KC Trotsky

Question 1

“a new class does not…

Answer 1

…begin to create all of culture from the beginning, but enters into possession of the past”

Question 2

“it is unquestionably true that…

Answer 2

…the need for art is not created by economic conditions, but neither is the need for food created by economics. On the contrary, the need for food and warmth creates economics”

Question 3

“generally speaking, the artistic work…

Answer 3

…of man is continuous. Each new rising class places itself on the shoulders of its preceding one”

Question 4

“New artistic needs or demands for new…

Answer 4

…literary and artistic points of view are stimulated by economics, through the development of a new class”

Question 5

“[art] is not a disembodied element feeding on itself…

Answer 5

…but a function of social man indissolubly tied to his life and social environment”

Question 6

“the effort to set art free of life…

Answer 6

…,to declare it a craft self-sufficient unto itself, devitalises and kills it”

Question 7

AESTHETIC THEORY

Answer 7

A set of criteria used to judge and criticise artwork based on what the artist was trying to accomplish

Question 8

MARXIST AESTHETIC THEORY

Answer 8

Used to judge artwork with the idea that art should have a social function, revealing truth and awakening people to the idea of class struggle.
Art should be revolution.