Republic of the Philippines

Department of Educations
Region II (Cagayan Valley)
Tumauini South District
415509-Advance Montessori Education Center of Isabela, Inc.
Maligaya, Tumauini, Isabela,
E-mail: [email protected]

Senior High School

Name: Grade Level & Section:

CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS

Module 3
(January 18-January 27)
Learning Competencies
At the end of this module, you should be able to:
I. defines contemporary arts in the Philippines (CAR11/12CAP-0b-3);
II. researches on various contemporary art forms (CAR11/12CAP-0c -e-4); and
III. explains Filipino artists’ roles and identify their contribution to contemporary arts (CAR11/12CAP-0c-e-5)

I. What is Philippine Contemporary Arts?

Activity 1. Jumbled Letters
Below are words with jumbled letters. Each word gives you an idea about Contemporary Arts in the Philippines. Try to
arrange them and provide the correct answer on the space provided below.
1. Lolac Htierage _____________ 6. Sionprofe _____________
2. Tancerihein _____________ 7. Sureplea _____________
3. Rycotammen _____________ 8. Litysripitua _____________
4. Branmemrence ____________ 9. Brekinga of nomrs _____________
5. Fels-exssionpre ____________ 10. Apptionropria
LESSON PROPER
Contemporary art generally refers to art being created now. Contemporary is derived from the Latin prefix con, which
means “together” or “with”, plus tempus, which means “time”. The chronological view defines contemporary art as related
to this current period in art history, and refers to art that is new, recent, modern, or pertains to the present moment. The
historical usage, meanwhile, regards contemporary art as a specific stage in the story of the evolution of art, referring to a
specific location in space and time.
Contemporary art emerged in the Philippines in reaction to social and cultural realities during the 1970’s which is an era
of repression and censorship of artistic expressions. Philippine art became a means to oppose the regime, and the political
art of social realism flourished at this time. Socio realism is an art movement which sought to expose the real condition of
Philippine society and used art to transform it. Progressive art developed a culture that would convey the authentic
aspirations of the Filipino people.
The end of Martial Law in the wake of EDSA People Power Revolution in 1986 brought the Philippines into the
contemporary period, and the art produced in this period is regarded as contemporary art.

Contemporary art as a Breaking of Norms - Contemporary art can be seen as a transgression of established norm and
rules. Established art forms are scrutinized and contemporary art reworks them to see them with fresh eyes. Contemporary
art is ruled by the cult of the new, endeavoring to create works of art that are “radical” and “interdisciplinary”.
Appropriation is an important preoccupation in contemporary art which is the practice of creating a new work by taking
a pre-existing image or from another context and combining the borrowed image with new ones.

Contemporary art and Local Heritage - Contemporary art professes an awareness of local heritage which is
something that can be passed from one generation to the next, can be conserved or inherited, and has historic or cultural
value. These are physical objects, places of heritage and the various practices of heritage unique to the region or locality that
are conserved or handed down from one generation to the next.

FUNCTIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ART:

Contemporary art for Pleasure - A visual delight in the work of art, can take many forms including an appreciation of
beauty or decoration, or delight in an element of surprise. Most cultures that have a definition of beautiful, define it as
something pleasing to the eye, and often resembling an ideal of some sort.
Contemporary art as Profession – Artists earn a living through their art since art and ideas are never free. They possess
value in the complex web of the creative industries that combine the creation, production and commercialization of creative
contents which are tangible and cultural in nature.
Contemporary art as Commentary - Art has been used to answer our need for information. Artists who fulfill our need
for commentary often speak in a language easy to understand, they view art as primary goal to communication by means of
subject matter.
Contemporary art in Spirituality - Artists may create art to express spiritual beliefs about the destiny of life controlled by
the force of a higher power.
Contemporary art as Remembrance - Art can be a remembrance which is something done as an aid to memory. We need
to commemorate important events and people that have shaped our history and show reverence for those who have gone
before us.
Contemporary art as Self-expression - Art fulfills an expressive function when an artist conveys information about his or
her personality, feelings or worldview.

II. National Artists of the Philippines

LESSON PROPER
To be a National Artists is considered to be the highest national recognition given to Filipino individuals who have
made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts which is awarded by the National Commission for
Culture and the Arts together with Cultural Center of the Philippines.

NATIONAL ARTIST FOR VISUAL ARTS:

1. Fernando Amorsolo (May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972)
Amorsolo is the first National Artist in the country and was known for using backlighting technique in painting making
his creations bright and cheerful.
2. Carlos “Botong” Francisco (November 4, 1912 – March 31, 1969)
Francisco revived the art of mural and was considered to be the most distinguished mural painter for about three
decades and was known for using historical events as subject matter for his murals.
3. Guillermo E. Tolentino (July 24, 1890 – July 12, 1976)
Honored as National Artist for Sculpture in 1973 and was known for designing the seal of the Republic of the
Philippines, and the gold and bronze medals for the Ramon Magsaysay Award. Tolentino’s works include the “UP
Oblation”.
4. Napoleon V. Abueva (January 26, 1930)
Abueva was considered to be the Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture. He is skillful in creating both representational
and modern abstract sculptures using a wide variety of materials. He was also known for creating “buoyant sculpture,” a
type of sculpture to be viewed from the surface of a pool.
5. Victorio C. Edades (December 23, 1895 – March 7, 1985)
Recognized as the Father of Modern Philippine Painting and was known for using dark somber colors in his paintings.
His works focused on factory workers, laborers or other simple townspeople.
6. Vicente Manansala (January 22, 1910 – August 22, 1981)
He was known for his paintings depicting realistic themes using an abstract or a cubist style. He believed that “the
beauty of art is in the process, in the moment of doing a particular painting, closely associating it with the act of making
love.
7. Hernando R. Ocampo (April 28, 1911 – December 28, 1978)
Ocampo was largely known for his abstract paintings. His works featured shapes bounded with curved lines painted in
intense colors. His masterpiece “Genesis” was used as the basis of the design of the curtain of the Cultural Center of the
Philippines (CCP) Main Theater.
8. Cesar Legaspi (April 2, 1917 – April 7, 1994)
Legaspi was known for utilizing and refining cubism, a style involving breaking parts into geometric shapes, in his
paintings.
9. Elizalde Navarro (May 22, 1924 – June 10, 1999)
He was known for his hardwood masks reflecting the human and the animal, abstract paintings in oil and watercolor,
and assemblages. He was also known for his fiction works for This Week of the Manila Chronicle, and for his figurative
drawings for Lydia Arguilla’s Juan tamad.
10. Ang Kiukok (March 1, 1931 – May 9, 2005)
He was known for his paintings expressing nationalism and sociological agenda during the 60’s through vivid cubistic
figures. His works include “Geometric landscape,” “Pieta,” and the “Seated Figure.”
11. Benedicto Cabrera (April 10, 1942)
Known as “Bencab,” Cabrera was noted as the bestselling painter of his generation of Filipino artists and also known
for his sketches of a scavenger named “Sabel, a symbol of dislocation, despair and isolation-the personification of
human dignity threatened by life’s circumstance.”
12. Abdulmari Asia Imao (January 14, 1936 – December 16, 2014)
Imao was instrumental in popularizing the ukil, sarimanok and naga motifs in the country as original Filipino creations.
He helped in developing trust and confidence among cultural groups, which is needed in building a more humane
community and society.
13. Federico Aguilar Alcuaz (June 6, 1932 – February 2, 2011)
Alcuaz was mainly known for his oil and acrylic paintings, and sketches in ink, pencil, and watercolor.
14. Francisco Coching (January 29, 1919 – September 1, 1998)
Tagged as the “Dean of Filipino Illustrators,” Coching is best known for his work on comics and illustrations which
lead to its recognition as popular art. He has influenced cartoonists such as Larry Alcala, Ben Infante and Nestor
Redondo.
15. Jose T. Joya (June 3, 1931 – 1995)
Joya is known for pioneering abstract expressionism in the Philippines. His most notable work is the Granadean
Arabesque (1958). He also represented the Philippines in the 1964 Venice Biennale.

NATIONAL ARTISTS FOR ARCHITECHTURE:

1. Pablo S. Antonio (January 25, 1902 – June 14, 1975)

He was considered a pioneer in modern Philippine architecture. A prominent feature of his designs is the use of natural
light and cross ventilation. According to Antonio, buildings should be planned with austerity in mind and its stability
forever as the aim of true architecture; that buildings must be progressive, simple in design but dignified, true to a
purpose without resorting to an applied set of aesthetics and should eternally recreate truth.
2. Leandro V. Locsin (August 15, 1928 – November 15, 1994)
His designs usually features themes of floating volume and a mix of both eastern and western aesthetics.
3. Ildefonso P. Santos (September 5, 1929 – January 29, 2014)
Santos pioneered landscape architecture in the Philippines. His work in the Makati Commercial Center incorporated
fountains, sculptures and landscapes to a shopping area.

