This document provides an overview of traditional and contemporary art forms in the Philippines. It discusses folk art techniques like Sanikulas cookie molds, pabalot wrappers, and taka paper mache. Weaving, embroidery, bamboo carving, and palm leaf folding are also summarized. Contemporary art incorporates traditional techniques, including paintings influenced by Elito Circa that incorporate natural materials. Indigenous textiles, sarimanok woodcarvings, and Ifugao furniture are highlighted. Islamic geometric designs, Bagobo beadwork, and Samar layering techniques are briefly described. The document concludes with summaries of Philippine musical traditions like tinikling dance, as well as Spanish and native architectural styles.
This document provides an overview of traditional and contemporary art forms in the Philippines. It discusses folk art techniques like Sanikulas cookie molds, pabalot wrappers, and taka paper mache. Weaving, embroidery, bamboo carving, and palm leaf folding are also summarized. Contemporary art incorporates traditional techniques, including paintings influenced by Elito Circa that incorporate natural materials. Indigenous textiles, sarimanok woodcarvings, and Ifugao furniture are highlighted. Islamic geometric designs, Bagobo beadwork, and Samar layering techniques are briefly described. The document concludes with summaries of Philippine musical traditions like tinikling dance, as well as Spanish and native architectural styles.
This document provides an overview of traditional and contemporary art forms in the Philippines. It discusses folk art techniques like Sanikulas cookie molds, pabalot wrappers, and taka paper mache. Weaving, embroidery, bamboo carving, and palm leaf folding are also summarized. Contemporary art incorporates traditional techniques, including paintings influenced by Elito Circa that incorporate natural materials. Indigenous textiles, sarimanok woodcarvings, and Ifugao furniture are highlighted. Islamic geometric designs, Bagobo beadwork, and Samar layering techniques are briefly described. The document concludes with summaries of Philippine musical traditions like tinikling dance, as well as Spanish and native architectural styles.
This document provides an overview of traditional and contemporary art forms in the Philippines. It discusses folk art techniques like Sanikulas cookie molds, pabalot wrappers, and taka paper mache. Weaving, embroidery, bamboo carving, and palm leaf folding are also summarized. Contemporary art incorporates traditional techniques, including paintings influenced by Elito Circa that incorporate natural materials. Indigenous textiles, sarimanok woodcarvings, and Ifugao furniture are highlighted. Islamic geometric designs, Bagobo beadwork, and Samar layering techniques are briefly described. The document concludes with summaries of Philippine musical traditions like tinikling dance, as well as Spanish and native architectural styles.
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CONTEMPORARY ART
TECHNIQUES AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICES SANIKULAS COOKIES MOLD CARVINGS (PAMPANGA)
These Sanikulas Cookies are arrowroot
cookies that have image of St. Nicholas molded on it’s ergo the name of Sanikulas. St. Nicholas is also known as “The Healer” from illnesses. The molds are exceptional piece of folk’s art and rarity. The molds are made up of hardwood and are of different shapes and sizes. They would have been a carved piece and a wooden presser. PABALOT OR PASTILLAS WRAPPER CUTTING ART (BULACAN) The wrapper was made out of the delicate Japanese paper. The way to make it so delicate that the only ones with skilled hands and perfect control of their motor skills can produce the best kind. TAKA (LAGUNA) The art of “Taka” or “Taka-Making” is not an exclusive Pinoy art. Paper Mache has been around the centuries. In the Philippines, the first recorded or mention of a created “Taka” was by a woman named Maria Bengue in the 1920’s. Taka making became more popular during American Colonization period when there was excess of news print. And because Pinoy hates wasting anything, the people of Paete decided to create more Takas and even diversified into different animals not just traditional horse. PAGBUBURDA (TAAL, LUMBAN, LAGUNA) The art of embroidering is happily alive, and flourishing in the town. Although it is mostly done by the women who are wives of the farmers and fisherman, it is not uncommon to see fisherman and farmers who are also carefully and delicately embroidering floral design during their “Off-Season”. SINGKABAN OR BAMBOO ART
Singkaban is the art of shaving
bamboo into artful creations that can be used as decor for arches or the home. Singkaban is usually celebrating art. It is our sense of “Bayanihan” that inspire their art form and ensuring that art is appreciated and accessible to everyone in the community and their guests. In the celebration, Singkaban also refers to “Sining at Kalinangan ng Bulacan” (Arts and Culture of Bulacan). PUNI OR PALM LEAF FOLDING (BULACAN)
