Module 5

Everyday is a great
opportunity to learn
something new and
unique.
Have a great day!
CLASS RULES
P articipate every activity;
K eep quiet; and
L isten during discussion!
.
Learning
Objectives: ✓ Describe the role of Filipino artists;
✓ Identify the contribution of Filipino artists to
contemporary arts;
✓ Explain the importance of these contributions to
the Filipino society;
✓ Show appreciation to the role of Filipino national
artists and GAMABA by writing a poem or a
song; and
✓ Create a masterpiece that reflects nationalism or
promotion of Filipino contemporary arts.
PHILIPPINE
CONTEMPORARY
ARTIST
ACTIVITY 1: Through a concept map, describe what you know about
the characteristics of an artist.
FOUR-FOLD ROLE OF THE ARTIST
PERSONAL SOCIAL PHYSICAL IMMATERIAL

FOUR-FOLD ROLE OF THE ARTIST
PERSONAL SOCIAL PHYSICAL IMMATERIAL
the artist expresses what the artist finds a the artist gives form
expresses what he or she sees need to create to the immaterial,
he or she feels. around him or her. something useful the hidden truths of
but also pleasing the universe and
to look at. the spiritual force
that inhabits the
world.
1. THINGS TO REMEMBER!
It has been established by virtue of Presidential

Proclamation No. 1001 s. 1972 and aims “to give
appropriate recognition and prestige to Filipinos who
have distinguished themselves and made
outstanding contributions to Philippine arts and
letters.” The Order of National Artists is the highest
award conferred by the President of the Philippines to the
nation’s artists.
The categories for the Order of

National Artists are music, dance,
theater, visual arts, literature, film
and broadcast arts, and
architecture or allied arts.
The awarding of the Order is

administered by the Order of the
National Artists Secretariat – NCCA and
CCP- and is conferred by the President of
the Philippines every three years.
FAMOUS NATIONAL ARTIST
Fernando Levi Celerio Fernando Poe, Jr.

Amorsolo
The country had its first National
Artist in Fernando C. Amorsolo. The
official title “Grand Old Man of
Philippine Art” was bestowed on
Amorsolo when the Manila Hilton
inaugurated its art center on January
Fernando 23, 1969, with an exhibit of a
Amorsolo National selection of his works. Returning
Artist for Visual
Arts (May 30, 1892 from his studies abroad in the 1920s,
– April 24, 1972)
Amorsolo developed the backlighting
technique that became his trademark were
figures, a cluster of leaves, a spill of hair, the
swell of breast, are seen aglow on canvas.
This light, Nick Joaquin opines, is the
rapture of a sensualist utterly in love with the
earth, with the Philippine sun, and is an
accurate expression of Amorsolo’s own
Fernando exuberance. His citation underscores all his
Amorsolo National years of creative 36 activity which have
Artist for Visual “defined and perpetuated a distinct element
Arts (May 30, 1892 of the nation’s artistic and cultural heritage”.
– April 24, 1972)
Levi Celerio is a prolific lyricist
and composer for decades. He
effortlessly translated/wrote anew
the lyrics to traditional melodies:
“O Maliwanag Na Buwan” (Iloko),
Levi Celerio National
“Ako ay May Singsing”
Artist for Literature / (Pampango), “Alibangbang”
Music (1997) (April (Visaya) among others.
30, 1910 – April 2,
2002)
Born in Tondo, Celerio received
his scholarship at the Academy
of Music in Manila that made it
possible for him to join the Manila
Symphony Orchestra, becoming
its youngest member. He made it
Levi Celerio National to the Guinness Book of World
Artist for Literature /
Music (1997) (April
Records as the only person able
30, 1910 – April 2, to make music using just a leaf.
2002)
A great number of his songs have been
written for the local movies, which
earned for him the Lifetime Achievement
Award from the Film Academy of the
Philippines. Levi Celerio, more
importantly, has enriched the Philippine
music for no less than two generations
Levi Celerio National with a treasury of more than 4,000 songs
Artist for Literature / in an idiom that has proven to appeal to
Music (1997) (April
30, 1910 – April 2, all social classes.
2002)
Ronald Allan K. Poe,
popularly known as Fernando
Poe, Jr., was a cultural icon of
tremendous audience impact
and cinema artist and
Fernando Poe, Jr.
National Artist for craftsman–as actor, director,
Cinema (2006)
(August 20, 1939 –
writer and producer.*
December 14, 2004)
The image of the underdog was projected in his
films such as Apollo Robles (1961),
✓ Batang Maynila (1962),
✓ Mga Alabok sa Lupa (1967),
✓ Batang Matador and Batang Estibador (1969),
✓ Ako ang Katarungan (1974),
✓ Tatak ng Alipin (1975),
Fernando Poe, Jr. ✓ Totoy Bato (1977),
National Artist for ✓ Asedillo (1981),
Cinema (2006) ✓ Partida (1985), and
(August 20, 1939 – ✓ Ang Probinsyano (1996), among many others.
December 14, 2004)
The mythical hero, on the other hand, was highlighted
in
✓ Ang Alamat (1972),
✓ Ang Pagbabalik ng Lawin (1975)
✓ Panday series (1980, 1981, 1982, 1984)
✓ Ang Kampana sa Santa Quiteria(1971),
✓ Santo Domingo (1972), and
✓ Alupihang Dagat (1975)
Fernando Poe, Jr. Poe was born in Manila on August 20, 1939. After the death
National Artist for of his father, he dropped out of the University of the East in
Cinema (2006) his sophomore year to support his 37 family. He was the
second of six siblings. He married actress Susan Roces in a
(August 20, 1939 – civil ceremony in December 1968. He died on December 14,
December 14, 2004) 2004.
QUESTIONS?
Let’s do the “THE
BEST KA FILIPINO
ARTIST” activity
Instruction: Draw or Paint a
masterpiece that reflects nationalism
or promotion of Filipino contemporary
arts. Use A4 BOND PAPER. Be
artistic as possible. Then, explain
your masterpiece.
QUESTIONS?

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PERSONAL SOCIAL PHYSICAL IMMATERIAL

It has been established by virtue of Presidential

The categories for the Order of

The awarding of the Order is

Fernando Levi Celerio Fernando Poe, Jr.

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