NATIONAL ARTISTS FOR LITERATURE:

Historical Literature
1. Carlos Quirino (November 4, 1910 – May 20, 1999)
He is the first and so far the only National Artist for Historical Literature and was also known for writing “The Great
Malayan,” which considered to be one of the earliest biographies of Jose Rizal.
Literature
2. Francisco Arcellana (September 6, 1916 – August 1, 2002)
Arcellana is a writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist and teacher, who is recognized as one of the pioneers in writing
modern Filipino short stories in English. He also originated the lyrical prose-poetic form in writing short stories.
3. N.V.M Gonzales (September 8, 1915 – November 28, 1999)
Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzales is a fictionist, essayist, poet and teacher. He earned numerous recognitions including
the First Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940, the Republic Cultural Heritage Award in 1960 and the Gawad CCP
Para sa Sining in 1990.
4. Nick Joaquin (May 4, 1917 – April 29, 2004)
He is considered as the most distinguished Filipino writer in English writing. His body of work extends from short
stories to poems to essays which includes journalism and reportage. He used the name Guerre Quijano de Manila as
journalist.
5. F. Sionil Jose (December 3, 1924)
F.Sionil Jose is one of the most widely read Filipino writers founded the Philippine chapter of the international
organization PEN.
6. Alejandro Roces (July 13, 1924 – May 23, 2011)
Roces is known for his comic short stories which includes “My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken.” He also led the campaign
to change the country’s Independence Day from July 4 to June 12.
7. Edith L. Tiempo (April 22, 1919 – August 21, 2011)
Tiempo is a poet, fictionist, teacher and literary critic who founded the Siliman National Writers Workshop in
Dumaguete City with her late husband Edilberto K. Tiempo.
8. Virgilio S. Almario (March 9, 1944)
Also known as Rio Alma, who is among the notable modernist poets. He reinvented the traditional Filipino poetry
forms.
9. Amado V. Hernandez (September 13, 1903 – May 24, 1970)
Hernandez is known for his contribution in the development of the Tagalog prose through the use of colloquial style.
10. Carlos P. Romulo (January 14, 1899 – December 15, 1985)
Romulo is noted as a diplomat and an awarded journalist. He is the first Asian President of the United Nations General
Assembly, and the only Asian to win the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for his articles on the World War II.
11. Bienvenido Lumbera (April 11, 1932)
Lumbera is a multi-awarded poet, critic and librettist. His works includes Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa (poems in
Filipino and English), 1993; Balaybay, Mga Tulang Lunot at Manibalang, 2002; Sa Sariling Bayan, Apat na Dulang
May Musila, 2004; Tales of the Manuvu and Rama Hari.
12. Cirilo F. Bautista (July 9, 1941)
Bautista is a poet, fictionist and essayist. He founded Philippine Literary Arts Council in 1981, the Iligan National
Writers Workshop in 1993, and the Baguio Writers Group.
13. Lazaro Francisco (February 22, 1898 – June 17, 1980)
Francisco is among the prominent writers in the Tagalog language. He established the Kapatiran Ng Mga Alagad Ng
Wikang Pilipino (KAWIKA) in 1958 to support Tagalog as national language.
14. Jose Garcia Villa (August 5, 1908 – July 7, 1997)
Villa is recognized as one of the best contemporary poets. He is best known for introducing the reversed consonance
rhyme scheme and his use of punctuation especially commas.

NATIONAL ARTISTS FOR DANCE, MUSIC, FILM, AND THEATER:

