page_title: History of Asian art
section_title: Filipino art
hierarchical_section_title: History of Asian art / Southeast Asian art / Filipino art
caption_attribution_description: Español: Escultura de la Virgen María con el Niño Jesús, en el tesoro de la catedral de Sevilla, (España). Es una obra anónima realizada en marfil en las Islas Filipinas en el siglo XVII, aunque la corona de la Virgen María es de plata. English: Exhibit in the Treasury of the Cathedral of Seville, Sevilla, Spain. This work is old enough so that it is in the public domain.
context_page_description: The history of Asian art includes a vast range of arts from various cultures, regions and religions across the continent of Asia. Developments of art in Asia historically parallel those in Western art, in general a few centuries earlier. East Asian art had significant influence on Western art, and vice versa.Near Eastern art and South Asian art also had a significant influence on Western art. Excluding prehistoric art, the art of Mesopotamia represents the oldest forms of art in Asia.
context_section_description: The earliest known Filipino art are the rock arts, where the oldest is the Angono Petroglyphs, made during the Neolithic age, dated between 6000 and 2000 BC. The carvings were possibly used as part of an ancient healing practice for sick children. This was followed by the Alab Petroglyphs, dated not later than 1500 BC, which exhibited symbols of fertility such as a pudenda. The art rock arts are petrographs, including the charcoal rock art from Peñablanca, charcoal rock art from Singnapan, red hematite art at Anda, and the recently discovered rock art from Monreal (Ticao), depicting monkeys, human faces, worms or snakes, plants, dragonflies, and birds. Between 890-710 BC, the Manunggul Jar was made in southern Palawan. It served as a secondary burial jar, where the top cover depicting the journey of the soul into the afterlife through a boat with a psycopomp. In 100 BC, the Kabayan Mummy Burial Caves were carved from a mountain. Between 5 BC-225 AD, the Maitum anthropomorphic pottery were created in Cotabato. The crafts were secondary burial jars, with many depicting human heads, hands, feet, and breast.
  By the 4th century AD, and most likely before that, ancient people from the Philippines have been making giant warships, where the earliest known archaeological evidences have been excavated from Butuan, where the ship was identified as a balangay and dated at 320 AD. The oldest, currently found, artifact with a written script on it is the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, dated 900 AD. The plate discusses the payment of a debt. The Butuan Ivory Seal is the earliest known ivory art in the country, dated between the 9th to 12th century AD. The seal contains carvings of an ancient script. During this period, various artifacts were made, such as the Agusan image, a gold statue of a deity, possibly influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism.  From the 12th to 15th century, the Butuan Silver Paleograph was made. The script on the silver has yet to be deciphered. Between the 13th-14th century, the natives of Banton, Romblon crafted the Banton cloth, the oldest surviving ikat textile in Southeast Asia. The cloth was used as a death blanket. By the 16th century, up to the late 19th century, Spanish colonization influenced various forms of art in the country.
  From 1565 to 1815, Filipino craftsfolk were making the Manila galleons used for the trading of Asia to the Americas, where many of the goods go into Europe. In 1565, the ancient tradition of tattooing in the Philippines was first recorded through the Pintados. In 1584, Fort San Antonio Abad was completed, while in 1591, Fort Santiago was built. By 1600, the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras were made. Five rice terrace clusters have been designated as world heritage sites. In 1607, the San Agustin Church (Manila) was built. The building has been declared as a world heritage site. The site is famous for its painted interior. In 1613, the oldest surviving suyat writing on paper was written through the University of Santo Tomas Baybayin Documents. Following 1621, the Monreal Stones were created in Ticao, Masbate. In 1680, the Arch of the Centuries was made. In 1692, the image of Nuestra Senora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga was painted.
  Manaoag Church was established in 1701. In 1710, the world heritage site of Paoay Church was built. The church is known for its giant buttresses, part of the earthquake Baroque architecture. In 1720, the religious paintings at Camarin de da Virgen in Santa Ana were made. In 1725, the historical Santa Ana Church was built. In 1765, the world heritage site of Santa Maria Church was built. The site is notable for its highland structure. Bacarra Church was built in 1782. In 1783, the idjangs, castle-fortresses, of Batanes were first recorded. The exact age of the structures are still unknown. In 1797, the world heritage site of Miagao Church was built. The church is famous for its facade carvings. Tayum Church was built in 1803. In 1807, the Basi Revolt paintings were made, depicting the Ilocano revolution against Spanish interference on basi producti
caption: Madonna with Child ivory statue.
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