Question 1

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 BellE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

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

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A)   participation
B)   content
C)   artistic form
D)   subject matterE) B) and D)
F) B) and C) D

Question 3

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 PregnantE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

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

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A)   participation
B)   content
C)   artistic form
D)   subject matterE) B) and C)
F) A) and C) A

Question 5

A participative experience involves

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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 artE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 6

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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Question 7

Which of the following cannot be a work of art?

Accepted Answer

A)   a car
B)   a sunset
C)   a photograph
D)   potteryE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

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 matterE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Artistic form implies a strong degree of perceptible…

Accepted Answer

A)   unity
B)   lines
C)   shapeD balanceD) B) and C)
E) All of the above

Question 10

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 beautifulE) B) and C)
F) C) and D) C

Question 11

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 SaigonE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

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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One example of a work of art that can be...

Question 13

In order for something to be art it must

Accepted Answer

A)   be a painting
B)   be in a museum
C)   be beautiful
D)   be human madeE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

Which of the following is true of spectator attention?

Accepted Answer

A)   It comes more naturally to children.
B)   It is inefficient by nature.
C)   It does not allow us to participate in a work of art.
D)   It enables us to lose ourselves in a work of art.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

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 aboveE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A)   participation
B)   content
C)   artistic form
D)   subject matterE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Exam 2: What Is a Work of Art

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