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1. What individual chose the Neoclassical architectural style (p. 482) for his home in the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
Cindy Sherman
Fauvism.
the sensuousness of light and color.


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

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3. In his painting - Probla
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
mosaics
Dr. Strangelove
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.


4. Whose David was the first life-size nude sculpture since antiquity?

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5. The two major art movements of the 1960s were:
ironies of modern political life
Minimalism and Pop Art.
for armor
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle


6. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?
'cast shadows'
the Chinese emperor.
Baroque
David's The Death of Marat


7. In his painting - Probla
narration
he sculpted nude figures
German Expressionism.
Paul Cazanne.


8. The 'Big 3' of the Italian High Renaissance - based in Florence - and later in Rome - and then Milan were:
Large stone temple complexes
Cindy Sherman's
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
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.


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

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10. _______ is Fred Wilson's response to common practices of museum display that contribute to racism and class bias.
Futurism
abstract
the ancient caves at Ajanta
Mining the Museum


11. What did the early-Renaissance sculptor Donatello do that hadn't been done since Classical Antiquity?
he sculpted nude figures
Cindy Sherman
David's The Death of Marat
rigid style.


12. The 'Big 3' of the Italian High Renaissance - based in Florence - and later in Rome - and then Milan were:
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
Caravaggio
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
Baroque


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

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14. A leading painter in the Realist movement - the artist of Burial at Ornans declared that 'painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the presentation of real and existing things.' The artist is:
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
Gustave Courbet.
ironies of modern political life
Teddy Cruz


15. Donatello's sense of naturalism in figurative sculpture (p. 453) was in part inspired by:
Minimalism and Pop Art.
Greek and Roman sculpture.
the Baroque eroticized.
'Wild Beasts'


16. 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.
Futurism
garbage
mosaics
ironies of modern political life


17. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
puma
German Expressionism.
epicanthic fold


18. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:
the sensuousness of light and color.
'Wild Beasts'
Greek and Roman sculpture.
German Expressionism.


19. In School of Athens - Raphael represents the two significant schools of philosophy - signified by the portrayal of _______ and ________ in the center of the composition.
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
Plato; Aristotle.
Mining the Museum


20. What sets northern European artists (p. 454) apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in:
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
Cindy Sherman
Teotihuacan
Georges Braque.


21. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped pioneer Cubist landscapes. What earlier painter of landscapes inspired them?
Paul Gauguin.
15000 miles of roads
Gustave Courbet.
Paul Cazanne


22. The _______ included in panels of Maya relief carvings and ceramics decoration aide in their interpretation.
Paul Cazanne.
glyphs
rigid style.
Olmec


23. In the early nineteenth century - a recurrent and significant theme (p. 485) began to appear in Romantic painting. What was it?
the notion of the sublime
the Baroque eroticized.
Cindy Sherman
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.


24. In works such as Olympia - realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to:
Dada
the Baroque eroticized.
his modernity and break with the past.
ironies of modern political life


25. 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
Quetzalcoatl
Pyramid of the Sun
Donatello's.
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.


26. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:
Las Vegas
Greek and Roman sculpture.
the moon
the Medici family.


27. Shazia Sikander combines her training in _______ with her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in addressing the heterogeneity of her background.
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
the ancient caves at Ajanta
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
Cindy Sherman


28. 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.
the Chinese emperor.
talud-tablero
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
mosaics


29. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:
it is not known which culture built it
German Expressionism.
mosaics
Cindy Sherman


30. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?
Caravaggio
color
Large stone temple complexes
poets - calligraphers - and painters.


31. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.
Aztec
Raphael's School of Athens
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
abstract


32. _______ - the Aztec goddess of life and death is recognizable in the culture's art by her necklace of human hearts - severed hands and skull.
Coatlicue
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
Palenque
Georges Braque.


33. _______ is Fred Wilson's response to common practices of museum display that contribute to racism and class bias.
the moon
Mining the Museum
domination
Navajo


34. Wassily Kandinsky believed that the greatest device to express emotion was ________.
El Greco.
it is not known which culture built it
color
Mannerism.


35. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is thought to have had appeal to the Renaissance imagination in part because the portrait reveals:
the moon
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
the personality of the sitter.
Cindy Sherman's


36. The cultures of the Pre-Columbian peoples (p. 463) are distinguished by their:
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.
Coatlicue
Baroque
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.


37. 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?
Surrealism
Dr. Strangelove
humanities.
Cindy Sherman


38. 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.
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
Guernica
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
Cindy Sherman


39. 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.
La Venta
Paul Cazanne.
Cindy Sherman
blood


40. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT
Minimalism and Pop Art.
garbage
Aztec
utilitarianism


41. Which of these is an example of High Renaissance painting?

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42. The mid-to-late 19th century saw dramatic changes in non-Western cultures. Which of these best describes these changes?
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Quetzalcoatl
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.


43. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca
Raphael's School of Athens
Plato; Aristotle.
talud-tablero
Caravaggio


44. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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45. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT
Coatlicue
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
rigid style.
Paul Gauguin.


46. Noted for their agricultural system of terraces and irrigation - the Inca used bundles of knotted string called _______ for accounting and census purposes.
quipu
narration
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
Valdivia


47. Noted for their agricultural system of terraces and irrigation - the Inca used bundles of knotted string called _______ for accounting and census purposes.
Futurism
quipu
objectivity of the camera.
shapes


48. What sets northern European artists (p. 454) apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in:
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
Pyramid of the Sun
Cindy Sherman's
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.


49. As a reaction against Abstract Expressionism - Frank Stella's Empress of India exhibits the elegant - sparse content-less shape of _______.
Minimalism
Coatlicue
15000 miles of roads
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.


50. In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong - from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century - the peacock symbolizes:
color
the moon
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
the Chinese emperor.