2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Recognize the achievements and expertise of Philippines National Artists and Gawad
sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA) Awardees and their influence to the arts and
culture through a visual presentation.
2. Explore the prior- cultural influences of the Philippine National Artists and GAMABA
Awardees and how these have reflective on their work and have inspired
contemporary art scene through a photo journal notebook.
3. Interpret and relate the significance of art forms from the regions through a creative
performance.
4. Replicate the work of your preferred Philippine National Artists and GAMABA
Awardees’ through an innovative output/collage
5. Evaluate contemporary art forms from the different regions inspired from the
National Artists and GAMABA Awardees works through a critique paper.
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3. The gawad sa manlilikha ng bayan awards or GAMABA is an award that
acknowledges folk and indigenous artists who, despite the modern times,
remain the true to their traditions. It is administered by the national
commission for culture and the arts (NCCA) through gawad sa manlilikha ng
bayan committee.
GAMABA began as a project of the philippine rotary club makati- ayala. In
1992, it was adopted by the government and institutionalized through
republic act no. 7335. This award aims to support and motivate these artists
to preserve their artistic heritage for the present and future generations.
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4. 1. ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED ARTS
Juan F. Nakpil (1973)
• is a pioneer and inventor in Philippine architecture.
His greatest contribution is espousing architecture
reflective of the traditions and culture. He has
integrated strength, function, and beauty in the
buildings that are the country’s heritage today.
• Nakpil major work’s are the Geronimo de los Reyes
Building, Magsaysay Building, Rizal Theater, Capitol
Theater, Captain Pepe Building, Manila Jockey Club,
Rufino Building, Philippine Village Hotel, University
of the Philippine Administration and University
Library, the reconstructed Rizal House in Calamba,
Laguna.
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5. JUAN NAKPIL WORKS
U.P DILIMAN QUIAPO CHURCH
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6. Pablo S. Antonio (1976)
• Pioneered modern Philippine Architecture. His
basic design is grounded on simplicity, no clutter,
clean, smooth lines and curves, are made integral
to the structure.
• For him, function coma’s come first before
elegance or form. An Antonio structure is the
maximum use of natural and cross ventilation. He
believes that buildings must be progressive,
simple in design but dignified, true to a purpose
without resorting to an applied set of aesthetics
and should eternally recreate truth.
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7. PABLO S. ANTONIO WORKS
FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY WHITE CROSS ORPHANAGE
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8. Leonardo V. Locsin (1990)
• Has reshaped the urban landscape with a distinctive
architecture reflective of Philippine Art and Culture.
He believes that the true Philippine Architecture is
the product of two great streams of culture, the
oriental and the occidental.
• His mastery of space and scale, with themes of
floating volume, the duality of light and heavy,
buoyant and massive.
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9. LEONARDO V. LOCSIN WORKS
SAINT ANDREW CHURCH IN MAKATI PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
CENTER
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10. IIdefonso P. Santos, Jr. (2006)
• Distinguished himself by pioneering the practice of
landscape architecture. He produced exemplary
and engaging work with a wide range of outdoor
settings that have enhanced contemporary Filipino
life.
• He made his first mark where he introduced a new
concept of outdoor shopping with landscaped
walks, fountain and sculpture as accents.
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11. IIDEFONSO P. SANTOS, JR. WORKS
SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION BUILDING MANILA HOTEL
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12. 2. VISUAL ARTIST
Carlos “Botong” Francisco (1973) Painting
• singly- handedly revived the forgotten art of moral
painting.
• He turned fragments of the historic past into vivid
records of the legendary courage of the ancestor of
his race. Botong’s unerring eye for composition, the
lush tropical sense of color and an abiding faith in
the folk values typified the townspeople of Angono,
Rizal, became the hallmark of his art.
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14. Guillermo Estrella Tolentino (1973) Sculpture
• Is a product of the Revival period in Philippine
sculptural art. The UP Oblation
• His obra became symbol of freedom and offering
of one’s dignity, patriotism and service. Bonifacio
Monument in Caloocan stands as an enduring
symbol of Filipino’s cry freedom
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15. GUILLERMO ESTRELLA TOLENTINO WORKS
PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION MONUMNENT OBLIATION STATUE OF U.P
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16. Napoleon V. Abueva (1976) Sculpture
• Is the Father of Modern of Philippine Sculpture,
who has helped shape the local sculpture scene
utilizing almost all kind of materials.
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17. NAPOLEON V. ABUEVA WORKS
SANDUGO SIYAM NA DIWATA AT SINING
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18. Cesar Legazpi (1990) Visual Arts
• Is remembered for his singular achievements of
refining cubism in the Philippine context. His
distinctive style and daring themes contributed
significantly to the advent and eventual acceptance
of modern art of the Philippines.
• Legazpi made use of geometric fragmentation
technique, weaving social comment and juxtaposing
the mythical and modern into his overlapping,
interacting forms with disturbing power of intensity.
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19. CESAR LEGAZPI WORKS
THE GOLDEN SPRING TREE PLANTING
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20. 3. LITERATURE
Nick Joaquin (1979)
• Distinguish Filipino Writer in English
writing so variedly and so well about so
many aspects of the Filipino.
• His significance in Philippine Literature
involves his exploration in the Philippine
colonial past under Spain and his proving
in psychology of social changes as seen by
the young.
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22. Francisco Arcellana (1990)
• Pioneered the development of the short story
as a lyrical prose- poetic form. For Arcellana,
the pride of fiction is “that is able to render
truth that is able to present reality.
• He has kept alive the experimental tradition in
fiction, and has been most daring in exploring
new literary forms express the sensibility of
the Filipino people.
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24. F. Sionil Joses (2001)
• Writing is the consistent epousal of the
aspiration of the Filipino- for national soverinity
• The Filipino for national and soverinity ang social
justice. That guatantee the value of his euvre.
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25. F. SIONIL JOSES WORKS
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26. Alejandro R. Roces (2003)
• Has always focused on the neglected aspects of
the Filipino culture heritage. He brought to
public attention, the aesthetics of the country’s
fiestas.
• He was instrumental in popularizing several
locals fiestas, notably, Moriones and Ati-atihan.
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27. ALEJANDRO R. ROCES WORKS
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28. 4. DANCE
Ramon Valera (2006) Fashion Design
• Is said to have given the country its visual icon
to the world via the terno.
• He unified the components of the baro’t saya
into single dress with exagerrated bell sleeves,
ciniched at the waist , grazing the anckle up at
the back.
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30. Francisca Reyes Aquino (1973) Dance
• Researched about folk dances on the unrecord
forms of local celebration, ritual and sport.
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32. Ramon Obusan (2006) Dance
• Had effected cultural and deplomatic exchanges
using the maltifarious aspects and deminsions
of the art of dance.
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34. 5. MUSIC
Antonio J. Molina (1973)
• Is credited for introducing such innovation as
the whole tone scale, pentatonic scale,
excuberance of dominant ninths and eleventh
cords, and linear counterpoints.
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35. ANTONIO J. MOLINA WORKS
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36. ASSIGNMENTS
ACTIVITY 1: From your reading, creating a 10-15 photo journal/ scrapbook that
integrates or includes all your learning with regards to the contribution of
National Artists in Literature, Dance, Music.
(Instructions: Take pictures or videos in your outputs and please attach them in
google forms that I posted in our classroom.