CCII Test 1-10

Question 1

Name five sentiments that are attributed to Modernism.

Answer 1

Breaking tradition, rejection of old values, sense of selfconscious. The deepening effects of science and technology, population growth, progress on the fast lane.

Question 2

Explain Einstein’s theory of relativity and Heisenberg’s principle of uncertainty?

Answer 2

E=MC2 = Universe as shapeless and constant change
Heisenberg= No accuracy in things

Question 3

What is the concept of “Abstraction” as a language of expression?

Answer 3

The heart of a subject

Question 4

Name and explain the two Cubist styles.

Answer 4

1 : Analytical cubism = Multiple Perpespective

2: Synthetic Cubism = Collage, addition of objects

Question 5

Name at least one of the main characteristics of each of the works of Kandinsky,Malevich, and Mondrian.

Answer 5

Kardinsky =Subjectless form, soul and the spiritual vision
Malevich = Free art from the burden of object, pure feeling
Mondrain = Equilibrium of the opposites

Question 6

What are Freud’s three levels of human psyche? (Explain)

Answer 6

Conscious = ego =which is conscious and serves to integrate the drives of the id with the prohibitions of the super-ego. Freud believed this conflict to be at the heart of neurosis.
Subconscious = Superego =which represents a person's conscience and their internalization of societal norms and morality
unconscious = Id = which represents the instinctual drives of an individual and remains largely unconscious.

Question 7

Name the two main ideas of Carl Jung.

Answer 7

The collective unconscious of the human family expressing through myths, dreams and fairy stories
Archetypes: Primal factors patterns reflect in phychic needs I.e. The hero, old man, the virgin

Question 8

What were the three common sentiments of Proust, Kafka, and Joyce?

Answer 8

Interrupted narrative
Unexpected leaps of thought, charged passion
Reflection, fantasy and rationality

Question 9

Name an expressionist painter and two expressionist attributes of each.

Answer 9

Edvard Munch: Trauma of puberty, sexual frustration

Paintings had the feeling they came from a nightmare (Ex The Scream)

Question 10

What is Magic Realism?

Answer 10

Evoking mood of mystery fantasy through exaggeration and the unexpected juxtaposition of commonplace objects and events.