VARIOUS ART FORM IN THE

PHILIPPINES
 Learning Objectives

To get to know

various art form in
the Philippines.
Painting
 1.Painting & Sculpture

 Painting is the practice of

applying paint, pigment,
color or other medium to a
solid surface. The medium is
commonly applied to the base
with a brush but other
implements such as knives,
sponges and air brushes can
be used.
 BRIEF HISTORY OF
PHILIPPINE PAINTING
• ARTISTIC PAINTING WERE INTRODUCED TO
THE PHILIPPINES IN TH 19TH CENTURY WHEN
THE SPANIARDS ARRIVED IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
• THE SPANIARDS USE PAINTINGS ARE
RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA TO SPREAD
CATHOLICISM. THESE PAINTINGS
APPEARING MOSTLY ON CHURCH WALLS,
FEATURED RELIGIOUS FIGURES APPEARING
IN CATHOLIC CHURCH
IN THE EARLY19TH CENTURY
WEALTHIER, EDUCATED
FILIPINOS INTRODUCED
DIFFERENT SECULAR
FILIPINO ART CAUSING ART
TO DEVIATE FROM
RELIGIOUS MOTIFS.
 2. Sculpture

 SCULPTURE -an
artistic form in which
hard or plastic
materials are worked
into 3 dimensional art
objects.
Sculpture
 BRIEF HISTORY OF
SCULPTURE
• Filipino sculptors came to be
known in the middle of 19th
Century. Philippine sculpture
reach its peak in the works of
Guillermo Tolentino (1890-
1976). His best known
masterpiece the Bonifacio
Monument.
 3. Dance

•A series of
movements that
match the speed and
rhythm of music.
 BRIEF HISTORY OF
PHILIPPINE DANCE
• LONG BEFORE THE SPANIARDS CAME
TO THE PHILIPPINES, THE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO MOSTLY
LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS
USED FOLK DANCES IN CULTURAL
CELEBRATION, WORSHIP AND RITUAL,
THEY DANCE TO CONNECT WITH GOD
AND TO APPEASE THEIR ANCESTORS.
 4.THEATHER AND FILM
• THEATER-IS A COLLABORATIVE FORM OF FINE
ART THAT USES LIVE PERFORMERS, TYPICALLY
THE ACTORS OR ACTRESSES, TO PRESENT THE
EXPERIENCE OF A REAL OR IMAGINED EVENT
BEFORE A LIVE AUDIENCE ON STAGE
• FILM - USES MOVING PICTURES AND SOUND
THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED TO TELL STORIES
BRIEF HISTORY OF THEATER
• THE FIRST FILIPINO COMEDIA
WAS PERFORMED IN LATIN
AND SPANISH IN CEBU IN 1598.
BY 1893, ZARZUELA (FORM OF
MUSICAL THEATER) WAS
INTRODUCED
 BRIEF HISTORY OF FILM
• THE FATHER OF PHILIPPINE
CINEMA, JOSE NEPOMUCENO
OPENED A PRODUCTION
COMPANY IN 1917. HE
RELEASED THE FIRST
FILIPINO PRODUCED FILM,
DALAGANG BUKID IN 1919.
 5. MUSIC

• PATTERN OF SOUNDS
PRODUCED BY
PEOPLE SINGING OR
PLAYING
INSTRUMENTS
 BRIEF HISTORY OF MUSIC
• The United States occupied the islands
from 1898 until 1946 and introduced
American blues, folk music, R & B and
Rock and Roll which became popular . In
the late 1950’s the natives performers
adapted Tagalog lyrics for North American
Rock and Roll music.
 6. ARCHITECTURE

• The style of design and

method of construction
of buildings and other
physical structures.
BRIEF HISTORY OF
ARCHITECTURE
LITERATURE
BRIEF HISTORY OF
LITERATURE