Contemporary Philippine Arts - Chapter 1 & 2

Arts are vehicles for the artist’s expression of their feelings and ideas.

• Personal Function

• Physical Function

• Political Function

• Social Function

It expresses or describes social or collective aspects of existence as opposed to individual and personal kind of experiences

• Physical Function

• Social Function

• Individual Function

• Historical Function

It is the study of objects of art considered within their time period.

• Physical Functions

• Religious Functions

• Social Functions

• Historical Functions

To reinforce and enhance a sense of identity and ideological connection to specific political views, parties and/or people.

• Political Function

• Social Function

• Physical Function

• Individual Function

His trademark was the backlighting technique which makes the subjects of his painting seems to glow.

• Hernando Ocampo

• Fernando Amorsolo

• Benedicto Cabrera

• Carlos Francisco

He was a neo-realist whose important contribution to modern art was his refinement of cubism in the Philippine context.

• Carlos Francisco

• Benedicto Cabrera

• Cesar Legaspi

• Fernando Amorsolo

He is an award winning painter and printmaker who was tagged as a master of Philippine contemporary art.

• Benedicto Cabrera

• Hernando Ocampo

• Carlos Francisco

• Cesar Legaspi

Being modern means up to date and technologically advance.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Traditional art is characterized by the artist’s intent to portray a subject as it exists in the world.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination.

• TRUE

• FALSE