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    Lesson 2: Traditional Art and Contemporary Art

    Traditional Arts /Folk Arts


     These are the arts that have been handed or passed down from the master
    craftsmen to their apprentices. Most are learned informally and usually produced
    in indigenous communities, reflecting history and culture.
     These are learned from family or community members and is passed along
    through generations, with each artist remaining true to time-honored methods or
    techniques, yet free to add personal creativity to the process.
     Are rich in songs and dances that are handed over by nameless master
    craftsmen to their younger generations.
     Animism is the usual theme of traditional arts. To depict something of the
    people’s gods and goddesses is the main intention, thus, resulting in the creation
    of abstract symbols of animistic figures like the sun, the moon, and the other
    human images.
     Bulul of Ifugaos

     Woven basketry of the Mangyans

     The t’nalak tapestry woven by the T’bolis in South Cotabato


     The pissiyabit (head cloth) of Mindanao

     The embroidered jusi and pina cloth of Lumban, Laguna

    Contemporary Arts
     It revolves around the feelings and thoughts of the artists, and messages to
    his/her audience.
     It uses a wide variety of materials, media, techniques and styles.
     It is characterized by being conceptual, innovative, expressive and experimental
    compared to traditional art.
     It allows the viewers to participate in the experience and urges them to validate
    their own beliefs.
     Can be found anywhere like schools, side streets, trains or bus stations,
    shopping centers or parks.
     It is not confined in the museum.
     It functions in a global society that is culturally diverse and technology-oriented,
    and provides instances for people to reflect and respond to the contemporary
    social concerns and issues pertinent to themselves and to the world.
     Contemporary artists’ artistic work are expressions of freedom, experimentation
    and exploration of patterns, figures, objects, and a combination of mixed styles,
    materials, techniques and concepts.

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