2. Contents
Arts of Different
Eras;
•* Pre – Conquest
•* Islamic Colonial Period
•* Spanish Colonial Period
•* American Colonial Period
•* Japanese Colonial Period
and the Post War Republic
•* 1970s and the Contemporary
Artworks and Forms,
Artist and Artisans,
and;
Contributions to
Philippine Industry
and Development
4. Philippine Art Timeline
890 BC
890
BC
225
AD
Pre - Conquest
890 BC – 225 AD
01
1 AD
1521
Islamic Colonial
Islam(s) of Mindanao
13th Century - Present
02
15th Century
Q1 Q4
Spanish Colonial
Spaniards
1521 - 1898
03
American Colonial
American Colonizers
1898 - 1940
04
2000
Q2
Post War Republic
Japanese Colonizers
1946 - 1969
70s
Marcos Regime
1970
06
Present
2018
13th Century
Contemporary
Short Description
2018 (Present Tiimes)
05
1898 1946 1970
6. Historical
Overview
• In art historical terms, we
refer to art before the coming
of the first colonizers as
“pre-conquest.” Referred to it
as “indigenous” to emphasize
the idea that our ancestors.
• Art before is referred to as an
expression of an individual but
yet not categorized into
different kinds of forms until
the next slides conveys.
7. Historical
Overview
• Example of everyday
expressions are the
following:
- Rituals (planting,
harvesting, rites of passage,
funerary, ceremonies,
weddings);
- Hunting, and etc.
8. Historical
Overview
• A series of topics about
the following will be
tackled on:
• Rituals
• Music
• Dance
• Carving
• Pottery
• Weaving
• Body Ordamentation
9. Rituals
Kashawing - Lake Lanao in Mindanao
Every Thirteenth Moon (Tagbanwa)- Palawan
Cañao or Kanyaw -
Cordillera Autonomous Region
45. Body
Ordamentations
• A manuscript - Boxer Codex -
sometimes known as the Manila
Manuscript, is a manuscript written c.
1590, which contains illustrations of
ethnic groups in the Philippines at
the time of their initial contact with
the Spaniards - representations of
various ethnolinguistic groups, where
the following are classified:
Upper class Tagalog - gold jewelry
Visayans - tattoo
50. Body Ordamentations
lost wax or cire perdue
- metal casting, moulds filled with
liquefied metal, hardens
• Other vessels
- brass kendi and the gadur, status
symbols or as heirloom pieces
Gadur
Kendi
53. Historical Overview
Islam, which is entrenched in
Southern Philippines is
already culturally dominant
and strong and said to have
gained significant grounding
in Sulu as early as the 13th
century
54. Historical Overview
•A series of topics about the
following will be tackled on:
History of Islam and Development
Islamic Influence in Arts
Art Influence of Islams in
Architechture
70. Influence on Arts
• impermanence of
nature &
incomprehensible
greatness of the divine
Being.
71. Influence
on Arts
• Prof. Abraham Sakili, introduced
two aspects of reality:
- object perceived by the ordinary
sense
- sense of nothingness - a space or
a void empty
- Which evoke that God is above
and beyond all thing
73. Architechture
• Considering the goal of negating
materiality in the interior of mosques
having elaborate patterning which
reliefs to draw the attention away
from concrete object like human
forms and nature “toward the
contemplation of the divine.”
74. Architecture
• Philippine Muslims organize
space in architecture with
parts of the mosque like the
mihrab or niche & Qibla wall
• It is toward the west - may it
be in Sultan Kudarat or in
Quiapo, Manila
75.
76. Architecture
• Having dome - how the order of
the universe is imagined - As the
central feature - “all levels of
cosmic existence“
- octagonal base - the spirit
- four-sided main base - earth
or material world
77. Architecture
• Ka’bah
- black shrine is said built by the
Prophet Muhammad - reference
point for the Qiblah - direction
- faced - a Muslim prays
• Area for water supply
- function of ablution, or
cleansing before one enters -
Mosque
78. Architecture
• Islamic forms would project, grow, or
have an upward orientation - for
heaven and to veer from the “material
earth.”
• panolong - carved protrusion akin to a
wing attached to the torogan, torogan
- royal house of the Maranao
79. Architecture
• Aside from the mythical
sarimanok; the burraq, a horse
with the head of a woman is the
Prophet - ascension to heaven
Editor's Notes
3 goddesses descend from heaven to bless the planting of rice * shamans - ritual chanting and dancing
*entrails are read through a process of divination that is performed either for healing, to announce the birth of a child, or a coming of age, during wakes, weddings, and burial ceremonies
*a reenactment of the pact - ancestors of the community and the unseen spirits that inhabit the lake.
imitated the movement of animals and prey, and the sounds that they made. In this simple activity alone evolved ritual, music, dance, theater and yes, even literature.
gathered and feasted - form of ritual.
When they told stories about the hunt - beginnings of literature
imitated the movements - theater or play acting
add drum beating and attach a rhythm to their movements - music and dance.
mimetic of the movement of seabirds
movement of hawk
mimetic of the movement of seabirds
movement of hawk
movements of predatory birds
movements of wild fowls
movements of predatory birds
movements of wild fowls
comedic movements of monkeys
evocative of the movements of the crane
granary god - important role in rituals
wooden bench - socioeconomic status of the owner
secular or non-religious orientation
sarimanok
the naga or serpent
the pako rabong or fern
panolong or protruding beams of the sultan’s house - torogan
sunduk - grave markers - as well as marking for ceremonial boats
Manunggul Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan
two anthropomorphic or human forms atop the lid: boatman & deceased charge - as a metaphor of travel to the afterlife
Another anthropomorphic burial jars
Ayub Cave in Maitum, Saranggani province
palayok - for cooking
banga - containers
tapayan - fermenting food or keeping liquids
Philippine ethnolinguistic groups
not only functional, they also impart knowledge about people’s belief system
pis siyabit - headpiece - Tausug of Sulu
malong - exquisite tapestry panels called
langkit - Maranao of Lanao del Sur
baskets made of nito and bamboo - Itbayat, Batanes - head sling to carry harvests
- bubo - Ilocos region - bamboo strips are woven to create fish traps
tepo mat - Sama of Tawi-Tawi - pandan leaves
Visayas as “Islas de los Pintados"
kendi - pouring liquids - round body with no handle
- gadur - container - tapered top, a round body, and a flared base.
Arrival of Sayyid Abbubakar of Arabia - 15th century - turn of events -
married Princess Piramisuli, daughter of Rajah Baguinda -
married Princess Piramisuli, daughter of Rajah Baguinda -
father-in-law died, Abubakar succeeded
father-in-law died, Abubakar succeeded
- established the Sultanate of Sulu -
Introducing holy texts via the holy book of Quran and building a house of prayer - was recognized for building a religious school - madrasa - teaching of Arabic writing - 16th century
Natives from Zamboanga and Yakans from Basilan - converted to Islam -
teachers - from Jolo, Sulu - practitioners from nearby regions like Brunei.
Islamization process in Mindanao strengthened - driving force - natives to resist centuries of Spanish colonization
religion and as a way of life - Tausug, Maranao, Maguindanao, Yakan, Samal, Badjao, to name a few; as well as some areas in Palawan.
Islamic art - influenced by the notion of the Tawhid
Islam, divine unity - abstract forms & patterns - engage in mental concentration
- requirement - Islamic buildings - oriented toward Mecca - oneness with the larger Islamic community.