Arts of the Philippines cover a variety of forms of
entertainment. Folk art and Primitive art consist 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 post- modernism that illustrated Philippine culture, nature and harmony ► Fernando Zóbel – used realities and abstract on his work. Examples of Paintings by Early Modernist Painters
The Blood Compact by Juan Luna
Painting of Señora 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