WorksheetsJames Turrell | Seeing the Light That Does Not Illuminate
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
This picture shows us that light clears clouds and lets us see clearly; the clearing helps humans dwell safely and securely
True
False
Another name for the project of modernity is_____________________
enchantment
disenchantment
illusionment
disillusionment
Turrell's light defies the purposes of enchantment. It makes a clear space in which we might see distinct objects.
True
False
James Turrell's light is an illusion
True
False
James Turrell's work suggests that light is ______________________
containable
uncontainable
comprehensible
unperceivable
James Turrell's artwork puts viewers in the stage of _______________________
trusting
confusing
mistrusting
wondering
"We live beyond a shadow of doubt;" we forget the invisible light by which we see; James Turrell's work allows you to question and feel ____________________ about what you are seeing
settling
unsettling
unpleasant
pleasant
When light is no longer the solid and stable existing object of which we are certain, but a mysterious presence with an unnamable appal that draws us into light without end, then light itself becomes_________________________
exposition
revelation
disclosure
discovery
When encountering the work of Turrell, one does not see the dogmatic or propositional contents of the Christian faith nor iconographic content drawn from a religious tradition; instead, viewer sees_______________________itself
space
color
light
object
What one intends to focus on are experiences of human being and the world, self and reality. Turrell's work puts viewers in a world like that described by ______________theology, and it makes ones resemble the human subject of such theology
mystical
transcendental
liberal
traditional
