CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE PHILIPPINES HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: PHILIPPINE ART FORM PRE-CONQUEST SPANISH PERIOD 1521-1898 AMERICAN PERIOD 1898-1940 JAPANESE PERIOD 1941-1945 POSTWAR REPUBLIC 1946-1996 70’S-CONTEMPORARY PAINTING POTTERY, BODY ADORNMENT, ORNAMENT RELIGIOUS (ICON AND ECCLESIASTICAL), SECULAR (PORTRAITURE) LANDSCAPE, PORTRAITURE, GENRE, INTERIOR, STILL LIFE WARTIME SCENE (AGGRESION,NATIONALISM,ATROCITES,SYMBOLIC, PROTEST, ASPIRATION FOR PEACE) PROPAGANDA INDIGENIZING AND ORIENTILIZING WORKS, GENRE, IDYLLIS (AMOROSIO, FRANCISCO, OCAMPO) MODERN, CONSERVATIVE,ABSTRACT, EXPIREMENTAL, PUBLIC ART FIGURATIVE, NON-FIGURATIVE, ART FOR ART SAKE, MULTIMEIDA, MIXED MEDIA, TRANSMEDIA SCULPTURE POTTERY, CARVING AND WOODWORK, METALWORK AND EXPRESSION SANTOS, FURNITURE, RELIEFS, ALTAR PIECES, JEWELRY, METALWORK, FIETA, ORNAMENTATION FREE STANDING, RELIEF, PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE DWELLINGS AND HOUSES, SHELTERS, WORSHIP AREAS, OFFICIAL RESIDENCES, MOSQUE, MASJID, STATE EDIFICES CHURCH, PLAZA COMPLEX, TOWN PLANNING, FORNIFICATION, CIVIC BUILDINGS AND INSTALLATIONS, PRIVATE RESIDENCES, COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES, CEMETERIES, BRIDGES, LIGHTHOUSES CITY PLANNING PARKS, WATERFRONTS, CIVIC/GOV’T STRUCTURES, PUBLIC WORKS, APRTMENTS, RESIDENCES, OFFICES, HEALTH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, BUSINESS CHALET PUBLIC WORKS REAL ESTATE, SAFE HOUSING, ACCESSORIES, TENEMENTS, SQUATTERS, CONVENTION ARCH, COMMERCIAL/BUSINESS, CONDOS, MALLS, SUBDIVISIONS, DEVELOPMENT, LOW COST HOUSING