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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. What sets northern European artists (p. 454) apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in:






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






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






4. Showing irreverence for tradition and rationality - Marcel Duchamp's Mona Lisa [L.H.O.O.Q.] exemplifies the _______ movement.






5. 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.






6. What is the subject matter of most Impressionist painting?






7. ______ - at its peak a cosmopolitan commercial center - remained a mythic center for Mesoamerican cultures for a thousand years after its decline - including an important pilgrimage site for Aztec rulers.






8. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.






9. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT






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






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






12. Romanticism can best be described as:

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






14. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped pioneer Cubist landscapes. What earlier painter of landscapes inspired them?






15. Wassily Kandinsky believed that the greatest device to express emotion was ________.






16. Romanticist artists - like Frederic Edwin Church - viewed nature as:

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17. 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:






18. 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:






19. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra

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






21. Thaodore Garicault's The Raft of the Medusa (p. 485) helped to fuel which style?






22. Henri Matisse was a leader of early 20th century artists who felt free to use color 'arbitrarily' and were labeled - derogatorily - 'Fauves' - which translates __________.

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






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






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






26. Which of these is an example of Baroque painting?

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






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






29. Chari Samba's Probla






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






31. 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.






32. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






33. What individual chose the Neoclassical architectural style (p. 482) for his home in the United States?






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

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35. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT






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






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






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






39. 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:






40. 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.






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






42. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.






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






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

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45. 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.






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






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






48. One of the primary subjects of Neoclassical art (p. 481) is:






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

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