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    This document discusses Philippine art and what makes art Filipino. It notes that Philippine art reflects the country's history and the influences of Spain, America, and other Asian countries. The document examines the views of Leo Benesa, who said that depicting everyday life without idealization is closest to the Filipino spirit. It provides the example of painter Fernando Amorsolo, whose works often featured rural agricultural scenes portrayed in a realistic yet pleasant manner. While some critics question whether works influenced by Western traditions can be authentically Filipino, the document argues that art created by Filipinos today, in any medium or language, reflects their identity.

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    This document discusses Philippine art and what makes art Filipino. It notes that Philippine art reflects the country's history and the influences of Spain, America, and other Asian countries. The document examines the views of Leo Benesa, who said that depicting everyday life without idealization is closest to the Filipino spirit. It provides the example of painter Fernando Amorsolo, whose works often featured rural agricultural scenes portrayed in a realistic yet pleasant manner. While some critics question whether works influenced by Western traditions can be authentically Filipino, the document argues that art created by Filipinos today, in any medium or language, reflects their identity.

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    This document discusses Philippine art and what makes art Filipino. It notes that Philippine art reflects the country's history and the influences of Spain, America, and other Asian countries. The document examines the views of Leo Benesa, who said that depicting everyday life without idealization is closest to the Filipino spirit. It provides the example of painter Fernando Amorsolo, whose works often featured rural agricultural scenes portrayed in a realistic yet pleasant manner. While some critics question whether works influenced by Western traditions can be authentically Filipino, the document argues that art created by Filipinos today, in any medium or language, reflects their identity.

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    4Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions (Second Edition)What Have I Learned

    So Far?1. What is the purpose of art?


    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________2. How does the form of art affect the purpose
    and message of what is being portrayed in it?
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________3. Is there really a need to depict our everyday
    lives and surroundings through art? Why or why not?
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________4. How does idealizing affect art appreciation?
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________brought by the Spaniards, Americans, and other
    Asian countries has become part of our identity that is evident in our art:
    Spanish-inspired architecture, American-influenced poetry and music, and so on. The
    migrant reality of globalization also shaped Philippine art. Across the world,
    Filipinos have adapted to foreign culture. Leo Benesa, a Filipino poet, essayist,
    and art critic, said that there is a certain characteristic of Filipino art. He
    said, “The idea was that the depiction of scenes of everyday life and the
    surroundings without idealizing them was closest in spirit to the Filipino soul and
    native soil.” As long as the work shows the Filipino way of living (e.g., spending
    a day in the market, doing laundry in the river, or attending a fiesta in the
    town), it is “closest in spirit to the Filipino soul and native soil.” But Benesa
    also said, “. . . without idealizing them,” by which he meant that the artwork
    should not be represented as perfect. Both the subject and the medium of these
    artworks dictate the authenticity of the artworks produced by Filipino artists.
    When a Filipino artist paints a farmer ploughing the fields or writes about a
    fisherman casting nets, the subject is undeniably Filipino; but the artist has to
    keep in mind that the medium of expression should portray the subject as true to
    what it is in reality. Benesa describes Amorsolo’s works as the “most expressive
    of the ethos of the race and the predominantly agricultural countryside.” Most of
    Amorsolo’s paintings depict life in the fields. The men and women are portrayed in
    hard work but with smiles in their faces. The landscape in an Amorsolo painting
    features the rural lands of the Philippines, where the scene is mostly covered by
    vegetation and nature. The combination of all these elements in Amorsolo’s body of
    work makes his artworks representative of the Filipino.Big IdeaPhilippine art
    reects our history; at the same time, our history reects our art.
    5Contemporary Philippine Art and the National Artists of the PhilippinesBeyond
    Walls 1.1 Go OnlineReflect UponWhy do you think is the agricultural countryside a
    common theme in the paintings of Amorsolo? If you were a painter during his time,
    what would your paintings show?Study the paintings by Fernando Amorsolo and
    Leonardo Da Vinci. Search online for information about these paintings. Write a
    100-word essay explaining the themes and purposes of the two paintings, as well as
    the similarities and differences between the two.Go further!Read about CCP’s 2003
    “The Mona Lisa Project.” This is about the unique interpretations of the 57 artists
    on da Vinci’s iconic painting.Palay Maiden (1920) by Fernando Amorsolo La Gioconda
    (1517) by Leonardo da VinciBenesa’s observations and claims are not to be left
    accepted and questioned. Many art critics still doubt the “Filipino-ness” of the
    artworks produced by Filipino artists. They mainly argue that the tradition where
    these works and artists are coming from makes one to question their authenticity.
    For example, the fact that our renowned painters have a Western tradition, which
    means the way that they learned and do painting (with the use of canvas,
    paintbrush, and easel) blemishes the authenticity of their works as 100% Filipino.
    In the case of Philippine literature in English, where language casts doubt on the
    “Filipino-ness” of the literary work, many regarded the works written in Filipino
    or other regional languages (Visayan, Ilocano, or Bicolano) more Filipino than
    those written in English. But as Filipinos become learned in, adept at, and even a
    master in the use of the English language, literary works, regardless of language,
    is truly Filipino.

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