Test: Visual Culture and Literacy Vocabulary - 20 Questions
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5 Written Questions
5 Matching Questions
- encoding
- episteme
- marxist theoryu
- Classical art
- counter-bricolage
- a when marketers and advertisers 'borrow' and sell as commodities aspects of the bricolage style (i.e. street art used in advertising)
- b the production of meaning in cultural products.
- c the ideas and ways of organizing knowledge that are common to a particular era.
- d art that adheres to the styles and aesthetics of tradition, especially Greek and Roman art. Balance, symmetry and proportion are emphasized.
- e a political and economic critique which says (in brief) that those who own the means of production control the masses.
5 Multiple Choice Questions
- phenomena that can exist, but not in a tangible or physical way. A simulation of experience.
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- a term that suggests the exotic in other countries
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- distinct social groups within wider cultural groups that define themselves in opposition to mainstream culture
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- a branch of philosophy concerned with judgements of taste and considers the meaning and value of art in light of standards such as beauty and truth.
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- a style of art that represented the dynamism and complexity of human vision by representing objects simultaneously from different perspectives
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5 True/False Question
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denotative meaning → all the social, culture and historical meanings that are added to a work of art's denotative meaning.
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connotative meaning → all the social, culture and historical meanings that are added to a work of art's denotative meaning.
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habitus → the unconscious tendancies that are part of an individuals sense of taste and preferences for cultural consumption.
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panopticism → a term that suggests the exotic in other countries
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dada → a term used to describe the special quality that seems to emanate from unique works of art
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