Cinema/Film
1. Lamberto V. Avellana (February 12, 1915 – April 25, 1991)
Avellana was tagged as the “The Boy Wonder of Philippine Movies” as early as 1939. Kalderong Pilak was the first
film by a Filipino filmmaker shown in Cannes International Film Festival.
2. Manuel Conde (October 9, 1915 – August 11, 1985)
Conde is known for producing and directing films based on old Filipino tales such as Siete Infantes de Lara (1950), Si
Juan Tamad (1974), Ang Ibong Adarna (1941). He also brought to the silver screen stories from the other parts of the
worlds like Genghis Khan (1950).
3. Eddie S. Romero (July 7, 1924 – May 28, 2013)
He is a screenwriter, film director and producer who is behind the Filipino classics such as “Ganito Kami Noon...Paano
Kayo Ngayon?”, “Banta ng Kahapon” and “Aguila” as well as the 13-part series “Noli Me Tangere”.
4. Lino Brocka (April 3, 1939 – May 22, 1991)
Catalino “Lino” Ortiz Brocka is recognized for his films which explores the lives of people in the marginalized sectors.
Brocka also directed for theater organizations such as the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) and the
Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP).
5. Gerardo de Leon (September 12, 1913 – July 25, 1981)
De Leon is a prominent film maker in the 50’s and 60’s producing classics such as “Daigdig ng Mga Api,” “Noli Me.
Tangere,” “El Filibusterismo,” “dyesebel” and “Sisa.”
6. Ishmael Bernal (September 30, 1938 – June 2, 1996)
Bernal, who was hailed by the critics as “The Genius of the Philippine Cinema,” is known for directing films that
projects the realities of the Filipinos. He was hailed as Director of the Decade of the 1970s by the Catholic Mass Media
Awards; four-time Best Director by the Urian Awards (1989, 1985, 1983 and 1977); and given the ASEAN Cultural
Award in Communication Arts in 1993.
7. Ronald Alan K. Poe (August 20, 1939 – December 14, 2004)
More known as Fernando Poe, Jr. He is an icon in film. industry as an actor, director, writer and producer. He. starred
in films like “Mga Alabok sa Lupa” (1967), “Partida”. (1985), “Ang Probinsyano” (1996), and among others.
Dance
1. Francisca Reyes Aquino (March 9, 1899 – November 21, 1983)
She was known for her research on Philippine folk dances, which later resulted to a thesis entitled “Philippine Folk
Dances and Games.” It was distributed to public and private schools.
2. Leonor Orosa Goquingco (July 24, 1917 – July 15, 2005)
She was known as the “Mother of Philippine Theater Dance,” Goquingco blended folkloric and Asian styles in ballet
choreography. She was a founding member of the Philippine Ballet Theater and the Honorary Chair of the Association
of Ballet Academies of the Philippines.
3. Ramon Obusan (June 16, 1938 – December 21, 2006)
A dancer, choreographer, artistic director, researcher, and a documentary filmmaker. He was able to promote Filipino
culture in other countries using the art of dance through the Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group.
4. Lucrecia Reyes – Urtula (June 29, 1929 – August 24, 1999)
Reyes-Urtula was the dance director of the Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company, for which she choreographed
different Philippine folk, ethnic dances, pageants and festivals.
5. Alice Reyes (October 14, 1942)
Reyes is known in blending styles and movements from Philippine indigenous dance, classical ballet, and modern dance
in expressing Filipino subject matters. This is said to be the “contemporary dance language that is uniquely Filipino.”

Music
1. Antonino Buenaventura (May 4, 1904 – January 25, 1996)
He was known for his marches including the “Triumphal March,” “History Fantasy,” “Echoes from the Philippines,”
and “Ode to Freedom.” He was a conducto of the Philippine Army Band. He wrote compositions for solo instruments,
symphonic and orchestral works, which are based on Philippine folksongs.
2. Ernani Cuenco (May 10, 1936 – June 11, 1988)
He was known for the following songs: “Bato sa Buhangin,” “Gaano Kita Kamahal,” “Inang Bayan,” “Isang Dalangin,”
“Kalesa,” and “Pilipinas.” These works brought contemporary Filipino music to a higher level. The song, “Gaano Kita
Kamahal”, he added elements of Kundiman. He played with the Filipino Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Manila
Symphony Orchestra from 1960 to 1968.
3. Francisco Feliciano (February 19, 1941 – September 19, 2014)
His major works include “Ashen Wings,” “Sikhay sa Kabila ng Paalam,” and “Pamugun.” He was known for the use of
modal scales in his operas and orchestral works. He used indigenous music in his compositions.
4. Jovita Fuentes (February 15, 1895 – August 7, 1978)
She was best known for her portrayal of Cio-cio San in Giacamo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly in Italy in April 1925.
When she returned to the Philippines, she established the Artists’ Guild of the Philippines in an effort to instill love for
opera in her countrymen.
5. Jose Maceda (January 31, 1917 – May 5, 2004)
He conducted researches and fieldwork to explore Filipino traditional music further and to understand the nature of
Philippine ethnic and traditional music. His efforts gave birth to a huge number of recorded Philippine ethnic and
traditional music.
6. Lucio San Pedro (February 11, 1913 – March 31, 2002)
Best known for his compositions “Sa Ugoy ng Duyan,” “Sa Mahal Kong Bayan,” “Dance of the Fairies,” “Triumphal
March,” and “Lahing Kayumanggi,” Lucio San Pedro was the conductor of the Peng Kong Grand Mason Concert Band,
the San 20 Pedro Band of Angono, and the Benda Angono Numero Uno. Working with these bands and other town
bands helped in the development of a civic culture among Filipino communities.
7. Levi Celerio (April 30, 1910 – April 2, 2002)
Celerio is most known for his recognition as the only man who could play music with a leaf in the Guinness Book of
World Records. He also earned Lifetime Achievement Award of the Film Academy of the Philippines for writing songs
for local movies. He was also known as the dean of Filipino lyricists.
8. Felipe Padilla de Leon (May 1, 1912 – December 5, 1992)
He was known for Filipinizing western music forms. His.works, which include “Mariang Maikling Overture”, “Maynila
Overture,” “Payapang Daigdig,” and “Ako’y Pilipino,” expressed sentiments and aspirations of the Filipino in times of
strife and peace.
9. Lucrecia R. Kasilag (August 31, 1918 – August 16, 2008)
She was known for fusing Filipino ethnic music with Western musical influences. She was also known for incorporating
Filipino indigenous musical instruments in orchestral works.
10. Antonio J. Molina (December 16, 1894 – January 29, 1980)
 Molina was known for introducing the pentatonic scale, whole tone scale, linear counterpoints and the use of dominant
ninths and eleventh chords in Philippine music.
11. Ramon P. Santos (February 25, 1941)
Santos is a Filipino composer, musicologist and ethnomusicologist who was made a Chevalier de I’Orde des Arts et
Lettres in 1987. He helped in advocating modern Philippine music that is still based on early Asian practices and way of
life.
12. Andrea Veneracion (July 11, 1928 – July 9, 2013)
She was the founder of the world-renowned University of the Philippines Madrigal Singers, or simply the Philippine
Madrigal Singers, which is the first choir in the world to win the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing twice.
Veneracion is also recognized as an important authority in the development of Philippine choral music.

