A Brief History of
Philippine Art
In historical terms, we refer to art
before the coming of first colonizers as “pre-conquest”. In Stylistic terms, we
refer to it as “indigenous” to emphasize the idea that our ancestors have been making
art even before colonization. Inspirations on the enhancement of Philippine
arts in the pre-colonial era were usually the belief systems of the native
people and the natural world. Colonialism shifted the inspirations of
Philippine art towards Western notions of “art”. Since the independence era,
inspirations of Philippine art have shifted into more indigenous roots,
notably, through Philippine Mythology. The account puts the practices of
contemporary artists in context, thus making us understand that their practices
are influenced by major traditions which we can trace through our long history
of making and making sense of art.
It is important to remember that
the art of the so-called “past” continued and continues to evolve until the
present, and are therefore in that sense, “contemporary”. This art continues to
be produced, even if the conditions behind its production have already changed
significantly. The relationship of material process to the symbols and meanings
in how we contextualize
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