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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.
Teddy Cruz
Minimalism and Pop Art.
Plato; Aristotle.
David's The Death of Marat

2. Great Serpent Mound is an example of a(n) _______.
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
Manet's Olympia
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans
Fauvism.

3. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT
rigid style.
Church's The Heart of the Andes
Surrealism
Surrealism

4. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.
ironies of modern political life
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
Manet's Olympia
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.

5. 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.
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
Greek and Roman sculpture.
became
15000 miles of roads

6. _______ are characteristic of Maya architecture - suggesting priests/rulers had great power.
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
15000 miles of roads
Large stone temple complexes
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures

7. Mesoamerican cultures believed that humans first emerged from a hole in the ground now situated under the _______.
250.
Pyramid of the Sun
the ancient caves at Ajanta
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.

8. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:
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.
the Medici family.
eternal beauty or shock value
rigid style.

9. The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is:
Autosacrifice
Maya cosmology
Learning from Las Vegas
El Greco.

10. The 'Big 3' of the Italian High Renaissance - based in Florence - and later in Rome - and then Milan were:
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
the Medici family.
Thomas Jefferson
eternal beauty or shock value

11. In his painting - Probla
narration
more of their African identity in their works
the Chinese emperor.
movement and speed

12. Showing irreverence for tradition and rationality - Marcel Duchamp's Mona Lisa [L.H.O.O.Q.] exemplifies the _______ movement.
Learning from Las Vegas
Dada
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
Lord Pakal

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

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14. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.
Olmec
more of their African identity in their works
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
sterile anonymity

15. Images such as View of Suzhou reveal the 18th century Chinese interest in__________.
El Greco.
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities
Olmec

16. Freed from the rigidity of modernism - architects such as _______ have liberated structural walls - using three-dimensional computer modeling to make these new shapes possible.
abstract
Frank Gehry
art that is about the process of painting.
The Medusa sunk off the coast of Africa due to the captain's incompetence and its poor survivors were adrift for days (most of them dying) while the captain and crew saved themselves.

17. Vik Muniz's Atlas (Carlao) was created by arranging_______ on his studio floor - photographing the arrangement - then painting from the photograph.
the Chinese emperor.
rope bridges
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
garbage

18. In the early nineteenth century - a recurrent and significant theme (p. 485) began to appear in Romantic painting. What was it?
cultural and personal identity
Teotihuacan
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.
the notion of the sublime

19. 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:
Teddy Cruz
it is not known which culture built it
humanities.
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew

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

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21. Which of these paintings is an example of Romanticism?

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22. In The Green Stripe (Madame Matisse) - Henri Matisse dispensed with the use of _______ color in favor of _______ color to explore the expressive possibilities of color.
epicanthic fold
Lord Pakal
local - arbitrary
became

23. The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn _____________.
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans
'Wild Beasts'
sterile anonymity

24. Angelica Kauffmann painted in the _______ style (p. 481) - which was based on Greek and Roman models.
Neoclassical
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
blood
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.

25. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:
more of their African identity in their works
German Expressionism.
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
quipu

26. Known for their elaborate textiles used as status symbols - the Inca also used fiber in the construction of armor and _______.
rope bridges
Thomas Jefferson
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
Cindy Sherman

27. Realism as an artistic movement in the mid-19th century refers to what?
individuality.
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
Manet's Olympia
Donatello's.

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

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29. Vik Muniz's Atlas (Carlao) was created by arranging_______ on his studio floor - photographing the arrangement - then painting from the photograph.
'Wild Beasts'
Minimalism
garbage
local - arbitrary

30. 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:
Lord Pakal
Frank Gehry
sterile anonymity
poets - calligraphers - and painters.

31. 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.
Paul Gauguin.
Learning from Las Vegas
Aztec
mosaics

32. Cubism can best be described as:
the Chinese emperor.
art that is about the process of painting.
Romanticism
Aztec

33. In The Green Stripe (Madame Matisse) - Henri Matisse dispensed with the use of _______ color in favor of _______ color to explore the expressive possibilities of color.
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
local - arbitrary
abstract
color

34. The Rococo style (pp. 479-480) has been characterized as:
the Baroque eroticized.
Frank Gehry
250.
art that is about the process of painting.

35. In his painting - Probla
15000 miles of roads
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
Dr. Strangelove
art that is about the process of painting.

36. Images such as View of Suzhou reveal the 18th century Chinese interest in__________.
Baroque
Manet's Olympia
Aztec
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities

37. The _______ included in panels of Maya relief carvings and ceramics decoration aide in their interpretation.
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
glyphs
Romanticism
Greek and Roman sculpture.

38. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
utilitarianism
David's The Death of Marat
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)

39. _______ is Fred Wilson's response to common practices of museum display that contribute to racism and class bias.
Raphael's School of Athens
Surrealism
Mining the Museum
'cast shadows'

40. Donatello's sense of naturalism in figurative sculpture (p. 453) was in part inspired by:
Greek and Roman sculpture.
muralists - Mexican Revolution
abstract
talud-tablero

41. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.
blood
eternal beauty or shock value
Maya cosmology
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings

42. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.
Aztec
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
ironies of modern political life
the Baroque eroticized.

43. _______ - the Aztec goddess of life and death is recognizable in the culture's art by her necklace of human hearts - severed hands and skull.
ironies of modern political life
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.
the Chinese emperor.
Coatlicue

44. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:
Autosacrifice
Cindy Sherman
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
Paul Gauguin.

45. 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.
Pyramid of the Sun
Teddy Cruz
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
Minimalism and Pop Art.

46. Donatello's sense of naturalism in figurative sculpture (p. 453) was in part inspired by:
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
Greek and Roman sculpture.
virtue.
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.

47. Her untitled photographic self-portraits - posed with props in scenes corresponding to female characters in popular culture - are performances that allow _______ to address the ways in which culture views women.
movement and speed
ironies of modern political life
Cindy Sherman
abstract

48. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.
became
the ancient caves at Ajanta
Cindy Sherman
shield

49. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.
the potlatch.
rigid style.
Large stone temple complexes

50. What did the early-Renaissance sculptor Donatello do that hadn't been done since Classical Antiquity?
the moon
he sculpted nude figures
epicanthic fold
Fauvism.