Theater
1. Daisy Avellana (January 26, 1917 – May 12, 2013)
She co-founded the Barangay Theatre Guild,.. together with her husband, National Artist Lamberto.. Avellana, in 1939.
This move made theatre and.. dramatic arts popular in the country. She was known.. as.director of films “Diego Silang”
(1968) and “Walang.. Sugat” (1971).
2. Honorata “Atang” dela Rama (January 11, 1902 – July 11, 1991)
She was named National Artist for Theater and Music in 1987. She was known as the Queen of Kundiman, and the first
actress to portray a 15-year-old in the very first Tagalog film, which was the film version of the Sarsuela “Dalagang
Bukid.”
3. Salvador F. Bernal (January 7, 1945 – October 26, 2011)
Honored as National Artist for Theater Design in 2003, Bernal used local materials including bamboo, abaca, hemp
twine, and rattan in theater design for local productions.
4. Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero (January 22, 1910 – May 1, 1995)
He served as the director of UP Dramatic Club for 16 years since 1947. He founded the UP Mobile Theater, which
started the concept of theater campus tour.
5. Severino Montano (January 3, 1915 – December 12, 1980)
He organized the Arena Theater Playwriting Contest which became the initial ground for playwrights to showcase their
talents in writing while serving as Dean of Instruction of the Philippine Normal College.

GAWAD SA MANLILIKHA NG BAYAN (GAMABA):

I. Eduardo Mutuc (2005 awardee)
He dedicated his life in creating religious and secular art in silver, bronze and wood. According to him, craftsmanship
begins with respect for one’s tools and the medium, and the only way to improve one’s skills is to immerse oneself,
learn the technique, and to practice.
II. Darhata Sawabi (2005 awardee)
She is a Tausug weaver of pis syabit – the traditional cloth tapestry worn as a head cover. Women in Sulu province have
grown up learning in weaving the pis syabit and she is one of those who took the art of pis syabit making to heart.
III. Haja Amina Appi (2005 awardee)
She is recognized as a master mat weaver among the Sama indigenous community for her unique designs, straightness
of her edging (tabig), and fineness of her sasa and kima-kima.
IV. Lang Dulay (1998 awardee)
She is a T’boli traditional weaver of “tinalak” or T’boli cloth made of colorful abaca fabrics. She used abaca fibers as
fine as hair which speaks more eloquently than words can.
V. Salinta Monon (1998 awardee)
She is a Tagabanwa-Bagobo traditional weaver of distinct abaca fabrics called inabal. She developed a keen eye for the
traditional designs and can identify the designs as well as the author of a woven piece just by a glance.
VI. Alonzo Saclag (2000 awardee)
He is a Kalinga master of dance and the performing arts who mastered not only the Kalinga musical instruments but
also the dance patterns and movements associated with his people’s ritual.
VII. Federico Caballero
He is a Sulod-Bukidnon epic chanter who works for the documentation of the oral literature. He is considered as
bantugan which means a person who has attained distinction. He strikes to dispense justice in the community through
his work as a manughusay which is an arbiter of conflicts.
VIII. Masino Intaray (1993 awardee)
 He is a prolific and pre-eminent epic canter and story teller recognized for his outstanding mastery of various traditional
musical instruments of the Palaw’an people, such as basal, kulilal and bagit. He is an outstanding master of the basal,
kulilal (musical ensemble) and bagit; a gifted pot, bard artist, and musician.
IX. Samon Sulaiman (1993 awardee)
He is Magindanaon, who is highly sophisticated in weaving, okir designs, jewelry, metalwork and brassware which art
is Southeast Asian yet distinct in character.
X. Uwang Ahadas (2000 awardee)
His near-blindness eyesight made music his constant companion. He is a Yakan, a people to whom instrumental music
is of much significance, connected as it is with both the agricultural cycle and the social realm.
XI. Ginaw Bilog (1993 awardee)
He is a Hanunoo Mangyan who is considered as a master of the ambahan poetry. He shares old and new ambahans with
his fellow Mangyans and promotes this poetic form in every occasion. A common cultural aspect among cultural
communities nationwide is the oral tradition characterized by poetic verses which are either sung or chanted.
XII. Magdalena Gamayo (2012 awardee)
She is a master weaver who makes “inabel”, an Ilokano handwoven cloth. She was awarded for her wide array skills in
textile weaving. Her handiworks are finer than most abel. Her blankets have a very high thread count and her deigns are
the most intricate that sometimes take up to five colors.

