Republic of the Philippines

PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Departmental Midterm Examination

1st Sem SY 2021-2022

GE 3-Art Appreciation

Direction: Choose the correct answer from the given options. Shade your answer on the answer sheet provided for you.
1. The Latin term of Humanities which means ‘human, cultured and refined’.
a. Humantis
b. Humanus
c. Meduanus
d. Medunus

2. The three basic and significant innate qualities of human beings which are developed based on environment,
values, beliefs and experiences.
a. critical, nastiness and holiness
b. shrewdness, ability and mendacity
c. sagacity, benevolence and insensitivity
d. rationality, kindness and tenderness

3. The Latin word of art which means ability or skill which covers various areas of artistic creativity that seek to
communicate beauty primarily through the senses.
a. aris
b. ars
c. artesian
d. artis

4. A work of art for which more than one type of art material is used to create the finished piece.
a. mass
b. subject
c. medium
d. mixed media

5. Inanimate objects arranged in indoor setting, like fruits on the table, flowers on the vase, or books on the shelf.
a. Historical
b. Landscape
c. Portrait
d. Still Life

6. The following are the components of the forms of art except:

a. elements
b. principles of design
c. actual and physical materials
d. in-depth interpretation of the art work

The statement “art has been crafted by all people regardless of origin, time place and enjoyed by people
continuously” refers to what assumptions of art?
a. Art is universal
b. Art is not nature
c. Art is made by man
d. Art involves experience

This refer to the material used to make a work of art.

a. Model
b. Subject
c. Medium
d. Mixed media

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Art is a product of man’s creativity, imagination and expression is best explained by the following statements,
EXCEPT.
a. Art is derived from the Latin word ‘ars’ which means a “craft or skill”
b. Art suggest the capacity to produce an intended result from carefully planned steps or method.
c. Through his bare hands, man constructed infrastructures that tended to his needs, like his house.
d. Human persons have been exercising what it means to be a human long before he was even aware of
being one.

It is during this period of art when an artist valued the “individual” as subject of arts. Most artworks emphasized
naturalism, which was also an influence of humanism sincere was a great emphasis on proportionality of the
human body.
a. Egyptian Art Period
b. Medieval Art Period
c. Renaissance Art Period
d. Romantic Art Period

11. A term used for whatever is represented in a work of art which is also referred to any identifiable object,
individual, thing, place or event illustrated in a work of art and which also answers the question “what is it?”
or “what is it about?”
a. Content
b. Form
c. Matter
d. Subject
It is the name of a color, such as red, blue, or yellow and it is also considered as the dimension of color
which is referred to __________.
a. Combination
b. Hue
c. Mass
d. Order

An art in which it is the artist's intention to present again a particular subject either 'objective' or 'figurative'.
a. art presentation
b. non-art presentation
c. non-representational art
d. representational art

This term refers to the general area that surrounds all things and in art, this refers to the area of representation
either 2 or 3 dimensional.
a. Contour
b. Depth
c. Mass
d. Space

15. The starry, starry night is created by ________ in 1889.

a. Ambrogio Lorenzetti
b. Juan Luna
c. Simone Martini
d. Vincent van Gogh

16. The place where the artist stays influences his works like marble sculptures in Romblon because marble
abounds in the province in the same way as wooden sculptures abound in Paete, Laguna where
woodcarving is the primary occupation of the male population.

a. Geographical Factor
b. Historical Factor
c. Ideational Factor
d. Social Factor

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 It is derived from the Portuguese term which is translated as “irregular shaped pearl.
a. Art Nouveau
b. Barocco
c. Mannerism
d. Rococo

This refers to the dullness or brightness of a hue.

a. Intensity
b. Unity
c. Value
d. Variety

A painting technique in which pigments suspended in water applied to a damp lime-plaster surface. Once
the pigments dry, they become part of the surface of the wall.
a. acrylic painting
b. encaustic painting
c. fresco painting
d. watercolor painting

The unifying element of a work of art created by regularly repeated elements with variation.
a. Emphasis
b. Proportion
c. Rhythm
d. Scale

The art of combining spoken or written words and their meanings into forms which have artistic and
emotional appeal like drama and essay.
a. Literature
b. Performing arts
c. Plastic arts
d. Visual arts

These are dances performed by soloists, groups and choruses in theaters, night clubs, motion pictures and
television which combine various forms of ballet, modern, tap and acrobatics.
a. Ethnographic
b. Modern Dancing
c. Musical Comedy
d. Social/Ballroom dances

Like graphic arts it has two-dimensional surface, such as painting, drawing, photography and other products 0f
printing industry with the aid of computer and other electronic devices.

a. Decorative art
b. Digital art
c. Machine art
d. Pop art
These are the colors blue, red and yellow. They are described as such because they are the first to be
produced and the rest of the colors are produced as a result of their combination.
a. Adjacent Colors
b. Complementary Colors
c. Primary colors
d. Secondary Colors

The significance of the Parisian Life created by Juan Luna painted in 1892 is?

a. The woman in the painting has “geographical likeness” to the

mirror-image of the archipelago of the Philippines.
b. The lady sitting in the sofa was identified as a flirt and prostitute,
by tragic and biographical interpretation which discusses the
personal experience of Luna with his wife who had an affair with
another man.
c. Juan Luna exposed the Philippines in a disturbed state during the
Spanish Revolution in 1892 through the uncomfortable position

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 and about-to-cry face of the woman.
d. All of the above.

This refers to the lightness or darkness of a color and can be changed by adding black or white.
a. Hue
b. Intensity
c. Saturation
d. Value

The importance of studying humanities is:

a. It develops our capacity for critical thinking and appreciation for cultural heritage and fosters
b. It helps us recognize fundamental values and principles such as beauty, truth, love, justice, faith.
c. It provides us with the opportunities to examine what it takes and what it means to be human.
understanding across barriers of race, class, gender or ethnicity.
d. All of the above
The man in the picture is:
a. Botticelli
b. Donatello
c. Leonardo da Vinci
d. Picasso

The following are the basic elements of music EXCEPT.

a. Balance
b. Dynamics
c. Melody
d. Texture

: _________________ : Michaelangelo

a. Andrea del Verrocchio

b. Leonardo da Vinci
c. Luca Signorelli
d. Pietro Perugino

31. The method of presenting subjects as they appear in real life. If an apple is the subject, it is shown as is with
either red or green color.
a. Distortion
b. Expressionism
c. Fauvism
d. Realism
32. It is presenting the subject in a misshaped form. For example, an apple is shown as a square or circle or a
star apple as ovoid (egg-shaped) or cylindrical (funnel-like).
a. Distortion
b. Expressionism
c. Fauvism
d. Realism

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33. The method of presenting the subject in an elongated form which is done by stretching the object, for
example, the human body vertically.
a. Cubism
b. Elongation
c. Impressionism
d. Mangling
It is presenting the subject with the use of cubes and other geometric figures.
a. Cubism
b. Elongation
c. Impressionism
d. Mangling
This is called as beyond realism where the subject is presented as if the subject does not form part of the real
world but belongs to the world of dreams and fantasy.
a. Cubism
b. Dadaism
c. Realism
d. Surrealism

It is presenting the subject symbolically, that is, the artist shows his subject as it appears in real life, but he
intends to let it represent something. For example, Juan Luna’s “Spolarium” depicting a soldier dragging a
slave exposes the oppression suffered by the Filipinos from the hands of the Spaniards and the slave
represent the Filipinos.
a. Dadaism
b. Fauvism
c. Futurism
d. Symbolism

It is optimistic realism where the real-life subject is presented with the use of bright colors suggesting
comfort, joy, and pleasure. The colors are bright red, yellow, orange, purple, and the like are used instead or
blue, black, gray, green, and brown. For example, the tree trunk is colored orange instead of brown.
a. Dadaism
b. Fauvism
c. Futurism
d. Symbolism

38. This method is a shocking realism where the real-life subject is presented with the intention to shock the
audience through the exposition of the evils in society.
a. Dadaism
b. Fauvism
c. Futurism
d. Symbolism

It is realism based on the artist’s impression.

a. Cubism
b. Elongation
c. Impressionism
d. Realism

This is a method where the subject is presented relating not to the present but to the future. An example is a
painting of a futuristic machine or a futuristic human being such as an android.
a. Dadaism
b. Fauvism
c. Futurism
d. Symbolism

This element of art is a property of light as it is reflected off the objejct.

a. color
b. line
c. shape

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 d. space
This refers to the artist's ability and knowledge or technical know-how in manipulating the medium also a
manner in which the artist controls the medium to achieve a desired effect.
a. Art
b. Media
c. Passion
d. Technique

In theater or performing arts, pre-production involves the following except:

a. Assigning of roles and workshops
b. Evaluating and critiquing of performances of artists
c. Making the auditions for cast selection
d. Writing the script

This element of art refers to a point moving at an identifiable paths that has length and direction.
a. color
b. line
c. shape
d. space

This refers to the point of view, angle of vision or frame of reference where the artist stands to view his
subject as he creates his artwork.
a. Charisma
b. Perspective
c. Procedure
d. Skill
This is an element of visual art that refers to the distance between, around, above, below, and within things.
a. Color
b. Portion
c. Proximity
d. Space

This is achieved when all the elements of a thing are put together to come up with a coherent whole.
a. Balance
b. Harmony
c. Proportion
d. Variety

It is the comparative relationship of the different parts in relation to the whole.

a. Balance
b. Proportion
c. Rhythm
d. Variety

This piece of artwork is an example of __________________.

a. Cubism b. Expressionism c. Dadaism d. Fauvism

This refers to art that is used in daily living such as tools, architectural structures, roads, bridges, buildings,
furniture, kitchen utensils, coins, bills, dress, weapons, among others.

a. Aesthetic
b. Dimensional
c. Functional
d. Representational

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ANSWERS KEY:

1. B
2. D
3. B
4. D
5. D
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. A
10. C
11. D
12. B
13. D
14. D
15. D
16. A
17. B
18. A
19. C
20. C
21. A
22. B
23. B
24. C
25. A
26. D
27. D
28. C
29. A
30. B
31. D
32. A
33. B
34. A
35. D
36. D
37. B
38. A
39. C
40. C
41. A
42. D
43. B
44. B
45. B
46. D
47. B
48. B
49. A
50. C

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