elements of Arts with pictures and definations...

1. Arts and Crafts
of Luzon
(Highlands and
Lowlands)

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Direction: The following are characters from different cartoon
and anime character. Identify each cartoon characters if it is a
Japanese Anime or American cartoon.

3. QUESTIONS:
1. Based on visual appearance, which picture is
closer to reality, American Cartoons or Japanese
Anime? Why?
2. .Which of the picture offer greater details of face
structure, body, dressing etc.?
3. Which do you think uses a wide range of color
variants and shades? Explain briefly your
answer.

4. Activity 1. Identify what form of art is being
shown in the pictures below.

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Activity 2. Identify the Similarities and Difference of the two-
given textile from Luzon.

6. × Similarities × Difference
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7. ARTS AND
CRAFTS OF
ILOCOS REGION
AND
CORDILLERA
ADMINISTRATIVE
REGION (CAR),
CAGAYAN
VALLEY AND
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8. Luzon was originally inhabited
by Negritos before Austronesians from
Taiwan scattered and displaced them.
The Austronesian groups were divided
into two types of nations; coastal
lowland states or highland civilizations.
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9. Highland civilizations were based in the
mountains and had built up plutocracies
based on agriculture, such as the Igorot
Society which is responsible for building
many of the rice terraces in the Cordillera
Mountains, among the most notable
being the Banaue Rice Terraces.
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10. ILOCOS REGION
Architecture
Architecture is defined to be
the art and technique of designing
and building. The practice of
architecture is employed to fulfill both
practical and expressive
requirements, and thus it serves both
utilitarian and aesthetic ends.
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11. ILOCOS REGION
Vigan, considered as the “Intramuros of the
North”, retains the Spanish colonial architecture
along its narrow and cobblestoned streets known
as Calle Crisologo.
These old Spanish-type houses have
huge, high-pitched roofs, large and rectangular
living rooms that are made of adobe, bricks, lime,
terracotta, hardwood floors, and windows of shells
framed in wooden window
panels.
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13. ILOCOS REGION
Textile
Inabel is a hand-weaving
technique using traditional wooden
looms. The different designs represent
different meanings: the dizzying
“Binakol” weave represents the waves
of the sea. They believe that it protects
them from bad spirits.
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14. ILOCOS REGION
Textile
The Inabel designs are
inspired by natural elements:
patterns that depict different
landforms, the colors of flowers
and vegetation, plaid.
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16. ILOCOS REGION
Pottery
Burnay is an unglazed earthen jar with
a small opening. It is used for storage for
water and rice grains and as a container for
salt, brown sugar, Basi (local wine), and
bagoong (fermented fish).
Potters mix fine gravel, sand, and
ashes and fire the clay to make the Burnay
heavy duty and sturdy.
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17. ILOCOS REGION
Pottery
The designs are simple.
Sometimes, curved patterns can be
found around the shoulders of the jar.
They also prick the jar with a stick
while it is still soft to make the
surface more interesting.
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CORDILLERA
ADMINISTRATIVE
REGION
(CAR)

20. KALINGA
Textile
The natives of Kalinga are skilled
weavers. One of their finest products is
their textile which is characterized by red
stripes and white yellow and black
geometrical patterns. Kalinga women wear
the wrap-around skirt or Tapis called
“Kain” which reaches below the knee. 20

21. KALINGA
Textile
The colors used in their textile
have cultural meanings: red
signifies bravery; black is for the
soil or land; white is for the flowers
of the coffee trees; yellow for the
sand; and green for the
mountains. 21

23. KALINGA
Basketry
The basketry of the Kalinga
shows their fine craftsmanship.
The Labba is a bowl-shaped
basket made from rattan, with
sizes that vary from 20-150 cm in
diameter. 23

25. KALINGA
Tattooing
Tattooing is another form
of art of the Kalingas. Because by
tradition, it usually covers the
chest and the arms, it may be
considered as clothing and
decoration.
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26. KALINGA
Tattooing
It also signifies a rite of
passage from youth to
adulthood, a mark of heroism,
and bravery, and one’s status in
the community.
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28. IFUGAO
The term Ifugao means “natives of the
Cordillera”.
Sculpture
The Bul’ ul is a wooden sculpture that
represents the rice granary spirits. It is used in
rituals that are performed to call the ancestors
to protect their rice fields from pestilence and to
ask for an abundant harvest. 28

29. IFUGAO
Sculpture
It is a carved wooden human
figure with simplified forms.The Bul’
ul is usually made of Narra wood,
which signifies wealth, happiness,
and well- being to the Ifugao
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ARTS AND CRAFTS OF
CAGAYAN VALLEY AND
CENTRAL LUZON

32. CAGAYAN VALLEY
BATANES
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The Ivatans are the people
living in the Batanes Group of
Islands. Their houses have
unique architectural forms made
up of limestone walls, reed, and
cogon roofs.

