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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. 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






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






3. _______ is Fred Wilson's response to common practices of museum display that contribute to racism and class bias.






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






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






6. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.






7. Joan Mira






8. Romanticism can best be described as:

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






10. The Realist movement (p. 489) was influenced by many ideas and worldviews including:

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






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






13. On the relief carving on the lid of his sarcophagus - Pakal is depicted falling off the Wacah Chan - _______.






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






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

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16. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






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






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






19. The mid-to-late 19th century saw dramatic changes in non-Western cultures. Which of these best describes these changes?






20. 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:






21. The _______ included in panels of Maya relief carvings and ceramics decoration aide in their interpretation.






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

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

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24. _______ is the practice of self-induced bloodletting.






25. _______ are characteristic of Maya architecture - suggesting priests/rulers had great power.






26. The Incas are well known for their __________ construction - as can be witnessed in Machu Picchu.






27. _______ 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.






28. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is thought to have had appeal to the Renaissance imagination in part because the portrait reveals:






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






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






31. Cubism can best be described as:






32. What did the early-Renaissance sculptor Donatello do that hadn't been done since Classical Antiquity?






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






34. Native American kachinas - like Buffalo Kachina (p. 494) - are:






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. Marianne Nicholson's cliffside pictograph (a 'copper') represents a Northwest Native American tradition that had been suppressed through most of the 20th century - called:






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. One of most important - best preserved and extensively studied Mayan cities is _______.






49. Realism as an artistic movement in the mid-19th century refers to what?






50. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.