BRIEF

SURVEY OF
PHILIPPINE
ART ARADA, Gerianne Mae
GAVIÑO, Charles Gabriel
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WATER VESSEL

Surigao Del Sur Province

10th - 13th Century
Gold

A gold-smith sculpture that shows a head of a

human in a bird’s body form. Wings are
amputated and body is crushed. With its severed
form,  it is made this way to lament for life and
nature. It also shows human-avian relationships.
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CHURCH
Augustinian Friars led by Padre Antonio
1710
Baroque Architecture made from Coral
stones and bricks

It was said to be “Earthquake

Baroque” which means European
Baroque style in the Philippines’
seismic conditions.
During the spanish colonization, the
practice of art is exclusively religious
under the strict supervision of the
friars.
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GOBERNADOR
BUSTAMANTE
Felix Resurrecion Hidalgo
19th Century
Oil on Canvas
An arrest on officials who are involved in illegal
cargo trading. In retaliation, an assasination was
done to the governor and his son who made the
arrest on the officials. Romanticizes main events
in history.

The artist Hidalgo himself did not dare show it in

Barcelona for fear that the subject would evoke
controversy. The painting remained in Barcelona
until 1914, a year after the painter's death.
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MAIDEN
Fernando80%Amorsolo
1920continue studying history
of students

Oil on Canvas

20%
Depiction of the term “Dalagang Filipina” during
the 1900s.
apply their lessons
American patrons to otherlandscapes,
favored fields genre and
still lifes that show tropical scenes of their new
colony.
Pablo Baen Santos
1978 Oil on Canvas

Arts of socio-political significance (social realism)

made its appearance during the martial law.
Comprador depicts two politicians, one from the
Philippines and the other from the United States,
that profit from the labor of Filipino workers.
Their struggle is represented by a restrained color
palette, and a strong dimensional pull across the
composition. COMPRADOR
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Leeroy New
2015
Light and Sound Art Installation

Installation art made art more open and

accessible to the public, showing that art
should not be enclosed in art galleries.
Astreopora is an interactive structural
installation made out of plastic and other
recycled materials placed in SM Aura
during the holiday season of 2015. It has
aquatic details inspired from the richness of
Philippine marine biodiversity and the
lights go with the beat of Christmas songs.