The document outlines the historical background of arts in the Philippines, divided into three sections. The first section discusses ethnic traditions influenced by geography and Filipino experiences, including dance, pottery, weaving and architecture. The second section covers Spanish colonial traditions where friars supervised the arts to propagate Christianity, introducing instruments like the piano and publishing the first book. The third section explains how American colonialism and contemporary trends like urbanization changed the arts, making them more avant-garde as Filipinos studied abroad.

1. Historical background of
CPAFR

2. Outline:
Historical Background:
1.Ethnic Traditions
2.Spanish Colonial Traditions
3.American Colonial Traditions &
Contemporary Traditions

3. ETHNIC SPANISH AMERICAN
JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY

4. •Primarily influenced by the geographical
location and the experiences of the Filipinos
(Sandagan & Sayseng, 2016)
ETHNICTRADITIONS

5. Dance

6. POTTERY

7. WEAVING

8. ARCHITECTURE

9. FOLK LITERATURES

10. •Friars were the one supervising the practice of
arts in the country with their agenda of
propagating Christianity and maintaining the
power of the colonizers (Sandagan & Sayseng,
2016)
Spanish ColonialTraditions

11. Spanish ColonialTraditions

12. dance

13. •Piano was introduced
by the Spaniards.
Spanish ColonialTraditions

14. literature
•First published book
in the Philippines.

15. architecture

16. Theatrical plays

17. •Urbanization, consumerism, rise of the middle
class, change in the political system,
secularization, and the emergence of new
technology affected the way of art making in
that period; avant-garde in nature; Filipinos
were sent abroad to study(Sandagan & Sayseng,
2016)
American colonial & Contemporary traditions

18. American colonial & Contemporary traditions

19. American colonial & Contemporary traditions

20. American colonial & Contemporary traditions

21. ACTIVITY 1.2
Create the following Folk Literatures (folk
speeches, songs and narratives)
1. Folk Speeches
2. Folk Songs
3. Folk Narratives