Philippine Art

Arts of the Philippines cover a variety of forms of

entertainment.
Folk artandPrimitive artconsist of classic and
modern features that flourished as a result of
European and Indigenous influences

Folk Art
17th century during the Spanish period
Earliest paintings: religious imagery
19th and 20th century : mixture of religious,
political and landscape artworks
(sweetness, dark, and light)

Folk Art
Some Early Modernist Painters
Damian Domingo religious and
secular paintings
Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo showed
a trend for poitical statement
Fernando Amorsolo used postmodernism that illustrated Philippine
culture, nature and harmony
Fernando Zbel used realities
and abstract on his work.

Examples of Paintings by Early

Modernist Painters

The Blood Compact by Juan Luna

Painting of Seora del

Santissimo Rosario by
Damian Domingo

Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al

Populacho by Felix Hidalgo

Fruit Gatherer by Fernando Amorsolo

Boy with kite by

Fernando Zobel

Itneg and Mindanao

Tribal art
ITNEG tribes:
intricate weaving production
binakol is a blanket which features optical
illusion designs
a.) Ga'dang tribes bright red tones ; beaded
ornamentations
b.) Ilongot jewelry from pearl, red hornbill beak,
plants and metals.

Itneg and Mindanao

Tribal art
MINDANAO tribes:

B'laan, Mandaya, Mansaka and T'boli

skilled in art of dyeing abaca fibre
Ikat fibre dyeing method
Ikat textiles are woven into geometric
patterns with human, animal and plant
pictorial themes.

Kut-kut art
A technique combining ancient Oriental
and European art process
considered lost art and highly collectible
art form.
practiced by the indigenous tribe of
Samar Island

Kut-kut art
an exotic Philippine art form based on
early century techniques
sgraffito
Encaustic
layering.
The merging of these ancient styles
produces a unique artwork characterized
by delicate swirling interwoven lines,
multi-layered texture and an illusion of
three-dimensional space.

Examples of Kut-kut art

ISLAMIC ART IN THE

PHILIPPINES
Two main artistic-styles:
Curve-line woodcarving (women)
Metalworking called okir (men)
Tausug and Sama-Bajau boat-like
imagery
Maranaos make similar carvings
on housings called torogan

ISLAMIC ART IN THE

PHILIPPINES
Weapons made by Muslim Filipinos are
skillfully carved