GART PRELIMS EXAM

C

A. ART MAY ALSO REFLECT MAN’S DISTINCT RELATIONSHIP WITH A HIGHER POWER, AS SEEN IN SACRED SCENES DEPICTED IN ARTWORK

B. HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT EVENT ARE ABUNDANT REFERENCES FOR ART PRODUCTION

A

A. OUR PERCEPTION OF BEAUTY IS CULTURE-BASE

B. BEAUTY HAS A UNIVERSAL STANDARD.

C

A. A BROOM MAY BELONG TO THE UTILITARIAN FUNCTION OF ART

B. A DOODLE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PERSONAL FUNCTION OF ART

C

A. VIEWERS FIND A GREATER DEGREE OF COMFORT WHEN THEY SEE REGISTERS AS SOMETHING FAMILIAR; HENCE, REPRESENTATIONAL ART IS PREFERRED.

B. FOR NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ART, A HIGHER DEGREE OF PERCEPTIVENESS IS FULLY REQUIRED TO FULLY GRASP THE MEANING BEHIND THE WORK.

C

A. ART IS A FORM OF COMMUNICATION.

B. ART IS A REPRESENTATION OF ONE’S EXPERIENCE

A

A. ART IS INSPIRED BY NATURE

B. NATURE IS ART

A

A. CONTENT IN ART COMMUNICATES FEELINGS, REACTIONS AND IDEAS CONNECTED WITH THE SUBJECT

B. SUBJECT IN ART IS THE MEANING DERIVED FROM AN ARTWORK

C

A. WORKS OF ART THAT HAVE WITHSTOOD THE TEST OF TIME ARE CONSIDERED TIMELESS

B. REGARDLESS OF CULTURE IR FUNCTION, ALL WORKS OF ART ARE UNIVERSAL

A

A. ALL KINDS OF ART SERVE SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS

B. MOST WORKS OF ART ARE DECORATIVE

A

A. IN ART, THE VIEWER MAY NEED TO GO BEYOND WHAT IS VISIBLE, OR WHAT IS IMPLICIT.

B. SUBJECT IN ART SPEAKS OF THE “WHY” BEHIND THE ARTWORK

A

A. IN EXPRESSION, THE ARTIST EXHIBITS HIS SUBCONSCIOUS TO VARIOUS ASPECTS.

B. EXPRESSION IS A CRUCIAL PART OF THE ART PROCESS BUT IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT TO BECOME AN ARTIST

D

A. IF AN ARTIST USES A PIECE OF ART AS A SUBJECT FOR HIS ART, HE LACKS IMAGINATION.

B. ART SUBJECTS NEED TO BE TANGIBLE.

D

A. MAN’S ABILITY TO MANIPULATE NATURAL OBJECTS SUCH AS BONSAI, MANICURED GARDENS AND MAN-MADE RIVER SUPPORT THE ASSUMPTION THAT ART IS UNIVERSAL.

B. BODY TATTOOS AND OTHER FORMS OF BODY MODIFICATIONS IN THE WORLD FROM PAST TO PRESENT ARE ALL SUBJECTIVE EXPRESSION MAKING ART UNIVERSAL

B

A. IF AN ART IS NON-REPRESENTATIONAL OR NON-OBJECTIVE, IT HAS NO SUBJECT.

B. AN ART MAY HAVE NO OBJECT

C

A. NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ART IS NOT THE SAME AS ABSTRACT ART

B. ABSTRACT ART IS A DEPARTURE FROM REALITY

C

A. IMAGINATION PRECEDES CREATIVITY

B. CREATIVITY IS IMAGINATION PUT TO WORK

D

A. PORTRAITURES ARE IMAGES OF A PARTICULAR PERSON, ANIMAL, OR GROUP

B. VISIONARY MAY BE PORTRAITURE

A

A. SOME OF THE SONGS OF TAYLOR SWIFT, MOIRA, AND ARIANA GRANDA HIGHLIGHT THEMES OF LOVE AND HEARTBROKENNESS EMPHASIZING THE ASSUMPTION THAT ART IS EXPRESSION AND IS LIKEWISE PERSONAL.

