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Art Appreciation

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






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






3. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.






4. 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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5. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.






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






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






8. 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.






9. Michelangelo's painting The Last Judgment (p. 468) - for the Sistine Chapel - typifies a style that came to be known as:






10. Chari Samba's Probla






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






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






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






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






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






16. Known for their elaborate textiles used as status symbols - the Inca also used fiber in the construction of armor and _______.






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






20. In his painting - Probla






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra

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38. ______ - 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.






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






40. ______ - 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.






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






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






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






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

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






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






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

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






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






50. What sets northern European artists (p. 454) apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in:






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