2. Arts in the
Philippines:
1.Painting
• Watercolor Paintings
• Portrait Paintings
• Landscape Paintings
2.Dance
Types of Dance
• Cordillera
• Tribal Dance
3.Weaving
Types of Weaving
• Dagmay
• Hablon
• Piña
• Pinilian
4.Sculpting
5.Pottery
6.Past Noble Filipino Artists’ works
• Fernando Amorsolo
• Antipolo Fiesta
• Felix Hidalgo
• La barca de Aqueronte
3. WHAT IS ART?
ART IS A HIGHLY
DIVERSE RANGE
OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES
ENGAGED IN CREATING
VISUAL, AUDITORY, OR
PERFORMED
ARTIFACTS.
4. WHAT IS
PAINTING?
A PAINTING IS AN IMAGE
(ARTWORK) CREATED USING PIGMENTS
(COLOR) ON A SURFACE ( GROUND) SUCH
AS PAPER OR CANVAS. THE PIGMENT MAY
BE IN A WET FORM, SUCH AS PAINT, OR A
DRY FORM, SUCH AS PASTELS. PAINTING
CAN ALSO BE A VERB, THE ACTION OF
CREATING SUCH AN ARTWORK.
5. WATERCOLOR
PAINTING
WATERCOLOR PAINTS, A WATER-
BASED MEDIUM, COMPRISE OF
PIGMENT MIXED WITH A BINDER
(SUCH AS NATURAL GUM ARABIC
OR SYNTHETIC GLYCOL). THEN
THE PAINTS MIX WITH WATER TO
PRODUCE A TRANSLUCENT
PAINTING MATERIAL THAT IS
THEN BRUSHED ONTO PAPER.
THE PIGMENT IS SUSPENDED IN
THE BINDER IN DEGREES OF
TRANSPARENCY.
6. PORTRAIT
PAINTING
PORTRAIT PAINTING IS
A GENRE IN PAINTING, WHERE THE INTENT
IS TO REPRESENT A SPECIFIC HUMAN
SUBJECT. THE TERM 'PORTRAIT PAINTING'
CAN ALSO DESCRIBE THE ACTUAL PAINTED
PORTRAIT. PORTRAITISTS MAY CREATE
THEIR WORK BY COMMISSION, FOR PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE PERSONS, OR THEY MAY BE
INSPIRED BY ADMIRATION OR AFFECTION
FOR THE SUBJECT. PORTRAITS OFTEN
SERVE AS IMPORTANT STATE AND FAMILY
RECORDS, AS WELL AS REMEMBRANCES.
7. LANDSCAPE
PAINTING
LANDSCAPE PAINTING, THE DEPICTION OF
NATURAL SCENERY IN ART. LANDSCAPE
PAINTINGS MAY CAPTURE MOUNTAINS,
VALLEYS, BODIES OF WATER, FIELDS,
FORESTS, AND COASTS AND MAY OR MAY
NOT INCLUDE MAN-MADE STRUCTURES AS
WELL AS PEOPLE.
8. WHAT IS DANCE?
DANCE IS A PERFORMING ART FORM,
WHICH CONSISTS OF SEQUENCES OF
MOVEMENT.
THESE SEQUENCES CAN BE PRE-
PLANNED (CHOREOGRAPHED), OR
IMPROVISED (MADE UP AS THE DANCER
IS DANCING).
THE VALUE OF DANCE IS THAT IS IT CAN
HAVE BOTH AESTHETIC (WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE) AND SYMBOLIC (HOW IT MAKES
YOU FEEL) MERIT TO THE AUDIENCE.
9. WHAT IS CORDILLERA
DANCE?
SALISID – KALINGA, CORDILLERA THIS
IS A COURTSHIP DANCE THAT
SYMBOLIZES A ROOSTER TRYING TO
ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF A HEN.
THIS IS PERFORMED AND PORTRAYED
BY BOTH MALE AND
FEMALE DANCERS AS THE ROOSTER
AND HEN RESPECTIVELY.
