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PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD
MUSLIM PERIOD
MUSLIM PERIOD
ISLAM AS A RELIGION HAS LONG BEEN ESTABLISHED SINCE THE EARLY A.D. 600S. ALONG
WITH ITS EMERGENCE AROUND THE WORLD, IT ALSO PAVED WAY FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ITS OWN UNIQUE STLYE OF ART. ISLAMIC ART PLACE EMPHASIS ON
CREATING AN ARTFORM THAT IS BUILT ON THE BEAUTY AND RESPECT FOR THE
TEACHINGS OF ISLAM.
ONE CHARACTERISTIC OF ISLAMIC ART IS THE ABSENCE OF HUMAN FORM.
THIS TRADITION COMES FROM THE BELIEF THAT ANY FIGURAL REPRESENTATION
SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF WORSHIP. THIS IS EVIDENT IN THE
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF MOSQUES IN MINDANAO WHERE CALLIGRAPHY IS USED AS
THE MAIN FORM OF EXPRESSION. HOWEVER, IT IS ALWAYS KEPT IN A MINIMUM.
BURAQ (ISLAMIC MYTHOLOGY)
FRAMES WITH QUR'AN PASSAGES
BAGUIO GRAND MOSQUE (AL MAARIF MOSQUE)
THE SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH MASJID, ALSO KNOWN AS THE GRAND MOSQUE OF
COTABATO, IS THE LARGEST MOSQUE IN THE PHILIPPINES. THE MOSQUE IS LOCATED IN
BARANGAY KALANGANAN IN COTABATO CITY, AND WAS FUNDED BY SULTAN HASSANAL
BOLKIAH OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM AT A REPORTED COST OF US$48 MILLION.
THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI, FUNDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS MOSQUE WITH HIS OWN
THE ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURES IS COMMONLY KNOWN FOR ITS
PERSONAL MONEY TO HELP THE EMERGING MUSLIM POPULATION IN THE SOUTHERN
PHILIPPINES.
HUGE MOSQUES AND DOMES
CALLIGRAPHY THE ONLY REMINDERS OF FILIPINO MUSLIM ART INSIDE MOSQUES IS THE TRADITIONAL
ART FORM KNOWN AS OKKIR.
GEOMETRIC DESIGNS
BYZANTINE CENTRAL
THISPLAN
ART OR
FORMARAB PLAN
IS BELIEVED TO BE OF HINDU AND CHINESE INFLUENCES. OKKIR USES
HIGH AND MASSIVE WALLS
GEOMETRIC AND FLORAL ARTWORK. ONE POPULAR MOTIF OF THIS ART FORM IS THE
SMALL OPENINGS USE
OR WINDOWS
OF AN IMAGERY OF A DRAGON OR SERPENT
ROOFS THAT ARE FLAT, GENTLY PITCHED OR WITH DOMES
COLUMNS THAT ARE STRUCTURAL AND DECORATIVE
GEOMETRIC SHAPES OR FIGURATIVE PLANTS IN DECORATIONS
ORNAMENTS WITH INTRICATE AND REPETITIVE ARABIC WRITINGS.
THE GRAND MOSQUE, SOUTHEAST ASIA’S SECOND
LARGEST MOSQUE, WAS BUILT IN COTABATO AS A SORT
OF RESPECT TO THE REGION’S ISLAMIC ROOTS. THIS
MASSIVE MOSQUE ON TAMONTAKA BUBONG ROAD IS
THE PHILIPPINES’ LARGEST OF ITS KIND. THIS EDIFICE IS
5,000 SQUARE METERS IN SIZE AND SITS ON A 5-
HECTARE TRACT OF GROUND. THE SULTAN HASSANAL
BOLKIAH MASJID, POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE GRAND
MOSQUE OR GOLDEN MOSQUE, HAS GOLD-PLATED
DOMES WITH OVER 40-METER-HIGH MINARETS.
VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
BADJAO HOUSE BAHAY KUBO
BONTOC HOUSE
IFUGAO RICE TERRACES, ZONING
IFUGAO HOUSE
PRE COLONIAL PERIOD