Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions Lesson 1 Quiz

Traditions in Philippine Arts

• Three major traditions in Philippine Arts: Ethnic, Spanish, and American
• Ethnic Tradition: indigenous arts before colonization, influenced by geographical location and experiences of Filipinos
• Spanish Tradition: influenced by religion and secularization, friars supervised arts in the country to propagate Christianity and maintain power
• American Tradition: influenced by urbanization, consumerism, middle-class rights, and secularization, resulting in non-conventional artworks

Literature

• Ethnic Tradition: folk literature in forms of folk speeches, songs, and narratives
• Spanish Tradition: classified into religious and secular prose and poetry
• American Tradition: genres fall into love of country and longingness for freedom

Theater Arts

• Ethnic Tradition: tribal presentations and rituals were early theatrical performances
• Spanish Tradition: classified into religious and secular prose and poetry
• American Tradition: genres fall into love of country and longingness for freedom

Music

• Ethnic Tradition: indigenous musical instruments like bamboo flutes and gongs
• Spanish Tradition: classified into religious and secular prose and poetry
• American Tradition: genres fall into love of country and longingness for freedom

Contemporary Arts

• Characteristics: art that springs out of present-day events and passions of society, collaborative process, audience plays an active role
• Why study Contemporary Arts: they can be seen from more than one side, and convey the artists' sentiments

Functions of Arts

• Art as Social Function: gathers people and celebrates talents
• Art as Economic Function: market value of art (e.g. Lavanderas by Fernando Amorsolo, ₱21.5M)
• Art as Historical Function: commemorates national heroes and events
• Art as Religious Function: depicts religious beliefs and influences (e.g. Anito, Mosque in Mindanao)

Visual Elements

• Lines: one-dimensional path created by a point moving in space, varying in width, direction, and length
• Color: visual perception of wavelengths of light, used to create moods and convey emotions
• Value: brightness of color, used to create depth and dimension
• Texture: surface quality of an object, sensed through touch or visually conveyed in two dimensions
• Shape: two-dimensional definition of objects, defined by lines
• Space: area occupied by an object or subject, and surrounding areas
• Form: three-dimensional definition of objects, basis of sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts