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170+ Western Aesthetics Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy) .

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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