Write “TRUE” on the space provided if the statement is correct (1 pt.); if false, provide a brief explanation why the statement is wrong (3 pts.).

1. “Subject” of art refers to the meaning that an audience apprehend from a work of art.

2. A human skull depicted by a painter as the subject of his artwork could be classified as a portrait.

3. A sculpture of a sea-goddess commanding the fishes under her feet is a non-representational/ non-objective art.

4. The saleability of an artwork bearing a certain kind of subject could influence artists in their choice of a subject for their artwork.

5. Landscapes, seascapes, and cityscapes as a kind of subject are depiction of the artist’s fascination with the physical environment.

6. A nude painting can be classified as figure.

7. Visual arts and songs with subjects that depicted tragedy and sadness are not appealing to people.

8. An engraved sculpture of a wheel perceived by Buddhist people to symbolize the eight-fold path or the eight ways one needs to follow to end up suffering is the factual meaning of the artwork.

9. An artist who painted an eagle soaring high in the sky which for her is a representation of herself at the top of her dreams is the conventional meaning of the artwork.

10. The content of an artwork is easier to grasp in artworks with explicit

subject matter than in abstract.

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