Lesson 1: Philippine Arts

Question 1

What are the nine types of Contemporary Arts?

Answer 1

Painting, Sculpture, Weaving, Architecture, Archeology, Pottery, Music, Literature and Theater

Question 2

This is a picture created by putting paint on a surface, or the activity or skill of creating pictures by using paint; introduced to the Filipinos in the 16th century when the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines.

Answer 2

Painting

Question 3

An artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects; the designs may be embodied in freestanding objects, in reliefs or surfaces, or in environments ranging from tableaux to contexts that envelop the spectator.

Answer 3

Sculpture

Question 4

What is a painting?

Answer 4

This is a picture created by putting paint on a surface, or the activity or skill of creating pictures by using paint; introduced to the Filipinos in the 16th century when the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines.

Question 5

What is a sculpture?

Answer 5

An artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects; the designs may be embodied in freestanding objects, in reliefs or surfaces, or in environments ranging from tableaux to contexts that envelop the spectator.

Question 6

Textile art in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads—called the warp or weft—are interlaced with each other at right angles to form a fabric or cloth; the threads are dyed and weaved on a loom.

Answer 6

Weaving

Question 7

What is weaving?

Answer 7

Textile art in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads—called the warp or weft—are interlaced with each other at right angles to form a fabric or cloth; the threads are dyed and weaved on a loom.

Question 8

What is a warp or weft?

Answer 8

Two distinct sets of yarns or threads.

Question 9

Is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction; it is both the process and product of buildings or other structures.

Answer 9

Architecture

Question 10

What is architecture?

Answer 10

Is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction; it is both the process and product of buildings or other structures.

Question 11

Is the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains; Batting has unearthed numerous amounts of Philippines and Asian pottery and porcelain.

Answer 11

Archeology

Question 12

What is archeology?

Answer 12

Is the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains; Batting has unearthed numerous amounts of Philippines and Asian pottery and porcelain.

Question 13

Is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard, durable form.

Answer 13

Pottery

Question 14

What is pottery?

Answer 14

Is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard, durable form.

Question 15

When did Native Filipinos create pottery?

Answer 15

3500 years ago.

Question 16

What are the major types of pottery?

Answer 16

Earthenware, stoneware and porcelain.

Question 17

What was pottery used for by Native Filipinos?

Answer 17

Ceramic jars were used to hold the deceased.

Question 18

Is the collection of coordinated sound or sounds; making ___ is the process of putting sounds and tones in an order, often combining them to create a unified composition.

Answer 18

Music

Question 19

What is music?

Answer 19

Is the collection of coordinated sound or sounds; making music is the process of putting sounds and tones in an order, often combining them to create a unified composition.

Question 20

A body of written works. Any collection of written work, but it is used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form.

Answer 20

Literature

Question 21

What is literature?

Answer 21

A body of written works. Any collection of written work, but it is used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form.

Question 22

What did Philippine literature consist of in the past?

Answer 22

Legends of prehistory and the colonial legacy of the Philippines.

Question 23

In architecture, this is a building space in which a performance may be given before an audience; a collaborative form of performing art.

Answer 23

Theater

Question 24

What is theater?

Answer 24

In architecture, this is a building space in which a performance may be given before an audience; a collaborative form of performing art.

Question 25

What Greek word is theater derived from? Give the definition as well.

Answer 25

Theatron. It means “a place of seeing.”