Chapter 1

Question 1

Who imposes likes and dislikes on art?

Answer 1

Social Class in power

Question 2

Crisis events evoke art

Answer 2

Guernica (Picasso)–SCW Bombing (blitzkrieg) Threnody in Memory of the Victims of Hiroshima (Penderecki)

Question 3

Beatles

Answer 3

iconoclasts that embody the ideals of the protest movement

Question 4

Function of art

Answer 4

What is it used for? For whom was it created?

Question 5

Where is function of vocal music found?

Answer 5

Text

Question 6

Function connects with society and religion

Answer 6

Romanesque/Gothic periods relied on church

Question 7

Art in periods

Answer 7

isn’t equal (Renaissance painting, Gothic architecture)

Question 8

Social fabric influences art

Answer 8

Boucher’s nudes influenced by Rococo Court Bach’s St. Matthew Passion for Lutheran church Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for court Picasso’s cubism influenced by Scientific Age After WWII, commoners/youth influenced art in the growing commercialist economy Debussy influenced by impressionist poets and painters

Question 9

Goal of book:

Answer 9

provide useful understanding of the meaning of the arts within a historical context

Question 10

function of popular music

Answer 10

diversionary

Question 11

architecture is

Answer 11

dynamic

Question 12

3 major goals

Answer 12

breadth of knowledge of western world’s cultural patters, insight into the arts, technique for appreciating art

Question 13

purpose of painting

Answer 13

propaganda, religious education, ego of wealthy patron

Question 14

purpose of sculpture

Answer 14

commemorate historic event, function of a building

Question 15

purpose of music

Answer 15

war, worship, comedy, entertainment

Question 16

romantic????

Answer 16

social injustice, liberation