(W11) Art Appreciation (Asian Art)
False, Japan
(T/F) Historically, Philippines has been subject to sudden invasions of new ideas followed by long periods of contact minimized with the outside world. Over time they have developed the ability to absorb, imitate, and finally assimilate those elements of foreign culture that complemented their aesthetic preferences.
True
(T/F) During the Spanish Colonial Art Period, In the formation of the elite Filipino class who studied abroad had been in contact with the "Western" and had borrowed Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, and even a hint of impressionism.
True
(T/F) Today the impact of Asia on contemporary art is immense. Since the 1990s, Asian contemporary art has grown exponentially due to a mushrooming of regional biennials and triennials, new contemporary art museums, and the international recognition of artists.
False, Asian
(T/F) Western art is diverse and rich, spanning thousands of years and dozens of countries. It is known for its ritual bronzes, beautiful ceramics, jades, textiles, poetic painted landscapes, garden design, elaborate goldwork, extraordinary temples, shrines, pagodas and stupas, woodblock prints, shadow puppets, and the highest art form in East Asian art—calligraphy.
False, Buddhism
(T/F) When Christianity was integral to Japanese culture, art like sculptures of Christ was created and structures such as Christian temples were erected in key places. Thus, art became an expression of worship among the Japanese.
T'nalak
________________ which has been the trademark of the T'boli people in Mindanao.
Sarimanok
__________________ is a stylized design of a mythical bird either standing on a fish or holding a piece of fish on its beak
T'nalak
__________________ is woven through the use of abaca. This cloth is used as ornaments and it represents their beliefs.
Japanese art
___________________ includes a wide range of styles and means of expression, including ceramics, sculpture, painting, and calligraphy on silk and paper, the ukiyo-e woodblock prints, origami, and, more recently, manga with a myriad of other types of artwork.
Pre-colonial art period
Believed to be the age of the Horticulture/Neolithic period (6185 to 4400 BC), local communities are being established and art starts to go beyond mere craft such as stone weapons and jewelry but starts to have decorative elements, meaning, and context.
Uki (sadness) and Yo (life)
By combining __________________ and _____________________, it originally reflected the Buddhist concept of life as a transitory illusion, involving a cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth.
Portraits
During the American Colonial Art Period, ___________________ are reserved for high-ranking officials with a more academic approach to making the subject more formal.
Fine Arts.
During the American Colonial Art Period, art illustration, advertising, and commercial design gained popularity and were incorporated into ___________________
Genre paintings, landscapes, and still life;
During the American Colonial Art Period, painting themes favored _________________________________________
[1] Philippine Modern Art (1946 to 1970), [2] Philippine Post-Modern Art (1970 to 1980s).
During the Post-Colonial Art Period, there were even two periods of art during this time:
Religious (Catholic)
During the Spanish Colonial Art Period, Most artworks are __________________. Spanish colonialism lived on with the Filipino "antique" furniture and carving designs
Oral and Written
Even before colonizers came, indigenous Filipinos already had their art, literature, and architecture. It includes their cultures and rituals. Their literature has two forms, which are (1) _________ [e.g. chants, stories, and songs] and (2) ________[e.g. cave drawings and writings].
Paintings and Sculptures
Filipinos also had two kinds of visual arts
To float
Ironically, during the early Edo period, another ideograph that meant "_________________," similarly pronounced as uki, came into usage, and the term became associated with wafting on life's worldly pleasure. Thus, it means "pictures of the floating world."
Ukiyo-e
It seeks to portray the regular life of Japan's common people
Ukiyo-e
Its common subjects are famous courtesans and prostitutes, kabuki actors, well-known scenes from kabuki plays, and erotica. Other subjects are sumo wrestlers, geishas, and teahouse mistresses, warriors, etc.
Isolation
Japan's _____________ at the end of the 14th century led to the thriving of its culture
Woodblock printing
Japanese Art "_______________________" is the process of printmaking that involves a wooden slab where ink is placed.
Koreans and the Chinese.
