What are preconceptions? (select the best answer) a. artworks that meet most people's criteria for beauty. b. a person's internal assumptions about something. c. the intentions of an artist. d. different types of art.

The term preconception denotes an idea or opinion that has been formed previously.This internal assumptions about somethings can be assumptions about what qualifies as art. According this definition preonceptions are person's internal assumptions about something. Correct B Painting without preconceptions means that the artist has more control over their vision, and not the other way around.  

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i believe the answer is: a.  abstract forms were often used to represent human figures.

representing human figures in abstract forms is often used in the geometric period, not hellenistic  period.   during the hellenistic  period,   aesthetic value derived from creating arts which mimic the actual shape of a certain object or individuals.

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