Name: Kathleen T.

Familar________________________________________ Score___________
Prelims exam
Arts Appreciation

I. True or False.

__True__________ 1. Humanities is the study of how people process and document the
human experience through Philosophy, Literature, Religion, Art, and Language to
understand and record our world.

____True_________2. Art challenges us to see things differently.

___False________ 3.Art can be reproduced by another person having the same talent , by
following the same style of the particular work.

____True_________4.Art is often a vehicle for social change.

___False__________5. Culture is felt during aesthetic activity or appreciation.

___True___________6. Unifying element helps in the analysis of the painting.

___True___________7. Provenance indicates the name of the present owner or collector of

the work.

____False__________ 8. Topic Sentence in the paragraph analysis of a visual work includes

subject, verb and adjective.

___True___________9. Basic Semiotic Plane. The plane of analysis that covers visual
elements, choice of medium and technique, format of the work, notations, marks in the
artwork.

____False_________10. Contextual plane. The plane of analysis that examines signifiers as

unique signs with particular and highly nuanced meanings.
II.PRELIMINARY UNDERSTANDING OF THE VISUAL WORK.

A. (6 points)
Title :Spolarium_____________
Artists name : Juan Luna____________
Medium and techniques :____Oil on Canvas_____________
Dimension or measurements : __4.22 m × 7.675 m (13.8 ft × 25.18 ft)____
Date of the work :_1884__________________
Provenance :__National Museum of Fine Arts, Manila_________
 B. (5 points)

Title :__Bulaklak____________________

Artists name :___Angela Pascual______________

Medium and techniques :____Pastel on Paper_____________

Dimension or measurements : _14 in x 10 in_______________

Date of the work :__2004_________________

l Bulaklak

By Angela Pascual, (2004) 14 in x 10 in, pastel on paper

 II. Paragraph Analysis. Bulaklak

Sentence 1: Topic Sentence. (Subject, Verb, Controlling Idea). 5 points

The Bulaklak by Angela Pascual depicts a flower that shows the nature of a women.

Sentence 2: Basic Semiotic Plane (What you see in the painting; actual images)5 points.

The art portrays a flower with two women bends in back to back while holding hands.

Sentence 3: Iconic Plane (Examines signifiers as unique signs or the meaning behind it) 5 points

It resembles the reproductive system of a women. The art may imply the nature and beauty of a
women.
Sentence4: Contextual Plane. (Analysis that considers social and historical context)

5 points

A flower is like a women, in ancient times it is symbol of exotic beauty and purity of a women. Just like a
flower, a women also have different and unique appearances, and every women is beautiful.

Sentence 5: Evaluative Plane. (Representational. The style of figuration where subject is taken from
visible world; object may be stylized but still recognizable) 5 points.

The art style is pretty simple, the artist used the image of a flower to represent a women because a
flower may represent charm and femininity .

III. Honesty points (4 POINTS). BONUS. Check the line where you believe is appropriate for you.

_______ (0) If you use Google, open your notes, ask a classmate or tell your classmate the
answer.

____/___ (4) Answer the exam by you, yourself and I 