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Art Appreciation

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






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






3. At La Venta - a(n) _______ site near present-day Villahermosa - Mexico - colossal heads were unearthed exhibiting what some scholars identify as fetal facial characteristics.






4. 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.






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

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






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






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

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






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






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

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






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

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14. 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






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






16. 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.






17. Which of these is an example of Dada art?

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18. Cubism can best be described as:






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






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






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






22. Diego Rivera - David Siquieros - and Jose Clemente Orozco formed a new school of _______ inspired by the intense nationalism following the _______.






23. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






24. Fred Wilson's exhibit for the Maryland Historical Society made the point that the Historical Society:






25. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






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






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

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






29. 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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30. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra

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






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






33. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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

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35. 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.






36. 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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37. Marie-Louise-Elizabeth Vigae-LeBrun's The Duchess of Polignac (p. 480) combines all the compositional tools of the ______ sensibility.






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






39. What is the story behind Gericault's Raft of the Medusa?

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40. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






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

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






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






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






45. In his painting - Probla






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






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






48. In the late 1950s - a group of students in Nigeria formed the Zaria Art Society with the goal of expressing:






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






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