Western Aesthetics MCQs : This section focuses on the "Western Aesthetics". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Western Aesthetics skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
For Kant aesthetic judgments are:
A. personal
B. intuitive
C. subjective
D. disinterested
Question 2
Kant says aesthetic judgments behave:
A. universally
B. intuitively
C. emotively
D. emotively and intuitively
Question 3
Kant explains that the beautiful has to be understood as:
A. useful
B. purposive
C. perfection
D. either useful or perfection
Question 4
What is common in aesthetic judgments and moral judgments according to Kant?
A. purposiveness
B. subjectivity
C. universal validity
D. practicability
Question 5
According to Hegel art is one mode of apprehending:
A. god
B. truth
C. spirit
D. sublime
Question 6
Hegel says that the ultimate aim of art is unveil the:
A. sensation
B. reason
C. truth
D. facts
Question 7
Who introduced theory of Imitation?
A. plato
B. aristotle
C. kant
D. fraud
Question 8
Plato called the world or the nature itself as :
A. imitation of the real
B. absolutely real
C. unreal
D. neither real nor unreal
Question 9
Plato claimed reality was twice removed by the activity of :
A. politicians
B. logicians
C. philosophers
D. artists
Question 10
Poetics is written by:
A. plato
B. kant
C. aristotle
D. marx.
Question 11
Identify the Dialogue in which Plato made sharp criticism against poets and poetry.
A. zeno
B. republic
C. ion
D. crito
Question 12
According to Plato art is an :
A. representation of nature
B. imitation of nature
C. representation of idea
Question 13
The original meaning of the term aesthetics is :
A. related to sense perception
B. related to beauty
C. related to nature
D. related to nature and beauty
Question 14
Kant’s view of Aesthetic judgment is presented in his:
A. critique of pure reason
B. critique of practical reason
C. critique of dialectic
D. critique of judgment
Question 15
Aesthetics is defined as a philosophy of:
A. art
B. beauty and art
C. art and reason
D. beauty and reason
Question 16
Who introduced the term aesthetics?
A. aristotle
B. kant
C. edmund bruke
D. a. g. baumgarten
Question 17
Identify the root term of Aesthetics.
A. aesthetica
B. aesthesia
C. aesthesis
D. aesthenes
Question 18
Aesthesis means:
A. anything connected with sense perception
B. anything connected with beauty
C. anything connected with beauty and perception.
D. anything connected reason
Question 19
Baumgarten calls the level of knowledge to the sense perception is:
A. aestheesia
B. aesthesis
C. aesthetica
D. aesthetis
Question 20
Aristotle retained the concept of imitation in his theory of aesthetics and transformed itas new theory called:
A. representationism
B. expressionism
C. realism
D. intuitionism
Question 21
The word ‘aesthetic’ is used by Kant in the Critique of Pure Reason for the level ofknowledge obtained through:
A. sense perception
B. reason
C. intuition
D. reason and intuition
Question 22
Bring out the form of art which is accepted by Plato.
A. poetry
B. painting
C. music
D. dance
Question 23
Plato accepted music as valuable because of its:
A. melodious nature
B. educational value
C. rhythm
D. artistic value
Question 24
Plato said artist activity is:6
A. passive
B. active
C. negative
D. positive
Question 25
Plato called poet is a :
A. intellectual soul
B. contemplative individual
C. philosopher king
D. soul
Question 26
For Aristotle emulation is not a blind passive activity but an activity of:
A. interpretation
B. imitation
C. repetition
D. learning
Question 27
According to Aristotle representation is the unique feature of:
A. architecture
B. fine art
C. literary art
D. performing art
Question 28
Aristotle argues that poetry narrates not only what has happened but give an inkling of:
A. past also
B. future also
C. present also
D. infinite also
Question 29
according to Hegel beauty id the manifestation of :
A. absolute perception
B. absolute idea
C. absolute experience
D. absolute sensation
Question 30
Aristotle concept of ‘tragedy’ is explained in his work called:
A. organon
B. metaphysics
C. poetics
D. on the soul
Question 31
What is the norm of Aesthetics?
