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Art Appreciation
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1. Which of the following is a unique function of Inca textiles?
Mining the Museum
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
Minimalism and Pop Art.
for armor
2. Images such as View of Suzhou reveal the 18th century Chinese interest in__________.
Inca
1980s
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities
Plato; Aristotle.
3. Realism as an artistic movement in the mid-19th century refers to what?
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
sterile anonymity
glyphs
4. Thaodore Garicault's The Raft of the Medusa (p. 485) helped to fuel which style?
cultural and personal identity
epicanthic fold
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Romanticism
5. Freed from the rigidity of modernism - architects such as _______ have liberated structural walls - using three-dimensional computer modeling to make these new shapes possible.
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
rigid style.
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
Frank Gehry
6. 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.
Futurism
shapes
Aztec
Neoplatonism
7. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:
Guernica
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
Bettye Saar
the ancient caves at Ajanta
8. In What aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?
Paul Cazanne.
movement and speed
masonry
Fauvism.
9. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities
Inca
it is not known which culture built it
Paul Cazanne
10. Donatello's sense of naturalism in figurative sculpture (p. 453) was in part inspired by:
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.
Greek and Roman sculpture.
Baroque
Minimalism and Pop Art.
11. In works such as Olympia - realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to:
muralists - Mexican Revolution
rope bridges
his modernity and break with the past.
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
12. The short-lived Nazca culture in present-day Peru is known primarily for its _______.
geoglyphs
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
local - arbitrary
the sensuousness of light and color.
13. In the late 1950s - a group of students in Nigeria formed the Zaria Art Society with the goal of expressing:
more of their African identity in their works
German Expressionism.
Paul Gauguin.
the Baroque eroticized.
14. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.
sterile anonymity
Valdivia
masonry
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
15. In the early nineteenth century - a recurrent and significant theme (p. 485) began to appear in Romantic painting. What was it?
Inca
the notion of the sublime
geoglyphs
rigid style.
16. The urge to rebel against the norm lost its impact when such rebellion _______ the norm in most Western cultures.
'Wild Beasts'
became
rope bridges
Mining the Museum
17. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT
utilitarianism
Coatlicue
Palenque
the Chinese emperor.
18. What is the story behind Gericault's Raft of the Medusa?
19. _______ - the Aztec goddess of life and death is recognizable in the culture's art by her necklace of human hearts - severed hands and skull.
movement and speed
Coatlicue
the notion of the sublime
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.
20. Showing irreverence for tradition and rationality - Marcel Duchamp's Mona Lisa [L.H.O.O.Q.] exemplifies the _______ movement.
Dada
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
military engineer and weapons-designer
the Tree of Life
21. The artist Andra Breton issued a manifesto that described the point of 'resolution between these two states - dream and reality.' What was this movement?
Gustave Courbet.
Surrealism
Minimalism and Pop Art.
Dr. Strangelove
22. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?
Minimalism
the sensuousness of light and color.
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
Caravaggio
23. What is the subject matter of most Impressionist painting?
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
objectivity of the camera.
the sensuousness of light and color.
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
24. 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.
La Venta
Dr. Strangelove
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities
shapes
25. 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
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
Pyramid of the Sun
epicanthic fold
Olmec
26. 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
1980s
Neoclassical
Quetzalcoatl
the notion of the sublime
27. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra
28. Freed from the rigidity of modernism - architects such as _______ have liberated structural walls - using three-dimensional computer modeling to make these new shapes possible.
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Las Vegas
Frank Gehry
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.
29. One of most important - best preserved and extensively studied Mayan cities is _______.
Palenque
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
he sculpted nude figures
Lord Pakal
30. Which artist rejected modern society and painted images of 'primitive' island culture such as in The Day of the Gods?
meditative - active
Paul Gauguin.
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
31. In Romanticism (p. 484) - regardless of the subject matter - paintings revealed the artist's:
Raphael's School of Athens
the Chinese emperor.
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
individuality.
32. Which of these is an example of High Renaissance painting?
33. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.
Aztec
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
objectivity of the camera.
the personality of the sitter.
34. Henri Matisse was a leader of early 20th century artists who felt free to use color 'arbitrarily' and were labeled - derogatorily - 'Fauves' - which translates __________.
35. 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
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
epicanthic fold
Dada
local - arbitrary
36. In the late 1950s - a group of students in Nigeria formed the Zaria Art Society with the goal of expressing:
Gustave Courbet.
military engineer and weapons-designer
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
more of their African identity in their works
37. Cubism can best be described as:
La Venta
the sensuousness of light and color.
El Greco.
art that is about the process of painting.
38. The early Renaissance in Italy can be traced to:
for armor
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.
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
39. In School of Athens - Raphael represents the two significant schools of philosophy - signified by the portrayal of _______ and ________ in the center of the composition.
Plato; Aristotle.
Caravaggio
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
Pyramid of the Sun
40. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.
Maya cosmology
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
rigid style.
41. 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:
Gustave Courbet.
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
the potlatch.
Frank Gehry
42. In Romanticism (p. 484) - regardless of the subject matter - paintings revealed the artist's:
individuality.
sterile anonymity
Surrealism
Lord Pakal
43. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.
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.
the ancient caves at Ajanta
Minimalism and Pop Art.
sterile anonymity
44. The mid-to-late 19th century saw dramatic changes in non-Western cultures. Which of these best describes these changes?
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
Bettye Saar
Caravaggio
'cast shadows'
45. Diego Rivera - David Siquieros - and Jose Clemente Orozco formed a new school of _______ inspired by the intense nationalism following the _______.
blood
cultural and personal identity
muralists - Mexican Revolution
Bettye Saar
46. Rejecting the frenetic approach of Pollock and de Kooning - Mark Rotho's Abstract Expressionist pantings convey a _______ - not _______space.
meditative - active
Donatello's.
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.
Raphael's School of Athens
47. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:
Inca
Autosacrifice
Surrealism
the Medici family.
48. Henri Matisse was a leader of early 20th century artists who felt free to use color 'arbitrarily' and were labeled - derogatorily - 'Fauves' - which translates __________.
49. Machu Picchu was a 'getaway' for a(n) __________ruler.
Dr. Strangelove
Navajo
Inca
meditative - active
50. Artists often find that the art they make has unintentional meaning. Georgia Papageorge's Africa Rifting: Lines of Fire: Namibia/Brazil is an example of this because:
virtue.
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.
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.