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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. Whose David was the first life-size nude sculpture since antiquity?

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2. In works such as Olympia - realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to:






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Considered one of the greatest artistic responses to political oppression - Picasso's _______ was painted as condemnation of the blitzkrieg that leveled the city center of a small Basque town in the Spanish Civil War.






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






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






12. The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is:






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






14. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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15. Cubism can best be described as:






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






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

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






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






20. 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.






21. In his painting - Probla






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






23. ______ - 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.






24. Shazia Sikander combines her training in _______ with her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in addressing the heterogeneity of her background.






25. _______ 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.






26. 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:






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






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






29. In works such as Olympia - realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to:






30. 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:






31. _______ - the Aztec goddess of life and death is recognizable in the culture's art by her necklace of human hearts - severed hands and skull.






32. Joan Mira






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

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34. _______ 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.






35. Shazia Sikander combines her training in _______ with her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in addressing the heterogeneity of her background.






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






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.






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. In the Aztec culture - sacrifices of prisoners-of-war from neighboring peoples were necessary to honor and re-create the sacrifice of _______ in ancient times (Teotihuaca






43. The artist who painted Houses at L'Estaque worked with Picasso to promote the style called Cubism. The artist's name is:






44. What is Kerry James Marshall saying about the public housing projects in his work Many Mansions?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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