Exam 14: The-Arts

Which of the following is typically found in preliterate societies with a form of state political organization,serving to transmit and preserve a culture's legal and political precedents and practices?

In all cultures,the words of songs constitute a type of poetry.

Jennifer Neptune was asked by a Native American elder to make a reproduction of a clothes item from the late 18th century seen in a photograph of material artifacts from his tribe.This work allowed the current tribal members to appreciate the rich cultural past of their own tribe.What was this item that she reproduced?

Peyote art is a traditional form among the:

Jennifer Neptune worked with the Penobscot Indians to recover an earlier type of hunting tool tradition.

Tattoos are universal forms of body art that may initially date as far back as how many years ago?

The "coffin plane" now in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington,D.C.,made only one independent flight before being stored as an art form.

If the animal figures on a Haida totem are highly stylized and represent only the most basic forms of animals,then the totem would be considered as:

Art has little connection to other aspects of a group's culture.

When ideas are promoted by artful means and dramatically staged to challenge opinions,it is called:

Rarely has a culture been reported to lack any kind of music.Bone flutes and whistles have been found by archaeologists that date back approximately how many years ago?

Most of the situation comedies,soap operas,and adventure series shown on television are non-religious,non-historical,and appreciated primarily as a source of entertainment.Thus they may be classified as what kind of verbal arts?

All peoples engage in artistic behavior as they use their imagination creatively to interpret,understand,and even enjoy life.The archaeological record suggests that humans have produced art for how many years?

The study of music in its cultural setting is called:

Semi-historical narratives that account for the deeds of heroes,the movements of peoples,and the establishment of local customs are called:

All of the following statements about tattoos are correct except:

All of the following are approaches that anthropologists bring to the study of art except:

Zale Seck is a West African artist from Senegal whose paintings express political and social themes significant in our contemporary global world.

Art is universal to human societies.

Whether beneficial or unbeneficial,all art is an expression of: