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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. Vernacular architecture - like that in Tijuana - with cast-off materials scavenged from dumpyards serving as walls - fences - structures - and roofs is important to this young architect.






2. The three _______ made of serpentine at the Olmec site of La Venta are unusual; they were not meant to be seen as they were buried soon after completion.






3. From 960 until 1279 - during the Song Dynasty - (p. 447) Taoists in China emphasized the importance of self-expression. Their most important state positions were held by:






4. The early Renaissance in Italy can be traced to:






5. Pablo Picasso's Guernica represents an event in the:






6. Shazia Sikander combines her training in _______ with her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in addressing the heterogeneity of her background.






7. Cubism can best be described as:






8. Leonardo was as known in his time for his work as a(n) ____________ -as much for his work as an artist.






9. 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.






10. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






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






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






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






14. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






15. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






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






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






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






19. The urge to rebel against the norm lost its impact when such rebellion _______ the norm in most Western cultures.






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


21. The two major art movements of the 1960s were:






22. The artist who painted Houses at L'Estaque worked with Picasso to promote the style called Cubism. The artist's name is:






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






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






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






26. The Post-Impressionists (p. 496) were united by their interest in:


27. What is the story behind Gericault's Raft of the Medusa?


28. Chari Samba's Probla






29. In What aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?






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






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






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






33. These Hopewell figures are unusual because of their depiction of the _______ - a trait that may be found in people from many different parts of Asia as well as areas from which great migrations from this cradle of civilization occurred - including th






34. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.






35. 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:






36. Using her work to struggle with the question of identity - this photographer's images are self-portraits.






37. 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:






38. What is Kerry James Marshall saying about the public housing projects in his work Many Mansions?






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






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






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


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






43. Consummate empire builders - the _______ arose from humble beginnings as a displaced tribe to commanding rulers of a vast network of luxury tributes from millions of people over a large geographic area in a 300-year period.






44. Michelangelo is considered a Mannerist and High Renaissance artist. What is it about his paintings that characterize the Mannerist style?






45. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






46. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra


47. 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:






48. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






49. The early Renaissance in Italy can be traced to:






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