Art Appreciation

Question 1

One of the innate qualities that “pretty art” can give is that it makes our dull, lifeless wall
come to life.

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Beauty

Question 2

There is something about art that mirrors the soul of those willing to confront it. In a
societal tone, artworks tend to echo the hopes and anxieties of an age.

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Happiness and Hope

Question 3

Today’s generation, being the “me” generation, is also sometimes tagged as the “anxious
generation”. A lot of social issues evidently reflect this struggle for identity: gender
issues, disconnectedness brought on by social media, regionalism, and even mental health
issues.

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Identify and understanding the self

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Many of the most poignant and humanistic products of art were made after the World
War II. Twentieth-century art mostly expressed human suffering and darkness in its
themes.
Throughout the years, artists have interpreted these shared human experiences in different
ways, which also help us process our grief.

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Grief and healing

Question 5

The monument of Rizal in Luneta Park is one example of a type of art that helps us
remember. Without the tangible characteristic of art, we we will not able to sustain our
nationalistic values well enough.

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Remembering and mark-making

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In the Philippines, many socially-concerned artists have emerged in the age of
modernism portraying politicians and the governments system in their most hateful
actions.

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Raising awareness

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Lastly, forms of art are often localized so that they bring identity also to certain regions.
This is very evident here in the Philippines, which is geographically separated by
thousands of islands – we are very regionalized.

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Culture and togetherness

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gives meaning, value, intensity and saturation to an object. It has series of wave lengths
which strikes our retina.

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Color (Hue)

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lightness, brightness, darkness of color

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Value-

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degree of quality, purity, and strength such as scarlet and indigo. 2 to 3 colors in things.

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Saturation-

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Properties of Colors

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Value-

Saturation-

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colors that cannot be formed from mixtures because they are pure colors.

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Primary colors-

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colors form out of combination of two primary colors.

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Secondary colors-

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colors form out of mixing one primary and one secondary.

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Intermediate colors-

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form out of combination of two secondary colors.

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Tertiary colors-

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one or two dimensional art that indicates direction, orientation, movement, and energy. It is
considered as the oldest, simplest, universal element.

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Line

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basic framework of all forms, power & delimination, strength, stability, simplicity, and
efficiency.

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Vertical line-

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creates an impression of serenity and perfect stability. Rest, calmness, peace, and
reposed.

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Horizontal line-

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it shows movement and instability. Portrays movement action.

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Diagonal line-

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it shows a gradual change of direction and fluidity. It signifies subtle form.

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Curve line-

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• it denotes the means of artists to express his ideas, it pertains to materials used to express
  feelings through art.

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Medium

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pattern, arrangement of lines, color, synchronization or connection of path that suggest
gracefulness.

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Rhythm-

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the typical expressing and training of artist and outlook in life.

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Style-

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surface and quality of object either real or made to be appeared real. It gives variety and
beauty on art.

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Structure-

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the enclosed space defined by other elements of art. shapes may take on the appearance of two-d or three- objects.

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Shape

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the composition refers to developing points of interest to pull the viewer's eye to important parts of the body of the work.

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Emphasis

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it is a sense of stability in the body of work. It can be created by repeating same shapes and by creating a feeling of equal weight.

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Balance

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achieved in a body of work by using similar elements throughout the work, harmony gives an uncomplicated look to your work.

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Harmony

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refers to the differences in the work, you can achieve variety by using difference shapes, textures, colors and values in your work.

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Variety

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adds excitement to your work by showing action and directing the viewers eye throughout the picture plane.

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Movement

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a type of movement in drawing and painting. It is seen in repeating of shapes and colors. Alternating lights and darks also give a sense of rhythm.

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Rhythm

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refers to the relationships of the size of objects in a body of work.

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Proportion or scale

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is seen in a painting or drawing when all the parts equal a whole. Your work should not appear disjointed or confusing.

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Unity

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``` Cave painting, fertility goddesses, megalithic structures ```

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``` Stone Age (30,000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) ```

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``` Lascaux Cave Painting, Woman of Willendorf, Stonehenge ```

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Mesopotamian | 3500 b.c.–539 b.c.

