A Work of Art Like Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial

question 22

Multiple Choice

A work of art like Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial (figure 1.3) expresses a theme of war, death, and remembrance. Can we say that this is the only theme it could possibly express?

• A) No, because works of art can be used to protest the social order
• B) Yes, because that is the category that fits it best
• C) No, because works of art can be associated with more than one theme
• D) Yes, because good works of art should have only one theme

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