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sjones · **on:** Aug 11, 2018

In an example of how definitions of art change through time and space, this chapter describes how French impressionism, currently widely esteemed as exceptional art, was initially

A. celebrated as one of the great innovations of 19th-century painting.
B. based on abstract sand paintings from French colonies in West Africa.
C. considered a throwback to old school painting styles.
D. ignored for lacking any originality.
E. criticized for being too sketchy and spontaneous to be considered art.

Question 2

Which of the following statements about individual artists in non-Western societies is true?

A. They tend to be iconoclastic and antisocial.
B. They tend to get more feedback during the artistic process than in Western societies.
C. They are all trained in formal, state-controlled schools for the arts.
D. They are nonexistent.
E. They are just copying Western art forms.