33. CAGAYAN VALLEY
BATANES
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The design and materials were
chosen because they are strong
enough to withstand the numerous
typhoons and earthquakes that hit
the group of islands because of
their geographic location

34. BATANES
VAKUL
Vakul is a headgear used by the Ivatan
women to protect them from the heat of the sun
and the rains. The men, on the other hand, wear
soot, a rain cape made from fronds that cover the
upper part of the body down from the neck. This
special clothing is made up of woven fibers of the
Vuyavuy palm – a plant similar to coconut.
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BULACAN
Bulacan arts and crafts include the
Singkaban, pastillas wrapper, fire crackers
and goldsmithing in Meycauayan
The old women cut intricately
designed pastillas wrapper with different
linear, curvilinear, and geometric patterns
that depict local floras and scenes of
everyday rural life.
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BULACAN
Singkaban is the local term for bamboo
arches designed with kayas or wood shaving.
These are used as decorative arches that adorn the
entrance to a barangay or town where a fiesta or
any grand celebration is being held.
Meycauayan, Bulacan is known for its jewelry
industry. Craftsmen fashion trinkets from precious
metals such as gold and silver, and precious and
semi-precious stones, pearls, and diamonds.
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PASTILLAS WRAPPER

39. SINGKABAN

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PAMPANGA
Pampanga is known for its giant lanterns or parol.
Its special feature is its dancing lights in several shapes,
and colors that form intricate geometric patterns. The
patterns change with the rotation of a special rotor that
controls the lights inside the parol. The parols are used to
adorn houses, streets, and buildings, not only in Pampanga
but all over the Philippines during the Christmas season.
These are created from steel frames and other
locally available materials. The Pampanga lanterns are
progressively developed as they become bigger and the
designs become more complicated.
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41. PAMPANGA’S LANTERNS

42. Activity 3. Given below are different sample artworks
from various places/ regions in Luzon. Your task is to
figure out the distinct characteristics (elements,
principles) of each artwork by comparing two or more
art samples placed side-by-side.
Clay jars called “Burnay” Kalinga Basket called “Labba”

43. “Binakol” Weaving Design “Kain” Skirt Weaving Design

44. Based on the activity, answer the following
questions.
1.How did the Filipinos artists express their
artictics expression in textiles?
2.In general, how can you describe their attire,
fabrics and tapestries, crafts and accessories, and
body ornamentation?

45. Activity 4.
Choose one (1) among the artforms given below
which you think has/have a specific resemblance to
the artforms that also exist in your locality.
Example: You are from “Compostela, Cebu”, then
you realize that the Catholic Church of Compostela
resembles that of the Tumauni Church in Isabela
because of the use of bricks in its construction, so
you will choose “architecture”. The rest of the
information can be answered through the guide
questions below.

46. “Luzon reminds me of my locality” The arts of Luzon
resemble a huge chunk of how Filipinos value arts
concerning many of our day-to-day activities. You might
have noticed that some of the arts and crafts featured in
this lesson are also found in your locality. The art forms
found in the various regions of Luzon include
architecture, sculpture, and woodworking, painting,
textile, pottery, and handicrafts, etc. In this activity, let’s
test how well you know your local art culture concerning
the arts and crafts of Luzon.”

47. 1. What artform in your locality can you compare to the Arts
of Luzon?
2. What specific art product/structure from Luzon is similar to
the product/structure in your locality?
3. How can you say that these art products/ structures from
Luzon and that of your locality are similar in terms of “art
elements” ? “art principles”?
4. Although you might think they are very similar, to what
aspects make them different?
5. Can you show that sample product/ picture of the structure
side by side with the picture of the product of Luzon?

48. Activity 5.
Answer the following question as Reflection to
the lesson.
1. What did you discover about the different arts and
crafts of Luzon?
2. How important are the arts and crafts of Luzon in our
daily living?
MY REFLECTION!
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