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Art Appreciation

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






2. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






3. The artist who painted Houses at L'Estaque worked with Picasso to promote the style called Cubism. The artist's name is:






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






11. In his painting - Probla






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

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13. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra

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14. Like many contemporary sculptors - Kiki Smith - as seen in her Ice Man - seems to be asking questions about:






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






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






17. The twentieth-century painting movement most often associated with Henri Matisse is:






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. In his painting - Probla






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






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






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






23. Florentine Renaissance art prioritized disegno - drawing and delineation of forms - while Venetian Renaissance art prioritized:






24. _______ may be tasteless and tacky but the public revels in it - a point Robert Venturi stresses in his book which opened the door to postmodern architecture.






25. Great Serpent Mound is an example of a(n) _______.






26. The mid-to-late 19th century saw dramatic changes in non-Western cultures. Which of these best describes these changes?






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

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






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






30. Like many contemporary sculptors - Kiki Smith - as seen in her Ice Man - seems to be asking questions about:






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






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






33. Cubism can best be described as:






34. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. As a reaction against Abstract Expressionism - Frank Stella's Empress of India exhibits the elegant - sparse content-less shape of _______.






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Mesoamerican cultures believed that humans first emerged from a hole in the ground now situated under the _______.