THE DANCE STARTS WHEN EACH OF
THEM ARE GIVEN A PIECE OF CLOTH
KNOWN AS “AYOB” OR “ALLAP”.
10. WHAT IS TRIBAL DANCE?
FILIPINO TRIBAL DANCE
INCLUDES THE REPERTORY OF
SACRED AND SECULAR
TRADITIONAL DANCES OF THE
PHILIPPINES, NOTABLE FOR ITS
COMBINATION OF GRACE AND
VIGOR. IN THE SOUTHERN
REGIONS, THE TRIBES OF
MINDANAO CREATE DANCES
THAT DIRECTLY REFLECT THEIR
RICH NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
11. WHAT IS WEAVING?
WEAVING IS THE TEXTILE ART IN
WHICH TWO DISTINCT SETS OF
YARNS OR THREADS - CALLED
THE WARP AND WEFT - ARE
INTERLACED WITH EACH OTHER
AT RIGHT ANGLES TO FORM A
FABRIC OR CLOTH. THE WARP
THREADS RUN LENGTH-WAYS
ON THE PIECE OF CLOTH, WHILE
THE WEFT RUNS HORIZONTALLY.
12. WHAT IS DAGMAY?
AUGUST 17, 2020 BY BERTO
“DAGMAY” IS THE HANDWOVEN
TEXTILE OF THE MANDAYA, MADE
FROM ABACA. MAKING IT
INVOLVES A MUD-DYEING
TECHNIQUE. THE MANDAYA
WOMEN THEN WEAVE THE FIBER
INTO INTRICATE FIGURES AND
PATTERNS DEPICTING THEIR
FOLKLORES AND BELIEFS.
13. WHAT IS HABLON?
HABLON, TAKEN FROM THE
HILIGAYNON WORD “HABOL,”
MEANING “TO WEAVE,” REFERS TO
BOTH THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE
FABRIC AND THE END PRODUCT. IT IS
TRADITIONALLY MADE OF LOCALLY-
MADE FIBERS SUCH AS PIÑA, ABACA,
AND COTTON. THIS HAND-WOVEN
WORLD-CLASS TEXTILE IS FAMOUS
FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL AND ARTISTIC
COLOR COMBINATION, DESIGN, AND
HIGH QUALITY.
14. WHAT IS PIÑA WEAVING?
PIÑA (TAGALOG PRONUNCIATION:
[PɪˈNJA] PI-NYAH) IS A TRADITIONAL
PHILIPPINE FIBER MADE FROM THE
LEAVES OF THE PINEAPPLE PLANT.
PINEAPPLES ARE INDIGENOUS TO
SOUTH AMERICA BUT HAVE BEEN
WIDELY CULTIVATED IN THE
PHILIPPINES SINCE THE 17TH
CENTURY, AND USED FOR WEAVING
LUSTROUS LACE-LIKE LUXURY
TEXTILES KNOWN AS NIPIS FABRIC.
THE NAME IS DERIVED FROM SPANISH
PIÑA, MEANING "PINEAPPLE".
15. WHAT IS PINILIAN
WEAVING?
PINILIAN. A TYPE OF BINAKUL
WEAVE THAT MEANS “CHOSEN” AND USES
A COMPLICATED BROCADE WEAVE
WHERE STICKS ARE INSERTED ON
CHOSEN WARP (LENGTHWISE) THREADS.
THESE CREATE DESIGNS THAT “FLOAT” ON
THE THREADS, GIVING THE WEAVE A
THREE-DIMENSIONAL QUALITY. DESIGNS
ARE MOSTLY REPRESENTATIVE OF
NATURE AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
16. SCULPTING
SCULPTING IS THE PROCESS
OF CREATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL
OBJECTS BY CARVING, FORMING,
AND MODIFYING CLAY, WAX, OR
OTHER PLIABLE MATERIALS. THE
TERM SCULPTING IS SOMETIMES
USED FOR OTHER PROCESSES
SUCH AS MODELING IN CLAY, BUT
SCULPTORS SOMETIMES ALSO USE
THE TERM FOR OTHER MATERIALS
SUCH AS WAX.
