VCS155 Lecture 1 and Lecture 2 (Introduction)

The word 'Islam' meaning ............

• one

• divine

• revelations

• reconciliation

The religion revealed to the ............ between 610 and 632 C.E.

• Prophet Amir

• Prophet Ahmad

• Prophet Amirullah

• Prophet Muhammad

The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines art as ..........

• ‘an artwork’

• ‘figurative application'

• ‘abstraction or its application’.

• ‘human creative skill or its application’

Art is a ‘creative activity' which resulting in ..............

• 'visual representation’

• 'individual representation’

• 'movement representation’

• 'characteristic representation’

Art is ..............

• “a humankind activity”

• “human artwork expression”

• "spatial communication expression”

• “the production or expression of that which is beautiful"

Art is the ............... of the life of a society or civilization.

• artwork

• art dimension

• culture dimension

• aesthetic dimension

Islamic art is ...........

• “the production or expression of that which is beautiful.”

• “no work of art inspired by man alone will ever be a real work of art”

• “Art is some creation of man that appeals to his emotions and his intellect by means of his senses.”

• “no more than a reflection in the world of matter of the spirit and even of the form of the Qur’anic revelation”

Islamic art is the fruit of the marriage between ........... and ...........

• technique (al-fann) and wisdom (al-hikma)

• applique (al-fann) and creation (al-hikma)

• texture (al-fann) and wisdom (al-hikma)

• line (al-fann) and wisdom (al-hikma)

The principle of tradition in religion is the ....................

• prime mover of the spirit of the artist

• tertiary mover of the spirit of the artist

• secondary mover of the spirit of the artist

• universal mover of the spirit of the artist

The ............. behind art is human

• imagination

• inspiration

• dream

• illusion