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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. A leading painter in the Realist movement - the artist of Burial at Ornans declared that 'painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the presentation of real and existing things.' The artist is:






2. What is the subject matter of most Impressionist painting?






3. In his painting - Probla






4. _______ may be tasteless and tacky but the public revels in it - a point Robert Venturi stresses in his book which opened the door to postmodern architecture.






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






6. In the 1330s - Petrarch (p. 452) conceived of a philosophy that emphasized the value of the individual and the pursuit and study of classical languages - literature - history - and philosophy. Today we call these disciplines the:






7. The twentieth-century painting movement most often associated with Henri Matisse is:






8. Angelica Kauffmann painted in the _______ style (p. 481) - which was based on Greek and Roman models.






9. Henri Matisse was a leader of early 20th century artists who felt free to use color 'arbitrarily' and were labeled - derogatorily - 'Fauves' - which translates __________.


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






11. _______ - the most powerful of Palenque Maya kings - ruled for 67 years - July 29 - 615 CE - August 31 - 683 CE.






12. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.






13. Romanticist artists - like Frederic Edwin Church - viewed nature as:


14. Romanticist artists - like Frederic Edwin Church - viewed nature as:


15. Considered one of the greatest artistic responses to political oppression - Picasso's _______ was painted as condemnation of the blitzkrieg that leveled the city center of a small Basque town in the Spanish Civil War.






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






17. Which of these is an example of Baroque painting?


18. The archaeological site plan of _______ shows the site's slightly west-of-north alignment - a characteristic of several Mesoamerican that may be associated with ritual processions.






19. Which of these paintings is an example of Neo-classical art?


20. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:






21. The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn _____________.






22. 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:






23. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?






24. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






25. The paintings of Giacomo Balla capture the fascination with movement characteristic of artists of Which movement?






26. At La Venta - a(n) _______ site near present-day Villahermosa - Mexico - colossal heads were unearthed exhibiting what some scholars identify as fetal facial characteristics.






27. As a reaction against Abstract Expressionism - Frank Stella's Empress of India exhibits the elegant - sparse content-less shape of _______.






28. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






29. Which of these is an example of Baroque painting?


30. The Cubists freed painting from the necessity of representing the world in order to dwell on:






31. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali illustrates how he looked to his subconscious (dreams - hypnosis - psychoanalysis) for his subject matter. What artistic movement is he associated with?






32. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra


33. The relief carving of Pakal on his sarcophagus represents him connecting the Upperworld - Middleworld and Underworld of _______.






34. In his painting - Probla






35. Creating a work densely packed with information concerns most postmodern artists more than _______.






36. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






37. Donatello's sense of naturalism in figurative sculpture (p. 453) was in part inspired by:






38. The cultures of the Pre-Columbian peoples (p. 463) are distinguished by their:






39. The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is:






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






41. Showing irreverence for tradition and rationality - Marcel Duchamp's Mona Lisa [L.H.O.O.Q.] exemplifies the _______ movement.






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






43. The twentieth-century painting movement most often associated with Henri Matisse is:






44. In his painting - Probla






45. Characteristics of postmodern photography include all of the following EXCEPT






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


47. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali illustrates how he looked to his subconscious (dreams - hypnosis - psychoanalysis) for his subject matter. What artistic movement is he associated with?






48. Characteristics of postmodern photography include all of the following EXCEPT






49. The cultures of the Pre-Columbian peoples (p. 463) are distinguished by their:






50. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.