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MICHAE’S COLLEGE
Iligan City

PHILOSOPHY OF AESTHETICS
SECOND TERM (FINAL EXAM)

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the correct answer from the given choices.

1. What are the three types of theories about the origin of beauty?

a) Symmetry, Function, Style

b) Proportion, Functionality, Form
c) Balance, Harmony, Pattern
d) Proportion, Harmony, Style
Answer: B

2. Which of these philosophical groups believe that beauty can be fully explained with numbers?

a) The Stoics
b) The Neo-platonists
c) The Pythagoreans
d) The Epicureans
Answer: C Pythagoreans

3. It denotes συμμετρία (symmetry) or the good, appropriate balance of an object.

a) Functionality
b) Proportion
c) Form
d) Representation
Answer: B

4. Which philosopher said that beauty, just like many other properties, is generated by its respective
form. An object becomes beautiful by partaking in the form of Beauty?
a) Socrates
b) Aristotle
c) Plato
d) Pythagoras
Answer: C
5. What is meant by something being 'aesthetically pleasing'?

a) It gives us a refined sense of pleasure: it is artistically beautiful to look at

b) It does not provide any pleasure: it is unusual to look at
c) It doesn't give a refined sense of pleasure but it is beautiful to look at.
d) It doesn't give a refined sense of pleasure but it is beautiful to listen to
Answer: A
6. The term 'art' is taken from an originally Latin word meaning...

a) focus and attention

b) skill or technique
c) application and form
d) style and fashion
Answer: B

7. How would you describe 'fine' art?

a) Art that is famous

b) Art that is infamous
c) art that is applied (e.g carving instead of scultping)
d) art that is distinct from the applied (eg. sculpture as distinct from carving)
Answer: D

8. The first step in art criticism: make a list of all the things you see in the work of art

a) description
b) analysis
c) interpretation
d) judgment
Answer: A

9. Imitationalism?

a) focuses on realistic representation

b) places emphasis on the formal qualities
c) requires that a work of art must arouse a response of feelings, moods, or emotions in the viewer
d) qualities that convey ideas and moods
Answer: A

10. Emotionalism?

a) requires that a work of art must arouse a response of feelings, moods, or emotions in the viewer
b) places emphasis on the formal qualities
c) focuses on realistic representation
d) qualities that convey ideas and moods
Answer: A

11. It plays a significant role in affecting the aesthetic configurations of the subject, as each individual
develops a system of values influenced by subjective understandings of life experiences.

a) Aesthetics
b) Object
c) Perception
d) Symbolism
Answer: A

12. When a person creates aesthetic experiences, the next thing he/she will likely do is to:

a) Evaluate aesthetic knowledge

b) Immediately establish aesthetic identities
c) Make a theoretical framework discussing clothing aesthetics
d) Creation of meanings attached to material objects
Answer: D

13. A ________________is someone who analyzes and evaluates a work of art.

a) Judge
b) Critic
c) Student
d) Professor
Answer: A

14. Aesthetics has a ___________________element, the enjoyment of a work of art or a natural

phenomenon.

a) Objective
b) Subjective
c) natural
d) mystical
Answer: C

15. In regards to Aesthetics, Christians should develop________________.

a) good taste
b) critical thinking
c) a recognition of a hostile world-view towards the Bible.
d) all the above
Answer: B

II.ESSAYS: Share your thoughts on the following statements.

1. How do the arts relate to spirituality and religion?

In many religion art is used to reflect their theological system such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Christian
Catholics and orthodox. There some denominations of Christianity that is against the use of arts as
an instrument of worship since they believe it goes against the commandments of God on
forbidding graven images. Well the use of art in religion help the senses to be aware of their
theological belief and systems because the human mind has the tendency to be forgetful hence they
need a reminder of what is the right thing to do.

2. Can animals be artists?

There are circulating videos that an elephant caught painting a picture on a canvas they have been
endowed a special skill that could be possibly trained by humans. Their piece of artwork can be labelled
as unique because of the origin that it not made of human hands but of an animal. Whether the piece of
artwork is made by an animal or a human it is still a subject for aesthetic experience and judgement and
can still be appreciated. Yes animals can be considered artist but the human way of producing artwork is
far advanced than of an animal and yet the artwork made by an animal can still attract a lot of
astonishment of who on earth could expect that an animal could do as humans can do such as producing
a piece of artwork in a canvas.
3. Why aren't natural objects works of art? Or are they?
To those who believe that there is a super-intelligent being that is God I could say that the natural
objects can be considered an art since it springs from the skill and given purpose by God. In the nature
we can see its orderly sequence and this we could think that this is designed for a proper purpose and
not just a random thing that exist immediately. If a complicated clock we think of its intelligent designer
then how much more of the nature who had the system on their own that could make sense If we study
in their nature. Therefore, I could say that natural objects such as the seas, mountains, rivers, etc. is the
work of a super-intelligent being, God.