A. truth
B. goodness
C. beauty
D. art
Question 32
Identify the dialogue in which Plato explained about the Absolute Beauty.
A. symposium
B. republic
C. zeno
D. crito
Question 33
For Plato beauty exists only at ___________ level.
A. empirical
B. sensuous
C. perceptual
D. ideal
Question 34
Aristotle demanded art should be given a glimpse of:
A. past
B. absolute
C. future
D. spirit
Question 35
Who thinks that art as the stepping stone to philosophy?
A. plato
B. aristotle
C. hegel
D. kant
Question 36
Who introduced the theory of Catharsis?
A. hegel
B. plato
C. kant
D. aristotle
Question 37
According to Kant beauty in mankind is always the expression of:
A. emotion
B. morality
C. reason
D. absolute
Question 38
Hegel defines aesthetics as the philosophy of:
A. fine art
B. art
C. beauty
D. nature
Question 39
Catharsis means:
A. purification
B. orientation
C. expression
D. extension
Question 40
For Hegel beauty whether natural or artistic is the product of:
A. experience
B. nature
C. absolute
D. human mind
Question 41
Which one is considered as the first stage of art according to Hegel?
A. romantic art
B. symbolic art
C. classical art
D. theological art
Question 42
Catharsis is related with:
A. behaviorism
B. epiphenomenalism
C. intuitionism
D. psychoanalytic theory
Question 43
Catharsis is associated with the elimination of:
A. emotions
B. negative emotions
C. imaginations
D. representations
Question 44
Which one is considered as the second developmental stage of art according to Hegel?
A. symbolic art
B. romantic art
C. fine art
D. classical art
Question 45
Aristotle explains Catharsis is the capacity of:
A. tragedy
B. comedy
C. painting
D. sculpting
Question 46
Identify the highest stage in the development art according to Hegel.
A. symbolic art
B. fine art
C. romantic art
D. classical art
Question 47
For Marx artistic activity is nothing but an effort to give objective form to :
A. imaginations
B. emotions and feelings
C. intuition
D. sensation
Question 48
Hegel says that Symbolic art is most successful in:
A. painting
B. sculpture
C. architecture
D. poetry
Question 49
According to Marx the basic structure of human society is:
A. power
B. religious
C. economic
D. political
Question 50
Marx argues that, the form, content and style of the artistic compositions areembedded in the:
A. economic structure
B. ethical structure
C. political structure
D. none of these
Question 51
According to Marx art is a:
A. mechanical activity
B. passive activity
C. creative activity
D. personal activity
Question 52
Marx argues that, art visualize the:
A. essence of reality
B. essence of society
C. essence of beauty
D. essence of
Question 53
Marx identifies the alienation of modern man in his aesthetic life is the result of:
A. social system
B. capitalist system
C. religious system
D. intellectual system
Question 54
Who identifies man as a creative animal?
A. karl max
B. plato
C. aristotle
D. sigmund freud
Question 55
Marx argues that in the creative process nature is humanized and man is:
A. divinized
B. reformed
C. socialized
D. naturalized
Question 56
Marx insisted art should be:
A. politically beneficial
B. individually beneficial
C. socially beneficial
Question 57
Hegel treated Romantic art as:
A. dialectic
B. thesis
C. antithesis
D. synthesis
Question 58
Marxian theory of aesthetics has strongly embedded with his ideology of:9
A. transcendentalism
B. socialism
C. social realism
D. formalism
Question 59
Hegel says that ___________alone can express all that the mind conceives.
A. sculpture
B. music
C. poetry
D. painting
Question 60
According to Kant aesthetics arises from the faculty of:
A. subjective judgment
B. individual judgment
C. disinterested judgment
D. neither disinterested nor subjective judgment
Question 61
Kant claims that aesthetic judgments has strong similarity to :
A. spiritual judgments
B. moral judgments
C. a-priori judgments
D. both spiritual
Question 62
Identify the major divisions of Critique of Judgment.
