PAINTING

 Early Filipinos painting can be in red chip (clay mixed with water) designs embellished
on the ritual pottery of the Philippines such as the acclaimed “Manunggal Jar”.
 Philippine pottery has been long tradition, and evidence of this pottery making has
been found sanga-sanga, Sulu and Laurente Cave in Cagayan.
 Pottery began the making of earthenware articles for domestic use as a cooking vessel
and storage container.
 The early pots were made by hand- molding or the use to leave marks.

 Incised designs also appeared in Masbate.

 Among the finest of early Philippine pottery designs are footed dishes that were
decorated with geometric cut-outs, molding, cording or finger impressions, most of
these were made in the Batangas.
 At this time, ship (a mixture of clay and water) rather than glazes is still used by
Filipinos Potters to seal the pottery, and the pottery is open-fried. (Fried in bonfire
rather than in oven).
 Pottery traditions continued to develop in certain locals, such a Burnay. Unglazed
 Clay pottery of Vigan. A tradition of Burnay is among the pottery traditions that have
been maintained, along with those of Leyte and Bohol.
 Further evidence of painting is manifested in the tattoo tradition of early Filipinos who
are now referred to as the Pintados or the “Painted People” of Visayas.
 Various designs referring flora and facing with heavenly bodies decorate their bodies
various colored pigmentation.
 Some of the most elaborate painting done by the early Filipinos that survive to the
present are manifested among the arts and architecture of the Maranao, who are well-
known for the “Naga Dragons” and the “Sarimanok Crave” and painted in the beautiful
Panolong of their Toronongans or King’s House.
 Among the early modernist painters such as Damian Domingo, Juan Luna, Felix
Hidalgo, and others.
 A certain Elito Circa stood out; He is popularly known as “Amang Pintor”, who gained
recognition by using his hair to make his paint brushes and reigns his painting with
is blood on the right side corner.
INDIGENOUS ART
Itneg People – are known for their intricate woven fabrics.
Binakol is woven fabrics that incorporate optical illusions.
Gandang – people usually bright red tones; their weaving can also be identified by beaded
Ilongot – people who make jewelry from pearl, red hornbill, pants and metals.
Some indigenous materials, natural raw materials are also used as a medium in different
kinds of artworks especially by Elito Circa. A folk artist of Pantabangan and a pioneer for
using indigenous materials, natural raw materials including human blood.
Many Filipino painters were influenced by this and started using these materials such as an
extract from onion, tomato, tuba, coffee, molasses and other materials available anywhere.
The lumad people of Mindanao such as “B’Lan”, “Mandaga”, and T”Boli” are skilled in the art
of dying abaca fiber.
The lumad people of Mindanao such as the “B’Lan’ are skilled of dying abaca fiber known as
“Manila Hemp”.
The fiber is dyed by a method called “Ikat”
“ikat” fibers are woven into cloth with geometric Patterns depicting human, animal, and
leaves.

SARIMANOK
 is the most well-known design.
 The figure represents a fowl with wings, feathered tail and a head decorated with
ornaments of scrolled and painted motif of leaves, spirals and feather-like forms.
 It usually stands on fish, and another one hangs from its beak.
 The wooden figure usually perched atop a bamboo pole, stands among decorative flags
during weddings and other festive occasions.

HAGABI
 The Hagabi of the Ifugaos (Northern Tribe of the Philippine Cordillera Mountain) is a
14ft long wooden bench made out of whole hardwood tree placed under the eaves in
the stone paved yard that surrounds the house master.

 It signifies the individual or family's wealth, power and prestige belonging to the rank
of the Cadangyan (wealth) who can afford to perform a "Hagabi Feast" ceremony during
a big rice harvest by the rice field and landowner.

 This rare collector piece can be used as an entry bench or a large base of a dining /
conference table Dimension: 14FT x 26" x 30"H

ISLAMIC ART
 Has two main artistic style
Carved-Line-Wood carving and metal working (Okir); similar to the Middle Eastern
Islamic Art; associated with men Geometric tapestries – associated with women.
 The Tausug and Sama-Bajau exhibit their own “Okir” on elaborate markings with a
boat like imaging.
  An Okir design, the scroll is the dominant feature in the men’s work composed of
various spiral forms.
 In contrasts, the zigzag and angular froms are the dominating motifs in women
geometric art ‘Okir-a-Bay” (ladies design)
 The popular of the “Malong” styles is the land cap which is dominantly red, yellow,
green, blue, or violet.
 Red is the favorite color along with yellow; these colors strands for royalty for
aristocracy. Often, men wear the red land cap and the women, the yellow.

 The “Bagobo” are proud people with proto Malayan features.

 They have ornate traditions in weaponry and other metal arts.
 They are noted for their skills in producing brass articles though the ancient lost-wax
process.
 These people weave abaca, cloths of earth tones and make baskets that are trimmed
with beads, fibers, and horse’s hair; weapons made by Muslim Filipinos such as
“Kampilan”, are skillfully carved.

KUTKUT ART
 A technique combining ancient Oriental and European art process.
 Considered lost art and highly collectible art form.
 Very few known art pieces existed today.
 The technique was practiced by the indigenous people of Samar Island between early
1600 and late 1800 A.D. Kut-kut is an exotic Philippine art from based on early century
techniques – sgraffito, encaustic and layering.
 The merging of these ancient styles produces a unique artwork characterized by
delicate swirling interwoven lines, multi-layered texture and an illusion of three-
dimensional space.
The merging of this ancient styles produces a unique artwork characterized by delicate
swirling interweaved lines, multi-layered texture and a three-dimensional space.
Sgraffito (Italian: [zɡrafˈfiːto]; plural: sgraffiti; sometimes spelled scraffito) is a technique
either of wall decor, produced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colours to a
moistened surface, or in pottery, by applying to an unfired ceramic body two successive
layers of contrasting slip or glaze, and then in either case scratching so as to reveal parts of
the underlying layer. The Italian past participle "sgraffiato" is also used, especially of pottery
PERFORMING ARTS

A. Music
The early music of the Philippines featured a mixture of indigenous Islamic and a variety of
Asian sounds.
Spanish settlers and Filipinos played a variety of musical instruments, including flutes,
guitar, ukulele, violin, trumps and drums.

They performed songs and dances have remained intact all throughout the Philippines.

B. Dance
Tinikling
Carinosa
In southern region of Mindanao, some is a popular dance showcasing the story of prince and
princes in the forest.
Bamboo exploits every position of these clashing poles.

C. Architecture
 The Spaniards introduced stones as housing and building materials.
 Spanish architecture can be found in Intramurals Manila, Vigan, Lipa Batangas, Ilo-
ilo, Jaro, Zamboanga, Bacolod and other parts in the Philippines.
 In the past, Nipa Hut (Bahay- Kubo) was the most common form of housing among
native Filipinos.
 It is characterized by the use of simple materials such as bamboo and coconut as the
main source of wood.
 Cogon grass, and nipa palm leaves and coconut fronds are use as roof thatching.
 Contemporary architecture has a distinctively western style although Pre-Hispanic
housing is still common in rural areas.
 American style suburban gated communities are popular in the cities, including Manila
and the surrounding provinces.
 Islamic and often Asian architecture are depicted in buildings such as Mosque and
Temples.