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## Significance of Arts Forms from the Regions **Art** is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as sculpture and painting According to **Joan Brown**: - Art reflects the culture of the time. - It also serves as a mirror of society a...

## Significance of Arts Forms from the Regions **Art** is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as sculpture and painting According to **Joan Brown**: - Art reflects the culture of the time. - It also serves as a mirror of society and life. - It captures the essence and importance of things that exist in a society. - Art is very important for any group of people as it plays an important role in preserving the culture of the society. - Art in most cases, symbolizes the resources, tradition, belief, and way of life of a group of people and it is shared among them. ### Kinds of Art **A. Contemporary art** - is the art of today and produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. - Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advanced world. **B. Art Technique** - Refers to the manner and ability in which an artist employs the technical skills of a particular art or field of endeavor. **C. Performance Practices** - Performance practice applied to musical techniques employed in musical genres during specific musical eras. ### Regional Arts Forms - **Bul-uls** are carved statues or anitos figures of the Ifugaos - **Hagabi** is a long wooden bench made of Narra or Ipil placed under the eaves in the stone-paved yard that surrounds the house. - **Sarimanok** is also known as papanok. It is a legendary bird of the Maranao people from Mindanao. - **Okir** or **okil** is the term for geometric and flowing plant-based and folk motifs that can be usually found among the Moro and Lumad people of the Southern Philippines. ### Spanish Period up to the Present - During this period, indigenous materials were still used in sculpture but ivory and marble were introduced. #### Examples - **Higantes of Angono**, Rizal are giant paper maché images measuring four to five feet in diameter and ten to twelve feet in height. - **The Sculptures of Paete**, Laguna - The name "Paete" is derived from the Tagalog word paet, which means chisel. Paete woodcarving has been a thriving industry since the Spanish era until now. - **Taka** refers to paper maché made using carved wooden sculpture used as a mold. - **Giant Lantern** - The parol of star lantern is perhaps the paramount of Filipino Christmas symbol. The Christmas lantern or Parul Sampernandun ### Other Artistic Forms - **Saniculas Cookie Mold Carvings** - The cookie has intricate embroidered-like design that was shaped in a hand carved wooden mold creates a beautiful unique Panecillos de San Nicolas. - **Singkaban** - a Filipino word for decorated bamboo arch used as a welcome signage of a town, city, or village in the country. It is widely used as decoration during town fiestas in Bulacan. - **pabalat or borlas de pastillas in Bulacan** are wrapped with decorative wrapper - **Puni** is a tagalog term from the province of _______.