Data Center College of the Philippines

LAOAG CITY

Prelims

Subject: Art Appreciation Date: Feb. 14-15, 2019

Allotted time: 1 hour No. of Items: 50

I. Read the following statements and identify what is being asked. Write the letter of your
answers on your bluebook.

1. The ancient Latin word which art was derived from that means craft or specialization form of skill.
a. are b. art c. ars d. arts

2. A creative art whose products are to be appreciated primarily or solely for their imaginative, aesthetic, or
intellectual content.
a. visual arts b. fine arts c. auditory art d. useful arts

3. A kind of art concerned with the skills and methods of practical subjects such as manufacture and
craftsmanship.
a. creative art b. visual art c. applied art d. useful art

4. An assumption of art which states that art is a man’s expression of his reception of nature.
a. art is not nature b. art as an expression c. art as an experience d. art as way of life

5. This assumption of art states that if one is to know art, he must know it not as a fact or information but
as experience.
a. art as way of life b. art as an experience c. art as an expression d. art is not nature

6. What assumption of art tells that art is crafted by all people regardless of origin, time, and place?
a. art is not nature b. art is universal c. art as an experience d. art as way of life

7. He is a famous French philosopher of the 20 th century, who described the role of art as a creative work
that depicts the world in a completely different light and perspective, and the source is due to human
freedom.
a. John Paul Sartre b. Aristotle c. George Collingwood d. Plato

8. He is an English philosopher who is best known for his work of aesthetics and stated in his publication
The Principles of Art (1938) that what an artist does to an emotion is not to induce it, but express it.
a. Immanuel Kant b. Leo Tolstoy c. George Collingwood d. Aristotle

9. This art refers to the art of putting together successions of still images in order to create an illusion of
movement.
a. slideshow b. animation c. animatronics d. film

10. An art expression where there is series of movements that follows the rhythm of the music
accompaniment.
a. opera b. theater c. dance d. dance parade

11. These arts are those that appeal to the sense of sight.
a. visual art b. fine art c. useful art d. auditory art

12. The art of making beautiful buildings.

a. carpentry b. architecture c. construction d. interior designing

13. An art that incorporates elements of style and design to everyday items with the aim of increasing their
aesthetical value.
a. creative art b. visual art c. applied art d. useful art

14. The form of art that lets the artist uses his/her body to perform. He/she also employs other kind of art
such as visual art, props, or sound.
a. dance b. theater c. performance art d. ballet
15. An art form where the artist expresses his emotions through words.
a. poetry performance b. poem c. spoken poetry d. written poetry

II. Read the following situations/scenarios and identify what element of visual art and auditory
art is being asked. Choose the letter of your answer in the box below. (Items 16-25.)

a. line b. shape and form c. color d. texture e. space

f. rhythm g. dynamics h. harmony i. texture

16. This refers to the loudness or quietness of music.

17. This element refers to a point moving at an identifiable path or direction.
18. The vertical presentation of pitch.
19. An element that enhances the appeal of an artwork.
20. Usually, this element is inferred from a sense of depth.
21. These define the space occupied by the object of art.
22. This element of art has length and direction.
23. An element of art that is experienced through sense of touch.
24. Element of music that situates it in time. It is associated with beat, tempo and meter.
25. The linear presentation of pitch.

III. Write T if the statement is true and change the underlined word if the statement is false. (Items
26-35.)

26. Aristotle is the Greek philosopher who stated that every particular substance in the world has an end, or
“telos” in Greek, which translates to “purpose.”
27. The author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Immanuel Kant, stated that art is the communication
of emotion.
28. According to Plato, the things in this world are only copies of the original, the eternal, and the true
entities that can only be found in the Planet of Forms.
29. Representational art are types of art that does not make reference to the real world.
30. Examples of nature as a subject of art are plants, animals and bodies of water.
31. The Spoliarium painting of Juan Luna is an example of art under historical events.
32. Mona Lisa is an example of Mythological character.
33. An art depicting social issues is an example of art with personal function.
34. It is called political art if an art exhibits democracy, freedom or rallies.
35. An abstract art has no meaning.

IV. Enumeration. (Items 36-50.)

36 – 38. What are the three assumptions of art?

39 – 41. What are the colors that represent positive energy?
42 – 45. List down the four sources or subjects of art.
46 – 50. List down five principles of art.

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