Chapter 14 - The Arts Flashcards
The creative use of the human imagination to aesthetically interpret, express, and engage life, modifying experienced reality in the process.
art
A creatively expressed promotion of ideas by artful means dramatically staged to challenge opinion and/or provoke purposeful action.
performance art
Art created primarily for visual perception, ranging from etchings and paintings on various surfaces (including the human body) to sculptures and weavings made with an array of materials.
visual art
Creative word use on display that includes stories, myths, legends, tales, poetry, metaphor, rhyme, changes, drama, cant, proverbs, jokes, puns, riddles, and tongue twisters.
verbal art
A term coined by nineteenth-century scholars studying the unwritten stories and other artistic traditions of rural peoples to distinguish between “folk art” and the “fine art” of the literate elite. Historically referred to a folklore, today “oral tradition is the preferred term used by anthropologists and other scholars.
folklore/oral tradition
A sacred narrative that explains the fundamentals of human existence-where we and everything in our world came from, why we are here, and where we are going.
myth
A story about a memorable event or figure handed down by tradition and told as true but without historical evidence.
legend
A long dramatic narrative recounting the celebrated deeds of a historic or legendary hero, often sung or recited in poetic language.
epic
A creative narrative that is recognized as fiction for entertainment but may also draw a moral or teach a practical lesson.
tale
A story situation in a folktale.
motif
The study of a society’s music in terms of its cultural setting.
ethnomusicology
Broadly speaking, an art form whose medium is sound and silence; a form of communication that includes a nonverbal auditory component with elements of tonality, pitch, rhythm, and timbre.
music
___________ music may be distinguished from “natural music.”
Human
______________ is an art form that involves the puncturing and coloring of human skin with symbolic design.
Tattooing
To some extent in literate societies, such as the United States, the function of ____________ has been taken over by history.
legends
In Native American art from the Pacific Northwest, _____________ may be so highly stylized that it may be difficult for an outsider to identify them.
animal figures
Geometric patterns seen on pottery or woven into tapestries are seen as ___________ by informed eyes.
geneological
European music is often measured in patterns of ____________ beats per measure; whereas non-European music is patterned in __________ beats per measure.
2, 3, and 4
5, 7, or 11
Through _________, the Bedouin can express taboo topics
little songs
The onset of trances allow an individual to see entropic images, which can then be integrated into___________.
iconic images
A _______________ is a sacred narrative that explains the fundamentals of human existence.
myth
The social function of music is most obvious in ________.
song
Why were objects created for the ancient Egyptian tomb of King Tut?
d) both b and c
b) To guarantee eternal life of the king
c) to protect the king from evil forces that might enter his body and gain control.
As a type of symbolic expression, visual art may be _________(imitating closely the forms of nature) or_________(drawing form natural forms but representing only the basic pattern or arrangements)
b) representational, abstract
Why do anthropologists study art?
c) Art helps anthropologists to understand all culture.
How was Bushman life shown in their rock art?
d) through all of the above
a) with several hunting scenes of men with bows
b) through scenes with women carrying stone-weighted digging sticks
c) scenes portrayed in the art relate to the trance dance
Visions of people, animals, and monsters seen in the deepest stage of trance are called
d) iconic images
Tattoos have been used to mark
e) all of the above
a) clan or cult membership
b) religious or tribal affiliation
c) social status
d) marital position
The story “Father, Son and Donkey,” which originated in Ghana in West Africa, is an example of
a) a tale
Which form of verbal art is defined as a story about a memorable event or figure handed down by tradition and told as true but without historical evidence?
c) legend
A myth is a sacred narrative that explains the fundamentals of human existence. Yet beyond this explanatory function, what does myth provide?
d) a and c
a) It explains where we come from
c) It sets cultural standards for “right” behavior
The study of a society’s music in therms of its cultural setting is defined as
ethnomusicology
The ________ adoption of the highland bagpipe into Scottish regiments is an instance of those in authority employing music to further a political agenda.
e) English
How did the Aborigines prove their ownership of land to the Australian government?
d) through traditional songs of patterns of settlement, travel and land use.
Functions of art in a society include all EXCEPT which of the following?
a) Art adds beauty and pleasure to everyday life
b) Art contributes to the cohesiveness or solidarity of a particular society
c) Art expresses political themes and influence events to create social change
d) Art is created for religious purposes or honoring or beseeching the aid of a divine power, a social being, and ancestral or animal spirits.
e) Art allows individuals to sell their work for profit.
e) Art allows individuals to sell their work for profit.
“Little Songs,” are ways to express taboo subjects among
c) the Awlad ‘Ali Bedouins of Egypt
Which of the following statements about indigenous artistic expression are true?
a) Indigenous people, especially those threatened by globalization, use aesthetic expression as part of cultural survival.
b) A dance, song, basket, carving, or any beautiful thing can serve as a powerful symbol or survival.
c) Basketry among the Micmac served as a symbol of self-determination
d) all the above are true
d) all the above are true
What anthropologist “brought back the past” in the form of beadwork for the Penobscot?
a) Jennifer Sapiel Neptune
What early twentieth-century artist was influenced by the work of the Dan people from the Ivory Coast?
c) Alberto Giacometti
What culture united art with funerary rites?
d) Ghana
What do the Maori warriors form New Zealand have in common with the Texas Trinity football team?
c) they perform the haka
A Lady Gaga concert most closely embodies which of the following art forms?
a) music and visual art
b) literary art and music
c) performance art and music
d) performance art and literary art
c) performance art and music
What are some of the functions of art?
1) Art reflects all aspects of culture
2) Art embodies religious ideas and values
3) Art functions as a legal document (marriage paintings)
4) Art reflects the values and ideas in the period in which it was made
5) Art reflects decent patterns and lineage
6) Art reflects regions and territories.
7) Art is the epitome of imagination
