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2125004343 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

When displayed in museums, descriptions of non-Western art (as compared to Western art) often include all of the following except:

a. the specific culture from which it comes.
b. the function that the piece serves.
c. the materials used to make it.
d. the name of the artist who produced it.
e. how the piece reflects other aspects of culture.

Question 2

In complex societies

a. art forms and aesthetic knowledge are uniformly spread across all classes.
b. only members of the upper class have the time, money, and knowledge to be able to produce art objects.
c. aesthetic critics responsible for establishing artistic standards are invariably members of the upper classes or are employed by them.
d. art is more democratic and all people have relatively equal access to it.
e. the term primitive is used to denote art that is produced by the lower classes.