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Warrior art and narration in stone relief

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Mesopotamian | 3500 b.c.–539 b.c.

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Art with an afterlife focus: pyramids and tomb painting

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Egyptian (3100 | b.c.–30 b.c.)

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Imhotep, Step Pyramid, Great Pyramids, Bust of Nefertiti

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Egyptian (3100 | b.c.–30 b.c.)

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``` Greek idealism: balance, perfect proportions; architectural orders(Doric, Ionic, Corinthian) ```

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Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.–31 b.c.)

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Parthenon, Myron, Phidias, Polykleitos, Praxiteles

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Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.–31 b.c.)

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Roman realism: practical and down to earth; the arch

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Roman (500 b.c.– | a.d. 476)

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``` Augustus of Primaporta, Colosseum, Trajan’s Column, Pantheon ```

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Roman (500 b.c.– | a.d. 476)

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Serene, meditative art, and Arts of the Floating World

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Indian, Chinese, and Japanese(653 b.c.–a.d. 1900)

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Gu Kaizhi, Li Cheng, Guo Xi, Hokusai, Hiroshige

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Indian, Chinese, and Japanese(653 b.c.–a.d. 1900)

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``` Heavenly Byzantine mosaics; Islamic architecture and amazing maze-like design ```

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Byzantine and | Islamic (a.d.

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``` Hagia Sophia, Andrei Rublev, Mosque of Córdoba, the Alhambra ```

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Byzantine and | Islamic (a.d.

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``` Celtic art, Carolingian Renaissance, Romanesque, Gothic ```

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Middle Ages | 500–1400

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``` St. Sernin, Durham Cathedral, Notre Dame, Chartres, Cimabue, Duccio, Giotto ```

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Middle Ages | 500–1400

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Rebirth of | classical culture

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Early and High Renaissance (1400–1550)

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``` Ghiberti’s Doors, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael ```

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Early and High Renaissance (1400–1550)

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``` The Renaissance spreads north- ward to France, the Low Countries, Poland, Germany, and England ```

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Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430–1550)

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``` Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Dürer, Bruegel, Bosch, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden ```

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Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430–1550)

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Art that breaks the rules; artifice over | nature

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Mannerism

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Tintoretto, El, Greco, Pontormo, Bronzino, Cellini

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Mannerism

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``` Splendor and flourish for God; art as a weapon in the religious wars ```

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Baroque | 1600–1750

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``` Reubens, Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Palace of Versailles ```

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Baroque | 1600–1750

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Art that recaptures Greco- Roman grace and grandeur

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Neoclassical | 1750–1850

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David, Ingres, | Greuze, Canova

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Neoclassical | 1750–1850

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The triumph of imagination and individuality

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Romanticism | 1780–1850

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``` Caspar Friedrich, Gericault, Delacroix, Turner, Benjamin West ```

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Romanticism | 1780–1850

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``` Celebrating working class and peasants; en plein air rustic painting ```

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Realism | 1848–1900

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Corot, Courbet, | Daumier, Millet

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Realism | 1848–1900

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Capturing fleeting effects of natural light

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Impressionism | 1865–1885

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Monet, Manet, Renoir, Pissarro, Cassatt, Morisot, Degas

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Impressionism | 1865–1885

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The creative process requires the use of both sides of our brain.

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The free-thinking right brain analytical left brain

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controls our ideas, inspiration, and most of the production process,

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The free-thinking right brain

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is in charge of evaluating, reworking, and sharing.

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analytical left | brain

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is important to finding | success in anything in life, not just creating art.

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Understanding your strengths (and weaknesses), and accepting them,

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Steps of the Creative Process

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1. Inspiration  2. Idea  3. Research  4. Production  5. Critique  6. Rework  7. Evaluation  8. Presentation 

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We are all inspired by different things.  It may be an object, a person, an experience, a song, or even a feeling.  But one thing is common – our inspiration comes from an external source.

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Inspiration 

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Your idea and your inspiration are different.  For some, the idea comes almost immediately after inspiration, making the distinction between the two a little more difficult to detect.

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Idea 

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This step can also be considered as planning.  We may sketch out our idea or research methods and/or media to communicate our newly formed idea.  Sometimes, the idea may change at this stage, taking on a new life or direction.