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY
Activity 1. Identifying the statement
Read the statements carefully. Identify what is being described in the statement.
Write your answers on the space provided.
1. This refers to art being created now.
a. Art c. Appropriation
b. Contemporary art d. Historical usage
2. It defines contemporary art as related to this current period in art history, and refers to art that is new,
recent, modern, or pertains to the present moment.
a. Contemporary art c. Chronological view
b. Historical usage d. Image
3. A contemporary art as a specific episode or stage in the story of the evolution of art, referring to a specific
location in space and time.
a. Martial law c. Commentary
b. Edsa revolution d. Historical usage
4. It is an important preoccupation in the world of contemporary art.
a. Gallery c. Establishments
b. Appropriation d. Images
5. It is something that can be passed from one generation to the next.
a. Heritage c. Spirituality
b. Patronage d. Remembrance
6. This is a function of contemporary art where visual delight in a work or art can take many forms, including
appreciation of beauty or decoration.
a. Contemporary art for Pleasure
b. Contemporary art as Spirituality
c. Contemporary as Profession
d. Art as Self-expression
7. It is one of the functions of contemporary arts where artists earn a living through creating or making art.
a. Art as remembrance
b. Art as profession
c. Art for pleasure
d. Art as commentary
8. Another functions of contemporary arts where artists create to express spiritual beliefs about the destiny of
life controlled by the force of higher power.
a. Art as remembrance
b. Art as self-expression
c. Art in spirituality
d. Art for pleasure
 9. One of the purposes of contemporary arts is to help us commemorate important events or people that have
shaped our history to show reverence for those who have gone before us.
a. Art as remembrance
b. Art for pleasure
c. Art in spirituality
d. Art as commentary
10. This fulfills an expressive function when an artist conveys information about his or her personality,
feelings, or worldview.
a. Art as self-expression
b. Art in spirituality
c. Art for pleasure
d. Art as profession

Activity 2: Find and list down the names of the National artist tackled in this lesson.

Prepared by:
JUDELYN A. PARUNGAO
Subject Teacher
Checked by:

JERIC T. VALDEZ
School Principal

Noted by:
NELIA Z- ANGULUAN, PhD
School Director

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Educations
 Region II (Cagayan Valley)
Tumauini South District
415509-Advance Montessori Education Center of Isabela, Inc.
Maligaya, Tumauini, Isabela,
E-mail: [email protected]

Senior High School

Name: Grade Level & Section:

CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS

Module 4
(February 1-February 12)
Learning Competencies
At the end of this module, you should be able to:
I. evaluates contemporary art forms based on the elements and principles (CAR11/12CAP-0c -e-6); and
II. compares forms of arts from the different regions (CAR11/12CAP-0c -e-7)

I. Contemporary Art Form: Elements and Principles

LESSON PROPER
Each visual art form not only exhibits the skills of the artists, but also showcases the ideas coming from the
mind of that artists. Understanding the elements and principles of contemporary arts is vital in appreciating all of the art
forms in the Philippines. This lesson focuses on the elements and principles of contemporary arts of performing arts and
literature. Hence, Visual arts were tackled in our previous lessons.

LITERATURE
This is a body of workshop that show the best that has been thought and said or works that signify the
achievements of a particular culture.

