Dada

Question 1

Which of the following describes ready-made art?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It challenges all of the conventions of art.

Question 2

What did Hugo Ball seek to do with his poem?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

renounce language that he felt had been devastated by media

Question 3

Marcel Duchamp believed that art should appeal to __________ instead of the senses.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the intellect

Question 4

What was the main goal for the Dada movement?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

changing the perception of art and going against contemporary culture

Question 5

Which of the following best describes the Dada beliefs?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

non-conformist, rebellious

Question 6

What purpose did the costume serve in the image above?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Answers may vary. The artist used his costume to bring an aspect of childhood into what he called “restrained adult lives”.

Question 7

Why was the art produced during the Dada movement considered art at all?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Answers may vary. The art was in the hands of what the artists deemed to be art and did not have to meet a certain set of standards and rules.

Question 8

Where did the term Dada come from, and what does it mean?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It was a nonsense word possibly chosen at random from a dictionary (French for 'hobby horse'); it has no meaning.

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