NATIONAL ARTISTS A Leandro Locsin B. "Botong" Francisco C. Juan Nakpil D. Ildefonso P. Santos, Jr E. Pablo Antonio 1. He has integrated strength, function and beauty in the buildings that are the country's heritage today 2. To him, structure should maximize use of natural light and cross ventilation. 3. He believes that the true Philippine Architecture is the product of two great streams of culture the oriental and the occidental 4. He distinguished himself by pioneering the practice of landscape architecture 5. His unerring eye for composition, the lush tropical sense of colour and an abiding faith in the folk values typified by the townspeople became the hallmark of his art A. Vicente S. Manansala B. Cesar Legaspi C. Napoleon V. Abueva D. Amorsolo E. Guillermo Tolentino 6. He provided an understanding and awareness of the harsh social realities in the country immediately after the Second World War and contributed significantly to the rise of the nationalist spirit in the post-war era 7. He created masterpieces that exemplify an ideal of sublime austerity in expression and form that elevated Filipino aesthetic vision to new heights of sophisticated simplicity 8. His paintings are melancholic symbol of dislocation, despair and isolation--the personification of human dignity threatened by life's vicissitudes, and the vast inequities of Philippine society