Contemporary PHILIPPINE ARTS
Contemporary PHILIPPINE ARTS
PHILIPPINE ARTS
GRADE 12
ART
CONTEMPORARY ART
MEANING “THE ART OF
TODAY,” MORE BROADLY
INCLUDES ARTWORK
PRODUCED DURING THE
LATE 20TH AND EARLY
21ST CENTURIES.
CONTEMPORARY AND
MODERN ARE
SYNONYMS BUT
CONTEMPORARY ART
AND MODERN ART ARE
DIFFERENT.
THE ARTS HAVE ALSO BEEN CLASSIFIED AS
SEVEN
• PAINTING
• SCULPTURE
• MUSIC
• DANCING
• ARCHITECTURE
• LITERATURE
• PERFORMING
• CINEMA
THE
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND T
HE ARTS
, THE OFFICIAL CULTURAL AGENCY OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, HAS
CATEGORIZED FILIPINO ARTS INTO
TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL. EACH
CATEGORY IS SPLIT INTO VARIOUS ARTS,
WHICH IN TURN HAVE SUB-CATEGORIES OF
THEIR OWN.
TRADITIONAL ARTS
• FOLK ARCHITECTURE – INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, STILT HOUSES, LAND
HOUSES, AND AERIAL HOUSES
• MARITIME TRANSPORT – BOAT HOUSES, BOAT-MAKING, AND MARITIME
TRADITIONS
• WEAVING – INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BASKET WEAVING, BACK-STRAP
LOOM WEAVING, HEADGEAR WEAVING, FISHNET WEAVING, AND OTHER FORMS
OF WEAVING
• CARVING – INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
WOODCARVING AND FOLK NON-CLAY
SCULPTURE
• FOLK PERFORMING ARTS – INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DANCES, PLAYS,
AND DRAMAS
• FOLK (ORAL) LITERATURE – INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EPICS, SONGS,
AND MYTHS
FOLK GRAPHIC AND PLASTIC ARTS – INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
CALLIGRAPHY, TATTOOING, FOLK WRITING, FOLK DRAWING, AND FOLK PAINTING
• ORNAMENT, TEXTILE, OR FIBER ART – HAT-MAKING, MASK-MAKING, ACCESSORY-
MAKING, ORNAMENTAL METAL CRAFTS
• POTTERY – INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CERAMIC MAKING, CLAY POT-
MAKING, AND FOLK CLAY SCULPTURE OTHER ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS OF
TRADITIONAL CULTURE – INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NON-ORNAMENTAL
METAL CRAFTS, MARTIAL ARTS, SUPERNATURAL HEALING ARTS, MEDICINAL
ARTS, AND CONSTELLATION TRADITIONS
• OTHER ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE NON-ORNAMENTAL
METAL CRAFTS, MARTIAL ARTS, SUPERNATURAL HEALING ARTS, MEDICINAL
ARTS, AND CONSTELLATION TRADITIONS
NON-TRADITIONAL ARTS