A. critique of aesthetic judgment and critique of teleological judgment
B. critique of analytic and critique of aesthetic
C. critique of a-priori judgment and critique of a-posteriori judgment
D. critique of aesthetical judgment and critique of moral judgment
Question 63
Marxism observed work of art is a consumer object in a:
A. socialist society
B. capitalist society
C. spiritualist society
D. hedonist society
Question 64
Which ideology stated that Artist is always a part of the culture?
A. idealism
B. formalism
C. phenomenalism
D. marxism
Question 65
Who is the founder of formalism in aesthetics?
A. hegel
B. burke
C. kant
D. aristotle
Question 66
Identify the work of A. G. Baumgarten.
A. poetics
B. timaeus
C. beauty and art
D. reflections on poetry
Question 67
Hegel’s aesthetic position deeply rooted in his metaphysical view of:10
A. subjective idealism
B. objective idealism
C. absolute idealism
D. universal
Question 68
Hegel regards ‘Geist’ is half articulated in:
A. romantic art
B. modern art
C. symbolic art
D. both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Question 69
Geist gets full expression in:
A. architecture
B. sculpture
C. drama
D. poetry
Question 70
Theory of Imitation is also called as:
A. theory of mimesis
B. theory of mimestics
C. theory of mimenis
D. theory of
Question 71
Who rehabilitate imitation as the foundation of moral education?
A. plato
B. kant
C. aristotle
D. marx
Question 72
Freud related his theory of appreciation of art to the:
A. pleasure principle
B. ethical principle
C. economic principle
D. social principle
Question 73
According to Freud art appreciation ultimately leads:
A. moral satisfaction
B. intellectual satisfaction
C. sublimated sexual satisfaction
D. emotional satisfaction
Question 74
Aristotle explains music, dance, and poetry are the instruments for:
A. enjoyment only
B. character formation
C. character depletion
D. pleasure
Question 75
Freud asserts that, successfully sublimated sexuality is a:
A. force
B. negative force
C. positive force
D. directive force
Question 76
For Freud physical world is:
A. changing
B. unreal
C. real
D. neither real nor unreal
Question 77
Bring out the fundamental drives from which all human action are derived by theopinion of Freud.
A. love and hate
B. sex and aggression
C. fear and dread
D. pleasure and pain
Question 78
Freud said, ___________ allows repressed behavior to be expressed in a constructive way.
A. instincts
B. dream
C. art
D. freedom
Question 79
Freud called basic primitive desire of the personality as:
A. libido
B. id
C. ego
D. super ego
Question 80
In his theory of art Freud observed that, the pleasure in music involves therelease of:
A. ego
B. super ego
C. libido
D. id
Question 81
Creating art without conscious thought is called:
A. aesthetic automatism
B. aesthetic spontaneity
C. artistic sublimity
D. artistic
Question 82
Freudian version of aesthetical theory is known as:
A. artistic automatism
B. theory of sublimation
C. aesthetic automatism
D. aesthetic formalism
Question 83
Who employed the concept of Aesthetic automatism in art?
A. freud
B. aristotle
C. marx
D. hegel
Question 84
Aesthetic automatism made a strong influence upon:
A. romanticism
B. expressionism
C. realism
D. surrealism
Question 85
Aesthetics for Freud is a form of:
A. release of ego
B. wish fulfillment
C. dream fulfillment
D. release of super ego
Question 86
To call something beautiful or artistic is to declare that it is a source of:
A. enjoyment
B. spiritualistic experience
C. intellectual experience
D. aesthetic
Question 87
Indian thinkers called the aesthetic experience as:
A. rasanubhuti
B. sancharibhava
C. rasa
D. vibhava
Question 88
Who elevated aesthetic experiences to a healthy cathartic influence?
A. kant
B. hegel
C. plato
D. aristotle
Question 89
According to modern Aesthetic thinkers main feature of aesthetic experience is:
A. pleasure
B. satisfaction
C. disinterested pleasure
D. self-realization
Question 90
Among modern thinkers who identified aesthetic experience as disinterestedpleasure.
A. hegel
B. freud
C. marx
D. hutcheson
Question 91
Kant called the object of disinterested satisfaction as:
A. art
B. charming
C. music
D. beautiful
Question 92
‘Art is an experience in its most articulate and adequate form’. Who proposedthis view?