Japanese ceramics are influenced by the ____________________________
Haniwa
One of these ceramic figures and ornaments is the ___________. It is designed using clay, and it is commonly placed on burial spots.
Abstract and Naturalistic
Painting styles leaned towards _______________________handling. As depicted in their artworks, artists had more opportunities to showcase their spontaneity and individuality; lots of artists concentrated on individual portraits, elements of nature, and scenes from everyday life as their subjects.
Pop Art, Installation Art, and Performance Art
Post-Colonial Art Period, ________________________________________ were dominating the post-modern period of the Philippine Art
Animistic or Islamic
Pre-colonial traditional art has religious symbols, everyday activities such as fishing, farming, etc., or a specific decorative art pattern to the community which has either the influence of the local region (________________) or __________________.
Pottery, weaving, carving
Prior to her colonization, several ethnic minority groups had created several art forms like _____________________________.
Wood-block prints
Screen paintings were the first works to be done; however, _________________ were more important and this was the first medium being exploited by ukiyo-e artists.
Primary motifs
Subgenres that blossomed beneath ukiyo-e's artistic umbrella became known as its ______________________: imagery of beautiful women, erotica, portraits of subjects with big heads, bird and flower pictures, and renditions of iconic natural landscapes such as Mount Fiji.
Spanish Colonial Art Period
The Filipinos were introduced to formal painting, sculpture, and architecture which was inspired by Byzantine, Gothic, Baroque, and Rococo art.
Okir
The Tausug and the Maranao are known for their _____________, designs applied to their woodcarvings.
Americans
The _______________ brought in Education and Value Formation, with both following the "American way of life"
Naga
The _________________ forms an S-shape, depicting an elaborate figure of a mythical dragon or serpent
Pako Rabong
The __________________is like a growing fern with a broad base. The fern gracefully stems and tapers upward
Moon Rabbit
The ancient legend of ______________ was the inspiration for the modern anime star, Mina Tsukishiro, the powerful leader of the lunar-based Rabbit force.
Sarimanok, naga, and the pako rabong.
The common subjects of okir are _________________________________
Pre-colonial art period (6185 to 4400 BC) Spanish colonial art period (1521-1898) American colonial art period(1898-1946) Post-colonial art period(1946-1986) Contemporary art period (the 1980s to Present)
The development of Philippine art can be described according to Philippine Art Period Timeline.
Philippine Contemporary Art
The on-set of the sudden rise of personal computers and new technology created a new art medium for the arts and human expression. But there were also countless revivals of old style being done. This started a new direction for art.
The Floating World
The principle of movement is shown in most creations. Woodblock prints begin a rich history that eventually lead up to the current anime we see today. "_________________" was a series based on the lives of Kabuki actors, and celebrities.
Haniwa, and Ukiyo-e.
The two genuine artworks of Japan
Chinese
There is also an exchange of art aesthetics and art processes with the _________________ and other Asians who frequent as traders with our indigenous groups to which they acquire pottery, weaving, tattoo, jewelry, carving, and metal craft.
Manunggul jar
They designed a jar called the _________________ which represented their religious beliefs and practices.
Manunggul Jar
This classic example of pottery was also used by the early Filipinos as a burial jar. Later on, the value of this pottery became practical, through pottery the early Filipinos produced cooking pots and storing jars.
Post-Colonial Art Period
This was the art after the War, which grew and expanded
Japonism
Ukiyo-e is one of the first forms of Japanese art that found its way across the seas to Europe and America; its influence is known as __________________, which profoundly influenced many Western artists and movements such as Impressionism, Art Nouveau, and Modernism.
Ukiyo-e
___________________ is one of the first forms of Japanese art that found its way across the seas to Europe and America; its influence is known as Japonism, which profoundly influenced many Western artists and movements such as Impressionism, Art Nouveau, and Modernism.
Shintoism
_____________________, a native religion of Japan that adheres to beliefs like being one with nature and embracing the idea of polytheism, did not use art to communicate its belief.