MIDTERM EXAM

Contemporary Arts

Name: _________________________________ Date: _______________________

Grade & Section: _________________________ Score: ________________________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Choose the letter of correct answer and write your answer in the space provided. 1 point each.

_____1. It is the newest form of art, amusing people from the middle to the late 20th century up to this very
minute.

a. Traditional Art
b. Modern art
c. Contemporary art
d. Old Art

_____2. This form of art emerged in the late 1800s and continued to grow for more or less a century.

a. Traditional art
b. Modern art
c. Contemporary art
d. Old art

_____3. Refers to a racked gong chime instrument played in the southern islands of the Philippines, along with
its varied accompanying ensembles.

a. Kulintang
b. Tambol
c. Gong
d. Piano

_____5. It is the surface of an artwork. It can be actual or tactile. What element of art is this?

a. Color
b. Texture
c. Line
d. Value

_____6. A form of art where the composition or layout of lines, shapes, and color to form patterns on paper,
textile, or any piece for that matter. It can be found in either two-dimensional works like painting and drawing;
or three dimensional works like installation and sculpture.

a. Musical Instruments
b. Choreography
c. Visual design
d. Cinema
_____7. Kutyapi, kulintang and gongs are examples of _______.

a. Visual design
b. Musical instruments
c. Theatrical Performance
d. Cinema

_____8. PETA's Rak of Aegis is an example of _______.

a. Theatrical Performance
b. Choreography
c. Visual design
d. Cinema

_____9. It is the highest national recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made significant
contributions to the development of Philippine arts.

a. Order of National Artists

b. Gawad Manlilikha ng Bayan
c. Medal of Valor
d. Artist of the Decade

_____10. It is an award that honors artists who are engaged in folk traditional arts and who have reached a high
level o technical. skill and artistic excellence?

a. National Artist
b. Indigenous People’s Award
c. Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
d. Gawad Kalinga awardees

_____11. Why does the man in the Oblation in UP faces upwards and arms outstretched?
a. Because it symbolizes selfless offering of oneself to his country.
b. Because it symbolizes new beginning of the country.
c. Because it symbolizes that Filipinos can do a better job in sculpture.
d. Because it symbolizes the sacrifices of those who sacrificed their lives for the country.
_____12. Who is the artist of the Oblation in UP?
a. Arturo R Luz
b. Eduardo Castrillo
c. Guillermo Tolentino
d. Napoleon Abueva
_____13. It is a technique in choreography wherein the choreographer prescribes the movement in detail, giving
little or no opportunity for dancers to be creative.
a. Improvisation
b. Mirroring
c. Planned
d. Retrograde
_____14. Filipino artists have devised alternative materials and rediscovered indigenous tools for their use. This
is the reason why they are known for being:
a. Extravagant
b. Intelligent
c. Joyful
d. Resourceful
_____15. Which of the following is one example of collaborative art that is common to every region that can be
composed of street dancing, singing competition, architectural record like float parade and many more?
a. Complete collaboration
b. Festivals
c. Project design
d. Resourceful

II. TRUE OR FALSE

Directions: Write T if the statement is correct, and F if the statement is wrong.

_______1. Weaving is a form of art is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or
threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.
_______2. Rhythm is a principle of design that refers to the wholeness of the design, the pleasing arrangement
or parts, and the agreement between parts o a composition, resulting in a united whole.
_______3. Sculpturing is a form of art and one of the oldest and most widespread of the decorative arts,
consisting of obiects made 01 clay and hardened with heat.
_______4. Calligraphy is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a broad-
tipped instrument, brush, or other writing instrument.
_______5. Dance refers to the movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music and within a given
space, for the purpose o expressing an idea or emotion, releasing energy, or simply taking delight in the
movement itself.
_______6. Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface.
_______7. Singkil is the national dance of the Philippines.
_______8. It is the regular, repeated pattern in the elements of art. It is a flow, or feeling of movement, achieved
by the distribution of visual units in time and this refers to harmony.
_______9. Proportion is an elements in a work o art that should have a relationsnip with one another.
_______10. Balance pertains to the even distribution of weight. It is the principle that deals with equality.

III. MATCHING TYPE

Directions: Write the correct answer on the blank provided before each statement. Choose your answer from
the given choices inside the box.

Performance Appropriation Hybridity

Technology Space
__________1. It is the usage of prints, images, and icon to produce another art form.

__________2. It is to interpret various human activities such as ordinary activities such as chores, routines
and rituals, to socially relevant themes such as poverty, commercialism and war.

__________3. It refers to the distances or areas around, between, and within components o a piece

__________4. It is the usage of unconventional materials, mixing of unlikely materials to produce an

artwork.

__________5. This is used in extensively ow the mainstream media in advertisement, and by film-makers to
produce visual effects.

__________6. It gives the viewer a reference for interpreting an artwork.

__________7. It is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or images with little or no
transformation applied to them.

__________8. This art is computer-generated. such as a scanned photograph or an image drawn using
vector graphics software using a mouse or graphics

__________9. It is an art that combines vast from the present.

__________10. It is a contemporary art movement in which artists work with frontier areas of science and
emerging technologies

__________11. Art form that is performed and positioned in the specific area such as public places.

__________12. It is the area or part of the composition that an object or subject occupies.

__________13. It is an art that interpret various human activities such as ordinary activities such as chores,
routines and rituals, to socially relevant themes such as poverty, commercialism and war.

__________14. It is the taking over, into a work o art, o a real object or even an existing work of art.

__________15. It is the intentional borrowing, copying, and alteration of existing images and objects.

Prepared by: Approved by:

Joanna Joyce G. Joson Mrs. Marianne D. Agbayani

Teacher School Principal