QUIZ #1 - Philippine Arts

What period in the Philippines is described in the statement below?

Art was primarily used as a tool to propagate the Catholic faith in the country through beautiful religious icons and images.

• PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD

• SPANISH COLONIZATION PERIOD

• AMERICAN PERIOD

• JAPANESE OCCUPATION

• POST-WAR ERA

What period in the Philippines is described in the statement below?

Arts have religious symbols, everyday activities such as farming, fishing, etc., or a specific decorative pattern for the community.

• PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD

• SPANISH COLONIZATION PERIOD

• AMERICAN PERIOD

• JAPANESE OCCUPATION

• POST-WAR ERA

What period in the Philippines is described in the statement below?

Filipinos developed choreographies by mimicking the movements of animals.

• PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD

• SPANISH COLONIZATION PERIOD

• AMERICAN PERIOD

• JAPANESE OCCUPATION

• POST-WAR ERA

What period in the Philippines is described in the statement below?

A suspension of artistic activity was prevalent during this time. However, some visual artists still managed to produce artworks based on the atrocities brought about by the war.

• PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD

• SPANISH COLONIZATION PERIOD

• AMERICAN PERIOD

• JAPANESE OCCUPATION

• POST-WAR ERA

What period in the Philippines is described in the statement below?

During this period, new art forms were introduced and Filipinos gained a different outlook in life. Filipinos received formal education and, thus, influenced their way of thinking and creativity.

• PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD

• SPANISH COLONIZATION PERIOD

• AMERICAN PERIOD

• JAPANESE OCCUPATION

• POST-WAR ERA

A masterwork of Juan Luna, which won the gold medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts. This masterpiece showed the dead and dying Roman Gladiators being dragged into the basement of the coliseum.

It is a dance form traditionally performed by the Tausug people which is characterized by hand movements that resemble the movement of ocean waves and predatory birds.

Under the administration of the late Fernand Marcos, it was considered the premier bureaucratic entity through which art acquisition, exhibition-making, workshops, grants, and awards were implemented.

What style was employed by Vicente Manansala in his painting “The Candle Vendors”?

The “__________” (Filipinos with money and education) class became the new patron of the arts. This paved the way for the secularization of art in the 19th century.