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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. Known for their elaborate textiles used as status symbols - the Inca also used fiber in the construction of armor and _______.






2. This artist of The Large Bathers pushed toward an idea of painting that established for the work an independent existence:






3. The _______ culture from modern-day Ecuador is one of the oldest settled cultures recorded in the Americas.






4. Noted for their agricultural system of terraces and irrigation - the Inca used bundles of knotted string called _______ for accounting and census purposes.






5. Which of these paintings is considered a Rococo painting?

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6. Images such as View of Suzhou reveal the 18th century Chinese interest in__________.






7. Michelangelo's painting The Last Judgment (p. 468) - for the Sistine Chapel - typifies a style that came to be known as:






8. Cubism can best be described as:






9. Artists often find that the art they make has unintentional meaning. Georgia Papageorge's Africa Rifting: Lines of Fire: Namibia/Brazil is an example of this because:






10. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.






11. Mesoamerican cultures believed that humans first emerged from a hole in the ground now situated under the _______.






12. Diego Rivera - David Siquieros - and Jose Clemente Orozco formed a new school of _______ inspired by the intense nationalism following the _______.






13. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.






14. _______ photos quote satirically the stereotypes of women in popular film - recycling them as a uniquely pure form of postmodernism.

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15. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?






16. In addition to the sophisticated stone masonry that built Machu Picchu - the Inca also engineered over _______ through their mountainous empire - allowing messages to be transported throughout the empire in less than one week.






17. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT






18. Though weaving was already a tradition to their culture - the _______ adopted upright loom from Pueblo peoples.






19. From the traditions of most cultures - leadership and shamanism went hand-in-hand. Successful leaders mediated between the spiritual and physical worlds to assure the survival of their peoples. This mediation characteristically involved rites all of






20. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






21. The color schemes and flat patterns illustrated in Amrita Sher-Gil's The Swing were directly influenced by the Post-Impressionism of Paul Gauguin and:






22. What individual chose the Neoclassical architectural style (p. 482) for his home in the United States?






23. Chari Samba's Probla






24. The short-lived Nazca culture in present-day Peru is known primarily for its _______.






25. Which of the following is a unique function of Inca textiles?






26. In his painting - Probla






27. What sets northern European artists (p. 454) apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in:






28. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT






29. Known for their elaborate textiles used as status symbols - the Inca also used fiber in the construction of armor and _______.






30. Most art critics and historians agree that the era of modern art ended in the _____.






31. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?






32. The Rococo style (pp. 479-480) has been characterized as:






33. The artist Andra Breton issued a manifesto that described the point of 'resolution between these two states - dream and reality.' What was this movement?






34. Like many contemporary sculptors - Kiki Smith - as seen in her Ice Man - seems to be asking questions about:






35. Machu Picchu was a 'getaway' for a(n) __________ruler.






36. Florentine Renaissance art prioritized disegno - drawing and delineation of forms - while Venetian Renaissance art prioritized:






37. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:






38. In the early nineteenth century - a recurrent and significant theme (p. 485) began to appear in Romantic painting. What was it?






39. In Romanticism (p. 484) - regardless of the subject matter - paintings revealed the artist's:






40. Like many contemporary sculptors - Kiki Smith - as seen in her Ice Man - seems to be asking questions about:






41. Sandro Botticelli's paintings - such as The Birth of Venus - reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______.






42. In works such as Olympia - realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to:






43. Mayan civilization (p. 464) reached its peak in Southern Mexico and Guatemala around:






44. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.






45. Thaodore Garicault's The Raft of the Medusa (p. 485) helped to fuel which style?






46. Great Serpent Mound is an example of a(n) _______.






47. Which of these is an example of High Renaissance painting?

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48. In School of Athens - Raphael represents the two significant schools of philosophy - signified by the portrayal of _______ and ________ in the center of the composition.






49. Images such as View of Suzhou reveal the 18th century Chinese interest in__________.






50. In the early nineteenth century - a recurrent and significant theme (p. 485) began to appear in Romantic painting. What was it?