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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. _______ 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.






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






3. 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:






4. Angelica Kauffmann painted in the _______ style (p. 481) - which was based on Greek and Roman models.






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






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






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






8. Sandro Botticelli's paintings - such as The Birth of Venus - reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______.






9. 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.






10. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.






11. Rejecting the frenetic approach of Pollock and de Kooning - Mark Rotho's Abstract Expressionist pantings convey a _______ - not _______space.






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






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






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






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






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


17. Anish Kapoor - the Indian-born British sculptor - explores the spiritual meanings of _______ - posing questions about the origination and persistence of those meanings when displaced from their traditional context.






18. Fred Wilson's exhibit for the Maryland Historical Society made the point that the Historical Society:






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






20. Shazia Sikander combines her training in _______ with her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in addressing the heterogeneity of her background.






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






22. 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.






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


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






25. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.






26. What is the subject matter of most Impressionist painting?






27. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.






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






29. Romanticism can best be described as:


30. Angelica Kauffmann painted in the _______ style (p. 481) - which was based on Greek and Roman models.






31. In his painting - Probla






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






33. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:






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






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






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






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






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


39. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






40. Which of these is an example of High Renaissance painting?


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






42. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.






43. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






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






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






46. What was the name of Robert Venturi's seminal text regarding Postmodern architecture?






47. Which artist rejected modern society and painted images of 'primitive' island culture such as in The Day of the Gods?






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






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






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