4.1 Introduction To Philippine Artists and Their Contributions To Contemporary Arts
4.1 Introduction To Philippine Artists and Their Contributions To Contemporary Arts
NCCA CCP
National
Cultural Center
Commission for
of the
Culture and the
Philippines
Arts
NCCA
• In 1987, then President Corazon C. Aquino
penned Executive Order No. 118 creating the
Presidential Commission on Culture and Arts.
Music Theater
Architecture
PABLO SEBERO
ANTONIO
Pioneered modern
Philippine
architecture
His basic design is
grounded on
simplicity, no clutter.
Architecture
CROSS VENTILATION
When placing ventilation openings, you are
placing inlets and outlets to optimize the path
air follows through the building.
– Lyric Theater
• Escolta Street, Manila
Galaxy Theater
By 2008, the building had been demolished.
Bel-air
Apartments in
Ortigas
Architecture
LEANDRO V. LOCSIN
Reshaped the urban
landscape with a
distinctive architecture
reflective of Philippine
Art and Culture
His architectural designs
were original and
modern with a touch of
Filipino culture & arts
Architecture
He believes that the
true Philippine
Architecture is “the
product of two great
streams of culture, the
oriental and the
occidental… to produce
a new object of
profound harmony.”
his mastery of space
and scale (size, extent,
measure).
Architecture
The palace of
the Sultan of
Brunei
Floor area:
2.2 million
square feet
Locsin’s largest single work: Istana Nurul Iman
Architecture
the pavilion
Architecture
materials were used extensively throughout
small exhibits of artefacts such
as Oriental trade porcelains,
Philippine-made gold jewellery
pattern of the narra planking on the dating from the twelfth-century
ceiling and earlier, Muslim
woodcarvings and brass
Panels of capiz shell in the skylight jewellery, and Spanish-colonial
diffused a warm interior light large capiz sculpture
chandelier
exhibits of native products such
exhibit in the pavilion was a photo essay as lumber (artistically displayed
covering the history of the Philippine as sculpture like works) and
Islands form their mythic origins to the handsome silk fabrics
present day (stretched on frames to form
colourful, decorative panels on
the walls
ILDEFONSO PAEZ
SANTOS, Jr.
Distinguished himself
by pioneering the
practice of landscape
architecture
Architecture
Landscape architecture
JOSE MARIA V.
ZARAGOZA
Zaragoza’s name is
synonymous to
modern
ecclesiastical
(relating to Christian
church) architecture.
Architecture
• Zaragoza is a pillar of
modern architecture in
Philippines buttressed by
a half-century career that
produced ecclesiastical
edifices and structures of
modernity in the service
of God and humanity.
Zaragosa’s Major Works