p.3
Art as Construct and Its Socio-Historical Context
What does moving beyond the original artwork and historical background imply?
It shows that the work is profoundly imbricated in its socio-historical context.
p.4
Axiological Aspects of Art
What is the axiological aspect of art?
Values derived from material facts that are not neutral.
p.4
Art as Construct and Its Socio-Historical Context
What factors influence artistic production?
Art patronage and market forces.
p.3
Art as Construct and Its Socio-Historical Context
How is art described in relation to the world it depicts?
Art is not a natural reflection of the world nor a spontaneous expression of the author's subjectivity.
p.6
Filipino Perspective in Art Studies
What distinction is discarded in assuming the Filipino point of view?
The colonial distinction between high or fine arts and low or applied arts.
p.3
Art as Construct and Its Socio-Historical Context
What strategy did Brecht develop to change the relationship between actors and viewers?
The strategy of 'defamiliarization' in his epic theater.
p.1
Nationalism and Cultural Identity in Art
How does the book prioritize the Filipino perspective in art studies?
By contributing to the development of national culture and art.
p.1
Semiotic Approach to Art Interpretation
What is the significance of art as described in the book?
Art is a signifying practice grounded in society and history.
p.3
Art as Construct and Its Socio-Historical Context
What critique is made against the traditional notion of art as a 'transparent window to the world'?
This notion has been subjected to critique and demystification.
p.2
Semiotic Approach to Art Interpretation
How is meaning perceived in the semiotic approach?
As a rich polyphonic text with different planes and voices, rather than a single unilateral thread.
p.1
Art as Construct and Its Socio-Historical Context
What elements distinguish art from other fields?
Elements of art, forms, media, techniques, and styles.
p.2
Axiological Aspects of Art
What does the semiotic approach investigate beyond the artwork itself?
It examines how the ideas, values, and narratives of a work impact our lives, interests, and social context.
p.6
Marginalized Voices in Art and Culture
What is a common orientalist tendency regarding Third World artistic productions?
To consider them not as art but as anthropological or ethnographic artifacts.
p.6
Filipino Perspective in Art Studies
What does the Filipino point of view foreground?
Our interests, needs, struggles, and aspirations as a people against the hegemonic strategies of the West.
p.1
Plurality of Historical Narratives
What common ground does the approach in the book find for interpretations?
Universal human psychophysical experiences and local cultural codes.
p.1
Art as Construct and Its Socio-Historical Context
What is essential for understanding and appreciating art according to the book?
Considering the conditions and processes of its production within a social context.
p.1
Axiological Aspects of Art
What objectives does the study of art aim to foster?
Independent and critical faculties, and the capacity to discern strategies.
p.5
Marginalized Voices in Art and Culture
How have Western-oriented elites impacted folk culture in the Philippines?
They have sought to marginalize the rich folk culture of the peasantry.
p.4
Art as a Social Practice
What role does art play in healing and therapy?
It conveys values and assumes different social functions.
p.6
Diverse Aesthetics Across Cultures
How does the text suggest foreign influences should be treated?
They can be indigenized if they are usable and applicable to the context.
p.2
Semiotic Approach to Art Interpretation
What does the semiotic approach to art emphasize regarding meaning?
It does not seek a unified and seamless meaning at all times, acknowledging contradictions and ideological tensions.
p.4
Semiotic Approach to Art Interpretation
How do material facts of visual works convey meaning?
They draw from human psychophysical experiences and cultural codes.
p.5
Diverse Aesthetics Across Cultures
What recent recognition has the academe made regarding popular culture?
It has recognized popular culture, such as comics and film, as a valid field of serious study.
p.6
Nationalism and Cultural Identity in Art
How is Filipino identity described in the text?
As a dynamic concept elaborated through historical processes.
p.5
Marginalized Voices in Art and Culture
What role has patriarchy played in the perception of art?
It has led to the marginalization of women's work and cultural expressions related to everyday life.
p.2
Axiological Aspects of Art
What is the concern of the semiotic approach regarding ideologies in art?
To determine whether these ideologies enhance humanity and further the goals of freedom and justice.
p.3
Art as Construct and Its Socio-Historical Context
What does the perspective of art as construct do to the notion of genius?
