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Becoming visually literate means: - Understanding the intended, evolving and received meanings of
images.
Developing a critical awareness of mass media images.
Being able to understand, interpret and evaluate the significance of images in our lives.
Answ: all of the above
The relationship between the Signifier and the Signified is NEVER: - Natural
Within cultural context, a myth is: - An explanation for how things originate and/or work.
Unlike the mass media, the Modern tradition of fine art stressed which inherent values: - The value of
the unique art object
The value of the artist's individual personality.
The value of innovative artistic forms.
Answ: all of the above
Given that our experience is, to a great extent, governed by pictures (particularly images in the mass
media): - all the above
Images have a meaning that: - Is singular.
Is fixed.
Remains static over time.
answ: non of the above
,The site that marks the transition from an oral tradition to a pictographic writing tradition is: - ancient
iraq
The monumental sculptures known as Coatlicue and David have in common: - They are both large stone
sculptures.
They both embody the cultural values of their makers.
They are both iconic representations of the cities in which they originally stood.
Answ: all of the above
Ancient Aztec art is rarely represented in today's mass media because: - It's bad art.
It involves weak communication skills.
It doesn't deal with any of the important things in life.
answ: non of the above
True or False. Human vision is intelligent. We "see" as our culture teaches us to see. - True
Prehistoric cave paintings, such as those at Grotte Chauvet, have been
interpreted as: - Predecessors of today's animated films.
The manuscript image of Christ as geometer: - Was created to introduce the book of Genesis.
The Greeks viewed the nude in art as an aesthetic that was: - Particular to defining male beauty.
According to Marshall McLuhan, the Classic Period in Greek art marked the transition from: - "Making"
to "matching."
The central and dominant architecture of the medieval town was: - The cathedral
, The sculpture of the Gothic era differs significantly from that of the Greeks in
which way? - Greek sculpture expresses the soul in the idealized image of the face.
The function of the Victory Stela of Naram-sin is: - to glorify a ruler (conqueror)
The monumental Parthenon is: - Located in Athens, Greece.
Located on the acropolis.
Dedicated to Athena.
Answ: all of the above
Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" is a fable that addresses: - The contrast between truth and representation.
Technology played a vital role in: - medieval culture
Leonardo da Vinci's portraits of women represent a radical departure for the Renaissance, in that they
present women as - Individualized human beings with personal agency.
Jan Van Eyck's "Arnolfini Wedding" portrait: - Shows how artists could make convincing images without
the use of linear perspective
The art historical importance of the Renaissance can be found in: - its revolutionary development of
perspective.
Its revolutionary attention to the human condition.
Its revolutionary development of printed books.
Answ: all of the above
German printmaker Albrecht Durer's woodcut "Man Drawing a Lute" is important because: - It depicts a
mechanical device that artists used to make their images look more realistic.
It is found in the book Durer wrote on persepctive.
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