Question 1

Lichtenstein used comic strips as subject matter because

Accepted Answer

A)   he could make money with such a commercial subject matter
B)   the comic strips were almost art and thus easily improved into art
C)   of the stark simplicity and power of comic strips
D)   he felt they were beautiful C

Question 2

Which of the following is some value expressed in a work of art?

Accepted Answer

A)   participation
B)   content
C)   artistic form
D)   subject matter D

Question 3

Which of the following terms means sustained attention and loss of self-awareness?

Accepted Answer

A)   participation
B)   content
C)   artistic form
D)   subject matter A

Question 4

It is easier to change parts around without losing meaning in

Accepted Answer

A)   Goya's May 3, 1808
B)   Cezanne's Mont Sainte Victoire
C)   Litchenstein, Torpedo…Los!
D)   Adams' Execution in Saigon

Question 5

A participative experience involves

Accepted Answer

A)   participating with other people in enjoying a work of art
B)   feeling sympathy for some character in a work of art
C)   identifying with some character in a work of art
D)   undivided and sustained attention to a work of art

Question 6

Which of the following paintings represents an idealized female nude?

Accepted Answer

A)   Renoir, Bather Arranging Her Hair
B)   Giorgione, Sleeping Venus
C)   Valadon, Reclining Nude
D)   Neel, Margaret Evans Pregnant

Question 7

Anyone who has participated with cummings' "1(a" will understand

Accepted Answer

A)   the personality of cummings better
B)   the poem is a kind of crossword puzzle
C)   the isolation of loneliness and death
D)   none of the above

Question 8

Who of the following said, "If the world were clear, art would not exist"?

Accepted Answer

A)   Vincent Van Gogh
B)   Albert Camus
C)   Edward Weston
D)   Clive Bell

Question 9

In order for something to be art it must

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A)   be a painting
B)   be in a museum
C)   be beautiful
D)   be human made

Question 10

Artistic form implies a strong degree of perceptible…

Accepted Answer

A)   unity
B)   lines
C)   shapeD balance

Question 11

Look at a work of art (the professor may choose from http://www.artcyclopedia.com) and explain what makes it art using the guidelines set forth in this chapter.

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The answer of Look at a work of art (the...

Question 12

According to the authors, which of the following basic distinctions of art is the most fundamental?

Accepted Answer

A)   participation
B)   content
C)   artistic form
D)   subject matter

Question 13

Do you agree with the authors' assertion that participation is the most fundamental of the basic distinctions of art? Why? If you disagree, which do you think is the most important, and why? Do you have any experiences with art to draw on to support your claims?

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The answer of Do you agree with the authors' assertion...

Question 14

Which of the following cannot be a work of art?

Accepted Answer

A)   a car
B)   a sunset
C)   a photograph
D)   pottery

Question 15

Which of the following means the organization of a medium that results in clarifying a value expressed in a work of art?

Accepted Answer