ART APPRECIATION MIDTERM EXAM

ANSWER KEY

QUESTIONS:

1. It is also known as “Manlilikha ng Bayan Act” is an act providing for the recognition of
National Living Treasures, otherwise known as the Manlilikha ng Bayan, and the promotion
and development of traditional folk arts (an expression of the world’s traditional cultures),
providing funds therefore, and for other purposes.

A. RA 7335
B. RA 7333
C. RA 7355
D. RA 7733

2. This refers to the special meaning that a certain object or color has for a particular culture or
group of people.

A. Conventional Meaning
B. Subjective Meaning
C. Factual Meaning

3. A form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-
dimensional surface.
A. Sculpture
B. Painting
C. Architecture
D. Drawing

4. Creations in this type of art are those that appeal to our sense of sight and are mainly visual
in nature.
A. Literary Arts
B. Digital Art
C. Visual ArtS
D. Performance Art
5. Which family does the viola belong to?
A. Brass
B. Woodwind
C. Percussion
D. String

6. This function of art can be found in artworks that are crafted with direct functionality.
Architecture, crafts such as welding and woodworking, jewelry-making, interior design, and
industrial design are all types of art that belongs to this function.
A. Personal Function
B. Aesthetic Function
C. Social Function
D. Physical Function

7. Which of the following are the objectives of Gawad ng Manlilikha ng Bayan or the National
Living Treasures Awards?

A. To recognized their contributions to the arts and letters

B. To ensure the transfer of their skills to new generations and promotion of their
crafts
C. To honor and support traditional folk artists
D. To see that their skills and crafts are preserved

8. The literal statement or the narrative content in the work which can be directly understood
because the elements presented are easily recognized.

A. Conventional Meaning
B. Factual Meaning
C. Subjective Meaning

9. It is the time top finish your project, to give it the final shape before you present it to the
audience. It is difficult time because your energy will be small and likely dispersed with a new
vision. Put deadline to your projects and do not get entangled in small and never-ending
details.

A. Assimilation
B. Completion
C. Germination
D. Production
10. Art has always been limited and universal, spanning only in a certain generation
throughout the continent.
A. True
B. False

Explanation: Art has always been timeless and universal, spanning generations and continents
through and through.

11. A manager or overseer, and usually a keeper of a cultural heritage institution (e.g., gallery,
museum, library, or archive), is a content specialist charged with an institution's collections,
selecting art to be displayed in a museum, organizing art exhibitions in galleries or public places,
researching artists, and writing challenge catalogs and involved with the interpretations of
heritage.

A. Art Buyer
B. Art Curator
C. Art Dealer
D. Art Market

12. This is a carbonaceous materials obtained by heating wood or organic substances in the
absence of oxygen.

A. Charcoal
B. Pencil
C. Pastel
D. Crayon

13. What does GAMABA stands for?

A. Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan

B. Gawad sa Maka-kalikasan ng Bansa
C. Gawad sa Mamamayan ng Bayan
D. Gawad sa Maka-tao ng Bansa

14. It is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either
electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive
material.
A. Videographer
B. Film making
C. Printmaking
D. Photography
15. A craftsman, such as carpenter, carver, plumber, blacksmith, weaver, embroiderer, and the
like, who produces directly functional and/ or decorative arts.
A. Art Buyer
B. Artisan
C. Artist
D. Curator

16. A philosophical perspective where we take pleasure in something because we find it

beautiful, rather than because we find it pleasurable.
A. Art as a Communication of Emotion
B. Art as Imitation
C. Art as Disinterested Judgment
D. Art as a Representation

17. He asserted that all artistic creation is a form of imitation.

A. Aristotle
B. Socrates
C. Plato
D. Immanuel Kant

18. Which of the following is NOT one of the criteria that a candidate of 'Manlilikha ng Bayan'
must possess?

A. Must have transferred and/or willing to transfer to other members of the community the
skills in the traditional and folk arts for which the community has become nationally
known.
B. Possess a mastery of tools and materials needed for the traditional, folk art and be a
maker of works of extraordinary technical quality.
C. Have engaged in a traditional and folk art which has been in existence and documented
for at least fifty (50) years.
D. Living artists who are Filipino citizens at the time of nomination, as well as those
who died after the establishment of the award in 1972 but were Filipino citizens at
the time of their death.