B. ALL SUBJECTS IN ART ARE SOLELY FORM FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE OF AN ARTIST: OTHER HUMAN EXPERIENCES FELT VICARIOUSLY ARE IRRELEVANT, HENCE, MAKING ART PERSONAL AND EXPRESSIVE

C

A. SOMETIMES, AN ARTWORK MAY HAVE OVERLAPPING FUNCTIONS. FOR EXAMPLES, A WOVEN SAGADA BAG BOTH FUNCTIONS AS UTILITARIAN AND CULTURAL

B. POEMS MAY HAVE SOME SOCIAL FUNCTIONS

C

A. ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM IS AN EXAMPLE OF REPRESENTATIONAL ART

B. CUBISM IS AN EXAMPLE OF ABSTRACT ART

A

A. ART AWAKENS CONSCIOUSNESS OF THINGS THAT ON IS OBLIVIOUS TO WHILE SCIENCE APPEASES ONE’S DOUBTS BECAUSE IT IS OBSERVABLE AND TANGIBLE

B. ARCHIMEDES’ DISCOVERY OF THE LAW OF BUOYANCY IS AN EXAMPLE OF CREATIVITY

D

A. THE PERFECT CONE-SHAPE OF MOUNT MAYON, WHICH IS AN ALBAY, MAKES IT A MAGNIFICENT ART

B. A CHILD IS THE BEST ART PARENTS COULD HAVE

C

A. THERE IS A THIN LINE BETWEEN ART AS PLAGIARISM OR REVOLUTION BECAUSE OF THE VARIETY AND SUBJECTIVITY OF THE DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION OF ART.

B. ART TAKES TIME, THUS, ART IS LONG AND TIME IS FLEETING

C

A. THE ABILITY TO RELEASE AND RELIEVE ONESELF OF THE EMOTIONAL PANGS THROUGH ART RESONATES THE ASSUMPTION THAT ART IS A PRODUCTION OF MAN’S CAPACITY TO EXPRESS.

B. WORKS OF ART ARE TANGIBLE EXPRESSION OF AN ARTIST IMAGINATION

C

A. ART APPRECIATION IS THE ABILITY TO INTERPRET AND UNDERSTAND MAN-MADE ARTS

B. ART APPRECIATION MEANS RESPONDING EMOTIONALLY TO AN ART WITHOUT NECESSARILY IDENTIFYING THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED

C

A. “AFRICAN BODY MODIFICATION” EXPOSES HOW CULTURE BACKGROUND INFLUENCES THE PEOPLE’S PERCEPTION OF CREATIVITY IN THE SOCIETY

B. THE CONCEPT OF “AFRICAN BODY MODIFICATION” EXULTS THE INTENTIONAL PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY BODY ALTERATION FOR PERSONAL AND DECORATIVE PURPOSES

A

A. ACCORDING TO PLATO, POETRY IS TWICE REMOVED FROM REALITY

B. PLATO RESPECTED POETS AS ARTIST WHO SPOKE THE TRUTH

B

A. BY TECHNICAL DEFINITION, MAN IS AN ART

B. AN IMITATION OF NATURE IS ART

C

A. THE NOTION THAT ART IS A REFLECTION OF PEOPLE DEPICTS THE ASSUMPTION THAT ART IS NOT NATURE

B. DESPITE HAVING THE ABILITY TO CREATE SEEMINGLY REALISTIC PAINTING OF NATURAL OBJECTS, ARTIST ARE BUT INSPIRED BY NATURE NOT CREATORS OF NATURE

C

A. ART APPRECIATION IS RELATIVE

B. ACCORDING TO THE CRITIQUE OF ISAGANI CRUZ, POLETEISMO IS NOT ART BECAUSE IT DID NOT BRING OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE. IN OTHER WORDS, IT DIDN’T ENNOBLE

C

A. ART IS THE ACT OF COMBINING MATERIALS TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW

B. AN ARTIST CAN DUPLICATE NATURE AND MAKE NATURE AS AN INSPIRATION

F,A

M,C

J,C

I,C

G,B

B,A

G,A

D,D

K,C

L,B

J,A

a. personal

b. social

D,B

a. cultural

b. spiritual

A,B

a. social

b. utilitarian/physical

D,A

a. spiritual

b. cultural

H,B

a. utilitarian/physical

b. personal

G,A

a. cultural

b. utilitarian/physical