URDANETA CITY UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES

URDANETA CITY, PANGASINAN
SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
First Semester, AY 2020-2021

Preliminary Examination
Introduction to Art Appreciation

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Course/ Year Level: ______________ Class Code: ______
INSTRUCTION: READ EACH DIRECTION CAREFULLY. USED BLACK FONT COLOR ONLY. STRICTLY NO
ERASURES.
I. True or False. Write WEN if the statement is correct and MADI if it is incorrect.

1. Importance of a human being and his feelings is one of the concerns of the humanities.
2. Art does not appeal to our minds, arouses our emotions, kindles our imagination and enchants our
senses.
3. Art is ageless and timeless. Age is not a factor in determining art.
4. Matters of taste are not matters of dispute.
5. Imagination allows endless possibilities to create something bold and something that will stimulate
change.
6. Sculpture is the most prominent art form.
7. Art serves as a language, a communication device that articulates feelings and emotions that are
unavailable to the audience.
8. According to Plato, art is dangerous because it provides petty replacement for the real entities that
can only be attained through reason.
9. In Aristotelian view, art allows the experience of pleasure and art has an ability to be instructive and
teach its audience about life.
10. Humanities and the Social Sciences both study the human behavior and interaction in social, cultural,
environmental, economic and political contexts.

II. Identify what is being described.

1. The art that we perceive through our eyes.
2. Works are to be captured the speed and force of modern industrial society.
3. Art subject tried to portray as it is.
4. This means super reality and emphasizes the activities of the subconscious state of mind.
5. The art of arranging sounds in rhythmic succession and generally in combination.
6. The story re-created by actors on stage.
7. Art of combining spoken or written words and their meanings into forms which have artistic and
emotional appeal.
8. This involves the movement of the body and feet in rhythm.
9. A Greek philosopher said that every particular substance has an end.
10. Greek term for end.
11. What is the Greek term when we achieve a life of happiness and fulfillment?
12. He wrote The Republic and stated that art is mere imitation and artists are mere imitators.
13. A book author who mentioned that art serves as a language, a communication device that articulates
feelings and emotions.
14. According to Aristotle, we can only be happy if we are being ______________.
15. What is the common factor among the 5 kinds of the art? They all express this.

III. Enumeration.
1-5. 5 kinds of the Art
6-8. 3 Assumptions of the Art
9-11. 3 Roles of the Art
12-15. 4 Philosophical Perspectives of the Art
16-21. 6 Filipino Artists
22-24. 3 Process of Creation
25-29. 5 methods in presenting the Art subjects
30-32. 3 Qualities to be human
33-35. 3 Functions of Art

IV. Explain briefly.

1. According to Immanuel Kant, our own perception of art is universal despite of its subjectivity. Do you
agree with him?
2. Plato mentioned that art is dangerous. In his ideal form of government, why did he advised against art
to be included in the curriculum?
3. What is the importance of having telos in this life?
4. With art, we have the freedom to express our feelings and emotions. What’s stopping you from being
free?
5. If you can meet any artists in the world, who would that be and why?