19. A variety of meaning that arise when a particular art is read, these meanings stem from the
viewer’s circumstances that come into play when engaging with art.*
A. Conventional Meaning
B. Subjective Meaning
C. Factual Meaning
20. Which of the following ethnic group does Ginaw Bilog belongs?*
A. Tausug
B. Mangyan
C. Yakan
D. T'Boli

21. Being creative nowadays can be quite challenging. Thus, creativity should be backed with
careful __________ on related art to avoid such conflicts.*
A. Examination
B. Assessment
C. Explanation
D. Research

22. He conceived art as a representing possible versions of reality.

A. Aristotle
B. Leo Tolstoy
C. Socrates
D. Plato

23. This concept tells us that it is the representation of nature or reality means that like
philosophy it reflects reality in its relation to man and depicts man, his spiritual world and
relations between individuals in their interaction with the world.
A. Art as a Communication of Emotion
B. Art as a Disinterested Judgement
C. Art as an Imitation
D. Art as Representation

24. Which of the following is NOT under R.A 7355?

A. have been passed on to and widely practiced by the present generation in his/her
community with the same degree of technical and artistic competence.
B. shall mean a citizen engaged in any traditional art uniquely Filipino
C. shall mean a citizen engaged in any modern and traditional art uniquely Filipino
D. whose distinctive skills have reached such a high level of technical and artistic
excellence
25. These are pigments bound by wax and compressed into painted sticks used for drawing
especially among children in the elementary grade. They adhere better on paper surface.

A. Fresco
B. Crayons
C. Charcoal
D. Oil Paste
26. This word is generally defined as an art practitioner, such as a painter, sculptor,
choreographer, dancer, writer, poet, musicians, and the like, who produces or creates indirectly
functional arts with aesthetic value using imagination.
A. Art Buyer
B. Art Curator
C. Artist
D. Artisan

27. It is the initial moment when you conceive a new project in your life. In this stage, you are
planting a seeds of your creation. The most important and difficult thing in this stage is
choosing. You need to be more specific about what you want to do.*
A. Assimilation
B. Curator
C. Completion
D. Germination
28. This type of function of art is varied and highly subjective. Functions depends on the artist
who created the art. An artist may create an art out of self-expression, entertainment, or
therapeutic purpose.*
A. Physical Function
B. Cultural Function
C. Personal Function
D. Social Function
29. A professional who is knowledgeable in art, who may buy or look for an art for a collector
or a company.
A. Private Collector
B. Art Dealer
C. Art Curator
D. Art Buyer
30. Another difference between an Artist and an Artisan is that the work of artists tends to be
shown in crafts at fairs, while artisans sell their crafts at museums or galleries.*

A. True
B. False
31. Art plays a huge role in communication to its audience’s emotions that the artist previously
experienced.
A. Art as a Representation
B. Art as Disinterested Judgment
C. Art as an Imitation
D. Art as a Communication of Emotion
32. This type of art includes poetry, journalism, blogging and any means of creative writing.

A. Performance Art
B. Literary Arts
C. Visual Art
D. Digital Art

33. It is a poetic literary form composed of seven-syllable lines used to convey messages
through metaphors and images. It is usually recorded in a bamboo tubes.