A. kant
B. hutcheson
C. john dewey
D. marx
Question 93
The linguistic expression of aesthetic experience is called:
A. aesthetic statement
B. aesthetic judgment
C. aesthetic assertion
D. aesthetic
Question 94
The terms such as beautiful, attractive, pretty, grand and sublime, etc. arecommonly called:
A. aesthetic terms
B. aesthetic words
C. aesthetic symbols
D. aesthetic
Question 95
The terms used for expressing our appreciation are called:
A. aesthetic predicates
B. aesthetic terms
C. aesthetic words
D. aesthetic
Question 96
Which is treated as a negative aesthetic predicate?
A. unique
B. grotesque
C. expressive
D. charming
Question 97
Who emphasis the role of economic structure in the process of creation of awork of art and also appreciation of the same?
A. idealists
B. rationalists
C. formalists
D. marxists
Question 98
What is common between the moral and aesthetic judgments?
A. the analytical nature
B. the evaluative character
C. the speculative nature
D. the explanatory character
Question 99
For Kant the ___________________ is no mere criterion for aesthetics but it is a subject ofmetaphysical inquiry.
A. judgment
B. sublime
C. pure reason
D. art
Question 100
According to Kant __________________ is the ability to judge anobject.
A. taste
B. sublime
C. art
D. reason
Question 101
Immanuel Kant devoted _____________________ ____________ for the analysis of beauty.
A. critique of pure reason
B. critique of practical reason
C. critique of dialectic
D. critique of judgment
Question 102
Hegel established an / a ___________________________ between beauty and art.
A. intellectual
B. spiritual
C. organic
D. intuitive
Question 103
According to Plato beauty seen in nature is only a ______________ of the ideal beauty.
A. fraction
B. part
C. shadow
D. none of these
Question 104
___________________ art found in pre-Hellenic antiquity.
A. romantic art
B. classical art
C. theological art
D. symbolic art
Question 105
_________________ art attains perfectly harmonious expression of universal human mind.
A. symbolic
B. classical
C. fine
D. romantic
Question 106
Hegel remarks ____________________ shows an advance to spirituality.
A. symbolic art
B. romantic art
C. fine art
D. classical art
Question 107
____________ is a depiction of Classical art.
A. sculpture
B. music
C. poetry
D. painting
Question 108
Of the Romantic triard ________________ is treated as the most spiritual by Hegel.
A. painting
B. music
C. poetry
D. sculpture
Question 109
Hegel says ______________is the staring of art go beyond itself.
A. symbolic art
B. romantic art
C. fine art
D. classical art
Question 110
For Hegel ______________________ considered as the thesis in the dialectical process of art.
A. romantic art
B. symbolic art
C. classical art
D. fine art
Question 111
According to Hegel ________ is the antithesis in the dialectical process of art.
A. classical art
B. symbolic art
C. romantic art
D. fine art
Question 112
Hegel extended _________________ method into his analysis of art.
A. dialectical
B. rational
C. logical
D. phenomenological
Question 113
___________________ deals with Kant’s account of beauty.
A. critique of pure reason
B. critique of practical reason
C. critique of aestheticjudgment
D. critique of aesthetics
Question 114
Kant says that aesthetical judgment help us to reach ________________ ideals.
A. spiritual
B. moral
C. empirical
D. logical
Question 115
Kant says ________ gives sensible forms to moral ideals.
A. beauty
B. taste
C. sublime
D. none of these
Question 116
For Kant __________________ is the symbol of morality.
A. form
B. acceptance
C. sublime
D. beauty
Question 117
According to Plato ____________ alone is/are real.
A. world
B. ideas
C. sensation
D. world and ideas
Question 118
Plato said that the greatest sin of the art was its__________________.
A. imperfect nature
B. contemplative nature
C. imitative nature
D. expressive
Question 119
Plato argues that art is an/a __________________________ of the real.
A. imitation
B. copy
C. imitation of imitation
D. representation
Question 120
Plato says _________________ could not have an honorable place in the ideal state of Republic.
