170+ Western Aesthetics Solved MCQs

101.

Marx identifies the alienation of modern man in his aesthetic life is the result of:

A. social system
B. capitalist system
C. religious system
D. intellectual system
Answer» B. capitalist system
102.

Who identifies man as a creative animal?

A. karl max
B. plato
C. aristotle
D. sigmund freud
Answer» A. karl max
103.

According to Marx -------------- enrich the creativity of man.

A. sensation
B. god
C. soul
D. nature
Answer» D. nature
104.

Marx says art is mutual contribution of man and-----------------.

A. society
B. nature
C. reason
D. power
Answer» B. nature
105.

Marx argues that in the creative process nature is humanized and man is:

A. divinized
B. reformed
C. socialized
D. naturalized
Answer» D. naturalized
106.

Proper development of five senses of human, which are the tools for human creativity, is impossible in a ------------- society according to Marx.

A. classless
B. class
C. flexible
D. liberal
Answer» B. class
107.

Marx applied his ---------------------- method to the sphere of aesthetics.

A. dialectical materialism
B. dialectical spiritualism
C. phenomenological
Answer» A. dialectical materialism
108.

Marx insisted art should be:

A. politically beneficial
B. individually beneficial
C. socially beneficial
Answer» C. socially beneficial
109.

Max believes ----------------- affect the very nature of artistic activity of a society.

A. intellectualcapacities
B. social conditions
C. class relations
D. both ‘b’ and ‘c’
Answer» B. social conditions
110.

Marx argues that along with representing the social conditions, -------------should help to improve the social conditions.

A. politics
B. art
C. education
D. religion
Answer» B. art
111.

Marxian theory of aesthetics has strongly embedded with his ideology of: 9

A. transcendentalism
B. socialism
C. social realism
D. formalism
Answer» C. social realism
112.

According to Marx --------------- representation of social conditions is the responsibility of art and artist.

A. realistic
B. imaginary
C. vague
D. subjective
Answer» A. realistic
113.

According to Marx art is the part of -------------------- , and was therefore influenced by the economy.

A. logical structure
B. imaginative structure
C. superstructure
D. religious
Answer» C. superstructure
114.

In his writings Marx mentioned the --------------- took away the aesthetic sense.

A. capitalism
B. socialism
C. egoism
D. liberalism
Answer» A. capitalism
115.

Marx explains ------------------ makes impossibility of disinterested appreciation of beauty.

A. socialism
B. egoism
C. liberalism
D. capitalism
Answer» D. capitalism
116.

Marx considered capitalism brought -------------------- value to art.

A. aesthetic
B. monitory
C. transcendental
D. ethical
Answer» B. monitory
117.

Marx believed art should serve the ------------------- of awakening society to their pain.

A. spiritual function
B. ethical function
C. social function
D. both ‘a’ and
Answer» C. social function
118.

Marx said art cannot be beautiful until ------------------- has been established.

A. communism
B. socialism
C. materialism
D. both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Answer» D. both ‘a’ and ‘b’
119.

In Marx’s opinion ------------- brought monitory value to art.

A. proletarian revaluation
B. capitalism
C. industrialism
D. scientific revaluation
Answer» B. capitalism
120.

Artist as the ----------------------- of the society according to Marx.

A. teacher
B. torch bearer
C. intellectual head
D. spiritual leader
Answer» B. torch bearer
121.

Marxism observed work of art is a consumer object in a:

A. socialist society
B. capitalist society
C. spiritualist society
D. hedonist society
Answer» B. capitalist society
122.

Which ideology stated that Artist is always a part of the culture?

A. idealism
B. formalism
C. phenomenalism
D. marxism
Answer» D. marxism
123.

Identify the work of A. G. Baumgarten.

A. poetics
B. timaeus
C. beauty and art
D. reflections on poetry
Answer» D. reflections on poetry
124.

Hegel’s aesthetic position deeply rooted in his metaphysical view of: 10

A. subjective idealism
B. objective idealism
C. absolute idealism
D. universal
Answer» C. absolute idealism
125.

According to Hegel ---------------- give full expression of Geist.

A. romantic art
B. classical art
C. symbolic art
D. modern art
Answer» A. romantic art
126.

Hegel regards ‘Geist’ is half articulated in:

A. romantic art
B. modern art
C. symbolic art
D. both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Answer» C. symbolic art
127.

Geist gets full expression in:

A. architecture
B. sculpture
C. drama
D. poetry
Answer» D. poetry
128.

Theory of Imitation is also called as:

A. theory of mimesis
B. theory of mimestics
C. theory of mimenis
D. theory of
Answer» A. theory of mimesis
129.

Who rehabilitate imitation as the foundation of moral education?

A. plato
B. kant
C. aristotle
D. marx
Answer» A. plato
130.

Aristotle explains music, dance, and poetry are the instruments for:

A. enjoyment only
B. character formation
C. character depletion
D. pleasure
Answer» B. character formation
131.

Freud applied ------------------------- to his theory of aesthetics.

A. phenomenological method
B. psychoanalytical method
C. dialectical method
Answer» B. psychoanalytical method
132.

For Freud physical world is:

A. changing
B. unreal
C. real
D. neither real nor unreal
Answer» C. real
133.

Bring out the fundamental drives from which all human action are derived by the opinion of Freud.

A. love and hate
B. sex and aggression
C. fear and dread
D. pleasure and pain
Answer» B. sex and aggression
134.

In the opinion of Freud------------------------- treated as the binary code of entire human action

A. peace and agitation
B. love and death
C. fear and anguish
D. pleasure and pain
Answer» B. love and death
135.

Freud related his theory of appreciation of art to the:

A. pleasure principle
B. ethical principle
C. economic principle
D. social principle
Answer» A. pleasure principle
136.

According to Freud art appreciation ultimately leads:

A. moral satisfaction
B. intellectual satisfaction
C. sublimated sexual satisfaction
D. emotional satisfaction
Answer» C. sublimated sexual satisfaction
137.

-------------------- is both healthy and necessary for civilization, according to Freud.

A. dreams
B. sublimation
C. repression
D. ethical satisfaction
Answer» B. sublimation
138.

Freud argues that ---------------------- substitutes desires as socially desirable activities.

A. dreams
B. repression
C. psychological exercises
D. sublimation
Answer» D. sublimation
139.

Freud asserts that, successfully sublimated sexuality is a:

A. force
B. negative force
C. positive force
D. directive force
Answer» C. positive force
140.

Freud said --------------------- has a peculiar, mildly intoxication quality of feeling.

A. enjoyment of beauty
B. suppression of emotions
C. repression of enjoyment
D. enjoyment of dreams
Answer» A. enjoyment of beauty
141.

Freud said, ----------- allows repressed behavior to be expressed in a constructive way.

A. instincts
B. dream
C. art
D. freedom
Answer» C. art
142.

Art giving a -------------------- affect to both the artist and the viewers, said Freud.

A. soothing
B. narcotic
C. negative
D. passive
Answer» B. narcotic
143.

According to Freud art is a -------------- fulfilled in a physical and tangible way.

A. emotion
B. imagination
C. action
D. wish
Answer» D. wish
144.

Freud called basic primitive desire of the personality as:

A. libido
B. id
C. ego
D. super ego
Answer» B. id
145.

-------------------- longs for pleasure gratification according Freud.

A. id
B. ego
C. super ego
D. libido
Answer» A. id
146.

In his theory of art Freud observed that, the pleasure in music involves the release of:

A. ego
B. super ego
C. libido
D. id
Answer» C. libido
147.

Creating art without conscious thought is called:

A. aesthetic automatism
B. aesthetic spontaneity
C. artistic sublimity
D. artistic
Answer» A. aesthetic automatism
148.

Freudian version of aesthetical theory is known as:

A. artistic automatism
B. theory of sublimation
C. aesthetic automatism
D. aesthetic formalism
Answer» C. aesthetic automatism
149.

Who employed the concept of Aesthetic automatism in art?

A. freud
B. aristotle
C. marx
D. hegel
Answer» A. freud
150.

Aesthetic automatism made a strong influence upon:

A. romanticism
B. expressionism
C. realism
D. surrealism
Answer» D. surrealism
151.

-------------------- is a positive force according to Freud.