A. Alibata
B. Ambahan
C. Bagit
D. Kulilal

34. It is considered to have this type of function if and when addresses a particular collective
interest as opposed to personal interest.
A. Physical Function
B. Social Function
C. Personal Function
D. Aesthetic Function

35. In his description of the ideal republic, he advises against the inclusion of art as a subject in
the curriculum and the banning of artists in the Republic.*
A. Immanuel Kant
B. Socrates
C. Plato
D. Aristotle
36. This is a work of art depicting mostly animate subject matter, typically common place
objects, which may either natural (food, flower, plants, rocks or shells) or man-made (drinking
glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins and so on) in an artificial setting.*
A. Nature
B. Portrait
C. Still Life
D. Landscapes
37. In his Critique of Judgement, he considered the judgement of beauty, the cornerstone of art,
as something that can be universal despite its subjectivity.
A. Immanuel Kant
B. Aristotle
C. Plato
D. Leo Tolstoy

38. The way in which/how an artist creates an artwork.

A. Medium/Media
B. Technique
C. Photography
D. Process
39. A person or a company that buys and sells works of art. Art dealers often study the history
of art before starting their careers.
A. Art Dealer
B. Art Curator
C. Art Collector
D. Art Buyer
40. It is an economic ecosystem that relies not only on supply and demand but also on the
fabrication of a work’s predicted future monetary and /or cultural value.
A. Trade Fair
B. Art Market
C. Exhibits
D. Aesthetic Market
41. It is an art made from ceramic materials, including clay. It may take forms including
artistic pottery, including tableware, tiles, figurines and other sculpture. As one of the plastic
arts, it is considered as one of the visual arts.
A. Architecture
B. Ceramic Arts
C. Sculpture
D. Printmaking
42. Which of the following does NOT belong in the PERCUSSION family?

A. Maracas
B. Piano
C. Harp
D. Snare Drum

43. It represents an outlet of human expression, usually influenced by culture, and driven by
human creative impulse.
A. The Arts
B. The Media
C. The Humanities
D. Psychology
44. Art is an imprint of people's past, present, and future civilizations.
A. True
B. False

45. They give the highest awards for culture and arts, including the National Artist Award and
GAMABA.
A. National Commission for Culture and the Artwork
B. National Commission for Culture and the Arts
C. National Commission for Culture and the Awards
D. National Commission for Culture and the Act

PART II. IDENTIFICATION

46. It is a very powerful tool to produce a creative piece.

ANSWER: IMAGINATION

47. This refers to the visual focus or image that may be extracted from examining an artwork.

ANSWER: SUBJECT

48. It refers to the materials that are used by an artist to create a work of art.

ANSWER: MEDIUM
49. It is an artistic process based on the principle of transferring images from a matrix onto
another surface, most often paper of fabric.

ANSWER: PRINTMAKING

50. This kind of art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but
instead use shapes ,colors, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect.

ANSWER: ABSTRACT ART

51. It results from using the elements of art, giving them order and meaning through the
principles of organization.

ANSWER: FORM

52. This is a personal owned collection or works, usually a collection of art.

ANSWER: PRIVATE COLLECTION

53. It is also known as figurative art, and it represents objects or events in the real world,
usually looking easily recognizable. These are clearly derived from real object sources, and
therefore are by definition representing something with strong visual references to the real
world.

ANSWER: REPRESENTATIONAL ART

54. ____________ is what gives a difference to one artwork to another.

ANSWER: CREATIVITY

55. What are the three [3] conventions/assumptions of art?

A. Art is not Nature

B. Art is an Expression
C. Art Involves Experience
D. Art is Cultural
E. Art is Universal and Timeless

55. Art that makes no reference to nature or reality. It is the most “extreme” form of abstract
art that is not connected to the visible world.

ANSWER: NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ART

56. It is the meaning that is communicated by the artist or the artwork. The emotional or
intellectual message of a work of art

ANSWER: CONTENT

57. Unlike fields of knowledge that involve data, art is known by _______________. A work
of art then cannot be abstracted from actual doing. In order to know what an artwork is, we
have to sense it, see or hear it, and see and hear it.

ANSWER: EXPERIENCING

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