HUMANITIES:Exercise No. 1

Using the Wikipedia and other web sites, post on your group blog the biographies and pictures of the following National Artists. Include sample artworks too.

Group 1.

Napoleon Abueva
Fernando Amorsolo
Benedicto Cabrera
Hernado Ocampo

Group 2

Victorio Edades
Carlos V. Francisco
Arturo Luz
Vicente Manansala

Group3

Abdulmari Asia Imao Sculpture
Jose T. Joya Painting
Ang Kiukok Painting
Cesar Legaspi Painting

Deadline: July 1, 3:00PM.

The Filipino National Artists in Visual arts

How Does One Become National Artist in the Philippines

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Insignia of the Order of National Artists

A National Artist of the Philippines is a title given to a Filipino who has been given the highest recognition for having made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts, namely, Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, Film, Broadcast Arts, Fashion Design and Architecture, and Allied Arts. Such Filipinos are announced, by virtue of a Presidential Proclamation, as National Artist or in Filipino, Gawad Pambansang Alagad ng Sining. They are then conferred membership in the Order of National Artists, the regalia of which is an ornate, gilden collar of honor. In addition to the collar, each newly proclaimed member of the Order is given a citation that is presented during the awardees' conferment ceremonies. The Cultural Center of the Philippines then hosts a Memorabilia Exhibit and Gabi ng Parangal (A Night of Tributes) for the National Artists at the Tanghalang Pambansa.

The National Artist Honors is administered by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) by virtue of President Ferdinand Marcos's Proclamation No. 1001 of April 2, 1972 and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). The Government of the Republic of the Philippines confers the award to deserving individuals who have been recommended by both the CCP and the NCCA. The first award was posthumously conferred on Filipino painter Fernando Amorsolo.

Criteria

Nominations for National Artist of the Philippines are based on a broad criteria, as set forth by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts:

1. Living artists who have been Filipino citizens for the last ten years prior to nomination as well as those who have died after the establishment of the award in 1972 but were Filipino citizens at the time of their death;
2. Artists who have helped build a Filipino sense of nationhood through the content and form of their works;
3. Artists who have distinguished themselves by pioneering in a mode of creative expression or style, making an impact on succeeding generations of artists;
4. Artists who have created a significant body of works and/or have consistently displayed excellence in the practice of their art form, enriching artistic expression or style; and
5. Artists who enjoy broad acceptance through prestigious national and/or international recognition, awards in prestigious national and/or international events, critical acclaim and/or reviews of their works, and/or respect and esteem from peers within an artistic discipline.

Nominations are then submitted to the National Artist Secretariat that is created by the National Artist Award Committee; experts from the different art fields then sit on a First Deliberation to prepare the short list of nominees. A Second Deliberation, which is a joint meeting of the Commissioners of the NCCA and the Board of Trustees of the CCP, decides on the final recomendees. The list is then forwarded to the President of the Philippines, who, by Presidential Proclamation, proclaims the final nominees as members of the Order of National Artists.


List of National Artists for Visual Arts



* Napoleon Abueva Sculpture
* Fernando C. Amorsolo Painting
* Benedicto Cabrera ("Bencab") Painting
* Victorio C. Edades Painting
* Carlos V. Francisco Painting
* Abdulmari Asia Imao Sculpture
* Jose T. Joya Painting
* Ang Kiukok Painting
* Cesar Legaspi Painting
* Arturo R. Luz Painting
* Vicente S. Manansala Painting
* J. Elizalde Navarro Painting
* Hernando R. Ocampo Painting
* Guillermo Estrella Tolentino Sculpture

What are the Humanities

In its definition of the humanities, Congress includes:

Archaeology

Comparative Religion

Ethics

History

Languages & Linguistics

Literature

Jurisprudence

Philosophy

History, Theory, and Criticism of the Arts

Aspects of the Social Sciences Which Use Historical or Philosophical Approach

Humanities, General and Interdisciplinary

The humanities are the stories, the ideas, and the words that help us make sense of our lives and our world. The humanities introduce us to people we have never met, places we have never visited, and ideas that may have never crossed our minds. By showing how others have lived and thought about life, the humanities help us decide what is important in our own lives and what we can do to make them better. By connecting us with other people, they point the way to answers about what is right or wrong, or what is true to our heritage and our history. The humanities help us address the challenges we face together in our families, our communities, and as a nation.

The humanities should not be confused with "humanism," a specific philosophical belief, nor with "humanitarianism," the concern for charitable works and social reform.

As fields of study, the humanities emphasize analysis and exchange of ideas rather than the creative expression of the arts or the quantitative explanation of the sciences.

1. History, Anthropology, and Archaeology study human social, political, and cultural development.

2. Literature, Languages, and Linguistics explore how we communicate with each other, and how our ideas and thoughts on the human experience are expressed and interpreted.

3. Philosophy, Ethics, and Comparative Religion consider ideas about the meaning of life and the reasons for our thoughts and actions.

4. Jurisprudence examines the values and principles which inform our laws.

5. Historical, Critical, and Theoretical Approaches to the Arts reflect upon and analyze the creative process.

introduction to blogging

Hi, my dear students! Welcome to blogging! ---from your unc facilitator