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Works of art that are "representational"

resemble things in the real world.are intended to represent only themselves.are always photographs.are difficult to interpret.none of the above.

What is the difference between "form" and "content?"

Content is the subject of the work, form is the medium.They are always the same.Content is the value of the work.Form is the physical composition of the work, content is the meaning.Content is the title of the artwork.

René Magritte writes Ceci n'est pas une pipe (this is not a pipe) under his very representational painting of a pipe. If it's not a pipe, what is it?

Merely a painting.An image of a pipe.A realistic representation of a pipe.All answers are correct.An abstraction.

Iconography is

a shape/object association.the study of photographic realism.the use of symbols or metaphoric images within a work of art.another term for linguionics.the study of paint composition.

Lorna Simpson’s text, The Park, is used to make the viewer more active in the work. What does the viewer become?

The subject of the work.The victim of the narrated story.Detached from the work.An artist.A voyeur.

Why are images of humans traditionally banned in Islamic art?

A depiction fails to adequately describe the essence of the person.Human images are not banned in Islamic art.To depict a human is to compete with God.The human is thought to be a symbol of filth.Calligraphy is more challenging.

Which type of art does not try to duplicate the world exactly but instead reduces it to its essential qualities?

realisticabstractnonrepresentationalnonobjectiverepresentational

The Helmet Mask is viewed by the Baule carvers as

a projection of its performance.a pleasing and beautiful object.part of a process.a vehicle through which the spirit world is made available to humankind.All of the above.

Symbolic hand gestures, or ________, refer both to general states of mind and to specifc events in the life of Buddha.

GayamudraMucilindoNirvanaMara

What is essential, according to Sayre, when trying to understand the meaning of works of art?

a background in art historyknowledge of languageunderstanding the titleknowing the history of the time and place in which the work was createdknowing the artist's intent

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