UNIT I.

THE IMPORTANCE, MEANING, AND ASSUMPTIONS OF ART

Activity 1

Name: __________________________________________________ Score: _________

Course/Year/Section: _______________________________ Date: __________

Directions: Answer the following questions concisely.

1. How do you define the ART? In your opinion, is there a universal meaning of this term?
Why?
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2. What can and cannot be considered art? Justify your answer.

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Activity 2

Name: __________________________________________________ Score: _________

Course/Year/Section: _______________________________ Date: __________

Direction: Read the following statements carefully. Identify what is being described in the
statement and write your answers on the space provided before the number.

_______________1. These are the forms of art that were commonly found in galleries and

museums.

_______________2. Art comes from the ancient Latin word, ars, meaning .

_______________3. It involves skills and expertness in handling materials and organizing them

into new, structurally pleasing, and significant units.

_______________4. Aimed to shape our subjective energies in accordance with a particular

view of the social world.

_______________5. These are the art forms that had everyday use.

_______________6. It is a discipline of studying arts through the lens of history.

_______________7. Refers to act of combining or reordering already existing materials that a

new object is formed.

_______________8. It allows us to understand deeply the purpose of an artwork and recognize

its beauty it possesses.

_______________9. People who study the visual and tangible objects humans make ad map

them in history.

_______________10. It becomes the expression of the individual’s exploration of his/her own

humanity.
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Activity 3

Name: __________________________________________________ Score: _________

Course/Year/Section: _______________________________ Date: __________

Direction: Read each item carefully. Determine whether the statement is true or false. Write T if
the statement is true, F if false. Answers must be written on the space provided before the
number.

__________1. Humanities helps us to learn how and what it is to be human particularly in which
we dream, act, and fulfil ourselves.

__________2. Making art is a human impulse. This is the reason why we have seen multiple
examples of art made from different parts of the globe.

__________3. In Classical period, the word art means “any special form of book learning such
as grammar, logic, or astronomy.”

__________4. Art has to be man-made. But it doesn’t mean that an artist has the freedom to
create anything as product of his personal and social exploration.

__________5. In the 21st Century, there is the focus of arts and humanities. As a result, science
and technology seem to belong to the past.

__________6. People have particular demands, and these demands drive them to create
particular artwork.

__________7. We use our senses to recognize arts, but it will not develop our perceptions in
specific elements.

__________8. Better understanding of us and the world can be achieved through gaining
pristine perceptions from arts.

__________9. Art describes aspects of existence at certain periods at certain places of certain
communities.

__________10. Propaganda literature usually static and un-compelling to influence people’s

cognition and affection.
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Activity 4

Name: __________________________________________________ Score: _________

Course/Year/Section: _______________________________ Date: __________

Direction: In the Concept Map below, concisely discuss the three major functions of Arts.
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Activity 5

Name: __________________________________________________ Score: _________

Course/Year/Section: _______________________________ Date: __________

Direction: Answer the following questions concisely.

1. If you were an artist, what kind of artist will you be? What art field will you explore?
Why?
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2. How can you utilize the arts to express yourself, your community, and your relation
to others with the earth?
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3. Why is art ageless and timeless?
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4. Why is art not nature?
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5. Why does art involve experience?
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