Types and elements of literature:

Prose and Poetry

Poetry refers to expressing of feeling or idea with the use of figurative or symbolic language.
 Meaning. A writer can use idioms, new words, allusion, and connotations in expressing his feelings or
ideas.
 Figurative language. A writer may use of simile, metaphor, and other figures of speech in expressing
something in a different way aside from its literal meaning.
 Imagery. This consists of descriptions and details that can trigger the readers’ senses.
 Sound and Rhythm. Sound is the emphasis on certain words while rhythm is the position of beats or the
sound pattern of the work.

Prose is a literature that is not poetry with two categories: informative and persuasive, just like an essay.
 Theme or content. This is the general thought or idea of the composition.
 Style. This refers to the choices of words and sentence structures used to convey the message.
 Form and structure. This is the sequence of topic and transitions that make the whole essay.
 Plot or story line. This is the sequence of events in the story that gives the flow of the narrative.
 Characters. This can be a person, an animal or even thing who takes part in the story.
 Setting. This is the time and place where the story happened.
 Theme. This is the central thought of the story.
 Language and style. Style is the choices of words which includes the sentence structures and figurative
language that affect the mood of the story.
 Point of view. The narrator may present the author himself for the third-person point of view. The narrator
can also be one of the characters in the story for the first-person point of view.

Traditions and Forms Of Philippine Poetry:

Ethnic Tradition
 Epic. This relates adventures of a super hero with powers and serves as a code of values of a particular ethnic
group.
 Folk song. A song that is transmitted orally from one generation to another and known as awiting bayan in
Tagalog.
 Proverbs. A concise statements that teach morality and tradition and usually expressed as rhyming pair of lines
that depict two different elements.
  Riddles. This describes an object in a different manner or in a way that is not easily understood and may be a
question for someone to discover the meaning.
 Short poems. This usually has four lines, with 5-12 syllables per line.
 Poetic jousts. This may involve marriage negotiations between two families in which every region has their
own version.
Spanish Colonial Tradition
 Metrical romance. This focuses on chivalric, folkloric, legendary, and religious themes.
 Pasyon. This is written in a stanza with 5 lines with 8 syllables per line which recounts the life of Jesus Christ.
This is useful as a source of images, stories of Jesus Christ.

Forms of Contemporary Prose In The Philippines:

 Folk narrative. Any story based on real or fictional events in the past told among the people in a community.
 Myth. This is a story that explains the origin of the world and its first inhabitants.
 Legend. Heroic and historical legend tackles episodes in the lives of great men and women. Religious legend
narrates display of miracles of God and of the saints. Supernatural legend focuses on the existence of beings
from the underworld. Toponymical legend explains why a certain place has this name.
 Folktales. These are classified into animal tales or fables, magic tales, humorous tales, novelistic tales, religious
and didactic tales.
 Essay. This explains the insights or information using description, narration, and humor.
 Novel. This defined as the lengthy and complex narrative of events based on the author’s imagination.
 Short story. This is a concise secular narrative with romantic, realistic and radical tradition.
 Komiks. This is a special form of contemporary literature which involves drawing frames showing a set of
characters with their actions and usually contains a balloons enclosed with words or dialogue.

MUSIC
It is an arrangement of sounds to create a continuous and unified compositions.
Elements of Music:
 Melody. This is succession of consecutive notes or tones changing in pitch and duration.
 Rhythm. It has three qualities: tempo which describes how fast or slow is the music; meter which refers to the
unit of time that is made up of beats or pulses; and rhythmic pattern.
 Harmony. This is a combination of different tones or pitches played sung together at the same time.
 Texture. This is the relationship of melodic and harmonic lines in music.
 Dynamics. This is the degree of softness and loudness of music.
 Timbre. Also known as tone color which is the quality of sound generated by the instrument or voice.
 Form. This refers to how the elements of music are organized.

Forms and Types Of Philippine Music:

Ethnic traditional music
 Ballad. A song that explains an event occurring in a community.
 Chant. A song with an unaccompanied melody and variable rhythm.
 Song debate. A song involving male and female singers who try to outsmart each other about a certain topic.

European-influenced Religious and Secular music

 Art song. A composition characterized by merging the voice part, lyrics, and the accompaniment together to
achieve an artistic musical whole.
 Habanera/Danza. This is a social dance in duple time.
 Liturgical music. This is a vocal and instrumental compositions that go together with the official rites of
Christian churches.
 Kumintang. This is a dance of love accompanied by a guitar and a string bass and documented as a war song.
 Pasyon chant. Refers to the various styles used throughout the country for the singing of the pasyon.

