| Post Name | Lecturer in Arts History and Aesthetics - Technical Education |
|---|---|
| Question Paper Code | 099/2024/OL |
| Category Code | 495/2023 |
| Date of Test | 19 August 2024 |
| Exam Type | Online Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
Cave paintings at Lascaux (France), Altamira (Spain) as well as at Bhimbetka (India) are examples of prehistoric art (i) These are man-made caves (ii) The paintings reļ¬ect human-animal relationship in prehistoric times.
Answer
B. (i) is incorrect, but (ii) is correct
2
Egyptians preserved the bodies of the dead through mummiļ¬cation. (i) The process of mummiļ¬cation is evidence that the Egyptians believed in life after death. (ii) The Faiyum mummy-portraits are paintings. Options :
Answer
C. both (i) and (ii) are correct
3
Indus river-valley culture, though dating back to 2300-1750 BCE, was a highly advanced material culture (i) The Indus cities are examples of highly organized urban life (ii) Sculptural objects from the Indus civilization, like the ļ¬gure of a bull from Mohenjodaro, show acute understanding of representing three-dimensional visual form as observed by the artist from nature Options :
Answer
C. both (i) and (ii) are correct
4
Mauryan sculpture evidences a high level of sophistication (i) The technical excellence of polish and proportion in the Didarganj standing female ļ¬gure is an example of high standards of achievement in this period. (ii) Ashokan pillar capitals are poorly executed in technique and style. Options :
Answer
A. (i) is correct, but (ii) is incorrect
5
At Sanchi, Buddhist symbolism is manifested in the form of the maha- stupa (Stupa No.1) (i) There is nothing inside a solid stupa. (ii) The torana (gateway) and the railing around the maha-stupa contain sculptural reliefs on Buddhist themes. Options :
Answer
Question Cancelled
6
Ellora is the site of a series of caves with sculptural depictions in stone on its walls. (i) These man-made caves are dedicated to three religions-Hindu (Brahmanical), Buddhist and Jain (ii) The sculptural depiction of the Nataraja from cave no. 16 (Kailashnath) is highly dynamic and represents post-Gupta characteristics and visual aesthetics. Options :
Answer
C. both (i) and (ii) are correct
7
Chola dynasty sculptors excelled in metal casting beside the developments in stone. (i) The iconic ananda-tandava Nataraja in metal represents a moment in culmination of post- Gupta sculptural tradition, where dynamism and balance appear to exist simultaneously (ii) The composition of eight metals used in the Chola dynasty is an alloy known as ashtadhatu. Options :
Answer
A. (i) is correct, but (ii) is incorrect
8
Ajanta is the location of a series of caves with very advanced sophistication in the representation of ļ¬gural forms in wall paintings. (i) These are no sculptures in these caves. (ii) The paintings have no relation with religious themes Options :
Answer
D. both (i) and (ii) are incorrect
9
Mughal painting is an outcome of interaction between indigenous pictorial languages with stylistic impact of pictorial languages from outside. (i) Despite borrowing elements from art outside indigenous styles, realism in Mughal painting is distinct from that of European illusionistic consideration of pictorial space as well as human anatomy. (ii) Ustad Mansur's paintings of birds and animals from the Jehangiri period exhibit acute observation and careful study, along with loving care and wonder about natural life observed by the artist Options :
Answer
C. both (i) and (ii) are correct
10
The term "Pahari painting" refers to what is also known as painting from the Punjab hills (i) Guler painting from the Pahari school is marked by lyrical naturalism in its pictorial style; however, the human ļ¬gures and other elements are highly idealized to notions of perfect beauty. (ii) Basholi painting is marked by relatively two-dimensional space and brilliance of colour expanse compared to Kangra and Guler. Options :
Answer
Question Cancelled
11
Classical Greek sculpture is characterized by proportion, harmony and balance (i) Myron's Diskobolos (Discus Thrower) is a perfect example of Classical Greek features in sculpture. (ii) The Laocoon is an example from Classical Greek art. Options :
Answer
A. (i) is correct, but (ii) is incorrect
12
The Arch of Titus is an example of Roman triumphal monument. (i) The same relief continues on to both sides of the inner face of the monument. (ii) The most signiļ¬cant relief sculptures in the inside face of the monument shows Roman. soldiers with the spoils from Jerusalem-including a Menorah and sacred trumpets. Options :
