of the philippines it reflects the people history and traditions of the philippines as a whole philippines has diverse art forms from its different regions these diverse art forms when integrated give a clear picture of how abundant the culture and tradition of the philippines is it continues to evolve up to the present and progress to contemporary art tradition as a filipino we should have the knowledge about the different art forms in the philippines to fully understand the culture tradition and nation's identity the development of the philippine arts comes in three major traditions these are the ethnic tradition spanish colonial tradition and american colonial and contemporary arts tradition even before the colonization the philippines already has its indigenous arts in this era art forms were primarily influenced by the area where our ancestors prosper however the spaniards came who tend to replace indigenous arts with western arts for the period of spanish rule art forms were primarily influenced by religion and secularization consequently after more than three centuries of spanish colonization americans came during american rule development of philippine art forms was mainly influenced by education and governance subsequently concept of modern art was introduced and practiced by many artists it is in this time wherein urbanization consumerism changes in the political system and rise of new technology influence the development of art due to the technological advances new forms of expression came in the field of arts and modern art continuously developed which led to the contemporary art nowadays tradition characteristics and features of the various art forms from the regions ethnic tradition art forms are primarily influenced by the geographical location and experiences of the filipinos in this time the purpose of arts is integral to life arts reflected the pagan beliefs and practices everyday activity such as fishing and farming and specific decorative art pattern to the community angono petroglyphs the agono petroglyphs is situated in binagonan rizal it was discovered by the national artist carlos boton francisco in 1965. there are 127 human and animal figures engraved on the rock wall and dated back to circa late neolithic manongo jar manunggu jar is found in manongol cave lipon point in the early 1960s manongol jar is a burial jar which signifies the belief of early filipino in life after death bangla literally means pots the banga or pot dance is a performance of kalinga of the mountain province of the philippines this dance shows the elegant grace of iguru tribe and the skills and strength of women spanish colonial tradition art forms were primarily influenced by religion and secularization in this time spaniards use arts to propagate the catholic fate langet lupa by joseph luciano dance this wall painting by joseph luciano dance will be found in saint james the apostle church in paete laguna this painting was dated 1850 and depicts the heaven crucification of christ earth adam and eve and hell sinners with different transgressions saint paul metropolitan cathedral saint paul metropolitan cathedral is located in burgos vigan city illusor the original structure was built in 1574 and replaced as a church in 1641. the cathedral follows a baruch architectural design american colonial and contemporary arts traditions modern art modern art refers to the practice of art from 1860s to 1960s the main theme of artworks in this time is national identity the making of the philippine flag by fernando amorosolo this painting was made by fernando amorosolo grand old man of philippine art and born in manila it shows a reminder of the reminder of traditions and customs of the filipino bayanihan by carlos buton francisco carlos bottom francisco was born in ango rizal this painting by him was dated in 1962 this mural painting of carlos moton francisco shows the filipinos bayanihan tradition this also shows the distinctive style of francisco's painting that showcased his mastery in arts contemporary arts contemporary art refers to the practice of art from 1970s to the present contemporary arts mirror contemporary culture and society diverse and emerging art practices were being introduced in this era cinco marias tres marias series by federico aguilar al quas federico aguilar al quas was born in manila cinco maria's tres maria series depicts the variety of domestic activities art installation in sand dunes of pawai by leroy new leroy new is one of the philippines contemporary artists he is born in general santo city this art installation of leroy nu was made for the la milagrosa festival in ilocos norte according to leroy new the art installation symbolizes the great festivals feast and celebrations these art forms from various regions or from various artists contributed to the picture of philippines identity as a country and as a filipino it is important that we have knowledge to describe these art forms based 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