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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.






2. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.






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






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






5. Romanticism can best be described as:


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


7. The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn _____________.






8. Freed from the rigidity of modernism - architects such as _______ have liberated structural walls - using three-dimensional computer modeling to make these new shapes possible.






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






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






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






12. Freed from the rigidity of modernism - architects such as _______ have liberated structural walls - using three-dimensional computer modeling to make these new shapes possible.






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






14. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra


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






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






17. The Cubists freed painting from the necessity of representing the world in order to dwell on:






18. 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






19. Most art critics and historians agree that the era of modern art ended in the _____.






20. The relief carving of Pakal on his sarcophagus represents him connecting the Upperworld - Middleworld and Underworld of _______.






21. In the early nineteenth century - a recurrent and significant theme (p. 485) began to appear in Romantic painting. What was it?






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






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


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






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






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






27. _______ photos quote satirically the stereotypes of women in popular film - recycling them as a uniquely pure form of postmodernism.


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


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






30. Rejecting the frenetic approach of Pollock and de Kooning - Mark Rotho's Abstract Expressionist pantings convey a _______ - not _______space.






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






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






33. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






34. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:






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






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






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






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






39. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






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






41. 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:






42. Vik Muniz's Atlas (Carlao) was created by arranging_______ on his studio floor - photographing the arrangement - then painting from the photograph.






43. In School of Athens - Raphael represents the two significant schools of philosophy - signified by the portrayal of _______ and ________ in the center of the composition.






44. 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






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






46. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






47. _______ - the most powerful of Palenque Maya kings - ruled for 67 years - July 29 - 615 CE - August 31 - 683 CE.






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






49. In the 1330s - Petrarch (p. 452) conceived of a philosophy that emphasized the value of the individual and the pursuit and study of classical languages - literature - history - and philosophy. Today we call these disciplines the:






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