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Questions
1. What is displacement?
Rubbing a pencil or oil paint over an uneven surface to depict unusual textures
None of the above
Forming 'picture puzzles' with dream images
An artistic movement that represents the imagination and the unconscious
Interpreting dreams as metaphors
All of the above
2. Marshall McLuhan describes "the age of anxiety." What period is he referring to, and what caused this anxiety?
The Victorian Era; class inequality, poverty
The 1950s and 60s; the Cold War and the threat of nuclear war
Classical antiquity; lack of technology
Modern life; exposure to technology
The first half of the 1900s; World Wars One and Two
3. The fundamental beliefs and values of a given society, promoted by those who hold power, are called:
Intentionality
Domination
Ideology
Pre-judgments
Aesthetics
4. In photographic theory, what is the punctum?
An irrelevant part of a composition that does not require analysis
The part of a photograph that the photographer has consciously emphasized
A trivial part of a composition that jumps out at the viewer at a subjective level
A part of a composition that we identify as important due to our training and ideology
5. When was the first photograph taken?
1920s
1780s
1820s
1720s
1880s
6. What does automatism involve?
Creating art by moving a pen or brush over paper without a pre-determined composition
When an artist always uses the same style, and can create works of art without significant preparatory drawings
Using machines rather than artists to create works of art
Using AI (artificial intelligence) programs to make art in the same style as famous artists
7. Roland Barthes explains that he is more interested in exploring what photography is and how it relates to human need, rather than examining what is depicted in a specific photo. What term does he use to describe this practice?
Plato's Cave
Epistemology
Ontological desire
Existentialism
Visual analysis
Psychology
8. What does "mass" media refer to?
All of the above
Simultaneous involvement and interconnection with media
Media that reaches an enormous audience
None of the above
A medium that is physically imposing or large in size
9. Historically, tattooing was practiced in which region?
All of the above
Western Europe and North America
North Africa
Polynesia
North America
Western Europe (the Alps)
10. Which of the following are reasons for tattooing (currently and historically)?
To identify slaves, criminals, and subgroups
To show high status, as tattooing was very expensive
As a form of medicine
Self-expression
To identify slaves, criminals, and subgroups; as a form of medicine; and self-expression
Self-expression and to show high status, as tattooing was very expensive
All of the above
To conform to one's ideology
11. What is the phenomenon of photographic seeing, as explained by Susan Sontag?
That a viewer's reflection on a photograph is highly personal and subjective
That photography allows us to access universal truth
That photojournalism has the potential to change viewers' attitudes
That photography evokes a human desire to look and see
A photo does not represent reality, or truth, but what the photographer sees
12. From its historical beginnings, the medium of graffiti combined which two forms of communication?
Aural and visual
Visual and linguistic
All of the above
Visual and oral
Visual and artistic
Oral and linguistic