ART APPRECIATION EXERCISE 1

Direction: Write E if the statement belongs to Ethnic Traditions, S if it belongs to Spanish Tradition, and
A and C if American and Contemporary Traditions, respectively.

1. Filipinos developed choreographies by mimicking movements of animals.

2. Technological innovations affected art making resulting to non-conventional artworks.
3. Zarzuelas and operas became popular in this period.
4. Pottery, weaving, wood carving, and metal crafting are the forms of visual arts.
5. Religion and secularization influenced all art forms.
6. Filipinos studied abroad and later on introduced new ideas in art making.
7. Avant-garde artworks entered the scene.
8. Bricks and stones were predominantly used in constructing buildings.
9. Painting and sculpture were the most popular forms of visual arts.
10. The geographical location and experiences of the Filipinos were the main factors in art
production.

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1. The Spaniards greatly influenced the Filipinos that the arts in the country resulted to pure
Western Art.
2. The piano is one of the instruments that the Spaniards introduced in the field of Philippine
music.
3. Contemporary art refers to the recent and current practice of art raging from the 1960s up to
the present.
4. Folk songs, speeches, and narratives were the forms of literature in the Spanish Era with
religious and secular contents.
5. Modern Art refers to the practice of art in the 1860s-1960s it was in these years that the
western world was significantly developing.
6. Modern Art is totally the same with Contemporary Arts since modern and contemporary are
synonymous to each other.
7. Valse, fandango, polka, and minuet are examples of theatrical performances in the Spanish
period.
8. Before colonization, the Philippines already has its indigenous art.
9. Modern art continuously develops even after WWII, which led to the contemporary way of art
making today.
10. Artist used wood carvings and metal works with intricate decorative designs as
embellishments for buildings in the pre-colonial period.