A. mathematicians
B. artists
C. politicians
D. logicians
Question 121
Artist’s activity is considered as _______________ by Plato.
A. intellectual activity
B. childish game
C. spiritual activity
D. negative activity
Question 122
Plato was very critical of ____________________ and all poets in general.
A. homer
B. dante
C. keats
D. protagoras
Question 123
Plato said creation of poetry is not in a normal state of mind, but in a state of _____________________
A. wisdom
B. contemplation
C. muse
D. harmony
Question 124
Art is a product of _________________ according to Plato.
A. emotional prosperity
B. intellectual prosperity
C. either emotional or intellectualprosperity
D. neither intellectual nor emotional prosperity
Question 125
Plato explains Art never reflects the _________________ of the reality.
A. representations
B. different aspects
C. inner truth
D. outer form
Question 126
The poet is an/ a _______________________ according to Plato.
A. intellectual person
B. rational soul
C. practical being
D. inspired soul
Question 127
Principle of _____________________ plays a vital role in Plato’s theory of aesthetics.
A. taste
B. sensation
C. illusion
D. perception
Question 128
Aristotle’s work ______________________ gives invaluable contribution to aesthetics.
A. metaphysics
B. poetics
C. rhetoric
D. politics
Question 129
For Aristotle art has the potentiality to ____________ the essence of natural things.
A. mark
B. build
C. represent
D. reject
Question 130
According to Aristotle _______________________ is the goal of art.
A. representation of the ideal
B. imitating the ideal
C. interpreting the ideal
Question 131
Aristotle considered _____________is the method while representation is the goal of art.
A. learning
B. analysis
C. imitation
D. expression
Question 132
Poetry is a representation of ___________________ according to Aristotle.
A. particular
B. form
C. form and matter
D. universal
Question 133
According to Aristotle ________________ is/are an imitation of events which are serious innature.
A. tragedy
B. poetry
C. painting
D. both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Question 134
Aristotle explains, the purpose of the _______________is to bring the inevitability of humandestiny to the fore.
A. comedy
B. poetry
C. tragedy
D. painting
Question 135
Aristotle argues, Art must ____________________ life.
A. away from
B. explains
C. analyze
D. resemble
Question 136
According to Aristotle ____________________ has the highest potentiality to represent themost vital aspects of life.
A. literature
B. drama
C. dance
D. architecture
Question 137
Aristotle describes__________________ as the purging of emotions of pity and fear thatare aroused in the viewer of tragedy.
A. expressions
B. catharsis
C. emulation
D. none of these
Question 138
Aristotle treated ____________ as the capacity of tragedy.
A. exemplification
B. realization
C. catharsis
D. representation
Question 139
The basis of the Marxist aesthetic theory is the _______________ of founded onMarxist ideology.
A. structure of society
B. structure of reality
C. structure of politics
D. structure of
Question 140
Marx regards the alienation of modern man in his _________________________ as a phaseof total alienation produced by the capitalist system of production.
A. private life
B. public life
C. aesthetic life
D. social life
Question 141
According to Marx ______________ enrich the creativity of man.
A. sensation
B. god
C. soul
D. nature
Question 142
Marx says art is mutual contribution of man and_________________.
A. society
B. nature
C. reason
D. power
Question 143
Proper development of five senses of human, which are the tools for humancreativity, is impossible in a _____________ society according to Marx.
A. classless
B. class
C. flexible
D. liberal
Question 144
Marx applied his ______________________ method to the sphere of aesthetics.
A. dialectical materialism
B. dialectical spiritualism
C. phenomenological
Question 145
Max believes _________________ affect the very nature of artistic activity of a society.
A. intellectualcapacities
B. social conditions
C. class relations
D. both ‘b’ and ‘c’
Question 146
Marx argues that along with representing the social conditions, _____________shouldhelp to improve the social conditions.
A. politics
B. art
C. education
D. religion
Question 147
According to Marx _______________ representation of social conditions is theresponsibility of art and artist.
A. realistic
B. imaginary
C. vague
D. subjective
Question 148
According to Marx art is the part of ____________________ , and was thereforeinfluenced by the economy.