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Research 

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The inspiration has led to an | idea, the planning and research have been completed, and the art is now being produced.

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Production 

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The process now shifts from a creative endeavor to an analytical one.  The artist must now remove themselves from the work, recognize the flaws, and make the necessary changes.

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Critique 

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With flaws exposed and recognized, the art is revisited.  Changes are made based on the judgments made in the critique.

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Rework 

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It is not until all changes have been made to the art that the evaluation of the success or failure of the work is decided.

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Evaluation 

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Art is meant to be shared.  Whether that be in a prestigious gallery or on the walls of your home, your art should not be hidden away.

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Presentation 

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He developed the use of light—actually, backlight—which is his greatest contribution to Philippine painting. Characteristically, his painting contains a glow against which the figures are outlined, and at one point of the canvas there is generally a burst of light that highlights the smallest detail.

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Fernando Amorsolo

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His unique approach to cubism utilizing translucent color would be coined as “transparent cubism”. Though he went through a black-and-white phase for a time, primarily for crucifixes and madonna and child paintings, he found a huge advantage in color manipulation which would become a vital element of his art.

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Vicente Manansala

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is a Filipino National Artist in the visual arts. He is also fictionist, a playwright and editor. He was a leading radical modernist artist in the Philippines.

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Hernando R. Ocampo

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His long and fruitful career as a sculptor has lent him the official title of the National Artist of the Philippines, and the unofficial recognition of being the father of contemporary Filipino sculpture.

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Napoleon Abueva

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Arts for ritual purposes or for everyday use. As local communities become established, art starts to go beyond mere craft, i.e. stone weapons or jewelry but starts to have decorative elements, meaning and context.

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ETHNIC | ART

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Characterized by geometric designs and patterns eliciting focus from believers

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ISLAMIC | ART

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When the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines in 1521, the colonizers used art as a tool to propagate the Catholic faith through beautiful images.

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SPANISH | ERA

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was the first painter of note for the 20th century. He was noted for his realistic portraits, genre, and landscapes in subdued colors.

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Fabian dela Rosa

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Angono-based painter, depicted | Philippine history in his “History of Manila” mural at the Manila City Hall.

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Carlos “Botong” Francisco,

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Founder of the Academia de Dibujo y Pintura, the first school of drawing in the Philippines (1821)

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Damian Domingo

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by Diosdado Lorenzo

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“Rape and | Massacre in Ermita”

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by Vicente Alvarez Dizon,

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“A Day Begins”

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in Philippine Art began after World War 2 and the granting of Independence. Writers and artists posed the question of national identity as the main theme of various art forms.

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MODERN | ERA

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as the work of artists who are living in the 21st century.

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Contemporary art

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Initially used as material for rope, the abaca found its way inside Filipino homes as a great material for furniture and decor.

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Abaca

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laminates are considered at par with the quality and appearance of turquoise shells or ivory.

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Coconut shell

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Homes in the provinces often use bed frames, sofa sets, and tables made of bamboo—proving that it's a versatile must-have that designers and homeowners should consider.

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Bamboo

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If you think about it, you have seen capiz shells in different homes, in various forms. These shells are often used in crafting wall art, decor, and even lighting fixtures. Invest in one piece and use it as a focal point in the living area or dining room.

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Capiz Shells

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Quite common among Filipino backyards and farms, santol is mostly known for its fruit that is popularly consumed and used as an ingredient.

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Santol Wood

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Concrete is essential in modern homes, but if you're looking for a more cost-effective and sustainable alternative—RHAC is the answer.

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Rice Hull Ash Cement (RHAC)

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English equivalent: Purple

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Morado

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English equivalent: Green

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Lungti

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English equivalent: Violet, lavender, or lilac

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Lila

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English equivalent: Red

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Mabaya (Ivatan)

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English equivalent: Pink

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Kalimbahin

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English equivalent: Orange

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Kahel

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English equivalent: Gray

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Malamaya

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English equivalent: Ivory

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Garing

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Dictionary definition: Mapusyaw na dilaw | English equivalent: Canary

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Kanaryo

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English equivalent: Emerald or emerald green

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Esmeralda