It diminishes the idea of the artist as a privileged being to be revered.
p.2
Semiotic Approach to Art Interpretation
What does Eagleton suggest about the role of the critic?
The critic's task is to foreground contradictions rather than gloss over them.
p.2
Semiotic Approach to Art Interpretation
What is meant by the 'horizon of meaning' in art?
It refers to the various possible meanings that operate within the problematic of the work.
p.3
Art as Construct and Its Socio-Historical Context
How does the concept of art as construct challenge the notion of the artist's subjectivity?
It emphasizes that artists are constrained by time, place, and the Symbolic Order.
p.1
Diverse Aesthetics Across Cultures
What range of artistic expressions does the book 'Art and Society' cover?
From oil painting to basket weaving, and from shamanistic chants to contemporary pop.
p.1
Marginalized Voices in Art and Culture
What does the study of art also consider in terms of social dynamics?
Discourses and expressions marginalized by dominant canons and discourses.
p.4
Diverse Aesthetics Across Cultures
Why is it important to consider the original community of traditional arts?
To appreciate the conditions and problems of its production.
p.6
Nationalism and Cultural Identity in Art
What do folk/ethnic expressions represent in Filipino culture?
They constitute the underlying stratum of our cultural identity.
p.4
Marginalized Voices in Art and Culture
How does art support or interrogate the status quo?
By instilling attitudes or persuading positions on social phenomena.
p.6
Nationalism and Cultural Identity in Art
What does a nationalist position in art and culture aim to reflect?
The interests, needs, and aspirations of the majority of laboring Filipinos.
p.2
Semiotic Approach to Art Interpretation
What is the significance of the dialogic situation in art?
It emphasizes the exchange between the work and the viewer/listener, grounding the visual text in the real world.
p.3
Art as Construct and Its Socio-Historical Context
What did the Russian Formalists seek to define?
The specificity of art and to 'bare the process of the text.'
p.5
Marginalized Voices in Art and Culture
What is crucial for women in their struggle against oppression?
Achieving an active subject position from their traditional status as passive objects.
p.5
Nationalism and Cultural Identity in Art
How should Filipinos position themselves in response to external influences?
By laying claim to a socio-historical ground.
p.5
Marginalized Voices in Art and Culture
What has the colonial experience in the Philippines affected in terms of artistic expression?
It has suppressed sectors of Philippine expression, particularly those of Muslim Filipinos and animist ethno-linguistic groups.
p.2
Semiotic Approach to Art Interpretation
How does the semiotic approach differ from the formalist approach?
It views the work of art as an open text in a dialogic situation with the viewer, rather than a closed hermetic text.
p.4
Plurality of Historical Narratives
How should art history be rethought according to contemporary theory?
As a constructed narration from a particular point of view.
p.5
Marginalized Voices in Art and Culture
What must colonized societies do to carry out a liberating enterprise?
Constitute themselves as Subjects and active agents.
p.4
Nationalism and Cultural Identity in Art
What is the significance of conflicting histories in colonized societies?
They represent the perspectives of both colonial masters and subjugated people.
p.6
Diverse Aesthetics Across Cultures
What is emphasized about contemporary art and culture in relation to international dimensions?
They allow for fruitful exchanges and connections with global struggles.
p.5
Art as Construct and Its Socio-Historical Context
Why is original research and fieldwork important in scholarship?
It is vital for documenting, recuperating, and invigorating elements of culture that may otherwise be neglected.
p.4
Marginalized Voices in Art and Culture
What characterizes the aesthetics of folk compared to dominant aesthetics?
Folk aesthetics often have a carnivalesque character that subverts dominant canons.
p.3
Art as Construct and Its Socio-Historical Context
What theoretical issue arises from the phasing out of subjectivity in structuralism and postmodernism?
The 'crisis of the subject' and the extreme theory of the 'death of the author/artist.'
p.4
Diverse Aesthetics Across Cultures
What does the project of demystification in art studies assert?
Aesthetics has its own history and is not universally applicable.
p.3
Art as Construct and Its Socio-Historical Context
What does 'art as construct' imply about art's mode of production?
It suggests that art has its own mode of production.
