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James Turrell | Seeing the Light That Does Not Illuminate

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This picture shows us that light clears clouds and lets us see clearly; the clearing helps humans dwell safely and securely

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Another name for the project of modernity is_____________________

a)

enchantment

b)

disenchantment

c)

illusionment

d)

disillusionment

3.

Turrell's light defies the purposes of enchantment. It makes a clear space in which we might see distinct objects.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

James Turrell's light is an illusion

a)

True

b)

False

5.

James Turrell's work suggests that light is ______________________

a)

containable

b)

uncontainable

c)

comprehensible

d)

unperceivable

6.

James Turrell's artwork puts viewers in the stage of _______________________

a)

trusting

b)

confusing

c)

mistrusting

d)

wondering

7.

"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

a)

settling

b)

unsettling

c)

unpleasant

d)

pleasant

8.

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_________________________

a)

exposition

b)

revelation

c)

disclosure

d)

discovery

9.

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

a)

space

b)

color

c)

light

d)

object

10.

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

a)

mystical

b)

transcendental

c)

liberal

d)

traditional