LESSON 1:

CONTEMPORA
RY ART
FORMS FROM
THE REGIONS
PHILIPPINE CONTEMPORARY
ARTS
• Philippine contemporary arts can be described into visual
arts, literary arts and performing arts.

• The Philippine Contemporary Art can be classified into

seven major art forms. These are painting, sculpture,
architecture, film, literature, music and theater, and
dance.
VISUAL ART
- is an expression of artistic ideas through images,
structures, and tactile work. Some visual artworks are
integrated which means it combines several
mediums to create new and unique artwork.

- These are the arts that meet the eye and evoke an
emotion through an expression of skill and
imagination.
VISUAL ART
Painting
Painting the expression of ideas and emotions, with
the creation of certain aesthetic qualities, in a two-
dimensional visual language. The elements of this
language– its shapes, lines, colors, tones, and
textures – are used in various ways to produce
sensations of volume, space, movement, and light on
a flat surface. The first paintings here in the
Philippines are commissioned works during Spanish
colonization.
 Luzon

The Sketch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorio_Edades
by Victorio
 Visayas

Magellan’s
Cross
by Raul Agas
http://eye-in-the-blue-sky.blogspot.com/2015/04/visayan-contemporary-art-at-kadaugan-sa.html
 Mindanao

Salaam (Peace)
by Rameer
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1056230
VISUAL ART
Sculpture
The sculpture is an art form in which hard or plastic
materials are worked into three-dimensional art
objects. Filipino sculptors came to be known in the
middle of the 19th century.
 By
Luzon

The Bonifacio Monument

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 Compact)
Sandugo (Blood
Visayas

By Napoleon Abueva

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 Durian
Six Ladies in
Mindanao

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VISUAL ART
Architecture
Architecture is the art and practice of designing and
constructing buildings (Cambridge Advanced
Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus).

In relation to that, Philippine architecture was

characterized as simple, rational, and functional. In
the 20th century, the young Filipino who studied in
American colleges and institutes introduced the
neoclassic style in building structures. However, after
World War II, real estate development started to take
place (Sandagan & Sayseng, 2016).
 Luzon

Philippines
Cultural Center of the

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 Visayas

By Leandro Locsin
Saint Andrew the Apostle Church

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 Resort
Pearl Farm Beach

By Francisco Manosa
Mindanao

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 Activity Number 1
1.Why do we need to know the different arts and crafts of Luzon?

2.What program can you suggest to the local government to preserve and promote the arts and crafts of
Luzon?

3. What are the different types of art that can be found in Visayas? Explain your answer?

4. What are the characteristics of Visayan arts?

5. What are the characteristics of art in Mindanao?

6. How important is traditional art Mindanao?

VISUAL ART
Film
Film is a form of visual art use to imitate experiences
that communicate ideas, stories, or feelings with the
use of moving images. It is also called a movie or
motion picture. Moreover, the art form that is the
result of the film is called cinema (Faber & Walters,
2003).

The film industry in the Philippines started in 1897. In

the contemporary period, martyr wife, superhero,
action, melodramas, and comedies are some of the
usual subjects and themes in the Philippine films.
 Bernal
Himala
By Ishmael
Luzon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himala
 Muro-Ami
By Marilou Diaz-Abaya
Visayas

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Muro-Ami_%28film%29
 Mendoza
Mindanao
By Brillante
Mindanao

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11519610/
LITERARY ARTS
Literary arts are an expression of
ideas through writing. Literary
arts can be categorized as
poetry, prose, and drama.
In the Philippines, literary arts are
greatly, encountered in literature.
• Poetry
is literature that is written in verse and emphasizes
the rhythmic use of words to create imagery.
• Prose
the ordinary form of spoken or written language,
without metrical structure, as distinguished from
poetry or verse.
• Drama
a composition in prose or verse presenting in
dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or
contrast of character, especially one intended to be
acted on the stage; a play.
LITERARY ARTS
Literature
According to Lombardi (2020), literature is
a term used to describe written and
sometimes spoken material. Derived from
the Latin word "litteratura" meaning
"writing formed with letters," literature
most commonly refers to works of the
creative imagination, including poetry,
drama, fiction, nonfiction, and in some
instances, journalism, and song.
 by
A Blade of Fern

Edith L. Tiempo
Luzon

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 Bonsai
Edith L.
Tiempo
All that I love It’s utter sublimation,
I fold over once A feat, this heart’s control
And once again Moment to moment
And keep in a box To scale all love down
Or a slit in a hollow post To a cupped hand’s size
Or in my shoe.

All that I love?

Why, yes, but for the moment- Till seashells are broken pieces
And for all time, both. From God’s own bright teeth,
Something that folds and keeps easy, And life and love are real
Son’s note or Dad’s one gaudy tie, Things you can run and
A roto picture of a queen, Breathless hand over
A blue Indian shawl, even To the merest child.
A money bill.
 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2608602160
Luzon
I Saw the Fall of
the
Philippines
by Carlos
P. Romulo
 Visayas

Panhayhay hin
Bungtohanon
by
Francisco Alvarado

An Higugma by
Iluminado Lucente
Mindanao
Dead Stars
by H.O. Santos
 Mindanao
by Bartolome Del Valle
Indarapatra at Sulayman

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PERFORMING ARTS
A person doing certain actions and
movements in front of an audience
that go along with sound in a space
and time is called Performing Arts.
PERFORMING ARTS
Music
Music is a collection of coordinated sound or sounds.
According to Ramon P. Santos in his article entitled
"Contemporary Music," Contemporary music in the
Philippines usually refers to compositions that have
adopted ideas and elements from twentieth-century art
music in the West, as well as the latest trends and
musical styles in the entertainment industry.

Filipino Music had already a rich and unique musical

tradition long before westerners set foot on our native
land. Music was present in every stage of our ancestors’
lives — from birth to death, in blissful or tragic times.
 Luzon
“Pastores
”
Known as “Pastores” (Shepherds), the tradition was
introduced by Spanish priests in the late-1800s, and
spread across the region and become part of the
Yuletide celebration in Bicolandia. It depicts the
shepherds’ jubilation on the birth of Jesus, and features
musical groups interpreting “Pastores a Belen”
(“Shepherds to Bethlehem”), a traditional Spanish song
whose composer is largely unknown.
 Visayas
“Pinalangga (ko)”
Dali na sa duog

nga luyag ko pagapuy-an

Hiyas man o bulawan
indi gid matupungan
Madamo nga tinuig
na nga sya ang naligaran
Daw sang-una
kun imo madum-duman
Bangod lang guid sa gugma
kag tungod sang katahom
Ikaw ang nabun-ag nga
may upod man nga likom
Indi ka guid malimtan
kun ikaw ang makit-an
Puno ka sang madamo
nga handumanan..ooooh……
 Mindanao
"Buyayang"
Buyayang buyayang
Buyayang sa tubig
Ako manakayan wa bay
katigkatig
Di na mogaud
Tukon lang kanunay
Diin mikadahik
Sa bugan ni Nene
PERFORMING ARTS
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live
performers to present the experience of a real or
imagined event before a live audience in a specific
place. The performers may communicate this
experience to the audience through combinations of
gesture, speech, song, music, or dance.
 Luzon
"Tanikalang
Ginto"
PERFORMING ARTS
Dance
Dance, the movement of the body in a rhythmic way,
usually to music and within a given space, for the
purpose of expressing an idea or emotion, releasing
energy, or simply taking delight in the movement itself.
Dances in the Philippines vary from Region to Region.
Luzon
"Banga
"
Visayas
"Kuratsa
"
Mindanao
"Singkil
"
Thank You!