Vocab 1

Question 1

Meritocracy

Answer 1

A society where people have success based on their abilities and merit

Question 2

Art Speak

Answer 2

Specialist vocabulary and language associated with art and artist, especially when seen as complicated or pretentious

Question 3

Pareto principle (80-20 rule)

Answer 3

80% of the output from a given situation or system is determined by 20% of the input

Question 4

Rhetoric

Answer 4

Art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

Question 5

Talent

Answer 5

Whatever set of personal characteristics allow a person to exploit lucky opportunities.

Question 6

International Art English

Answer 6

A name for art speak that has been elevated to an international common language around art.

Question 7

Hegemony

Answer 7

Preponderant influence or authority over others

Question 8

Metonym

Answer 8

A word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated

Question 9

Show Don’t Tell

Answer 9

When you describe what is happening rather than outright say it

Question 10

The Known-New Contract

Answer 10

A linguistic concept used to describe how writers achieve
cohesion between sentences by presenting what readers already know before introducing new information

Question 11

Readymade Art

Answer 11

To take an existing object and proclaim is as a piece of art

Question 12

The Ship of Theseus Paradox

Answer 12

There is a wooden ship, which has had every plank exchanged for a new one. Is it still the same ship?

Question 13

Essentialist View

Answer 13

The view that every entity has a set of attributes that are necessary to its identity and function

Question 14

Temporal View

Answer 14

This view suggests that an object’s identity is not tied to the identity of its parts, but to the continuity of its existence over time

Question 15

Pragmatic View

Answer 15

This view suggests that identity is not an objective property of the object, but a subjective judgment based on our practical needs and interests

Question 16

Identitarian

Answer 16

That group identity is the most important thing about a person, and that justice and power must be viewed primarily on the basis of group identity rather than individual merit

Question 17

Artistic aura/authenticity

Answer 17

The undeniable and unique experience of an artwork

Question 18

Aesthetics

Answer 18

The visual and sensual qualities of art and design over practical, moral or narrative considerations.

Question 19

Authorial Intent

Answer 19

The meaning of a piece of art is defined by what the author intends it to be

Question 20

Reader Response

Answer 20

The author’s intent is irrelevant. It is whatever the viewer interprets

Question 21

Corporate-Speak

Answer 21

A nonsensical complication of a concept, made to make the speaker or writer seem smart

Question 22

Functionality/Usability Tradeoff

Answer 22

A design principle maintaining that, as the flexibility of a system increases, its usability decreases

Question 23

Copyright

Answer 23

Only the creator/author can use it

Question 24

Creative Commons

Answer 24

People can use it but they have to credit the original author

Question 25

Public Domain

Answer 25

Anyone can use it

Question 26

“Everything is a Remix” Ideology

Answer 26

Everything we create is copied, transformed and combined from our culture. And just like our creations are remixed from the world around us, our beliefs are remixed from what we watch, read and listen to

Question 27

Feldman Model of Art Criticism

Answer 27

Description, Analysis, Interpretation, Judgment