Division of Masbate

CATAINGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Cataingan, Masbate
Quarter 1, Week 1 & 2 Summative Examination
Senior High School
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGION

Name: ____________________________________ Date: _____________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________ Score: ___

MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Choose your best answer and write your answer in the space provided.

_____1. “Contemporary Art” is a/an ___________________

A. art of today produced by artists who are living in the twenty-first century.
B. art through individual experience.
C. expression of different emotions by various national artist.
D. expression of thoughts of an artist.
_____2. Which of the following characteristics of Philippine contemporary arts preserves local
traditions?
A. Alternative C. Dominant/Mainstream
B. Artist Groups/Collectives D. Traditional/Indigenous
_____3. Which of the following period highlights the use of stones/ rock into arts and the religious
beliefs of the Filipinos?
A. American Colonial Tradition C. Ethnic Tradition
B. Contemporary Tradition D. Spanish Colonial Tradition
_____4. Which of the following is NOT an expression of art?
A. a construction of building C. a street dance competition
B. a cooking show on television D. an exhibit of paintings on the road
_____5. This era signifies the emergence of art culture in the Philippines. Which of the following
bests describe this era?
A. a period where people used different musical instruments like guitars, cymbals and drums as form
of expressing arts
B. a time where dances varied from their geographical location
C. an era where most artworks are based on the artists religious beliefs
D. an era where people used stones as an expression of arts through architecture

Direction: Identification
__________6. He is the one who introduced modern visual art in the country through his
exhibition.
__________7. It is the kind of art which depicts the life after the war, and economic
problems.
__________8. She created the Art Association of the Philippines.
__________9. Name three known cubist. (4- 6)
__________10.
__________11.
__________12. This refers to the style in a painting showing minute details of subjects high-
lighting their texture and color. Bigas artwork of Nestor Leynes is an example of this.
__________13. It is the committee of NCCA that annually convened visual artists in the
country.
__________14. It is a kind of poetry which uses colloquial language and is built on concrete
images which tend to describe experiences.
__________15. He wrote the Valediction sa Hillcrest.
Instruction: Write E if the statement describes Ethnic Tradition, S if it describes Spanish Tradition,
and AC if it describes American Colonial and Contemporary Traditions.

__________ 16. Filipinos developed choreographies by mimicking movements of animals.

__________ 17. Technological innovations affected art making, resulting to non-conventional

artworks.

__________ 18. Religion and secularization influenced all art forms.

__________ 19. Filipinos studied abroad and later on introduced new ideas in art making.

__________ 20. The geographical location and experiences of the Filipinos were the main factors in
art production.

Instruction: Write T if the statement is True and F if the statement is False.

__________ 21. Modern Art refers to the practice of art in the 1860s-1960s. It was in this year that the
Western world was significantly developing.

__________ 22. Before colonization, the Philippines already has its indigenous art.

__________ 23. Contemporary art refers to the recent and current practice of art ranging from the
1960s up to the present.

__________ 24. Modern art is totally the same with Contemporary Arts since modern and
contemporary are synonymous to each other.

__________25. The Spaniards greatly influenced the Filipinos that the arts in the country resulted to
pure Western Art.

Prepared by:
FEVEE M. BAYLON
Teacher II

Checked/Validated by:

JANICE A. MARTIN
Assistant Principal II, SHS

Noted:

JESUS P. DELA PEÑA

Principal IV