COMM RELS 257 MIDTERM 2026 EXAM
PREPARATION PACK KEY TOPICS AND SAMPLE
QUESTIONS WITH EXPLANATIONS
◉ Iconoclasm. Answer: Destruction of images (typically religious)
◉ creation through negation. Answer: The act of Iconoclasm creates
a new work when we're left w/remnants
> relates to idea that once you have that destruction new images
come
◉ Holden's Dead Christ Entombed. Answer: Included because it
dismantles the conventional way Christ was depicted
Image that can 'make someone loose their faith'
◉ contemporary use of an iconoclast. Answer: someone who rejects
norms/near and dear traditions
◉ sacred objects and material implications. Answer: Al Qaeda
destroyed Buddhist statues... Village was upset not mainly because
,of this destruction, but rather because the western people put more
aid towards the material statues than helping the starving people
-did take away some revenue as a tourist attraction
These things are a blending of..
◉ takes away mystification. Answer: Why does Holden's Dead Christ
Entombed dismantle conventional way Christ was depicted
◉ Islam in visual art. Answer: example of religion that adopted
permanent form of anichonism
◉ Islam. Answer: Based on the idea of prohibition of idolatry and
says only God can create art
◉ John dewey. Answer: wants to restore continuity between refined
and intensified forms of experience that are works of art and the
everyday experiences
◉ Idiomatic speech. Answer: refers to experiences each of which is
singular, having its own beginning and end
, ◉ esthetic. Answer: experience as appreciative, perceiving, and
enjoying rather than a producer's standpoint
◉ perfection. Answer: can't be measured/defined by terms of
execution; rather by those who perceive and enjoy the product that
is excecuted
◉ esthetic. Answer: to be truly artistic, a work must also be
___________; framed for enjoyed perception
◉ John dewey; art as an experience. Answer: asking an artist what
they mean with a work is pointless because he himself finds
different meaning depending on time/stage of life/etc. is a theory
from what author/work?
◉ John dewey, parthenon. Answer: Says a piece looses universality if
told it isn't able to have new personal realizations in experiences...
Ex?
◉ dated. Answer: Works that 'fail' to become new aren't those which
are universal, but rather those which are '_________'
PREPARATION PACK KEY TOPICS AND SAMPLE
QUESTIONS WITH EXPLANATIONS
◉ Iconoclasm. Answer: Destruction of images (typically religious)
◉ creation through negation. Answer: The act of Iconoclasm creates
a new work when we're left w/remnants
> relates to idea that once you have that destruction new images
come
◉ Holden's Dead Christ Entombed. Answer: Included because it
dismantles the conventional way Christ was depicted
Image that can 'make someone loose their faith'
◉ contemporary use of an iconoclast. Answer: someone who rejects
norms/near and dear traditions
◉ sacred objects and material implications. Answer: Al Qaeda
destroyed Buddhist statues... Village was upset not mainly because
,of this destruction, but rather because the western people put more
aid towards the material statues than helping the starving people
-did take away some revenue as a tourist attraction
These things are a blending of..
◉ takes away mystification. Answer: Why does Holden's Dead Christ
Entombed dismantle conventional way Christ was depicted
◉ Islam in visual art. Answer: example of religion that adopted
permanent form of anichonism
◉ Islam. Answer: Based on the idea of prohibition of idolatry and
says only God can create art
◉ John dewey. Answer: wants to restore continuity between refined
and intensified forms of experience that are works of art and the
everyday experiences
◉ Idiomatic speech. Answer: refers to experiences each of which is
singular, having its own beginning and end
, ◉ esthetic. Answer: experience as appreciative, perceiving, and
enjoying rather than a producer's standpoint
◉ perfection. Answer: can't be measured/defined by terms of
execution; rather by those who perceive and enjoy the product that
is excecuted
◉ esthetic. Answer: to be truly artistic, a work must also be
___________; framed for enjoyed perception
◉ John dewey; art as an experience. Answer: asking an artist what
they mean with a work is pointless because he himself finds
different meaning depending on time/stage of life/etc. is a theory
from what author/work?
◉ John dewey, parthenon. Answer: Says a piece looses universality if
told it isn't able to have new personal realizations in experiences...
Ex?
◉ dated. Answer: Works that 'fail' to become new aren't those which
are universal, but rather those which are '_________'
