24. MODERNITY AND THE ROAD TO WAR, 1890

Quiz for Seeing History for Chapter 24

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1. What element or elements do these modern objects share?

They are both outrageous.

They are both colorful.

They are both simple in design.

They both have foreign inspiration.

2. Why is the design of the lamp seen as modern?

It replaces kerosene with electricity.

It combines the use glass along with metal.

It breaks with realistic depiction.

It features a plant instead of a human.

3. Why is the display of the urinal seen as part of modern art?

It breaks with art as the creation of the beautiful.

It features modern porcelain made using scientific processes.

It breaks with the tradition of the painter as valued artist.

It is abstract instead of realistic.