Deck 1: Introduction: What Are the Arts and How Do We Respond to and Evaluate Them

Question 1

When music is part of a religious ceremony, it may be classified as which of the following?

A)Artifact
B)Art
C)Ritual
D)All of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Define the humanities and describe the ways in which they are similar and/or different from other ways of understanding the universe.

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

Of the following, which one is not traditionally associated with the humanities?

A)Philosophy
B)Psychology
C)Architecture
D)History

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Creativity is the realm of what activity?

A)Art
B)Science
C)Craft
D)All of the above

Question 5

Which of the following could be defined as a tangible emblem of something abstract?

A)Simile
B)Metaphor
C)Symbol
D)None of the above

Question 6

Which of the following is the term defined by the phrase, "the study of the nature of beauty and of art"?

A)Epistemology
B)Aesthetics
C)Ethics
D)Logic

Question 7

The work Liberty Leading the People (July 28, 1830) by Eugène Delacroix illustrates a work of art that has a(n) _____ function.

A)political and social
B)artifactual
C)enjoyment
D)therapeutic

Question 8

Which of the following, according to Susan Lacy (Mapping the Terrain), is a description of what an artist might be at a given time?

A)Experiencer
B)Reporter
C)Analyst
D)All of the above

Question 9

Discuss how artistic style relates to an individual, a culture, or an age.

Question 10

Define and describe how a person can analyze the style of a work of art.

Question 11

List and explain the fundamental concerns of the arts.

Question 12

The humanities seek to express humankind's _____ experiences of reality.

A)objective
B)subconscious
C)ontological
D)subjective

Question 13

The term "decorative art" first appeared during what century?

A)5^th century B.C.E
B)5^th century C.E.
C)15^th century C.E.
D)18^th century C.E.

Question 14

The "_____arts" are prized for their purely aesthetic qualities.

A)applied
B)fine
C)symbolic
D)decorative

Question 15

Art and technology interact in the appearance of the Volkswagen Beetle as newer safety standards affect the _____ of the vehicle.

A)position
B)design
C)utility
D)understanding

Question 16

Which of the following was discussed as a work exemplifying art as revealing metaphysical or spiritual truths?

A)A Gothic cathedral
B)A tribal totem
C)An abstract work
D)All of the above

Question 17

The cave of Lascaux dates to what historic period?

A)The early Stone Age
B)The period of the pyramids
C)The Archaic period
D)The early Middle Ages

Question 18

List and explain the four functions and the four purposes of the arts.

Question 19

Which of the following was included in the ancient Greek concept of art?

A)Theology
B)Epistemology
C)Handcrafts
D)All of the above

Question 20

A _____ is a set of rules or mutually accepted conditions.

A)contravention
B)contretemps
C)convention
D)conscription

Question 21

Criticism should entail a detailed process of _____ to gain understanding and appreciation.

A)analog
B)amalgamation
C)altercation
D)analysis

Question 22

_____ is necessary as an exercise in understanding.

A)Value
B)Criticism
C)Wisdom
D)Compromise

Question 23

The question "What is it?" evokes which kind of response?

A)Formal
B)Technical
C)Sensual
D)All of the above

Question 24

What painter made A View Near Volterra?

A)Picasso
B)Corot
C)Wood
D)Van Gogh

Question 25

Pablo Picasso was a native of what country?

A)The United States
B)Portugal
C)Spain
D)France

Question 26

The question "How is it put together?" evokes which kind of response?

A)Formal
B)Technical
C)Sensual
D)All of the above

Question 27

Which of the following are characteristics that can be applied to works of art when making value judgments?

A)Eloquence
B)Artisanship
C)Lifelikeness
D)None of the above

Question 28

Who developed the approach to evaluation that asks, "What is the artist trying to say? Does he or she succeed? And was the artwork worth the effort?"

A)Goethe
B)Beckett
C)Molière
D)Simon

Question 29

Because the choreography and music for the ballet Rites of Spring were so _____, people did not have criteria to judge it by and there was a riot as a result.

A)unconventional
B)preestablished
C)beautiful
D)standard

Question 30

Artistic styles get their names from _____.

A)common usage
B)historical viewpoint
C)the artists themselves
D)All of the above