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Art Appreciation
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1. Native American kachinas - like Buffalo Kachina (p. 494) - are:
Inca
Minimalism and Pop Art.
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.
Paul Cazanne.
2. Leonardo was as known in his time for his work as a(n) ____________ -as much for his work as an artist.
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
mosaics
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
military engineer and weapons-designer
3. Shazia Sikander combines her training in _______ with her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in addressing the heterogeneity of her background.
masonry
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
Quetzalcoatl
Fauvism.
4. One of the primary subjects of Neoclassical art (p. 481) is:
Coatlicue
masonry
the Baroque eroticized.
virtue.
5. 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
more of their African identity in their works
epicanthic fold
domination
1980s
6. 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:
Donatello's.
art that is about the process of painting.
'cast shadows'
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
7. 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.
masonry
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
La Venta
Mannerism.
8. 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?
Raphael's School of Athens
he sculpted nude figures
Surrealism
military engineer and weapons-designer
9. Marianne Nicholson's cliffside pictograph (a 'copper') represents a Northwest Native American tradition that had been suppressed through most of the 20th century - called:
more of their African identity in their works
he sculpted nude figures
the potlatch.
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
10. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.
Bettye Saar
Cindy Sherman's
cultural and personal identity
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
11. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.
Pyramid of the Sun
military engineer and weapons-designer
virtue.
cultural and personal identity
12. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.
sterile anonymity
abstract
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
13. Thaodore Garicault's The Raft of the Medusa (p. 485) helped to fuel which style?
military engineer and weapons-designer
Romanticism
eternal beauty or shock value
narration
14. The urge to rebel against the norm lost its impact when such rebellion _______ the norm in most Western cultures.
1980s
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
became
15. 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:
Dr. Strangelove
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
16. Thaodore Garicault's The Raft of the Medusa (p. 485) helped to fuel which style?
Paul Gauguin.
for armor
Romanticism
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
17. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
movement and speed
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
18. This artist of The Large Bathers pushed toward an idea of painting that established for the work an independent existence:
Teotihuacan
Paul Cazanne.
Inca
Georges Braque.
19. Which of these paintings is considered an Abstract Expressionist painting?
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20. 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.
talud-tablero
Teddy Cruz
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.
Quetzalcoatl
21. The Rococo style (pp. 479-480) has been characterized as:
Fauvism.
Frank Gehry
Paul Cazanne
the Baroque eroticized.
22. These Hopewell figures are unusual because of their depiction of the _______ - a trait that may be found in people from many different parts of Asia as well as areas from which great migrations from this cradle of civilization occurred - including th
domination
Bettye Saar
talud-tablero
epicanthic fold
23. _______ - the most powerful of Palenque Maya kings - ruled for 67 years - July 29 - 615 CE - August 31 - 683 CE.
Paul Cazanne.
Baroque
Lord Pakal
Aztec
24. Using her work to struggle with the question of identity - this photographer's images are self-portraits.
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.
Plato; Aristotle.
Cindy Sherman
individuality.
25. 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.
eternal beauty or shock value
German Expressionism.
Palenque
local - arbitrary
26. 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.
quipu
15000 miles of roads
humanities.
the moon
27. Her untitled photographic self-portraits - posed with props in scenes corresponding to female characters in popular culture - are performances that allow _______ to address the ways in which culture views women.
Cindy Sherman
Mannerism.
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
Greek and Roman sculpture.
28. Her untitled photographic self-portraits - posed with props in scenes corresponding to female characters in popular culture - are performances that allow _______ to address the ways in which culture views women.
virtue.
Aztec
the personality of the sitter.
Cindy Sherman
29. Noted for their agricultural system of terraces and irrigation - the Inca used bundles of knotted string called _______ for accounting and census purposes.
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
garbage
Quetzalcoatl
quipu
30. This artist of The Large Bathers pushed toward an idea of painting that established for the work an independent existence:
form.
local - arbitrary
Paul Cazanne.
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
31. 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.
Cindy Sherman's
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
Aztec
32. Which artist rejected modern society and painted images of 'primitive' island culture such as in The Day of the Gods?
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
Cindy Sherman's
Paul Gauguin.
glyphs
33. The Post-Impressionists (p. 496) were united by their interest in:
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34. The twentieth-century painting movement most often associated with Henri Matisse is:
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
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.
Georges Braque.
Fauvism.
35. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.
cultural and personal identity
Cindy Sherman's
art that is about the process of painting.
meditative - active
36. What is Kerry James Marshall saying about the public housing projects in his work Many Mansions?
Thomas Jefferson
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
the personality of the sitter.
Lord Pakal
37. Sandro Botticelli's paintings - such as The Birth of Venus - reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______.
Pyramid of the Sun
Neoplatonism
Paul Cazanne
Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto.
38. _______ photos quote satirically the stereotypes of women in popular film - recycling them as a uniquely pure form of postmodernism.
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39. ______ - 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.
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
it is not known which culture built it
Teotihuacan
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
40. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:
the personality of the sitter.
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
Donatello's.
the Medici family.
41. 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.
rope bridges
Lord Pakal
'Wild Beasts'
Aztec
42. Machu Picchu was a 'getaway' for a(n) __________ruler.
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.
Inca
movement and speed
Olmec
43. The _______ included in panels of Maya relief carvings and ceramics decoration aide in their interpretation.
glyphs
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
Navajo
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
44. In his painting - Probla
Gustave Courbet.
Georges Braque.
narration
Dada
45. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.
Surrealism
the Chinese emperor.
sterile anonymity
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
46. _______ - the most powerful of Palenque Maya kings - ruled for 67 years - July 29 - 615 CE - August 31 - 683 CE.
El Greco.
Aztec
Paul Gauguin.
Lord Pakal
47. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.
the potlatch.
Aztec
Paul Gauguin.
blood
48. Vik Muniz's Atlas (Carlao) was created by arranging_______ on his studio floor - photographing the arrangement - then painting from the photograph.
garbage
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.
abstract
the Medici family.
49. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.
shield
Teotihuacan
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
Maya cosmology
50. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans
Fauvism.
talud-tablero
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle