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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. 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.






2. What is Kerry James Marshall saying about the public housing projects in his work Many Mansions?






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






4. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






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






6. Vernacular architecture - like that in Tijuana - with cast-off materials scavenged from dumpyards serving as walls - fences - structures - and roofs is important to this young architect.






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

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8. 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:






9. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






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






11. The early Renaissance in Italy can be traced to:






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






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






14. 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:






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






16. Thaodore Garicault's The Raft of the Medusa (p. 485) helped to fuel which style?






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

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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. Wassily Kandinsky believed that the greatest device to express emotion was ________.






25. This artist of The Large Bathers pushed toward an idea of painting that established for the work an independent existence:






26. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






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






28. ______ - 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.






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






30. Romanticist artists - like Frederic Edwin Church - viewed nature as:

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31. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Henri Matisse was a leader of early 20th century artists who felt free to use color 'arbitrarily' and were labeled - derogatorily - 'Fauves' - which translates __________.

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39. Mayan civilization (p. 464) reached its peak in Southern Mexico and Guatemala around:






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






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






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

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






44. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






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






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






47. Romanticist artists - like Frederic Edwin Church - viewed nature as:

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






49. Freed from the rigidity of modernism - architects such as _______ have liberated structural walls - using three-dimensional computer modeling to make these new shapes possible.






50. Pablo Picasso's Guernica represents an event in the: