National Artists in The Philippines
National Artists in The Philippines
National Artists in The Philippines
in the
Philippines
Understanding
the National
Artist Award
LESSON 1
National Artists
Awards (NAA)
- It remains to be the
prestigious award
giving panel in the
Philippine art scene
- it was established on
1972
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Understanding the National Artist
Award
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National Artists Awards
✘ President Ferdinand
Marcos, issued Presidential
Decree No. 1001 in 1972,
establishing the NAA.
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Fernando Amorsolo
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As of the moment….there are 66
awardees
Dance literature
Music
theatre
architecture, design
and allied arts
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Works of National Artists in
Public Spaces: A Look at UP
Diliman
- Created UP Diliman’s
University Icon “Oblation”
- a geometric sculpture
portraying a nude male with
hands extended in an Awarded on 1973
expression of sacrifice and
freedom
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Guillermo Tolentino's Oblation
(1935)
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Jorge B. Vargas Gallery in UP
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Jorge B. Vargas Gallery in UP
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Abdulmari Asia Imao
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Benedicto Cabrera
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“Variations of Sabel” 2015
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Jose Joya & Napoleon
Abueva
Jose – a painter
Napoleon – a sculptor
created collaborative pieces
which later
adorned the UP’s visual arts
heritage
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Jose Joya
He created a mural in the Virata
School of Business
titled “Barter of Panay” (1978)
- composed of alternating zones
of black, white, orange, brown,
and golden yellow in an Abstract
Expressionist style Awarded on 2003
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“Barter of Panay”- 1978
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Napoleon Abueva
created abstract sculpture
“Spirit of Business” (1979)
looks like something pulled out
from science fiction as it
consists of a metal disk with
jagged spikes extending from it
Awarded on 1976
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“Spirit of Business”-1979
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The Church of the Holy
Sacrifice in UP Diliman
- inaugurated in 1955
- credited as the first
Catholic Church in the
country to be known for its
Leandro Locsin
mathematical complex
Awarded on 1990
computation
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Church of the Holy Sacrifice
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Stations of the Cross
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Jose Maceda
a leading composer,
musician and
ethnomusicologist
Declared as National
Artist for Music
Composed the
“pagsamba”
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Jose Maceda
Pagsamba was composed of hundreds of
mixed voices of indigenous musical
instruments, such as bamboo buzzers,
clappers and whistle flutes; and a prayer
sung in Tagalog was incorporated.
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Jose Maceda
He also created the UP Center of
Ethnomusicology in the Philippines and
Southeast Asia, where he donated his valuable
collections of sound recordings, field notes, and
other material on ethnomusicology.
The UNESCO Memory of the World recognised
the importance of the Maceda Archives.
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Traditions and
Collaborative
Works of National
Artists
Lesson 2
TASK 3
Google Classroom
Make a ”Virtual
Museum” of
your Best
Philippine
National Artist
with their
personal info 29
The link of your
the museum must
be “turned/hand
in” in the Google
classroom. If you
are using PPT,
just upload it in
the classroom 30