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BEAUTY - The art has always been regarded through times as an avenue for witnessing truth,
______ and goodness
CREATIVITY - (Rationality) is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality
ARTIS - Art is taken from the Italian word (artium) which means craftsmanship, skill, mastery of
form, intentiveness
EDUCATION - The United Nations (Economic), Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
clearly defined Culture as “the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual, and emotional
features of a society or a social group that encompasses, in addition to the arts, lifestyles, ways
of living together, value systems, traditions, and beliefs.
ART IS UNIVERSAL - Art is all embracing for it showcases human wisdom and human
creativity. Nations from all over the globe have displayed their works and inspired fellow nations
in the world
FERNANDO AMORSOLO - The Filipino artist who painted the “Portrait of Fernando Zobel as
Teenager” in 1945. The painting is a priceless collection of the Ateneo Art Gallery of the Ateneo
de Manila University
VICENTE MANANSALA - Painted the “Still Life with Green Guitar” in 1952. The painting is a
priceless collection of the Ateneo Art Gallery of the Ateneo de Manila University
BOLIVIA - New 7 wonders cities ( 2011 - 2014): Beirut (Lebanon), Doha (Qatar), Durban (South
Africa), Havana (Cuba), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), La Paz (______), and Vigan (Philippines)
PANDI, BULACAN - where the “The Battle of Kakarong de Sili Shrine” is located. Where the
bloodiest revolution in Bulacan took place where more than 3,000 Katipunero revolutionaries
died
UST MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES - Where the 17th Century longest known ivory
corpus in the Philippines, the “Crucified Christ” . The icon has been described in various exhibit
catalogues as the ‘finest and largest of its kind
ANASTACIO CAEDO - Sculptor who carved in 1974 the mythological statues of “Malakas at
Maganda”. The statues are publicly displayed outside the Vargas Museum in UP Diliman.
COUNTRY LIFE - Images and scenes of the daily life of various provinces such as fiestas and
festivals, fishing, farming, harvesting, recreation, and games
UNITED LABORATORIES, INC. - Where the 1952 painting entitled “Bayanihan” of Carlos
“Botong” Francisco is kept & preserved
1984 - The San Miguel Corporation Head Office in Mandaluyong City, Philippines is an iconic
structure built in (1994). The building is a legacy of both architecture and lanscape designs of
two national artists - Francisco Manosa and Idelfonso Santos Jr. - contributing to its creation
EDIFICES - Sacred spaces, commercial spaces, and megastructures from around the globe
recognized as cosmic, sacred, and modern.
THE GRAND HYATT MANILA - 5 star luxury hotel is recognized as the tallest building in the
Philippines since 2017 and is in BGC, Taguig, Metro Manila
PLATO - Realism is the method of presenting subjects as they appear in real life. It advocates
the concept of ____ called minesis or copying nature the way it looks
GUILLERMO TOLENTINO - National Artist in Visual arts who casts the 1933 “Bonifacio
Monument” in Caloocan City and the marble figure entitled “Lualhati”, a collection at the
National Museum of Fine Arts
AR. RALPH HARRINGTON DOANE - American architect who designed the National Museum
of Fine Arts located in Rizal Park, Ermita, Manila
ARCHITECT - The Manila Metropolitan Theater is a Philippine Art Deco structure wherein
various performances such as plays, concerts, operas, and musicals were staged
monumentally. It was esteemed to be a “modern cultural center” envisioned by the Filipino
(sculptor), Juan Arellano
AR. GABRIEL FORMOSO - Architect who designed the Bangko Sentral ng Philippines Complex
located in Roxas Boulevard, Manila, Philippines
SM MEGAMALL - Largest SM Mall in the PH in terms of its total gross floor area of 474,000
square meter
