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Art Appreciation

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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. 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:






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






11. _______ are characteristic of Maya architecture - suggesting priests/rulers had great power.






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

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13. _______ 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.






14. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT






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






16. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






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

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18. The artist Andra Breton issued a manifesto that described the point of 'resolution between these two states - dream and reality.' What was this movement?






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






26. The Realist movement (p. 489) was influenced by many ideas and worldviews including:

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






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






29. Chari Samba's Probla






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. The Realist movement (p. 489) was influenced by many ideas and worldviews including:

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

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36. The Cubists freed painting from the necessity of representing the world in order to dwell on:






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. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped pioneer Cubist landscapes. What earlier painter of landscapes inspired them?






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






40. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






41. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






49. Chari Samba's Probla






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







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