Answer
B. (i) is incorrect, but (ii) is correct
13
Byzantine Mosaics depict Christian themes. (i) Christ Pantocrator is an important theme at Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. (ii) The mosaic of Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora At Ravenna, Italy is an indication of the conļ¬uence of theological and political power. Options :
Answer
C. both (i) and (ii) are correct
14
Masaccio's 1427 Holy Trinity is an early Renaissance example. (i) It is a painting with a mathematically accurate depiction of linear perspective. (ii) Although Christ and saints are depicted, there are no donor ļ¬gures in the painting. Options :
Answer
A. (i) is correct, but (ii) is incorrect
15
Michaelangelo's sculpture of David is diļ¬erent from the sculpture on the same theme by Donatello and Bernini. (i) All three examples are from the Baroque period. (ii) All three examples exhibit the contrapposto posture Options :
Answer
D. both (i) and (ii) are incorrect
16
Madonna of the long neck, a painting by Parmigianino, is an example from the historic period called Mannerism. (i) The painting shows Madonna with along neck because Parmigianino lacked the skill to master correct human anatomy. (ii) The elongated neck of the ļ¬gure creates a sense of grace and divine elegance. Options :
Answer
B. (i) is incorrect, but (ii) is correct
17
Hundred Guilder Print is a work by the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn. (i) The theme of the work is Christ healing the sick. (ii) The print is executed in the medium called etching Options :
Answer
C. both (i) and (ii) are correct
18
Oath of the Horatii is an early work by Jacques Louis David. (i) The Roman theme was used by the French painter to emphasize patriotic loyalty to the state. (ii) The pictorial composition depicts the classical qualities of balance, harmony and mathematical proportion characteristic of the Neo-Classical period. Options :
Answer
C. both (i) and (ii) are correct
19
Francisco Goya's Third of May is an example of Romanticism in painting. (i) The theme of the painting comes from the classical period. (ii) The image is a tranquil landscape. Options :
Answer
D. both (i) and (ii) are incorrect
20
"Crows over wheatļ¬eld" is a landmark post-impressionist painting by Vincent Van Gogh (i) Van Gogh used painting as a cathartic release and solace for his clinical condition (ii) This painting reļ¬ects his mental disquiet through both the compositional structure as well as the urgency of execution in the brush strokes. Options :
Answer
C. both (i) and (ii) are correct
21
Eugene Delacroix's painting titled "The Death of Sardanapalus" is based on the poem of which writer?
Answer
C. Lord Byron
22
"I am not only a Socialist but a democrat and Republican as well - in a word partisan of all the revolution and above all a Realist". Identify the artist who stated thus?
Answer
D. Gustave Courbet
23
"A courtesan with dirty hands and wrinkled feet, her body has livid tint of a cadaver displayed in the morgue; her outlines are drawn in charcoal and her greenish, bloodshot eye appear to be provoking the public, protected all the while by a hideous Negress" stated a French critic in 1865. He was referring to the work of which painter?
Answer
B. Edouard Manet
24
Africanism and Neo-Cezannism contributed to which art movement?
Answer
C. Cubism
25
Which artist's alter ego was Rrose SĆ©lavy?
Answer
D. Marcel Duchamp
26
Name the magazine which propagated Expressionist ideas of art and literature in early 20th Century.
Answer
A. Der Sturm
27
Sol Le Witt tells us that the idea "is the most important aspect of the work". Which art movement was he referring to?
Answer
B. Conceptual Art
28
Among the following, identify the artist who created the work titled, Post-Partum Document?
Answer
D. Mary Kelly
29
Among the following, from which country you get the art works belonging to Cynical Realism?
Answer
B. China
30
Who was the curator of the exhibition titled "Two Centuries of Black American Art" in 1976?
Answer
A. David Driskell
31
How many Rasas are mentioned in Natyashastra of Bharata?
Answer
C. 8
32
Who is the author of Manasollasa, a 12th century Shilpasastra from Karnataka?
Answer
A. Somesvara
33
Which portion of Visnudharmottara Purana classiļ¬es painting into Satya, Vainika, , and MiÅra types?
Answer
B. Chitra Sutra
34
Which Shilpasastra was principally consulted by Ram Raz for his book "Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus"?
Answer
B. Manasara
35
Who among the following is the compiler of the text Bruhat Samhita?
Answer
C. Varahamihira
36
Name the 19th century scholar who brought the Sangham literature into the public domain? Compiler of Sangham lit
Answer
C. Caminata Aiyar
37
Among the following identify the book by AK Ramanujan based on Sangam literature.
Answer
A. Poems of Love and War
38
What is ļ¬ve-fold categorization of environment in Sagam literature is known as
Answer
B. Aintinai
39
Who is the author of the "The Hindus : An Alternative History"?
Answer
D. Wendy Doniger
40
Who is the author of the book titled After Amnesia :Tradition and Change in Indian Criticism?
Answer
C. G.N. Devy
41
The Bharhut medallion on the inner phase of one of the railing pillars close to the eastern gate represents _______________. Above it there is an inscription in large characters, read as 'Bhagavato Rukdanta' translated as Buddha as the sounding elephant.
Answer
A. Dream of Mayadevi
42
'Principles of Art History' by _________ is the work that laid the foundation for formalist Art History.
Answer
B. Heinrich Wƶlļ¬in
43
'We seek the reality of the art work in order to ļ¬nd there the art prevailing within it. The thingly substructure is what proved to be the most immediate reality in the work' Identify the philosopher who stated this
Answer
C. Martin Heidegger
44
This is the painting called 'A Cubist City' done by ______________
Answer
D. Gaganendranath Tagore
45
In the following Figures of Speech, the charm due to the meaning, Artha, is induced by
Answer
A. Nidarsana
46
Which of the following refers to one of the eight great life events of Buddha (Ashta Maha-Pratiharya)
Answer
C. Subjugation of Nalagiri
47
___________ attempted to analyse painting from a perspective very much opposed to that of 'the natural attitude' in his book 'Vision and Painting'.
Answer
B. Norman Bryson
48
The philosophical concept of 'Techne' refers to _________
Answer
D. Making or Doing
49
'Men act and women appear'. This is an axiomatic statement by
Answer
C. John Berger
50
Which of the following does not belong to Immanuel Kant's 'Four Moments'?
Answer
D. Contextual
51
The article 'Art Museums and the Ritual of Citizenship' by __________ is an important critique of the function and role of state-founded public museums in our culture.
Answer
A. Carol Duncan
52
This painting 'Death of Gandhi' is done by
Answer
D. Tom Vattakkuzhy
53
'Kavyalankara Sutra' is considered as the ļ¬rst attempt at evolving a philosophy of literary aesthetics. Who is the author of it?
Answer
B. Vamana
54
Which of the following statement is/are correct about Pierre Bourdieu? (i) Bourdieu introduced the notion of capital, deļ¬ned as sums of particular assets put to productive use. (ii) Diļ¬erent capitals owned by individuals can determine their positions in the social stratiļ¬cation structure, and further inļ¬uence the pattern of social behaviours. (iii) Bourdieu's theory of practice is based on three main concepts : Public domain, Distinction, and Culture industry. (iv) Field's is a concept developed by Pierre Bourdieu and refers to the norms, values, attitudes, and behaviours of a particular social group (or social class)
Answer
Question Cancelled
55
"If Lacan presumes that female homosexuality issues from a disappointed heterosexuality, as observation is said to show, could it not be equally clear to the observer that heterosexuality issues from a disappointed homosexuality" In which work do you ļ¬nd this feminist critique?
Answer
A. Gender Trouble
56
Photos of the Gods : the Printed Image and Political Struggle in India is a comprehensive history of India's popular visual culture. Who is the author of this work
Answer
C. Christopher Pinney
57
Jyotindra Jain is a
Answer
B. Cultural historian and museologist
58
Which of the following statements is absolutely correct? (i) Iconography basically is synthesis (ii) Iconology is basically analysis (iii) Iconography is about the intrinsic meanings (iv) Iconography is a description and classiļ¬cation of images
Answer
C. (iv)
59
Art historian and theorist _____________ coined the concept 'Will of Art' (Kunstwollen)
Answer
B. AloĆÆs Riegl
60
'Making love is not just becoming as one, or even two, but becoming as a hundred thousand. Desiring-machines or the nonhuman sex : not one or even two sexes, but n sexes.' This is the crux of Anti-Oedipus, the idea proposed in connection with Capitalism and Schizophrenia by _________
Answer
B. Gilles Deleuze and FĆ©lix Guattari
61
From the artists given below, who is a cyborg activist?
Answer
A. Neil Harbisson
62
Among the names of the Indian born Contemporary artists given below, ____________ is the one making work responding to the injustices suļ¬ered by gay men across the globe, himself included
Answer
D. Sunil Gupta
63
___________ argued that in the age of mechanical reproduction and the absence of traditional and ritualistic value, the production of art would be inherently based upon the praxis of politics.
Answer
D. Walter Benjamin
64
'Secret Knowledge : Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters' is the seminal work produced by this Artist.
Answer
B. David Hockney
65
From the list given below, who is a contemporary curator, critic and art historian
Answer
A. Hans Ulrich Obrist
66
One key theme running through Jacques Derrida's well known essay "Archive Fever : A Freudian Impression" is :
Answer
C. By propagating archival systems of the past, one fails to question assumptions on which they were based, hence perpetuating rather than challenging knowledge systems
67
Who curated the landmark 1985 exhibition Les ImmatƩriaux at the Centre Pompidou in Paris?
Answer
B. Jean-FranƧois Lyotard and Thierry Chaput
68
According to Stuart Hall
Answer
A. In pluralistic societies, culture is a matter of everyday negotiation
69
Who is one of the key theorists of cultural studies?
Answer
D. Ella Shohat
70
In his book The Predicament of Culture (1988) James Cliļ¬ord makes the following point :
Answer
B. Cultural theorists need to base their views on particularities of context
71
Nicholas Mirzoeļ¬ in his analysis of Visual Culture
Answer
Question Cancelled
72
Who has outlined four modes of communicative practices that seem to follow a quasi-evolutionary development - from authoritarian, to paternalistic, to commercial, to the democratic?
Answer
C. Raymond Williams
73
Who is the author of Camera Indica The Social Life of Indian Photographs?
Answer
D. Christopher Pinney
74
Answer the questions below the paragraph : "The desire to stop time is either a fundamental feature or one of the historically strongest biases in the history of photography. Since its invention, photography has been described or wilfully constructed as a key witness to a passing moment or event, and has enduringly been conceptualized as what Innis (1964) referred to as a 'time-biased' medium. This fundamental feature of photography is being profoundly transformed through digital photographic mapping, where one photograph (and I wonder if this is still the proper name to indicate what this image is) is able to seamlessly merge many photographs of contiguous places taken at diļ¬erent times. This synthesized image, as the single photographs that compose it is still a visible token of the past; but as a combination of contiguous photographs, it is also a combination of past present and future, as the photographs that it merges together represent the present, past or future to one another. This new digital photographic map transforms a time-space unicum (the photograph taken at a speciļ¬c time, in a speciļ¬c place) into a fractured time within a space continuum (a composed photographic image that merges diļ¬erent times and connects contiguous spaces)". What can one infer from the paragraph above?
Answer
B. The digital medium has profoundly disturbed our sense of past, present and future
75
What does the paragraph above, tell us about older forms of photography?
Answer
A. Historically, photography was viewed as evidentiary as it could "stop time"
76
Which artist did not derive imagery from the graphic quality of letters and numbers?
Answer
C. K.P. Krishnakumar
77
Roma Chatterjee has observed "Gond art is a form that emerged self- consciously in the precinct of a modern institution Bharat Bhawanat a time when modern art the world over was questioning its European legacy". Which artist's work exempliļ¬es this statement?
Answer
B. Jangarh Singh Shyam
78
Which artist came to be know for visual reportage in the form of ink drawings, particularly of the Bengal Famine?
Answer
C. Chittaprosad Bhattachary
79
The exhibition "Postwar : Art Between the Paciļ¬c and the Atlantic, 1945-1965" was curated by :
Answer
D. Okwui Enwezor
80
Varvara Stepanova is known for her
Answer
C. Theatre sets and textile designs
81
The direction that the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi would take,was determined by a bequeath in 1947 of paintings by which artist?
Answer
B. Amrita Sher-Gil
82
The inaugural exhibition of the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi, held in 1954, resulted from
Answer
A. A sculpture competition
83
Which post second world war artists' collective proposed an aesthetic that departed from modernist existential self expression and instead delved into environmental interventions and active experiences?
Answer
C. The Gutai
84
Who curated Dialectics of Isolation : An Exhibition of Third World Women Artists in United States (1980) at A.I.R. Gallery, New York?
Answer
C. Zarina Hashmi, Ana Mendieta and Kazuko Miyamoto
85
"Revolutionary mural art" in Mexico of the early twentieth century was
Answer
B. A post Mexican Revolution, state sponsored art form
86
Which large scale art exhibition was instituted in 1955, as an artist led manifestation to rebuild cultural contacts after the end of World War II?
