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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. Which of these is an example of Baroque painting?

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






3. Yasumasu Morimura's Portrait (Twins) appropriates the imagery of _______ to illustrate Japanese culture as slave to the dominant (male) forces of Western society.

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






5. Sandro Botticelli's paintings - such as The Birth of Venus - reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______.






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






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






8. Which of these paintings is considered an Abstract Expressionist painting?

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






10. 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.






11. 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:






12. Joan Mira






13. 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:






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






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






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






17. Anish Kapoor - the Indian-born British sculptor - explores the spiritual meanings of _______ - posing questions about the origination and persistence of those meanings when displaced from their traditional context.






18. 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?






19. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.






20. The _______ were the largest civilization in pre-Columbian Americas.






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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






25. Rejecting the frenetic approach of Pollock and de Kooning - Mark Rotho's Abstract Expressionist pantings convey a _______ - not _______space.






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






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






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






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

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30. The _______ were the largest civilization in pre-Columbian Americas.






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






32. In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong - from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century - the peacock symbolizes:






33. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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






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






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






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






39. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






40. The 'Big 3' of the Italian High Renaissance - based in Florence - and later in Rome - and then Milan were:






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






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






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






44. As seen from the earth - _______ evokes a rabbit to some Native American cultures.






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






46. Rejecting the frenetic approach of Pollock and de Kooning - Mark Rotho's Abstract Expressionist pantings convey a _______ - not _______space.






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






48. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






49. Which artist rejected modern society and painted images of 'primitive' island culture such as in The Day of the Gods?






50. Which of the following is a unique function of Inca textiles?