American Period
American Period
American Period
AMERICAN
PERIOD
Prepared by: Ricki Mae O. Guiling
BSED- MATH IV
AMERICAN PERIOD
▪ The coming of the Americans brought
in new art forms and a different kind
of outlook in life. The Americans
educated the Filipinos and, thus,
influenced their way of thinking and
creativity.
During AMERICAN PERIOD,
❖ Architectures
❖ Paintings
❖ Sculptures
Architecture During the American Period
The New Philippine Government under
General Emilio Aguinaldo was defeated by
the new colonial masters (the Americans)
who bought the country from its old master
(the kingdom of Spain) by the way of the
Treaty of Paris.
● 1898, the coming of the Americans to the
islands was the start of the invasion.
● An outstanding American contribution to the
country was the creation of a civil
government.
● This directed the construction of government
buildings from the city to the municipal level.
Architecture During the American Period
The varied style, the combination of historic styles, also
discovered its way in some of the commercial building rising
in the business district.
Regina Building
along historic
Escolta
The rise of Art Nouveau also produced some samples in the central
business districts:
Uy-Chaco Building along Casa de Ariston Bautista
Calle Rosario and Plaza in Calle Barbosa, Quiapo
Cervantes
In the mid-20’s up to the eve of the second world war, Art Deco became
popular for the Philippine Architecture with works:
Metropolitan Theater Perez-Samanillo Building,
along Plaza Aroceros Crystal Arcade and Capitol
Theater along Escolta
In the mid-20’s up to the eve of the second world war, Art Deco
became popular for the Philippine Architecture with works:
▪ Created his
Brown
Madonna in
1938 and
Filipinized
Western
canonical
iconography.
Brown Madonna
Carlos “Botong” V. Francisco(1913-1969)
▪ An Angonobased
painter, showed
Philippine history in
his “History of Manila”
mural at the Manila
City Hall. Botong was
hailed as National
Artist for Painting in
1973.
“Harana”
“Bayanihan”
Sculpture During the American Period
Guillermo Tolentino (1890-1976)
o Dominated Philippine sculpture for the first
decades of the 20th century.
o He was trained in the classical style in Rome.
o Tolentino’s famous masterpieces include the
Oblation at the University of the Philippines
and the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan.
o His creation of the Bonifacio monument is
classical in execution but romantic in content.
o The Oblation, the symbol of the country’s top State
University, gives the classical ideals, discipline
order, symmetry, and restraints. It stand nude, firm,
and proud, with arms wide open to accept
knowledge and change.
o Tolentino was hailed as a National Artist for
sculpture in 1973.
✓Many sculptors, such as Anastacio Caedo and his
son Florentino followed the standard set by
Tolentino.
Oblation at the University Bonifacio Monument
of the Philippines in Caloocan
Napoleon Abueva (1930)
▪ He was Tolentino’s student, who would go
against the standards set by his teacher.
▪ He would work with a variety of materials and
techniques.
▪ He combined the sculptural and functional
qualities in his works.
▪ He made highly stylized, simplified, and
eventually abstract works under the guidance
of Moore and Brancusi.
Siyam na Diwata stands at the University of
The Sandugo is one of the most famous historical sculpture the Philippines Diliman campus’ Hardin ng
in the Philippines. It is the blood Compact (sandugo) mga Diwata. The sculpture depicts the 9
between Datu Sikatuna and Miguel López de Legazpi in muses: architecture, dance, film, literature,
1565 to ensure the relationship of the Spaniards and music, painting, photography, sculpture,
Filipinos. It is found in Tagbilaran City, Bohol which is also and theater.
the hometown of Abueva.
During the sixties and seventies, many sculptors followed the
modernist way set by Abueva, such as:
➢ Solomon Saprid
➢ J. Eizalde Navarro
➢ Lamberto Hechanova
➢ Edgar Doctor
➢ Arturo Luz
➢ Eduardo Castrillo
➢ Jerry Araos
➢ Virginia Ty-Navarro
➢ Francisco Verano