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Art Appreciation

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






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






3. In What aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?






4. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






5. Whose David was the first life-size nude sculpture since antiquity?


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






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






8. Which of these is an example of Baroque painting?


9. The _______ culture from modern-day Ecuador is one of the oldest settled cultures recorded in the Americas.






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


11. 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.






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






13. One of the primary subjects of Neoclassical art (p. 481) is:






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






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






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






17. 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:






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






19. From the traditions of most cultures - leadership and shamanism went hand-in-hand. Successful leaders mediated between the spiritual and physical worlds to assure the survival of their peoples. This mediation characteristically involved rites all of






20. 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:






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






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






23. Using her work to struggle with the question of identity - this photographer's images are self-portraits.






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






25. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






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


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






28. The Rococo style (pp. 479-480) has been characterized as:






29. In School of Athens - Raphael represents the two significant schools of philosophy - signified by the portrayal of _______ and ________ in the center of the composition.






30. 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






31. Considered one of the greatest artistic responses to political oppression - Picasso's _______ was painted as condemnation of the blitzkrieg that leveled the city center of a small Basque town in the Spanish Civil War.






32. Joan Mira






33. 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






34. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






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


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






37. From 960 until 1279 - during the Song Dynasty - (p. 447) Taoists in China emphasized the importance of self-expression. Their most important state positions were held by:






38. Leonardo was as known in his time for his work as a(n) ____________ -as much for his work as an artist.






39. What individual chose the Neoclassical architectural style (p. 482) for his home in the United States?






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






41. The short-lived Nazca culture in present-day Peru is known primarily for its _______.






42. The 'Big 3' of the Italian High Renaissance - based in Florence - and later in Rome - and then Milan were:






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






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


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






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






47. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra


48. Cubism can best be described as:






49. Donatello's sense of naturalism in figurative sculpture (p. 453) was in part inspired by:






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