Art Appreciation review midterms

Appropriation happens when an apprentice produces an outright copy of an existing work.

• True

• False. This act is forgery.

• This was not mentioned in the lecture.

• False. This is called innovation.

It is possible  to  appreciate  the  visual  arts  in  their  fullness  and completeness without an understanding of the visual elements.

• This was not mentioned in the lecture.

• False. A viewer needs to be an artist as well.

• True.

• False. Viewers need to have a certain degree of understanding of a work's style, shape, material.

Although soul making can happen to anyone, it may be difficult to achieve for some.

• False. It is an easy process.

• This was not mentioned in the lecture.

• True. It requires seeking, settling and sometimes surrender.

• True. It is difficult for some because it requires to be a part of a certain religion.

A person who seeks will always experience Soul Making.

• False. One has to either settle or surrender first to experience soul making.

• This was not mentioned in the lecture.

• True. Seeking always leads to soul making.

• False. Seeking is unconscious living.

Soul Making can be experienced only by people who are artistic.

• True.

• False. Anybody can experience this.

• False. Only people who have professed a faith can experience this.

• This was not mentioned in the lecture.

John Keats was an American Romantic poet.

• False. He was English.

• True.

• False. He was an American Expressionist poet.

• False. He was an English Impressionist.

Stephen Levine wrote that the soul can be formed if the heart is used as a book to learn about our emotions and when the world is treated as a school, a place where we can learn about life.

• This was not included in the lecture.

• True

• False. It was John Keats who wrote this.

• False. It was Stephen King who wrote this.

Through soul making, a person can heal the wounds caused by the 'self'. The 'self' is equated with the ego or the unobserved/ unconscious mind.

• True

• False. The self if conscious but inherently evil.

• This was not mentioned in the lecture.

• False. The 'self' cannot inflict harm.

The Soaring phase is experienced when worldly experiences are conquered.

• True.

• False. Soaring only happens when a person finally dies.

• False. Soaring happens when one surrenders even when there is still pain.

• This was not mentioned in the lecture.

Soul making is the fourth phase. Creativity can flow during this phase because a person begins to make sense of the world, and pains are totally absent.

• False. Soul Making is the fifth phase.

• False. Pain may still be present during this phase.

• True

• False. Soul Making is the third phase.