2ND - The Capas National shrine in Brgy. Aranguren, Capas, tarlac, Philippines was built by the
PH government as a memorial to allied soldiers who died at the end of Bataan Death March
during the (First) World War
VIRGINIA TY-NAVARRO - Sculptor who was commissioned to cast the bronze of the Blessed
Virgin Mary as the “The Lady of EDSA”
EDUARDO CASTRILLO - Sculptor who created the People Power Monument (1993) along
EDSA and White Plains Avenue, Quezon City
1979 - Malacanan Palace, the official residence & principal workplace of the President of the
Republic of the PH was remodeled in (1978) by the architect, Jorge Ramos
AR. FELIPE MENDOZA - Architect of the Batasang Pambansa Complex, the sea of the House
of Representatives of the PH
AR. ANTONIO TOLEDO - Architect who designed the present Senate COurt Building which was
formerly a part of the UP Manila campus & is located at the corner of Padre Faura st. and Taft
Avenue in Manila
PASAY CITY - The Senate, upper house of the Congress does not meet in the Batasan
Pambansa but in the GSIS Building in (Quezon City)
ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO - Said that “To fall in love with God is the greatest romance, to
seek Him the greatest adventure, to find Him the greatest human achievement”
TRUE - The San Agustin Church is a Roman Catholic church in Manila’s historic walled city of
Intramuros. Built in 1571, it is oldest stone church in the country
ILOCOS NORTE & ILOCOS SUR - The San Agustin Church - Intramuros, Manila. Saint
Augustine Church - Paoay (Ilocos Sur). Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion Church - Santa Maria
(Ilocos Norte), and Santo Tomas de Villanueva Church - Miag- ao, Iloilo are the 4 PH Baroque
churches designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1993
TRUE - Sheik Karimol Makhdum Mosque is in Simunul, Tawi-tawi, BARMM. The oldest mosque
in the PH and the Southeast Asia
SIX - National Museum of the PH is one of the (seven) affiliated cultural agencies under the
National Commision for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
QUEZON CITY - PH Heart Center is a hospital in (Caloocan City) specializing in treating heart
ailments. The hospital building was designed by architect, Jorge Ramos
1975 - PH Heart Center since its inauguration on Feb 14, (1976) was recognized as the 1st
Heart center in Asia
TRUE - Dr, William Chua, cardiologist, launched & unveiled an enormous sculpture called
“Puso” in front of the PH Heart Center in 2013. It is now the latest landmark work of art at the
hospital
RIZAL PARK, ERMITA, MANILA - The Manila Hotel is the 1st historic 5- star hotel in ( Taguig
City, Metro Manila). The hotel is the oldest premiere hotel in the PH and opened its door to the
public in 1912
SM MEGAMALL - The public entitled Time Sculpture (2013) of Jefre Manuel Figueras is
installed in _____
SAWM - Fasting during Ramadan, the 9th month of Islamic lunar Calendar
KISWA - the large silk cloth that covers the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in Muslim
MECCA - The Kaaba lies at the center of Masjid Al - Haram, the great mosque in the holy city of
(Riyadh) in Saudi, Arabia
URUGUAY - The La Virgen de Los Treinta y Tres / Our LAdy of the Thirty-three is the patron
saint of the republic of _____
TAMA - ang pulang tunika ni Jesukristo ay tanda ng pagpapakasakit at walang hanggang pag-
ibig ng Diyos
BUDISMO - Sina Mo-Li Ching/ Silangan, Mo-Li Hai/ Kanluran, Mo-Li Shou/ Hilaga, at Mo-Li
Hung/ Timog ay ang taga-tanod sa kalangitan sa relihiyong _____
KSHATRIYAS - Sa uri ng caste/ varnas sa Hinduismo, sila ang pangkat ng mga mandirigma at
pinuno
BUDDHA - Ang 8 landasin (noble eightfold path) ay ang mga dakilang aral ni _____
TRUE - HInduism, 9 is the number of Brahma, the Creator
FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness,
Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self – Control
AMERICA IS PREPARED TO DEFEND LIBERTY - The arrows at the back of the US one dollar
bill symbolizes _____