present era. It reflects to its society and non-Filipinos the side range of
cultural influences on the country’s culture and how these influences honed the country’s arts. The art of the Philippines
can refer to the visual arts, performing arts, textile at tradition, literature, dance, pottery and other art forms in the
country.

Painting
Artistic paintings were introduced to Filipinos in the 16 th century when the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines. During
this time, the Spaniards used paintings as visual aid for their religious propaganda to spread Catholicism throughout the
Philippines, These paintings, appearing mostly on church walls, featured appearing in Catholic teachings. IN short, due to
Spanish occupations of Philippines and the Church’s supervision of Filipino art, the purpose of most paintings in the
Philippines from the 16th to the 19th century were to aid the Catholic Church.
In the early 19th century , wealthier, educated Filipinos introduces more secular Filipino art, causing art in the Philippines
to deviate from religious motifs. The use of watercolour paintings increased and the subject matter of painting began to
include landscapes, Filipino inhabitants, Philippine fashion, and government officials. Portrait paintings featured the
painters themselves, Filipino jewelry, and native furniture. The subject of landscape paintings featured artists’ names
painted ornately as well as day-to-day scenes of average Filipinos partaking in their daily tasks. These paintings were
done on canvass, wood and a variety of metals.
During World War II, some painters focused their artwork on the effects of war, including battle scenes, destruction and
the suffering of the Filipino people.
Dance
There are numerous types of Filipino dances, varying in influence, from the country’s regions. Types of Filipino dance
include Cordillera, Muslim, tribal, rural and Spanish style dances.
Within the Cordilleras’ dances, there are the Banga, Bendayan, Lumagen/Tachok, Manmanok, Ragrsakan, Salisid, Talip,
Tarektek, and Uyao/Uyauy.
Banga – dance shows the grace and the strength of the women in the Kalinga tribe. Women performing the
Banga balance heavy pots on their heads while dancing to the beat of wind chimes. This mimics Kalinga women
collecting and transporting water.
Lumagen or Tachok - is performed to celebrate happy occasions. When Lumagen is performed, it is meant to
symbolized flying birds and is musically paired ti the beat of gongs,
Salisid - another cordillera dance, is the dance to show courtship. In the Salisid dance, a male and a female
performers represent a rooster attempting to attract a hen.
Tribal Dances include Malakas at Magandam Kadal Blehah, Kadal Tahaw, Binaylan, Bagobo Rice Cycle, and Dugso.
Malakas at Maganda – is a national folklore dance. It telss the story of the origin of the Filipino people
on the islands.
Binaylan Dance – tells the story of a hen, the hen’s baby , and a hawk. In this dance, the hawk is saud to
control a tribe’s well-being, and is killed by hunters after attempting to harm the hen’s baby.

Traditional Filipino dances are Tinikling and Binasuan :

Tinikling - is a unique folk dance, where assistants take two long bamboo sticks rapidly and in rhythm,
clap sticks for dancers to artistically and daringly try to avoid getting their feet caught between them ,
Singkil – in the southern part of the Philippines is popular. Using long bamboo poles found in tinikling;
however, it is primarily a dance showing off lavish Muslim royalty. In this dance, there are four bamboo sticks arranged
in a tic-tac toe pattern in which the dancers exploit every position of thee clashing sticks, Dancers can be found trying to
avoid all 4 bamboo sticks all together in the middle . They can also try to dance an entire rotation around in the middle
avoiding all sticks, Usually these stick dances performed in teamwork fashion not solo. The Singkil dance is identifiable
with the use of umbrellas and silk clothing.

WEAVING
Philippines weaving involves many threads being measured, cut and mounted on a wooden platform, The threads are
dyed and weaved in a loom.
Before Spanish colonization, native Filipinos weaved using fibers from abaca, pineapple, cotton and bark cloth, Textiles,
clothes, rugs and hats were weaved.
Baskets also weaved and used as vessels of transport and storage and for hunting, These baskets were used to transport
grain, store food and catching fish, They also weaved to make just about all of the clothing that was worn.
They weaved rugs that they used for quilts and bedding. The quality of the quilt/ bedding were as based on how soft,
how tight together and the clean pattern. The patterns were usually thick stripes with different colors with a nice
pattern.
However, during Spanish colonization, Filipinos used fabric called to weaved while clothing, These were weaved with
decorative, flower designs.

POTTERY
Traditional pot-making in certain areas of the Philippines would use clay found near the Sibalom River. Molding the clay
required the use of wooden paddles, and the clay had to be kept away from Sunlight.Native Filipinos created pottery
since 3500 years ago. They used these ceramics jars to hold the deceased.
Other pottery used to hold remains of the deceased were decorated with anthropomorphic designs. These
anthropomorphic earthenware pots date back to 5BC. – 225 A>D> and had pot covers shaped like human heads,
Filipino pottery had other uses as well. During the Neolithic period of the Philippines, pottery ws made for water vessels,
plates, cups and for many other uses.

Kalinga Pottery - ceramic vessels of Kalinga are divided into three types :
Rice Cooking (Ittoyom ) – according to Skibbo, the rice cooking pots are usually larger, thinner and have a smaller
opening than Vegetable / Meat Cooking ( Oppaya) and on the other hand, water storage (Immoso pots) have an average
and uniform size and a smaller neck size.
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