Art 315 - World Perspectives in Art History » Fall 2019 » Quiz Chapter 4 Deriving Meaning

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Question #1
In Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Stills, she seeks to deconstruct stereotypes of women in Western culture.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #2
The composition of the  Ttlaloc Vessel is frontal and symmetrical, which is symbolic of ___________________.
A.   playfulness
B.   formality
C.   informality
D.   ambiguity
Question #3
Gerhard Richter's series of fifteen paintings entitled October 18, 1977 reflects ___________________ideas.
A.   feminist
B.   religious
C.   poststructuralist
D.   ideological
Question #4
Artemesia Gentileschi was one of the first feminist art historians.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
Deconstruction involves the belief that any image has a ______________of meanings.
A.   a religiously determined set
B.   none of these choices are correct.
C.   a multiplicity
D.   only one set
E.   a universal set
Question #6
Ideological criticism is rooted in the writings of _______________.
A.   Clement Greenberg
B.   Sigmund Freud
C.   Karl Marx
D.   Jackson Pollock
Question #7
An artwork’s thesis or message is conveyed through content including:
A.   iconography
B.   symbolic references
C.   None of these options.
D.   All of these options
Question #8
Psychoanalytic criticism helps to interpret artwork with strong __________________ content.
A.   preconceived
B.   social
C.   emotional
D.   religious
Question #9
Feminist criticism _____________________________.
A.   advocates equal social, political, and economic rights for all.
B.   all of these options.
C.   broke down the barriers encountered by women’s artwork and the media they use.
D.   studies issues of power and inequality to interpret meaning.
E.   is concerned with the oppression of groups in a given society.
Question #10
Art historians and art critics from different periods of time often have the same interpretations of the same works of art.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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