A. sexuality
B. libido
C. sublimate sexuality
D. sublimate spirituality
Answer» C. sublimate sexuality
152.

Aesthetics for Freud is a form of:

A. release of ego
B. wish fulfillment
C. dream fulfillment
D. release of super ego
Answer» B. wish fulfillment
153.

Freud stated that, ----------------------- is a way to project neurosis, pain and trauma on to a canvas or music.

A. sublimation
B. expression
C. daydreaming
D. both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Answer» A. sublimation
154.

The school of ----------------- treats beauty as an experience rather than an objective quality of the object.

A. representationalism
B. idealism
C. phenomenalism
D. rationalism
Answer» C. phenomenalism
155.

------------------------- is not just any reaction but very vital and important experience.

A. intellectual experience
B. aesthetic experience
C. artistic creation
D. musical
Answer» B. aesthetic experience
156.

To call something beautiful or artistic is to declare that it is a source of:

A. enjoyment
B. spiritualistic experience
C. intellectual experience
D. aesthetic
Answer» D. aesthetic
157.

An object as aesthetically valuable always depends upon the extent of the ---------------------------- of the aesthetic experience itself.

A. quantitative excellence
B. qualitative excellence
C. empirical excellence
D. spiritualistic excellence
Answer» B. qualitative excellence
158.

Indian thinkers called the aesthetic experience as:

A. rasanubhuti
B. sancharibhava
C. rasa
D. vibhava
Answer» A. rasanubhuti
159.

For -------------------- aesthetical experience is undesirable.

A. kant
B. hegel
C. plato
D. aristotle
Answer» C. plato
160.

Who elevated aesthetic experiences to a healthy cathartic influence?

A. kant
B. hegel
C. plato
D. aristotle
Answer» D. aristotle
161.

Most of the modern theories of aesthetics consider both ------------------------- as the source of aesthetic experience.

A. art and beauty
B. art and music
C. music and poetry
D. poetry and drama
Answer» A. art and beauty
162.

According to modern Aesthetic thinkers main feature of aesthetic experience is:

A. pleasure
B. satisfaction
C. disinterested pleasure
D. self-realization
Answer» C. disinterested pleasure
163.

The element of --------------------- makes an intrinsic value in each aesthetic experience.

A. disinterested pleasure
B. quantitative pleasure
C. subjective pleasure
D. individualistic enjoyment
Answer» A. disinterested pleasure
164.

Among modern thinkers who identified aesthetic experience as disinterested pleasure.

A. hegel
B. freud
C. marx
D. hutcheson
Answer» D. hutcheson
165.

Hutcheson emphasized the need of a/an ---------------- for acquiring aesthetic experience.

A. common sense
B. inner sense
C. contemplative mind
D. intuitive sense
Answer» B. inner sense
166.

Kant called the object of disinterested satisfaction as:

A. art
B. charming
C. music
D. beautiful
Answer» D. beautiful
167.

‘Art is an experience in its most articulate and adequate form’. Who proposed this view?

A. kant
B. hutcheson
C. john dewey
D. marx
Answer» C. john dewey
168.

The linguistic expression of aesthetic experience is called:

A. aesthetic statement
B. aesthetic judgment
C. aesthetic assertion
D. aesthetic
Answer» B. aesthetic judgment
169.

The terms such as beautiful, attractive, pretty, grand and sublime, etc. are commonly called:

A. aesthetic terms
B. aesthetic words
C. aesthetic symbols
D. aesthetic
Answer» D. aesthetic
170.

--------------------- is an expression of how the thing appears to us.

A. aesthetic experience
B. aesthetic judgment
C. aesthetic appreciation
Answer» B. aesthetic judgment
171.

The terms used for expressing our appreciation are called:

A. aesthetic predicates
B. aesthetic terms
C. aesthetic words
D. aesthetic
Answer» A. aesthetic predicates
172.

Which is treated as a negative aesthetic predicate?

A. unique
B. grotesque
C. expressive
D. charming
Answer» B. grotesque
173.

Who emphasis the role of economic structure in the process of creation of a work of art and also appreciation of the same?

A. idealists
B. rationalists
C. formalists
D. marxists
Answer» D. marxists
174.

What is common between the moral and aesthetic judgments?

A. the analytical nature
B. the evaluative character
C. the speculative nature
D. the explanatory character
Answer» B. the evaluative character
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