MAPEH 8 (Arts 8)

Southeast Asian Fabrics Attires:

Thai Silk
- is fabricated from cocoons of Thai silkworms. This is mostly produced in Khorat, the
center of the silk industry in Thailand. Thai weavers from this region raise the
caterpillars on a balanced diet of mulberry leaves. Nowadays, the art of Thai silk making
is considered as one of the finest arts in the world.

Cambodian Silk
- is usually sold domestically. This is commonly used as their wrap skirt or sampot,
house and office furnishing, and even as pictorial tapestries (pidan). They also have a
traditional scarf known as krama is made of cotton. Krama can also be used as
bandana, hammock, or a form of weaponry.

Vietnam’s Golden Thread Silk

- Most of Vietnam’s fabrics originated from Ha Dong. For centuries, Ha Dong is popular
center of sericulture (silk worm production or silk farming). Shantung taffeta, Bengaline
weave, and Ebony satin are common types of Vietnamese fabrics or golden thread silk.
The gold color gives emphasis to the aesthetic value of the Vietnamese Silk.

Batik of Malaysia
- Usually incorporates leaves and flowers to avoid interpretation of human and animal
imagines as idolatry, in accordance with their local Islamic doctrine. This makes designs
almost similar with the Indonesians. However, the Malaysians are more into spiral lines
and geometrical shapes which makes their designs larger and simpler. It is also used as
uniforms of flight attendants for official flag carrier airline of Malaysia.

Batik of Indonesian
- Has been ingrained in the Javanese culture. Some experts feel that Batik was
originally reserved as an art form exclusively for the Javanese royalties since they had
been great patrons of the art. It is also used as uniforms of flight attendants for official
flag carrier airline of Indonesia.

Batik of Singapore
- Batik making was already practiced since the twelfth century. To showcase their value
for this historical art and culture of Batik fabrics even to this date, batiks are used as
uniforms of flight attendants for official flag carrier airline of Singapore.

Batik of Brunei
- This Batik on the other hand is quite uniquely different from Indonesia, Malaysia, and
Singapore. The fabric highlights their national flower simpur, sumboi-sumboi ([pitcher
plant), and their traditional design called air muleh. The Batik artist have varied
techniques and designs, they do air brushing, cracking, bubble, rainbow, sprinkle,
geometry, and marble.

Myanmar’s Acheik Fabrics

- This is a traditional fabric with print of waves and common designs of flowers and
birds. They have one popular textile design that has existed for over a hundred years is
what they locally called lun yakyaw acheik which literally means ‘over-hindred-shuttle.”
The fabric is expensive because it takes a long time to weave and the threads are pure
silk. Both the weft and the warp are pure silk threads and between a hundred to two
hundred shuttles are used depending on the design.
Arts of Japan, Chinese, & Korean
Chinese Painting
- is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. ... The two main
techniques in Chinese painting are: Gongbi (工筆), meaning "meticulous", uses highly
detailed brushstrokes that delimit details very precisely. It is often highly coloured and
usually depicts figural or narrative subjects.
Six Principles of Painting:

1. "Spirit Resonance," or vitality, and seems to translate to the nervous energy

transmitted from the artist into the work. The overall energy of a work of art. Xie
He said that without Spirit Resonance, there was no need to look further.
2. "Bone Method," or the way of using the brush. This refers not only to texture and
brush stroke, but to the close link between handwriting and personality. In his
day, the art of calligraphy was inseparable from painting.
3. "Correspondence to the Object," or the depicting of form, which would include
shape and line.
4. "Suitability to Type," or the application of color, including layers, value and tone.
5. "Division and Planning," or placing and arrangement, corresponding to
composition, space and depth.
6. "Transmission by Copying," or the copying of models, not only from life but also
the works of antiquity

Korean Painting
- includes paintings made in Korea or by overseas Koreans on all surfaces. It includes
art as old as the petroglyphs through post-modern conceptual art using transient forms
of light. Calligraphy rarely occurs in oil paintings and is dealt with in the brushwork entry,
Korean calligraphy.
1. Landscape painting
2. Minhwa (traditional folk painting)
3. The Four Gracious Plants/Four Gentlemen/Four Noble Ones:
a. Chrysanthemum – symbolizes productivity and autum.
b. Bamboo – symbolizes intergrity and winter
c. Orchids –symbolizes refinement and summer
d. Plum blossom –symbolizes courage in a gentleman and spring.

Japanese Printmaking
- originated in the Edo region of Japan (now Tokyo) during a time
when Japanese political and military power was in the hands of the shoguns. ... To
create a Ukiyo-e art print, an image was carved in reverse onto woodblocks, covered in
ink, and then pressed onto paper.

Art of Face Painting

Peking Opera Face Painting
- A mostly red face, for example, stands for courage and loyalty. White represents
brutality and cruelty, yellow represents fearfulness, and gold indicates godliness. Other
colors also have specific meanings when they are the primary color. Pattern is also
extremely important.
Kabuki Face Painting
- is a style of traditional Japanese theater that includes music, dance, and drama. ...
This makeup is applied heavily to create a brightly painted mask that uses colors in
symbolic ways to indicate the age, gender, and class of each character, as well as their
moods and personalities.

Colors and Meanings:

Dark Red – Passion, wrath, and fierceness
Dark Blue – Sadness and depression
Light Green – Tranquility and peacefulness
Pink – Youth
Black – Fright, anxiety, and fear
Purple – Dignity and nobleness
Gray and Brown – Inhuman, demonic, and monstrous

Korea Mask
- is a unique dichotomous symbol, embodying the significance of tradition while allowing
the wearer to realize full self-expression and liberation. ... From weddings to
entertainment and art, Korea's face masks are a cultural treasure.

Mask Colors and Meanings:

Intense and vivacious black, red, and white – Helps determine the age and race of
the figure.
Half Red and Half White – Indicates that the character has two fathers, Mr. Red and
Mr. White.
Dark-faced Mask – Connotes that the wearer was born of an adulterous mother.