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Art Appreciation
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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.
epicanthic fold
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
Teddy Cruz
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
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.
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
Baroque
Neoplatonism
mosaics
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:
talud-tablero
meditative - active
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
Maya cosmology
4. The early Renaissance in Italy can be traced to:
'cast shadows'
Neoplatonism
Teddy Cruz
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
5. Pablo Picasso's Guernica represents an event in the:
Spanish Civil War.
blood
the notion of the sublime
Surrealism
6. Shazia Sikander combines her training in _______ with her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in addressing the heterogeneity of her background.
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
the sensuousness of light and color.
the moon
blood
7. Cubism can best be described as:
art that is about the process of painting.
more of their African identity in their works
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
8. Leonardo was as known in his time for his work as a(n) ____________ -as much for his work as an artist.
Neoclassical
Teotihuacan
talud-tablero
military engineer and weapons-designer
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.
Guernica
Fauvism.
ironies of modern political life
the Medici family.
10. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
the Baroque eroticized.
it is not known which culture built it
utilitarianism
11. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT
utilitarianism
Plato; Aristotle.
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans
Baroque
12. The paintings of Giacomo Balla capture the fascination with movement characteristic of artists of Which movement?
Futurism
Dr. Strangelove
domination
Guernica
13. Great Serpent Mound is an example of a(n) _______.
the moon
his modernity and break with the past.
military engineer and weapons-designer
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
14. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:
Futurism
narration
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
15. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca
Frank Gehry
Raphael's School of Athens
talud-tablero
El Greco.
16. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:
German Expressionism.
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
Paul Cazanne.
17. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?
Caravaggio
masonry
individuality.
Frank Gehry
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.
1980s
Plato; Aristotle.
La Venta
for armor
19. The urge to rebel against the norm lost its impact when such rebellion _______ the norm in most Western cultures.
the ancient caves at Ajanta
blood
Minimalism
became
20. Which of these paintings is an example of Neo-classical art?
21. The two major art movements of the 1960s were:
individuality.
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
garbage
Minimalism and Pop Art.
22. The artist who painted Houses at L'Estaque worked with Picasso to promote the style called Cubism. The artist's name is:
Thomas Jefferson
local - arbitrary
Georges Braque.
Inca
23. In works such as Olympia - realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to:
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Raphael's School of Athens
his modernity and break with the past.
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
24. Most art critics and historians agree that the era of modern art ended in the _____.
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans
Autosacrifice
1980s
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
25. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.
Thomas Jefferson
talud-tablero
Bettye Saar
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
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
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto.
the moon
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
29. In What aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?
glyphs
Paul Cazanne
movement and speed
one of their principal days of filming was 9/11/2001 and the banners came to signify the rifts separating humanity on a global scale.
30. Donatello's sense of naturalism in figurative sculpture (p. 453) was in part inspired by:
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
quipu
Greek and Roman sculpture.
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
31. Mesoamerican cultures believed that humans first emerged from a hole in the ground now situated under the _______.
the notion of the sublime
Raphael's School of Athens
Pyramid of the Sun
Guernica
32. What is the subject matter of most Impressionist painting?
Surrealism
Raphael's School of Athens
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
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
one of their principal days of filming was 9/11/2001 and the banners came to signify the rifts separating humanity on a global scale.
humanities.
Cindy Sherman
epicanthic fold
34. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.
the Medici family.
Dada
Aztec
Church's The Heart of the Andes
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:
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
Spanish Civil War.
Cindy Sherman's
one of their principal days of filming was 9/11/2001 and the banners came to signify the rifts separating humanity on a global scale.
36. Using her work to struggle with the question of identity - this photographer's images are self-portraits.
Cindy Sherman
Mining the Museum
he sculpted nude figures
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
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:
Surrealism
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
one of their principal days of filming was 9/11/2001 and the banners came to signify the rifts separating humanity on a global scale.
David's The Death of Marat
38. What is Kerry James Marshall saying about the public housing projects in his work Many Mansions?
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
puma
the ancient caves at Ajanta
Neoplatonism
39. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
Thomas Jefferson
German Expressionism.
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans
40. Angelica Kauffmann painted in the _______ style (p. 481) - which was based on Greek and Roman models.
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
more of their African identity in their works
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
Neoclassical
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?
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.
Pyramid of the Sun
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
Romanticism
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.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Plato; Aristotle.
Aztec
Olmec
44. Michelangelo is considered a Mannerist and High Renaissance artist. What is it about his paintings that characterize the Mannerist style?
domination
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
Thomas Jefferson
the Chinese emperor.
45. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca
Paul Gauguin.
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
Autosacrifice
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:
'cast shadows'
Spanish Civil War.
the ancient caves at Ajanta
Aztec
48. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.
Baroque
shield
Futurism
Quetzalcoatl
49. The early Renaissance in Italy can be traced to:
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
Inca
ironies of modern political life
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
50. Which of these paintings is considered a Rococo painting?