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College of Education: (Take A Photo With You in It, Who Is The Artist and The Story Behind The Artwork)

1. The document discusses a student's visit to the National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila, Philippines. 2. During the visit, the student observed 5 artworks that captured their interest, including paintings by Jaime de Guzman, Mauro Malang Santos, and Ang Kiukok. 3. The student found the experience of visiting the museum to be memorable and feels it is important to bring students to the museum to learn history and develop critical thinking.

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College of Education: (Take A Photo With You in It, Who Is The Artist and The Story Behind The Artwork)

1. The document discusses a student's visit to the National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila, Philippines. 2. During the visit, the student observed 5 artworks that captured their interest, including paintings by Jaime de Guzman, Mauro Malang Santos, and Ang Kiukok. 3. The student found the experience of visiting the museum to be memorable and feels it is important to bring students to the museum to learn history and develop critical thinking.

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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Name: Sabularse, Rhica D. Date: 03/13/2023


Course: BEED1

Teaching Arts in Elementary Grade


Midterms - National Museum of Fine Arts Visit

Guide Questions:

1. What is the importance of creating a National Museum?

It is very important that we have a museum in our country to preserve the


history of society because with the help of every museums we can see those
wonderful artworks , paintings , sculptures and etc. that were done in a time that we
have not yet born.

2. How does this help us Filipinos?


Museums is a great help to all of us Filipino’s to be appreciative and
respectful individual especially to something that is related to History. It is also an
effective reminder to us when we forget things from the past particularly to the history
of our country. At the same time, they give us inspiration to value life.

3. Site at least 5 artworks that captures your interest.


(Take a photo with you in it, who is the artist and the story behind the artwork)

Sabbath of the Witches, 1970 by Jaime de


Guzman

The Sabbath of
which depicts the cruelty of martial law. An outline of
who the craftsman depicts as Elias from El Fili lingers
shockingly behind the scenes. The first sketch of the
artwork, hurriedly however insightfully wrote on the
rear of a greeting from Malacanang (joined under
the composition), can be deciphered as an
incidental type of imaginative dissidence against
what was then the predominant social design.
Mother and Child 1952 by Mauro Malang Santos

This artwork can be viewed at the Pillars of Philippine Modernism IV


Exhibition Gallery of the National Museum of Fine Arts. Two figures make up the
core of this painting: the larger female figure seen on the upper half, which represents
the mother and a smaller figure below it as the child. Geometric shapes fill the canvas
with the color palette the artist is known, such as a combination of shades of blue,
green, pink and brown, surround these two figures.

The work is symbolic of Soler and his gallery; he represents the "mother" that
"conceived, gave birth to, and nurtured" her child—West Gallery. Interestingly, this
work also alludes to the maternal bond between Soler and his mother, Mary San
Pedro Santos. The gallery's first anniversary would coincide with Soler's 30th
birthday in the succeeding year. Therefore, this piece encapsulates a celebration of
milestones in Soler's life and career—and the paternal connection between him and
Malang borne out of their shared aspirations for Philippine art. The piece depicts a
mother and child rendered in Malang's signature cubistic folds. The work employs
gouache as a medium, which Malang found "movable and flexible."

La Venganza de la Madre [The Mother’s Revenge]


Inscribed “RIZAL DAPITAN 1894”

The sculpture in terracotta (clay),


Mother’s Revenge, is an allegorical
representation of what was happening in
the Philippines during that period. Shown
is a mother dog trying to rescue her
helpless pup from the bite of the crocodile.
The mother dog represents “mother
Philippines” and the patriots who are doing
their best to save the defenseless
countrymen - the pup - from the cruelty of
the Spaniards as represented by the
crocodile.

When Dr. Jose Rizal was exiled in


Dapitan, Zamboanga, he made use of his
artistic talent to create a piece that would
symbolize the martyrdom and the
exploitation of the indios by the colonizers.
After more than 300 years of colonial rule,
Rizal was the leading figure in the clamor
for independence.

Watermelon 1977 by Ang Kiukok

"Watermelon" by Ang Kiukok is his most famous


work. National Artist Ang Kiukok’s modernist visualizations
of still life paintings elevates the ordinary into the
extraordinary by rendering everyday objects in his iconic, semi-figurative cubist style.
The lot on offer, simply titled Watermelon, serves as a fine example of his still life
oeuvres — laid out on a tabletop are watermelon slices, the painting rendered in
vibrant shades of primary colors.

Character in Black, 1994 by Alfredo Liongeren


(b. 1944, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental)

It got my attention because even though its color is


black and it looks sad. This painting has something special
that gets the attention of people passing by that hallway. As
a person who also loves black aside from color pink I
enjoyed mesmerizing this abstract style of painting by
Alfredo Liongeren.

4. How was your experience going to the National Museum?

I'm happy to be able to go back to the National Museum again after so many
years. Back when I was a student of PNU located in Manila, I always visit the
Museums to take some pictures and one of the reasons I always visit is because it’s
free and near. I was just surprised to the fact that I have to line up before I get in. It is
also a memorable visit for me because I got to enjoyed the views together with my
new friends.

5. As a future educator will you recommend this to your students? Why?

Yes, because in this way my students will know the history of every arts that
they can encounter while they were living. It also helps the students to have empathy
and think critically.

6. What are the things that you think might help the National Museum
gather more visitors?
As a student who likes to post on Instagram the places I go to, we know how
powerful social media is so by posting featured artworks by every museum can attract
tourists to visit the National Museum but as I said a while ago I' m shocked that there
is already a queue before entering inside the Museum it means many people are still
visiting despite of the pandemic.

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