Art Appreciation Chapter 5

_____________ art theories focus attention on the composition of the work and how earlier works may have influenced it.

Formal

Identify the 1973 court case that clearly established artists' freedom of expression.

Miller v. California

Many works of art have been subject to _______ over the centuries, from the iconoclasm of the first century, to sixteenth-century nude figures, to recent "controversial" works such as Chris Olfili's Holy Virgin Mary.

censorship

Critics who examine the environmental influences on a work of art, such as the economic system, cultural values, and politics, use _______theories.

contextual

The term "art criticism" refers to making _______ of art, both favorable and unfavorable.

discriminating judgments

To evaluate a work of art properly, we must deal with it in the context of

the society that produced it.