17. POTTERY
POTTERY IS A FORM OF ART AND
CRAFT THAT HAS BEEN PRACTICED
IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR
CENTURIES. IT INVOLVES THE
SHAPING AND FIRING OF CLAY INTO
A VARIETY OF FUNCTIONAL AND
DECORATIVE OBJECTS, SUCH AS
BOWLS, PLATES, VASES, AND
FIGURINES. POTTERY HAS A RICH
HISTORY IN THE PHILIPPINES, WITH
EVIDENCE OF ITS EXISTENCE
DATING BACK TO THE NEOLITHIC
PERIOD.
18. WHAT IS WOOD CARVING?
WOOD CARVING IN THE PHILIPPINES IS
A TRADITION DATING BACK TO PRE-
COLONIAL TIMES. NATIVE FILIPINOS
CARVED BOATS, PLOWS, ARROWS,
SPEARS, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL
ITEMS, OFTEN CREATING ORNAMENTAL
PATTERNS FOR THE USE OF THE
TRIBAL HIERARCHY AND TO
CELEBRATE SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
19. WHAT IS BASKETRY?
PHILIPPINES BASKETS ARE
CONSTRUCTED FROM BAMBOO AND
RATTAN AND OFTEN A COMBINATION OF
THE TWO. PLAITING AND TWINING
PRODUCES A WIDE RANGE OF SIZES AND
FORMS. FILIPINOS USE BASKETS FOR
TRANSPORTATION AND FARM WORK,
FOOD SERVICE AND STORAGE, FISHING
AND TRAPPING, CLOTHING, AND TO
CARRY PERSONAL ITEMS.
20. WHAT IS KUNTAO?
KUNTAO (SOMETIMES SPELLED
KUNTAW, KUNTAU, KUN TAO,
EVEN KUEN TAO AMONG A FEW
OTHER WAYS IN SE ASIA, IS
AN ANCIENT FILIPINO WARRIOR
SYSTEM CONSIDERED TO BE
INDIGENOUS TO THE
PHILIPPINES THAT CONSISTS OF
A VERY VICIOUS APPROACH TO
ENGAGING IN A CONFLICT.
21. Past Noble Filipino Artists’ works
• Fernando Amorsolo
• Antipolo Fiesta
• Felix Hidalgo
• La barca de Aqueronte
22. WHO IS FERNANDO
AMORSOLO?
FERNANDO CUETO AMORSOLO
(BORN FERNANDO AMORSOLO Y
CUETO; MAY 30, 1892 – APRIL 24,
1972) WAS A PORTRAITIST AND
PAINTER OF RURAL PHILIPPINE
LANDSCAPES. NICKNAMED THE
"GRAND OLD MAN OF PHILIPPINE
ART," HE WAS THE FIRST-EVER
TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A
NATIONAL ARTIST OF THE
PHILIPPINES.
24. WHO IS FELIX
HIDALGO?
FELIX HIDALGO IS KNOWN
FOR IMPRESSIONIST
PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE AND
RELIGIOUS SUBJECT
PAINTING. FÉLIX
RESURRECCIÓN HIDALGO Y
PADILLA WAS A FILIPINO
ARTIST.
25. LA BARCA DE AQUERONTE
LA BARCA DE AQUERONTE,
TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH AS THE
BOAT OF CHARON OR CHARON'S
BOAT, IS AN 1887 OIL ON CANVAS
AND ALLEGORICAL PAINTING BY
AWARD-WINNING FILIPINO PAINTER
FÉLIX RESURRECCIÓN HIDALGO.
THE WORK WAS A GOLD MEDALIST
DURING THE EXPOSICION GENERAL
DE LAS FILIPINAS (INTERNATIONAL
PHILIPPINE EXPOSITION) IN
MADRID.
