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WorksheetsPhilippine Folk Arts and Crafts
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
Philippine folk art uses traditional motifs reflecting the land and its people. Folk art generally includes those articles that are traditionally made by communities of people to satisfy their religious, social, and aesthetic needs.
Both statements are true
Only the first statement is true
Only the last statement is true
Both statements are false
What do you call the element of an art that is defined by a point moving in space?
Color
Line
Space
Shape
If a pleasure-giving function of the material object predominates, the artifact is called craft. If a practical function of the material object predominates, it is called art.
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Only the first statement is false
Only the last statement is false
Long before the coming of the Spaniards, the earliest people (indigenous communities) who lived in the country had created their tools and artifacts from locally available materials, e.g. leaves, wood, clay, stones, etc.
True
False
With the arrival of the Spanish colonizers, the indigenous traditions in the Philippines continued in the ethnic art of groups which resisted colonization and in the folk art of the Christianized lowlanders. Further, Philippine folk art carries two aspects.
True
False
Art is the process of using our senses and emotions in making creative activities. (a) is usually employed in branches of the decorative arts or associated artistic practice which implies the application of skills through the use of bare hands.
Art : artist ; Craft: (a)
(a) is the overall organizational visual structure of the formal elements in a work of art.
This art and craft principle is synonymous to opposition or contradiction.
Novelty or newness
Variety or variation
Utility, adaptability, or function
Contrast
Folk art and crafts in the Cordillera Region, especially woodcarving, can be generally characterized as highly representational of human and animal form. Which among the following is an example of this work of art?
Sarimanok
Panolong
Bulol
Hagabi
Katutubo : Philippines ; ________ : Canada
First people
Aboriginals
Indigene
Native inhabitants
Who among the following GAMABA awardees is known for being an expert in making of fine warp ikat textiles?
Estelita Bantilan
Yabing Masalon Dulo
Lang Dulay
Haja Amina Appi
This prominent artisan is a renown casque maker.
Eduardo Mutuc
Uwang Ahadas
Teofilo Garcia
Federico Caballero
She is considered as the oldest traditional tattoo artist in the world, and the first female mambabatok in the Philippines.
Apo Whang-Od
Salinta Monon
Magdalena Gamayo
Darhata Sawabi
____________ : a musician and storyteller ; Ginaw Bilog : a poet
Alonzo Saclag
Ambalang Ausalin
Samaon Sulaiman
Masino Intaray
What salient characteristic of Indigenous Peoples is described wherein they boast of a common ancestry and their lineage can be traced back to the community or group of people that thrive within a territory prior to colonization or the establishment of modern state?
Historical Continuity of Way of Life
Ancestral Roots and Descent
Ancestral Land Claim
Distinct Way of Life and Non-dominance
IPs are most often mentioned as tribal people or ethnic groups or communities. In Indonesia and Malaysia, they were referred to as ________ which means "son of soil".
Bumiputera
Janajati
Orang Asli
Adivasi
The Filipino indigenous philosophy and intellectual history are composed of three very distinct yet overlapping traditions: the Southeast Asian tribal and animist tradition, the Spanish Catholic tradition, and the Japanese-Korean modern tradition.
True
False
(a) , which literally means "any thing made by hands", is characterized by a "living creativity" and its decorative aspect.
What is the overall policy-making body, coordinating, and grants-giving agency established for the preservation, development and promotion of Philippine arts and culture?
National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)
National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
National Historical Institute (NHI)
What is prestigious award in the Philippines that recognizes the intangible cultural heritage of the so called "Creators of the Country", to give honor to their artistic excellence, express pride to their contributions in arts and to preserve these and continue to practice and pass their skills to the next generation?
Order of National Artists
Philippine Heritage Awards
National Living Treasures Award
Alab ng Haraya Awards
The raw materials of art and the artist himself are subject to the traditional patterns of structure and art motifs handed down from generation to generation within a group or community.
True
False
What is the type of craftsmanship that provides for the means to use decorative elements, made by hand and with plant fibers or recycled materials, to personalize garments and show originality?
Woodcraft
Textile craft
Metalcraft
Canvas craft
This craft involves shaping, cutting and joining metal material to form a utilitarian and/or decorative object.
Papercraft
Woodcraft
Metalcraft
Textile craft
Flowers, trees, crawling vines, and pineapples found in bamboo and blanket designs of many indigenous cultural communities. What motif would best describe the given examples?
Human motif
Animal motif
Plant motif
River motif
This principle of design works with pattern to make the work of art or material object seem active.
Repetition
Proportion
Harmony
Rhythym
What do you call the traditional house in the Muslim regions that has a bout-house appearance primarily suggested by the presence of the panolong (the prow-like end of the beams that support the flooring of the house)?
Dakay house
Bale house
Kamalig house
Torogan house
What is a form of nationalism wherein the nation and nationality are defined in terms of ethnicity, with emphasis on an ethnocentric (and in some cases an ethnocratic) approach to various political issues related to national affirmation of a particular ethnic group?
(a)
What is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with needle and thread?
Embroidery
Weaving
Sewing
Tatting
Cabinetry : making of cabinets ; __________ : making of hats
Millinery
Upholstery
Basketry
Marquetry
Carving, which started in the pre-Hispanic activity of making the likha, was redirected later by the friars into the creation of the _______. Most of these objects that have been preserved are carved out of wood.
Santos
Anitos
Burnay jars
Paraw boats
The furniture during the Spanish times was based on the Asian counterparts. Thin and smooth webs of rattan fibers replaced the heavy upholstery, but the baroque carvings on the back, legs, sides and arms of chairs were retained.
Both statements are true
Both statements are false
Only the first statement is false
Only the last statement is false
Sculpture in the Philippines was associated with religion, i.e. effigies representing spirits.
True
False
The art of pottery, categorized into ceramic making, clay pot-making, and folk clay sculpture, has long been a part of various cultures in the Philippines. What is the widely acknowledged to be one of the finest Philippine pre-colonial artifacts made from clay?
Maitum jar
Manunggul jar
Palayok
Tapayan
The following are examples of plant fiber materials, except __________.
Piña
Hemp
Abaca
Capiz
Which among the following statements is not true about the Filipino katutubo?
They are group of people or homogenous societies identified by self-ascription and ascription by others.
Their historical continuity and their societies thrived during pre-conquest and colonization.
They belong to mainstream or dominant sector of the society.
They have distinct social, economic, cultural and political structures prior to establishment of a modern state.
A Filipino person's characteristic of being relational or communal is evident in his or her art. Traditional art reflects this orientation as well, with the following specifics, except:
Art is not separated from its other values and functions such as religious, spiritual, social, and ecological concerns.
Art is not assimilated into life.
There is no dichotomy of the artist and society.
No rigid standards dictate the materials, forms or techniques used and employed in making the art.
Ownership of some art objects reflects power and wealth. What specific function of indigenous craft is shown in the statement?
Utilitarian
Social prestige
Ritual
Commercial
(a) is the use of several elements of design to hold the viewer's attention and guide his or her eyes through and around the work of art.
What do you call the equal distribution of the visual weight of objects, colors, texture, and space to form an aesthetically beautiful work of art?
Harmony
Movement
Balance
Emphasis