A. logical structure
B. imaginative structure
C. superstructure
D. religious
Question 149
In his writings Marx mentioned the _______________ took away the aesthetic sense.
A. capitalism
B. socialism
C. egoism
D. liberalism
Question 150
Marx explains __________________ makes impossibility of disinterested appreciation ofbeauty.
A. socialism
B. egoism
C. liberalism
D. capitalism
Question 151
Marx considered capitalism brought ____________________ value to art.
A. aesthetic
B. monitory
C. transcendental
D. ethical
Question 152
Marx believed art should serve the ___________________ of awakening society to theirpain.
A. spiritual function
B. ethical function
C. social function
D. both ‘a’ and
Question 153
Marx said art cannot be beautiful until ___________________ has been established.
A. communism
B. socialism
C. materialism
D. both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Question 154
In Marx’s opinion _____________ brought monitory value to art.
A. proletarian revaluation
B. capitalism
C. industrialism
D. scientific revaluation
Question 155
Artist as the _______________________ of the society according to Marx.
A. teacher
B. torch bearer
C. intellectual head
D. spiritual leader
Question 156
According to Hegel ________________ give full expression of Geist.
A. romantic art
B. classical art
C. symbolic art
D. modern art
Question 157
Freud applied _________________________ to his theory of aesthetics.
A. phenomenological method
B. psychoanalytical method
C. dialectical method
Question 158
In the opinion of Freud_________________________ treated as the binary code of entirehuman action
A. peace and agitation
B. love and death
C. fear and anguish
D. pleasure and pain
Question 159
____________________ is both healthy and necessary for civilization, according to Freud.
A. dreams
B. sublimation
C. repression
D. ethical satisfaction
Question 160
Freud argues that ______________________ substitutes desires as socially desirableactivities.
A. dreams
B. repression
C. psychological exercises
D. sublimation
Question 161
Freud said _____________________ has a peculiar, mildly intoxication quality of feeling.
A. enjoyment of beauty
B. suppression of emotions
C. repression of enjoyment
D. enjoyment of dreams
Question 162
Art giving a ____________________ affect to both the artist and the viewers, said Freud.
A. soothing
B. narcotic
C. negative
D. passive
Question 163
According to Freud art is a ______________ fulfilled in a physical and tangible way.
A. emotion
B. imagination
C. action
D. wish
Question 164
____________________ longs for pleasure gratification according Freud.
A. id
B. ego
C. super ego
D. libido
Question 165
____________________ is a positive force according to Freud.
A. sexuality
B. libido
C. sublimate sexuality
D. sublimate spirituality
Question 166
Freud stated that, _______________________ is a way to project neurosis, pain andtrauma on to a canvas or music.
A. sublimation
B. expression
C. daydreaming
D. both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Question 167
The school of _________________ treats beauty as an experience rather than anobjective quality of the object.
A. representationalism
B. idealism
C. phenomenalism
D. rationalism
Question 168
_________________________ is not just any reaction but very vital and importantexperience.
A. intellectual experience
B. aesthetic experience
C. artistic creation
D. musical
Question 169
An object as aesthetically valuable always depends upon the extent of the____________________________ of the aesthetic experience itself.
A. quantitative excellence
B. qualitative excellence
C. empirical excellence
D. spiritualistic excellence
Question 170
For ____________________ aesthetical experience is undesirable.
A. kant
B. hegel
C. plato
D. aristotle
Question 171
Most of the modern theories of aesthetics consider both _________________________ asthe source of aesthetic experience.
A. art and beauty
B. art and music
C. music and poetry
D. poetry and drama
Question 172
The element of _____________________ makes an intrinsic value in each aestheticexperience.
A. disinterested pleasure
B. quantitative pleasure
C. subjective pleasure
D. individualistic enjoyment
Question 173
Hutcheson emphasized the need of a/an ________________ for acquiring aestheticexperience.
A. common sense
B. inner sense
C. contemplative mind
D. intuitive sense
Question 174
_____________________ is an expression of how the thing appears to us.
A. aesthetic experience
B. aesthetic judgment
C. aesthetic appreciation