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Understanding Pictorial Evolution

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What is the mental need for illusion in painting?

Technical need

Aesthetic need

Historical need

Magic need (correct)

How have great artists combined reality and art in their work?

By holding reality at their command and molding it into their art (correct)

By separating reality from art

By ignoring the need for illusion in their art

By minimizing the role of reality in art

Why does the text emphasize the need for objective critics to view different phenomena separately?

To promote subjective opinions

To discourage critical analysis

To help understand the evolution of pictorial art (correct)

To diminish the importance of different phenomena

What is the author's view on the relationship between perspective and realism in painting?

The author suggests that perspective has solved the problem of form but not of movement, leading realism to continue the search for dramatic expression of the moment. Signup and view all the answers

What is the history of the plastic arts primarily a story of?

The history of the plastic arts is primarily a story of resemblance or realism, rather than just aesthetics. Signup and view all the answers

What does the author imply about the crisis in modern painting around the middle of the last century?

The author implies that photography and cinema provide a natural explanation for the crisis that overtook modern painting. Signup and view all the answers

What is the crisis of realism in art according to the text?

The crisis of realism in art is the confusion between true realism, which aims to express the world concretely and in its essence, and pseudorealism, which aims to deceive the eye or mind with illusory appearances. Signup and view all the answers

How does the text describe the objectivity of Chardin in contrast to photography?

The text describes the fascinating objectivity of Chardin as being in no sense that of the photographer. Signup and view all the answers

What does the text identify as the original sin of Western painting?

The original sin of Western painting is identified as perspective. Signup and view all the answers

What role did the camera obscura play in the evolution of painting?

It allowed artists to create the illusion of three-dimensional space within their paintings. Signup and view all the answers

How did the image in painting help to sublimate our concern with time?

It elevated our preoccupation with time to the level of rational thinking. Signup and view all the answers

What was the effect of the satisfaction of the appetite for illusion on the plastic arts?

The satisfaction of the appetite for illusion served to increase it until it consumed the plastic arts. Signup and view all the answers

What is the current purpose of making images in art, according to the text?

The creation of an ideal world in the likeness of the real, with its own purpose. Signup and view all the answers