Philippine ArtArts of the Philippines cover a variety of forms of

entertainment. Folk art and Primitive art consist of classic and modern features

that flourished as a result of European and Indigenous influences

Folk Art

• 17th century during the Spanish period

• Earliest paintings: religious imagery • 19th and 20th century : mixture of religious,

political and landscape artworks

(sweetness, dark, and light)

• Some Early Modernist Painters ►Damian Domingo – religious and

secular paintings

► Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo – showed a trend for poitical statement

►Fernando Amorsolo – used post- modernism that illustrated Philippine culture, nature and harmony

► Fernando Zóbel  – used realities and abstract on his work.

Folk Art

Painting of Señora del Santissimo Rosario by Damian Domingo

The Blood Compact by Juan Luna

Examples of Paintings by Early Modernist Painters

Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho by Felix Hidalgo

Fruit Gatherer by Fernando Amorsolo

• Boy with kite by Fernando Zobel

ITNEG tribes:• intricate weaving production– binakol is a blanket which features optical

illusion designs

a.) Ga'dang tribes – bright red tones ; beaded ornamentations

b.) Ilongot – jewelry from pearl, red hornbill beak, plants and metals.

Itneg and Mindanao Tribal art

• MINDANAO tribes:

– B'laan, Mandaya, Mansaka and T'boli– skilled in art of dyeing abaca fibre – Ikat – fibre dyeing method– Ikat textiles are woven into geometric

patterns with human, animal and plant pictorial themes.

Itneg and Mindanao Tribal art

Kut-kut art

• A technique combining ancient Oriental and European art process

• considered lost art and highly collectible art form.

• practiced by the indigenous tribe of Samar Island

• an exotic Philippine art form based on early century techniques – sgraffito– Encaustic– layering.

• The merging of these ancient styles produces a unique artwork characterized by delicate swirling interwoven lines, multi-layered texture and an illusion of three-dimensional space.

Kut-kut art

Examples of Kut-kut art

ISLAMIC ART IN THE PHILIPPINES

• Two main artistic-styles:– Curve-line woodcarving (women)– Metalworking called okir (men)• Tausug and Sama-Bajau – boat-like

imagery

• Maranaos make similar carvings– on housings called torogan

• Weapons made by Muslim Filipinos are skillfully carved

ISLAMIC ART IN THE PHILIPPINES