American-inspired music
  Classical music. This music includes classical music from the western world; and classical and modern music
composed by Filipinos.
 Semi-classical music. These includes band and rondalla music, hymns and marches, sarswela music, and
stylized folk songs.
 Popular music. This includes original music composed by Filipinos which utilizes Western and local musical
influences.

DANCE
It is an art of involving a series a rhythmic human movement that are purposely selected and involves a mindful
effort to combine movements together.

Elements of Dance:
 Body element. This is how the body of the dancer moves, what part of the body moves, what actions are
performed, and how the body support itself.
 Space. This focuses on the area where the dance is performed.
 Time. This is the accent, beat, duration, meter, rhythm, and acceleration.
 Energy. This is referred to as dynamics. This element describes how energy is directed through the body, and
how the body releases it.
 Relationship. This is how the person relates to the stage and to production elements.
Forms and types of dances in the Philippines:
 Folk dance. This is a dance that are developed and performed together by ordinary people. This includes
ceremonial, combative, courtship, exorcism, funeral, game, torture, comic, and religious dances.
 Ballet. This is a theatrical dance presentation in which a plot is integrated with dancing, music, and stage
design.
 Modern dance. A dance form that emerged during the 20 th century and still considered theatrical but it veers
away from the technique and style of ballet.
 Other forms of dance o Aerobic dance. Dancing to the tune of popular music with the purpose of increasing
consumption of oxygen over a period of time.
o Bodabil dancing. This is used to be popular during the American period.
o Jazz dance. This uses African dance techniques like isolation of individual human body parts, rhythm,
and polycentrism.
o Polynesian and Tahitian dance. These dances began from the people living in the Polynesian chain.
o Tap dance. A dance which entails tapping with toes and heels to generate rhythmic patterns.

THEATER
It is an art form that involves performing carefully planned actions and emotions in front of an audience.
Philippine theater is described as a wide range of mimetic performances that were created and presented during
occasions.
Elements of theater:
 Performers. These are the persons who are on stage and portray their characters for the audience.
 Audience. They serves as the witness of the performance and energy given by the performers.
 Director. Serves as an overseer to the entire production and ensures that the performers do their job well and
the design works well.
 Performance space. This refer to the space in which the actors can perform and space for the audience to stand.
 Design. This is essential in placing the overall feel of the production which includes lighting, set, costumes, and
sound.
 Text. This is the script to be presented in a play or production.

Form and types of Philippine theater:

 Dulang Pahiyang. Theater is not viewed as a separate activity, but as part of life.
 Dulambayan. Also known as people’s theater and considered “theater in the context of social movements”
 Teatrong Pansimbahan. This is concerned with spirituality and usually performed depending on the events in
the church calendar.
FILM
 This refers to a sequence of moving pictures shown on television or in cinema. Film making became an industry
in the Philippines during the 1950’s.
Elements of Film:
 Time. This is considered as the most significant element of cinema.
 Techniques of cinema.
o Cutting or editing. Involves one shot with another, making sure that these two shot are connected.
o Camera movement. This is done in order to have a smoother change of view.
o Framing. This helps bringing balance to the film as it is being viewed.

Forms and types of Film:

 Aksyon (Action). This uses conflict as emphasis based on real-life stories or actual experiences of persons and
based from the tradition of metrical romance or literary komedya.
 Animation. A film that involves creating illustrations or inanimate images and bringing them to life.
 Bomba. A film that depicts nudity and sex but is different from X-rated pornography.
 Dokyu (documentary). This is a motion picture that narrates news events or explain other subject matter based
on facts.
 Drama. This is a motion picture that dwells on personal problems and conflicts which draws sentiment and
emotion.
 Experimental. This attempts to create something innovative or that is never done before with the camera.
 Fantasy. This depicts scenes in an imaginary world.
 Historical. This shows actual events that occurred in the past.
 Horror. This is shown to bring fear to the audience.
 Komedi (Comedy). This is to introduce or bring laughter to the audience.

ASSESMENT ACTIVITIES
Activity 1. Evaluate
Categorize the following literary forms according to the type of literature. Write each literary form under the
appropriate column.
Fable Proverb
Legend Riddle
Myth Short story
Novel Epic
Pasyon Essay
PROSE POETRY

Activity 2. It’s Your Turn

Write your own form of literature (eg. Poem, essay, novel, short story, proverb) which you think you can
possibly do by yourself based on the elements and principles learned in this lesson.

Prepared by:
JUDELYN A. PARUNGAO
Subject Teacher
Checked by:

JERIC T. VALDEZ
School Principal

Noted by:
NELIA Z- ANGULUAN, PhD
School Director