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The three major categories of the visual arts are |
| | A) | painting, drawing, photography |
| | B) | painting, drawing, sculpture |
| | C) | painting, sculpture, architecture |
| | D) | pictures, sculptures, architecture |
| | E) | drawing, architecture, sculpture |
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The material value of art refers to |
| | A) | its materialism |
| | B) | the value of its media |
| | C) | its expensive production |
| | D) | the amount paid to the artist |
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Intrinsic value means |
| | A) | the genetic value of a work |
| | B) | the assessment of esthetic character |
| | C) | the patriotic assessment of a work |
| | D) | the religious value of a work |
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| 4 | |
Brancusi's Bird was admitted into the U.S. as a |
| | A) | bronze work of art |
| | B) | stolen work of art |
| | C) | kitchen supply |
| | D) | forgery |
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The "art train" refers to |
| | A) | Goering's cache of stolen art |
| | B) | a national museum housed in a railroad station |
| | C) | a trail of stolen art |
| | D) | a training school |
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The Betrayal of Images is |
| | A) | a sculpture of a pipe |
| | B) | a painting of a pipe |
| | C) | a nonfigurative painting |
| | D) | an example of trompe l'oeil |
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The Apocrypha refer to |
| | A) | the end of the world |
| | B) | the last book of the Bible |
| | C) | the unaccepted books of the Bible |
| | D) | a commentary on the Bible |
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A painting of fruit and flowers on a table is a |
| | A) | still life |
| | B) | nonrepresentational work |
| | C) | portrait |
| | D) | drawing |
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Who said "One does like to make one's mummy just as nice as possible?" |
| | A) | van Gogh |
| | B) | van Eyck |
| | C) | Oppenheim |
| | D) | Whistler |
| | E) | Bruegel |
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A diptych is a |
| | A) | two-part sculpture |
| | B) | two-paneled painting |
| | C) | double building |
| | D) | repeated image |
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Iconography refers to |
| | A) | formal elements |
| | B) | feminism |
| | C) | Marxism |
| | D) | subject matter |
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| 12 | |
The philosopher Jacques Derrida is most associated with |
| | A) | deconstruction |
| | B) | psychoanalysis |
| | C) | formalism |
| | D) | iconology |
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Ferdinand de Saussure is most associated with |
| | A) | deconstruction |
| | B) | psychoanalysis |
| | C) | semiology |
| | D) | iconology |
| | E) | formalism |
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Sigmund Freud is most associated with |
| | A) | deconstruction |
| | B) | psychoanalysis |
| | C) | semiology |
| | D) | iconology |
| | E) | feminism |
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In semiotics, the four letters p-i-p-e constitute |
| | A) | a sign |
| | B) | etymology |
| | C) | a signifier |
| | D) | a signified |
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