Art Appreciation Ch. 3: Seeing the Value in Art – Flashcards
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Historically, why do many people receive new and innovative work with reservation?
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They have little context in which to view the work.
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In 1863, Edouard Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe was rejected by the public due to its
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Modernity
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What is it that motivates most collectors to buy contemporary art?
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The pleasure of owning art and the prestige it confers upon them.
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Guillermo Gómez-Peña's The Temple of Confessions can be defined as what kind of art?
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Performance and installation
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What specific component of the National Endowment for the Arts made works of art available to the general public?
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The Arts in Public Places program
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According to the National Endowment for the Arts what activist role should artists take?
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They should educate the public about the value of art.
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At the center of a scandal of the famous Armory Show of 1913 was held in
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New York
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Considered a masterpiece of Renaissance art, Michelangelo's David came under attack upon first viewing due to its
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Political symbolism
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What was the inspiration for Marcel Duchamp's controversial Nude Descending a Staircase?
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The chronophotographs of Etienne-Jules Marey.
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The artist's relation to the public often depends upon how it views
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What the artist is trying to say.