Puni or palm leaf folding was
intended to create artful toys for kids. However, Puni can also be used to create woven baskets, bags and even fans. The most common presentation of Puni art is the “Palaspas” we see every holy week. TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES TO CONTEMPORARY ART CREATIONS PAINTING Phillipine pottery has been a long tradition. Evidence of this pottery- making has been found in Sanga-Sanga, Sulu, and Laurente Cave in Cagayan. The pot could be either carving the paddle or wrapping it with cord and slapping it against the side to leave marks appeared in the pots of Masbate. The pottery that decorated with geometric cut-out, molding, cording or finger impressions, most of these were made in Batangas. Elito Circa also known as “Amang Pintor” gained recognition by using hair to make his paint brushes and reigns his painting with his blodd on the right side corner. Manunggul Jar is a ritual jar. It is an example of burial a jar. Burnay Unglazed Clay pottery of Vigan maintained along with those in Leyte and Bohol. Pintados or the “Painted People” of Visayas is also an evidence of painting that is manifested in tattoo traditon. “Naga Dragons” and “Sarimanok Carved” are manifested among the arts and architecture of Maranao. These are painted in the beautiful Panolong of their Torongans or King’s House. INDIGENOUS ART The Itneg people are known for their intricate woven fabric. The “Binakol” features design that incorporate optical illusions woven fabrics of the “Gaddang”, people usually bright red stones. Elito Circa influenced many Filipino painters, he is a folk artist of Pantabangan and a pioneer for using indigenous materials, natural raw materials including human blood. The Iumad people of Mindanao are skilled in art of dying fiber. Abaca is a plant and are used to make fiber known as “Manila Hemp”. The fiber is dyed by a method and called “Ikat”. Ikat fibers are woven into cloth with geometric patterns depicting humans animals and plant leaves. SARIMANOK The figure represents a fowl with wings, feathered tail, and a head decorated ornaments of scrolled and painted motifs of leaves, spirals and feather like forms. It usually stands on a fish and another one hangs from his break. HAGABI Hagabi is the wooden chair of Ifugao, which symbolizes his status as a citizen in their community. It depicts the wealth and power of the own in who is called “Kadanagyan” or a person who belongs to the higher status in their society. It is made of Narra or Ipil-ipil and the original design is called “Ginulding-gulding”, meaning like a goat-like head. At present hagabi may have different shapes on one end which is called “Ngiwi”, is like the head of an animal with an elongated nose and two big ears. ISLAMIC ARTS This kind of art has two main artistic style. One is carved-line, it’s associated with men. Woodcarving and metal working called “Okir”. The other style is geometric tapestries and is associated with women. An Okir design, the scroll is the dominant feature in the men’s work composed of various spiral forms. In contrasts, the zigzag, and angular forms are the dominating motifs in women’s geometric art “Okir-a- Bay” (ladies design). The most popular of the “Malong”, style is the land cap which is either dominantly red, yellow, green, blue, or violet. Often, men wear the red land cap and the women, the yellow. The “Bagobo” are proud people with proto Malayan features. These people weave abaca cloths of earth tones and make baskets that are trimmed with beads, fibers and horse’s hair; weapons made by Muslim Filipinos such as “Kampilan”, are skillfully carved. KAMPILAN KUT – KUT ART
This is technique combining Oriental and Euroean art process. It is
practiced by the indigenous people of Samar. Kut-kut is an exotic Philippine art form based on early century techniques “Sgrafitto” encaustic and layering. PERFORMING ARTS MUSIC Spanish and Filipino played a variety of instruments, includes flute, guitar, ukulele, violin, trumps and drums. They performed songs to celebrate festive dances. Modern day Philipines music featured several styles. Most music genres are contemporary Filipino rock, Filipino hip- hop, and another musical styles. Some are traditional such as Filipino folk music. DANCE Philippine folk dances include the “Tinikling” and “Carinosa”. In the southern region of Mindanao, singkil is the most popular dance showcasing the story of a prince and princess in the forest. Bamboo exploits every position of these clashing poles. ARCHITECTURE The Spanish introduced stone as housing and building materials. Spanish architecture can be found in Intramuros Manila, Vigan, Lipa Batangas, Ilo-ilo, Jaro, Zamboanga City, Bacolod and other parts in the Philippines. In the past, the nipa hut (Bahay Kubo) was the common form of housing among the native Filipinos. The architecture of other indigenous people may be characterized by angular wooden roof, bamboo is placed leafy thatching and ornate wooden carvings.