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Pre-Conquest American Republic
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1521 - 1898 1941 - 1945 period
1970 - present
Pre-Conquest
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anthropomorphic
Baybayin pottery Anito
is a script from the Philippines. The script The ancient people of the Philippines These figures were frequently carved
is an abugida from the family of Brahmic had a rich tradition of pottery as of wood by priestly artisans. Used in
scripts. Geographically, it was commonly verified by the finds at Ayub Cave in sacred rituals, the anito embodied the
used prior to and during the 16th and 17th South Cotabato and other parts of the spirit often of ancestors and deceased
centuries in Luzon and other regions of islands. elders.
the Philippines before being displaced by
the Latin alphabet during the period of
Spanish colonization.
Spanish Period
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Baroque Religious
Spolarium Church Paintings
The dead Gladiators being dragged In the Philippines, the churches—from A Religious Painting from the Spanish
around the arena It was an illusion to the baroque structures of the 16th Era above Magellan's Cross by Serry
Imperial Spain’s oppression of the Natives century to the neoclassical ones M. Josol
toward the end of the 19th century—
were most commonly built with
adobe (volcanic tuff) taken from
quarries, unlike that of the Latin
American kind that was oven-made.
merican Period
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Dalagang Oblation
Painting Bukid
he Oblation (Filipino: Pahinungod, Oblasyon)
"Women working in a Rice Field" by The "Dalagang Bukid" is one of
is a concrete statue by Filipino artist
Fabian de la Rosa Fernando Amorsolo's best-known Guillermo E. Tolentino which serves as the
paintings. The painting, or rather its iconic symbol of the University of the
subject, was Amorsolo's attempt to Philippines. It depicts a man facing upward
depict Filipina beauty as opposed to with arms outstretched, symbolizing selfless
the typical Maria Clara image offering of oneself to his country. The idea
commonly associated with local for the Oblation was first conceived during
women. the presidency of Rafael Palma, who was the
one to commission Tolentino to make the
sculpture.
apanese Period
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The Doomed Family
Propaganda Nightmare
A Propaganda in the time of the Japanese The painting tells the story of Doomed Family was made by
Occupation Japanese brutality and monstrosity Dominador Castaneda, it was painted
during World War II) It is a bright in the year 1945, this was the time of
mid-morning of February 15. Japanese invasion in the Philippines.
This painting conveys the idea of what
Japanese did to the Filipino family,and
many people have died during their
time.
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Propaganda The Contrast The Gadjets
In his painting, Beggars (1952), distorted The painting say that this is A well-known work of Legaspi's from
images of slum dwellers depict the bleak understanding and awareness of the this period, Gadgets II (1949), depicts
life in poverty against the backdrop of social realities in the Philippines, and the mutant fusing of man and machine
industrialization. “Beggars” by Vicente reflect the economic and in an age where the industrial was both
Manansala (1952) Social realism has since psychological dislocation brought by feared and mythologized.
become a favorite theme in Philippine art. World War II.
temporary Per
Con iod
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Tree of Make
The Fishermen Quipo
Believe
The depiction of the fishermen as they Rodel Tapaya is a Filipino artist whose The Quiapo is a 1933 replacement of
collect their haul from the ocean may be work is both an academic and an older structure destroyed by fire.
a reference to the artist's personal personal exercise, grappling with One of Manila's best-known landmarks,
journey, and spiritual awakening. In the postcolonial visual history and Quiapo is the Black Nazarene's home.
painting men and fish are locked in an memory to create surrealistic The religious image of Christ is
eternal conflict between ignorance and dreamscapes. believed to be miraculous.
enlightenment, with the fish representing
the latter.
