Exam 9: Art As Persuasion: Visual Rhetoric

According to Foss, which of the following qualify as examples of visual rhetoric?

The fact that National Endowment for the Arts funds were used to sponsor Mapplethorpe caused an uproar.

According to Kostelnick and Hassett, each field has conventions that can serve as a model or as a point of departure to free the artist. Which of the following art forms departed from conventional forms?

According to Kostelnick and Hassett, who wrote that conventions prompt rather than stifle inventions, which of Brokeback Mountain's themes were variations on old themes?

Entertainment shows increasingly include political commentary and news. Which audience is most influenced by this form?

Frank Capra was enlisted by the State Department during World War II to create propaganda for the United States. He used which one of the following to persuade audiences?

Brokeback Mountain is an example of visual rhetoric that presented graphic depictions of gay life, repressive measures of society, and a tragic end.

Musicians have nothing in common with classical rhetoric or logos, ethos, and pathos, according to Gerard G. LeCoat.

Explain the characteristics of Gangsta Rap music and identify five antisocial themes that are common to the lyrics.

Discuss the findings of Gregg Walker and Melinda Bender, who researched whether music videos conveyed strong messages. Be specific and use examples to support your answer.

Discuss the directions Maya Linn received before she created the Vietnam Memorial and whether her design followed those directions.

Mapplethorpe's exhibit The Perfect Moment was criticized by Senator Jesse Helms as pornography.

Woodrow Wilson said after viewing his first film, Birth of a Nation, that film was "like history written in lightening."

Scholars who take a rhetorical perspective on visual artifacts believe that the image exists independent of the creator.

Glen Gabbard, M.D., testified to the power of the cinema to influence the public. He said which of the following?

Tony Schwartz believed that most communication theory was mistaken based upon the linear model of Shannon and Weaver. He proposed which model?

Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial was applauded and won strong support from the beginning.

A conventional bronze statue was installed with three soldiers and an American flag nearby to quell critics of Lin's work.

In a speech called "The Sensitive Society," a constitutional lawyer identified the problem in our society as:

Even if movies were more reality based regarding mental illness, daily news stories would still dramatize and stereotype the mentally ill, like the Virginia Tech mass killer.