Arts of the Philippines

Arts of the Philippines

Cleanup|date=October 2007Weaving is popular in the northern mountain Filipinos. Pottery was also common in pre-Hispanic societies. Ornate carvings are found in the southern Philippine islands. Similarly, wooden art is also quite popular and is displayed in various parts of the home.

Artistic paintings created by Filipinos began in the 17th century during Spanish colonial times and continued until the present, with such revered artists as Luna, Amorsolo, and Zobel. Other popular artists include Hugo C. Yunzon reflecting an earthy style that touches on indigenous Malay culture in pieces such as Early Risers and Mariang Makiling, [cite web
url=http://filipinocultured.blogspot.com/2007/09/best-of-filipino-art-part-1.html
title=Filipino Cultured: The Best of Filipino Art
] Nestor Leynes with Mag-ina Sa Banig, and Tam Austria with Mag-Anak.

Filipinos have unique folk dances like tinikling where assistants take two long bamboo sticks rapidly and in rhythm, clap sticks for dancers to artistically and daringly try to avoid getting their feet caught between them. Also in the southern part of the Philippines, there is another dance called singkil using long bamboo poles found in tinikling; however, it is primarily a dance showing off lavish Muslim royalty. In this dance, there are four bamboo sticks arranged in a tic-tac-toe pattern in which the dancers exploit every position of these clashing sticks. Dancers can be found trying to avoid all 4 bamboo sticks all together in the middle. They can also try to dance an entire rotation around the middle avoiding all sticks. Usually these stick dances performed in teamwork fashion not solo. The Singkil dance is identifiable with the use of umbrellas and silk clothing. [cite web|url=http://www.sinfonia.or.jp/~infortec/hotspots/boracay/singkil.htm|title=Hot Spots Filipino Cultural Dance - Singkil] See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-qwqKsMpxw YouTube tinikling video] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R_EWyqu_ck YouTube singkil video] .

Two examples of traditional Filipino dances are Tinikling and Binasuan.

Tanaga is a type of Filipino poetry.

Kut-kut is an art technique used between the 15th and 18th centuries. The technique was a combination of European and Oriental style and process mastered by indigenous tribes of Samar island.

Past notable Filipino artists include Juan Luna, Fernando Amorsolo, Augusto Arbizo, Fred DeAsis, Felix Hidalgo,Dávid Cortés Medalla, Rey Paz Contreras, and Nunelucio Alvarado. Present-day Filipino artists featuring Filipino culture include Jose Fadul, Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Daniel Coquilla, Ang Kiukok, Santiago Bose and Francisco Viri. [ [http://www.kulay-diwa.com/home] ]

See also

* National Artist of the Philippines

References


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