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1. As a reaction against Abstract Expressionism - Frank Stella's Empress of India exhibits the elegant - sparse content-less shape of _______.
Pyramid of the Sun
shapes
virtue.
Minimalism


2. _______ is the practice of self-induced bloodletting.
Autosacrifice
the symbolism of shape.
Inca
the Medici family.


3. The short-lived Nazca culture in present-day Peru is known primarily for its _______.
the notion of the sublime
geoglyphs
Caravaggio
15000 miles of roads


4. 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
local - arbitrary
Learning from Las Vegas
Minimalism and Pop Art.


5. Florentine Renaissance art prioritized disegno - drawing and delineation of forms - while Venetian Renaissance art prioritized:
the sensuousness of light and color.
puma
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Dada


6. Using her work to struggle with the question of identity - this photographer's images are self-portraits.
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
puma
Cindy Sherman
the Medici family.


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

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8. Machu Picchu was a 'getaway' for a(n) __________ruler.
'cast shadows'
Inca
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
individuality.


9. 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:
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
local - arbitrary
humanities.
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans


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

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11. 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
the ancient caves at Ajanta
abstract
Coatlicue
epicanthic fold


12. On the relief carving on the lid of his sarcophagus - Pakal is depicted falling off the Wacah Chan - _______.
Mannerism.
the Tree of Life
eternal beauty or shock value
the Chinese emperor.


13. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.
Bettye Saar
for armor
Gustave Courbet.
eternal beauty or shock value


14. _______ - 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
abstract
more of their African identity in their works
more of their African identity in their works


15. 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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16. The _______ were the largest civilization in pre-Columbian Americas.
objectivity of the camera.
Inca
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
sterile anonymity


17. Noted for their agricultural system of terraces and irrigation - the Inca used bundles of knotted string called _______ for accounting and census purposes.
quipu
Gustave Courbet.
Guernica
Autosacrifice


18. What sets northern European artists (p. 454) apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in:
Gustave Courbet.
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
Fauvism.
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette


19. Most art critics and historians agree that the era of modern art ended in the _____.
1980s
Greek and Roman sculpture.
German Expressionism.
sterile anonymity


20. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.
the Chinese emperor.
shield
Dr. Strangelove
Manet's Olympia


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

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

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23. Rejecting the frenetic approach of Pollock and de Kooning - Mark Rotho's Abstract Expressionist pantings convey a _______ - not _______space.
meditative - active
the personality of the sitter.
Mannerism.
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.


24. Mayan civilization (p. 464) reached its peak in Southern Mexico and Guatemala around:
art that is about the process of painting.
La Venta
Paul Gauguin.
250.


25. Fred Wilson's exhibit for the Maryland Historical Society made the point that the Historical Society:
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
Baroque
geoglyphs


26. 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.
individuality.
it is not known which culture built it
local - arbitrary
Maya cosmology


27. Mesoamerican cultures believed that humans first emerged from a hole in the ground now situated under the _______.
Aztec
epicanthic fold
Pyramid of the Sun
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures


28. One of the primary subjects of Neoclassical art (p. 481) is:
virtue.
Dr. Strangelove
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
eternal beauty or shock value


29. Wassily Kandinsky believed that the greatest device to express emotion was ________.
Navajo
color
narration
abstract


30. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?
Caravaggio
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
the notion of the sublime
poets - calligraphers - and painters.


31. In his painting - Probla
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
Cindy Sherman
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities
Dr. Strangelove


32. Joan Mira
abstract
local - arbitrary
it is not known which culture built it
Teddy Cruz


33. Romanticism can best be described as:

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34. The 'Big 3' of the Italian High Renaissance - based in Florence - and later in Rome - and then Milan were:
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
Georges Braque.
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
glyphs


35. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?
Fauvism.
the sensuousness of light and color.
the sensuousness of light and color.
Baroque


36. Sandro Botticelli's paintings - such as The Birth of Venus - reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______.
Las Vegas
Neoplatonism
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.


37. _______ - the most powerful of Palenque Maya kings - ruled for 67 years - July 29 - 615 CE - August 31 - 683 CE.
cultural and personal identity
Lord Pakal
glyphs
Teddy Cruz


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

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39. In the late 1950s - a group of students in Nigeria formed the Zaria Art Society with the goal of expressing:
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.
more of their African identity in their works
the personality of the sitter.
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.


40. Machu Picchu was a 'getaway' for a(n) __________ruler.
puma
Inca
shield
shield


41. The early Renaissance in Italy can be traced to:
Plato; Aristotle.
Quetzalcoatl
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
Lord Pakal


42. In the late 1950s - a group of students in Nigeria formed the Zaria Art Society with the goal of expressing:
'cast shadows'
his modernity and break with the past.
Raphael's School of Athens
more of their African identity in their works


43. 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?
color
Surrealism
his modernity and break with the past.
Maya cosmology


44. 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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45. In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong - from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century - the peacock symbolizes:
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
more of their African identity in their works
virtue.
the Chinese emperor.


46. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.
Gustave Courbet.
domination
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
blood


47. What was the name of Robert Venturi's seminal text regarding Postmodern architecture?
Learning from Las Vegas
Baroque
German Expressionism.
garbage


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

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49. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
epicanthic fold
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.


50. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.
local - arbitrary
cultural and personal identity
Mining the Museum
Quetzalcoatl