CHAPTER 1

Question 1

The Nature of Art

Answer 1

• Art is Everywhere
• Art as Expression and Communication
• Art as Creation
• Art and Experience
• Art ang Nature
• Art and Beauty

(EECENB)

Question 2

All things are part of man’s effort to lessen the tedium of everyday living and transforms the environment into more interesting place to live in

Answer 2

Art is Everywhere

Question 3

Art exist in all forms of human society and in every generations because it serves some fundamental human need

Answer 3

Art is Everywhere

Question 4

The personal values of the artist and his insights into human reality are also conveyed through arts

Answer 4

Art as Expression

Question 5

According to John Canaday, what’s the 3 major searches of man

Answer 5

• find ways to picture his gods
• to discover the world
• to discover himself

Question 6

Man has been led by an innate craving to create objects that are delightful to perceive

Answer 6

Art as Creation

Question 7

The word “ART” originated from the Latin word “ars” which means?

Answer 7

skill

Question 8

Art must be directly seen or heard in order to be enjoyed or appreciated

Answer 8

Art and Experience

Question 9

The identification with the characters or other people

Answer 9

Empathy

Question 10

Our Reaction to art is personal and individual.

Answer 10

Art is Subjective and Relative

Question 11

(True or False)
Appreciating an art means responding emotionally only to it

Answer 11

False
- we must understand also what goes into making it

Question 12

(True or False)
Even though we don’t understand art, it will at least lead us in forming ideas of our own understanding of it

Answer 12

True

Question 13

(True or False)
Art is not nature

Answer 13

True

Question 14

A work of art is ________

Answer 14

man-made

Question 15

(True or False)
Art will never fully replicate the features of nature

Answer 15

True

Question 16

(True or False)
Nature is evanescent and will always recreate itself.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

(True or False)
Art is non-repeatable and unchanging

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Example on how we use art to improve on nature.

Answer 18

Art of Landscaping

Question 19

A thing of beauty is one which gives up pleasure when we see it, this experience is called?

Answer 19

Aesthetic Pleasure

Question 20

to perceive with the senses

Answer 20

Aesthetic

Question 21

(True or False)
We are delighted when we see illogical arrangements and unbalanced forms

Answer 21

False

Question 22

(True or False)
Beauty is Relative

Answer 22

True

Question 23

(True or False)
Concepts of Beauty changes as time pass by

Answer 23

True
- just like how one generation could favour a different fashion design or other set of standards

Question 24

it refers to any person, object, scene or event described in an art

Answer 24

Subject

Question 25

Arts that have a subject are called?

Answer 25

Objective Art or Representational Art

Question 26

Arts that do not have a subject are called?

Answer 26

non-objective arts

Question 27

(Identification) Arts classified as representational art

Answer 27

- paintings - sculpture - literature - theatre art

Question 28

(Identification) Arts classified as non- representational art

Answer 28

- Music - Architecture - and others

Question 29

(Identification) Ways of Representing Subject

Answer 29

- Realism - Abstraction - Distortion

Question 30

When things are depicted the way they would normally appear in nature

Answer 30

Realistic / Realism

Question 31

The process of simplifying objects and elements according to the demands of artistic expression

Answer 31

Abstraction

Question 32

When Figures have been so arranged that proportions differ noticeably from normal measurements

Answer 32

Distorted

Question 33

meaning to twist, stretch or deform

Answer 33

Distortion

Question 34

A form of representing subject with the use of distortion and realism

Answer 34

surrealism

Question 35

Type of surrealism when the artist uses symbols which are not directly associated to the physical world

Answer 35

doodling

Question 36

(Identification) Kinds of Subject

Answer 36

- Landscape/Seascape/Cityscape - Still Lifes - Animals - Portraits - Figures - Everyday life - History and Legend - Religion - Dreams

Question 37

Refers to what the artist expresses or communicates on the whole in his work

Answer 37

Content / Meaning

Question 38

Word called for "content" in the literature aspect

Answer 38

Theme

Question 39

(Identification) Levels of Meaning

Answer 39

- Factual Meaning - Conventional Meaning - Subjective Meaning (FCS)

Question 40

the literal statement or narrative in the work

Answer 40

Factual Meaning

Question 41

the special meaning of an object or color for a specific people.

Answer 41

Conventional Meaning

Question 42

any personal meaning conveyed in the art

Answer 42

Subjective Meaning

Question 43

It means Practical Usefulness

Answer 43

Functional

Question 44

To serve no other than to amuse or provide entertainment

Answer 44

Non-functional