Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

BatStateU Alangilan
Alangilan, Batangas City

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE & FINE ARTS

Electronics Engineering Department

GEd108 Art Appreciation

MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS A.Y. 2021-2022
By: Nicolas Guillano P. Calpito
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“An unexamined Life is not worth living”...
-Socrates, during his trial against
his crimes on Athenian Society
recorded on Plato’s Apology

Greetings!

This is your Midterm Examination for GEd108. Follow the instructions carefully and answer the
questions to the best of your ability! Good luck!

INSTRUCTIONS

● EXAMINATION DOCUMENT FORMAT:

- Submitted answers should be on PDF form.

- Font and Font Size: Times New Roman, 12
- Spacing: Double
- Page Size: Legal (8.5” x 14”)
- Margins: 1”
- Do not forget to use the official header of the College and also indicate that this is your
midterm examination.
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Example:

[UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE HEADER]

MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN GEd108 Date

Name - Year and Section
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● MANNER OF SUBMISSION:

- Submit answers by turning in your PDF files. Create a google drive link for your files.
- For matters relating to possible copying of answers, limit your file access only to you and
my google account (nicolasguillano.calpito@g.batstate-u.edu.ph)
- File name should be; COURSE AND SECTION, LAST NAME, ArtApp-MIDTERMS
(example: MEXE1101, BEYBIEMYAK, ArtApp-MIDTERMS)
 ● MANNER OF ANSWERING:

- There is no need to include the questions in your submitted answers.

- Simply type in Question 1 (as follows) and below the label is your answer.
example:
Question 1:

------> (indent) Then you directly type your answers

- No need to ‘overly’ explain things, stick to the key points being asked in each question.

- SAPERE AUDE!!!

QUESTIONS

1. Provide your understanding of the word Humanities.

- What is Humanities and what makes us who we are? And how this thing relates
into the study of the Humanities.
- The importance of learning the Humanities as an academic discipline.

2. Can Art be defined?

- Role of experience in understanding Art.

- Is art only limited to what we conventionally recognize as art?
- Importance of art appreciation.

3. How is Philosophy related to Art?

- Define Philosophy in relation to Art.

- Is philosophical knowledge a requirement for art appreciation?
- Does art use philosophy to justify its prejudices as artists/humans express through
art?

4. How do Plato and Aristotle describe art?

- Discuss the notion of mimesis for Plato and Aristotle.

- Explain the idea of Beauty being a universal essence for Plato and the role of
Catharsis for Aristotle
- The role of Art to society and morality according to Plato and Aristotle.

5. Describe Art according to Hume and Kant.

- Compare Hume’s mechanism of Taste and the Four moments of artistic judgment
according to Kant.
- Can art really make us realize and do what is good?

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***FINAL NOTE:
Grade results will be released upon checking the answers from all classes. GRADES are FINAL, disputes will only be settled if
there are merits which can be raised after receiving your grade