Week 3 CPAR
Week 3 CPAR
CONTEMPORARY
ART FORMS FROM
THE REGIONS
DIRECTIONS: READ EACH STATEMENT
ABOUT VARIOUS ART FORMS IN THE
PHILIPPINES. WRITE THE WORD TRUE IF THE
STATEMENT IS CORRECT AND FALSE IF
OTHERWISE. WRITE YOUR ANSWER ON YOUR
ANSWER SHEET.
_______ 1. Dance, Theater and Music are kinds of visual arts.
_______ 2. Visual artworks of indigenous people are for their
entertainment only.
_______ 3. Vaudeville is one of the performance arts introduced to us
by the Americans.
_______ 4. People nowadays are experimenting and mixing forms
when it comes to contemporary arts.
_______ 5. The colonizers have a significant influence on Philippine
visual arts and is still prominent today.
Various art forms are known from the different regions or island groups of the Philippines;
generally, from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Through these various art forms, we tend to
picture out the different practices of Filipinos from the different regions that, when integrated,
describe what the Philippines is.
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. Which of the following images of art is an example of literature?
2. Which of the following images of art is an example of dance?
3. Which of the following images of art is an example of sculpture?
4. What is the significance or importance of those art works depicted
in each images?
PHILIPPINE CONTEMPORARY
ARTS
Philippine contemporary arts can be described into visual
arts, literary arts and performing arts. Visual art is an
expression of artistic ideas through images, structures, 9
and tactile work. Some visual artworks are integrated
which means it combines several mediums to create new
and unique artwork. Painting, sculpture, architecture, and
film are examples of visual arts.
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
by Victorio Edades
VISAYAS
Magellan’s Cross
by Raul Agas
Redraw by Mr. Mervin Meude
MINDANAO
Salaam (Peace)
by Rameer Tawasil
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. These are some of the sculptures in the
Philippines.
SCULPTURE
Sandugo
(Blood Compact)
By Napoleon Abueva
MINDANAO
Himala
By Ishmael Bernal
VISAYAS
Muro-Ami
By Marilou Diaz-Abaya
MINDANAO
Mindanao
By Brillante Mendoza
LITERARY ARTS
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.
Literature According to Lombardi (2020), literature is a term used to
describe written and sometimes spoken material. Derived from the
Latin word literature 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. These are some examples of
Philippine literature
LITERATURE ARTS
MUSIC AND THEATER
Music is a collection of coordinated sound or sounds. According to Ramon P.
Santos in his article entitles 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. Below are some Music from the
different Regions of our country.
MUSIC
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 12 gesture, speech,
song, music, or dance.
SOME OF THE THEATER PLAY
IN THE PHILIPPINES ARE THE
FOLLOWING.
Tanikalang Ginto
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 and below are
some dances of the different regions.
LUZON VISAYAS MINDANAO