Quiz No. 2 Art Appreciation

Greek Philosopher Aristotle claimed that every particular substance in the world has an end, or _______ in Greek, which translates into “purpose”.

• telos

• ars

• eros

• phillias

For a thing to reach its purpose, it also has to fulfil its function. Man, in Aristotle’s view of reality, is bound to achieve a life of fulfilment and happiness, or in Greek, __________.

• eudaimonia

• phillias

• eros

• eros

The personal functions of art are varied and roughly and high subjective. This means that its functions depend on the person-the artist who created the art. An artist may create an art out of the need for self-expression.

• Public display or expression.

• An art may also be therapeutic

• Art is considered to have a social function

In some orphanages and home for abandoned elders, art is used to help residents process their emotions or while away their time. Recently, the use of adult coloring books to de-stress has been apparent too, now with a lot of designs being sold in bookstores nationwide. These all fall under personal functions of art.

• Public display or expression.

• An art may also be therapeutic.

• Art is considered to have a social function

if and when it addresses a particular collective interest as opposed to a personal interest. Political art is a very common example of an art with a social function. Art may convey message of protest, contestation or whatever message the artist intends his work to carry. Often, art can also depict social conditions.

• Art is considered to have a social function

• Public display or expression.

• An art may also be therapeutic.

_______ as an art is also interesting to talk about in relation to function. Its original form was principally functional. It was used for dance and religion.

• Music

• Sculpture

• Architecture

___________ is another function of art form that has long existed for various purposes. Just like music, from the early days of humanity, sculptures have been made by man particularly for religion. People erect status for the divine.

• sculpture

• music

• architecture

__________ might be the most prominent functional art form. Buildings are huge, expensive, and are not easily constructed and replaced. Unlike other forms of art like pots, furniture, poetry, or even painting, building takes so mush time to erect and destroy.

• architecture

• music

• sculpture

_________in his masterpiece, the Republic, particularly a picture of artist as imitators and art as mere imitation. In Plato’s metaphysics or view of reality, the things in this world are only copies of the original, the eternal, and the true entities that can only be found in the World of Forms.

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Socrates

________is worried that art objects represent only the thing in this world, copies themselves or reality. He claimed that art is just an imitation of imitation. A painting is just as imitation of nature, which is also just an imitation of reality in the World of Forms.

• Plato

• Socrates

• Aristotle