Answer
D. documenta
87
Answer the questions below the paragraph : Culture makers from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, like all modernists, produced art from inside the era's profound axiological shift from tradition to futurity... Understood as an oppositional, alienated, or autonomous posture towards the status quo of establishment culture and society, the historical avant-garde is associated with groups of young artists and writers who stood together as individuals to transform the given independent van guard magaznies formed to publish their poetry, cultural commentary, and signature manifestos : Takahashi Shinkichi's "Assertion is Dadaist" (1923, Tokyo); "The Storm Society Manifesto", signed by Ni Yide, Pang Xunqin, et.al. (1932, Shanghai); Oswald de Andrade's "Cannibalist Manifesto" (1928 SĆ£o Paulo); and Uche Okeke's "Natural Synthesis" (1960, Zaria, Nigeria). Roughly synonymous with the "cutting edge" of a modernity presumed to be advancing, that edge that cut countless way was honed on hope and a shared belief in the power of art and the ethical role of the artist in society. Since each artist was by deļ¬nition experimental and individualist, since each vision and situation was unique, the question of what it means to be avant-garde has drawn a range of responses across time and place. Based on the above excerpt, tick the correct answer :
Answer
C. The paragraph suggests that avant-garde modernism was a truly global visual culture
88
Based on the above excerpt, which statement is correct?
Answer
A. Writing a manifesto is a key concern of modernists
89
Answer the questions based on the paragraph below The institution of the museum came to India as part of the vast knowledge-creating project of the Raj. The intention of early British museums that took India as their subject was to 'present to the eye a typical collection of facts, illustrations and examples which... will give a concise synopsis of India - of the country and its material products - of the people and their moral condition'. The museum collections were to be a metonym for the land, presenting all the pertinent information about India through an inventory of her products, materials and human resources. Moreover, objects in the museum would bear witness to the degree to which India had achieved or fallen short of civilisation, ļ¬xing the 'moral status' of the subject race. Accordingly, the ļ¬rst museums that took India as their subject race. (whether in India or in Britain) were encyclopaedic in scope. Gathering science and art under one roof, these museums included scientiļ¬c, economic, industrial, and archaeological collections. A satisfactory museum needed to possess sections for Natural History, Ethnology, Geology, Archaeology and the Industrial Arts. The museum-as-microcosm was part of the imperial fantasy of being able to create a complete and comprehensive archive of the Empire, in which a correctly classiļ¬ed and labelled array of samples could adequately represent the imperial domain. Based on the above excerpt, tick the correct answer :
Answer
D. The paragraph dwells on the impossibility of creating comprehensive museums suggesting that such an enterprise is a colonial fantasy
90
Based on the above excerpt, tick the correct answer
Answer
A. The inception of Museums was a way of imposing a colonial "moral order"
91
Where among the following are petroglyphs found?
Answer
B. Edakkal cave
92
Who painted 'Charity' among the following?
Answer
C. Mangala Bai
93
Which of the following temples has the oldest darushilpas?
Answer
D. Kadinamkulam Mahadeva Temple
94
Swati Tirunal Maharaja has assimilated various aspects of which art forms to form Mohiniyattam?
Answer
A. Kathakali, Bharatanatyam and Kaikotti Kali
95
Choose the correct statements about the paintings of T.K. Padmini from the following (i) Semi nuidity of both male and female ļ¬gures (ii) Bold black lines and dark colours (iii) Nature as a major part of the background (iv) Motifs of hopelessness
Answer
A. (i), (ii) and (iii) only
96
Choose the correct statements from the following (i) CN Karunakaran used strong colours in his paintings (ii) P. Gopinath used biomorphic-abstract forms in his works (iii) There is a chromatic rhythm in Achutan Kudallur's works (iv) NKP Muthukoya's works were sur-realistic
Answer
D. All of them
97
Who is the sculptor of 'Modern Family on a scooter'?
Answer
B. Vasudevan Namboodiri
98
Who is the painter of the series titled 'Parimanam'?
Answer
A. Jayapal Panicker
99
Who did the graphic print series titled 'Soundarya Lahari'?
Answer
C. Akkitham Narayanan
100
Who is the sculptor of 'Ankuttiyum Kuthirayum'?
Answer
C. Alex Mathew
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