CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGION

Prelim Exam
September 9, 2019

Lastname: ____________________ Section: Mark Score:____________

I. Write T if the statement is TRUE, if it FALSE underline the word/s that makes it
false and replace with the correct word/s. (2 pts each)

1. ___ In stylistic terms, we refer to art before the colonization of the Spaniards as
“pre-conquest”.
2. ___ Contemporary art is distinguishable from modern art in historical, stylistic,
and cultural terms.
3. ___ Several characteristics of contemporary art includes, but not limited to,
site-specific, process-based, collaborative, and interactive.
4. ___ Contemporary art is fixed and has a definite set of possibilities.
5. ___ Study and appreciation of the contemporary is to experience and understand
art as a window to Philippine contemporary life.
6. ___ Many ancient Filipino rituals can be considered as an early form of theater.
7. ___ In Lake Lanao, a kashawing ritual is performed to ensure fertility among the
people of the community.
8. ___ Kulintang refers to an array of bossed gongs, the gansa, bamboo percussion
instruments, and a large bossed gong often called agong.
9. ___ Pangalay is a cultural dance from Batanes that mimics the movement of
seabirds.
10.___ Talip is an Ifugao dance used in courtship which mimics the movements of
wild fowls.
11.___ Kadaliwas is a popular Tagalog folk dance depicting the movements of a
crane balancing its stilt-like legs or flitting away from the clutches of bamboo traps
set by farmers to protect their rice fields.
12.___ Hagabi, an Ifugao art, is a wooden bench that marks the socio economic
status of the owner.
13.___ Okir refers to the Moro and Lumad art depicting geometric and flowing
plant-based designs.
14.___ Ancient Filipinos believed that wearing jewelry makes the wearer more
attractive to the opposite sex inasmuch as it is considered pleasing to the gods.
15.___ Philippines, prior to the colonization of Spaniards, has no formal religion
although several parts of the country are already occupied with people having
Christian beliefs.
16.___ Islam gained significant grounding in Sulu as early as 13 th century.
17.___ Rajah Baguinda, the father of Princess Piramisuli, established the Sultanate of
Sulu.
18.___ In Islam, divine unity is expressed through abstract forms and patterns (found
in their place of worship) to compel the believer to focus on meditation.
19.___ How Filipino Muslims organize space in architecture tells of their adherence
to the Tawhid and other Islamic beliefs.
20.___ Many of the Islamic art forms are inclined to upward orientation so as to
symbolize regard for heaven and to turn away from materialism.
21.___ During the Spanish period, visual arts was used as a medium for teaching the
Spanish language.

Essay.