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Art Appreciation

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






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






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






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






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






6. _______ - the Aztec goddess of life and death is recognizable in the culture's art by her necklace of human hearts - severed hands and skull.






7. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?






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






9. The paintings of Giacomo Balla capture the fascination with movement characteristic of artists of Which movement?






10. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. One of most important - best preserved and extensively studied Mayan cities is _______.






16. The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is:






17. Realism as an artistic movement in the mid-19th century refers to what?






18. 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






19. 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.






20. Cubism can best be described as:






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






22. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra

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23. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped pioneer Cubist landscapes. What earlier painter of landscapes inspired them?






24. 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:






25. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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26. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






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






28. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.






29. Native American kachinas - like Buffalo Kachina (p. 494) - are:






30. Marianne Nicholson's cliffside pictograph (a 'copper') represents a Northwest Native American tradition that had been suppressed through most of the 20th century - called:






31. Noted for their agricultural system of terraces and irrigation - the Inca used bundles of knotted string called _______ for accounting and census purposes.






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






33. In his painting - Probla






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

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35. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






36. ______ - at its peak a cosmopolitan commercial center - remained a mythic center for Mesoamerican cultures for a thousand years after its decline - including an important pilgrimage site for Aztec rulers.






37. The two major art movements of the 1960s were:






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






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






40. 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:






41. _______ - the Aztec goddess of life and death is recognizable in the culture's art by her necklace of human hearts - severed hands and skull.






42. 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.






43. Joan Mira






44. 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.






45. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is thought to have had appeal to the Renaissance imagination in part because the portrait reveals:






46. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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47. 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.






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






49. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.






50. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.