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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. Fred Wilson's exhibit for the Maryland Historical Society made the point that the Historical Society:






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






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






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






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






6. What individual chose the Neoclassical architectural style (p. 482) for his home in the United States?






7. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra

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






9. Machu Picchu was a 'getaway' for a(n) __________ruler.






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






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






12. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. Which of these paintings is an example of Neo-classical art?

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17. 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.






18. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.






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






20. 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:






21. 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






22. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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






24. 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:






25. Wassily Kandinsky believed that the greatest device to express emotion was ________.






26. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.






27. Characteristics of postmodern photography include all of the following EXCEPT






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






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






30. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






31. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






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






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






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






35. Cubism can best be described as:






36. Though weaving was already a tradition to their culture - the _______ adopted upright loom from Pueblo peoples.






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






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






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

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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?






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






47. Using her work to struggle with the question of identity - this photographer's images are self-portraits.






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






49. 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.






50. 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.