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Art Appreciation
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1. The Post-Impressionists (p. 496) were united by their interest in:
2. Which of these paintings is an example of Neo-classical art?
3. 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.
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
Aztec
Futurism
epicanthic fold
4. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:
Plato; Aristotle.
utilitarianism
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
the Tree of Life
5. The artist who painted Houses at L'Estaque worked with Picasso to promote the style called Cubism. The artist's name is:
the potlatch.
Bettye Saar
Georges Braque.
the Tree of Life
6. 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:
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
the ancient caves at Ajanta
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
Neoplatonism
7. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?
cultural and personal identity
Baroque
Cindy Sherman
the Chinese emperor.
8. Yasumasu Morimura's Portrait (Twins) appropriates the imagery of _______ to illustrate Japanese culture as slave to the dominant (male) forces of Western society.
9. In What aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?
movement and speed
Cindy Sherman's
cultural and personal identity
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.
10. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.
for armor
Aztec
'Wild Beasts'
the potlatch.
11. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra
12. Freed from the rigidity of modernism - architects such as _______ have liberated structural walls - using three-dimensional computer modeling to make these new shapes possible.
for armor
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
Frank Gehry
Baroque
13. Yasumasu Morimura's Portrait (Twins) appropriates the imagery of _______ to illustrate Japanese culture as slave to the dominant (male) forces of Western society.
14. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT
utilitarianism
Maya cosmology
Teddy Cruz
domination
15. 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:
garbage
movement and speed
Fragonard's Bathers
humanities.
16. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:
the Medici family.
Teotihuacan
Dr. Strangelove
Mannerism.
17. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.
Las Vegas
the potlatch.
Paul Cazanne
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
18. Leonardo was as known in his time for his work as a(n) ____________ -as much for his work as an artist.
military engineer and weapons-designer
Paul Gauguin.
Quetzalcoatl
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
19. In What aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?
blood
movement and speed
he sculpted nude figures
art that is about the process of painting.
20. 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.
Minimalism and Pop Art.
mosaics
the potlatch.
Valdivia
21. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
Fauvism.
Surrealism
22. In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong - from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century - the peacock symbolizes:
the Chinese emperor.
Plato; Aristotle.
Gustave Courbet.
the ancient caves at Ajanta
23. 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:
he sculpted nude figures
Inca
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.
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
24. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.
Palenque
La Venta
Bettye Saar
the symbolism of shape.
25. Whose David was the first life-size nude sculpture since antiquity?
26. The Cubists freed painting from the necessity of representing the world in order to dwell on:
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.
Quetzalcoatl
blood
form.
27. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:
Baroque
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
ironies of modern political life
Dada
28. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:
Learning from Las Vegas
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
29. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.
Mining the Museum
Paul Cazanne
Aztec
blood
30. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT
Raphael's School of Athens
El Greco.
rigid style.
it is not known which culture built it
31. Rejecting the frenetic approach of Pollock and de Kooning - Mark Rotho's Abstract Expressionist pantings convey a _______ - not _______space.
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
eternal beauty or shock value
meditative - active
more of their African identity in their works
32. The Post-Impressionists (p. 496) were united by their interest in:
33. The two major art movements of the 1960s were:
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
Spanish Civil War.
Minimalism and Pop Art.
talud-tablero
34. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.
Aztec
Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto.
David's The Death of Marat
shapes
35. Which of these paintings is an example of Romanticism?
36. Freed from the rigidity of modernism - architects such as _______ have liberated structural walls - using three-dimensional computer modeling to make these new shapes possible.
Thomas Jefferson
Fauvism.
Frank Gehry
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
37. In School of Athens - Raphael represents the two significant schools of philosophy - signified by the portrayal of _______ and ________ in the center of the composition.
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
Spanish Civil War.
Plato; Aristotle.
15000 miles of roads
38. What individual chose the Neoclassical architectural style (p. 482) for his home in the United States?
the moon
shield
Paul Cazanne
Thomas Jefferson
39. Characteristics of postmodern photography include all of the following EXCEPT
glyphs
objectivity of the camera.
mosaics
'Wild Beasts'
40. The early Renaissance in Italy can be traced to:
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
Greek and Roman sculpture.
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
puma
41. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.
utilitarianism
more of their African identity in their works
'cast shadows'
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
42. 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:
Paul Cazanne
Inca
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
humanities.
43. In works such as Olympia - realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to:
his modernity and break with the past.
Mining the Museum
Pyramid of the Sun
more of their African identity in their works
44. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:
the Medici family.
garbage
Minimalism and Pop Art.
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
45. Thaodore Garicault's The Raft of the Medusa (p. 485) helped to fuel which style?
objectivity of the camera.
art that is about the process of painting.
Paul Gauguin.
Romanticism
46. Vik Muniz's Atlas (Carlao) was created by arranging_______ on his studio floor - photographing the arrangement - then painting from the photograph.
Quetzalcoatl
garbage
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
Dada
47. Fred Wilson's exhibit for the Maryland Historical Society made the point that the Historical Society:
meditative - active
Neoplatonism
individuality.
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
48. In his painting - Probla
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
Dr. Strangelove
Frank Gehry
sterile anonymity
49. Which of these is an example of Dada art?
50. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:
Mannerism.
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Dada
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.