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

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