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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. Which of the following is a unique function of Inca textiles?






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


3. The archaeological site plan of _______ shows the site's slightly west-of-north alignment - a characteristic of several Mesoamerican that may be associated with ritual processions.






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






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






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






7. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






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


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






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. In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong - from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century - the peacock symbolizes:






12. The cultures of the Pre-Columbian peoples (p. 463) are distinguished by their:






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






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


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






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






17. In the late 1950s - a group of students in Nigeria formed the Zaria Art Society with the goal of expressing:






18. Great Serpent Mound is an example of a(n) _______.






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






20. In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong - from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century - the peacock symbolizes:






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






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






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


33. In his painting - Probla






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






35. 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:






36. 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






37. Romanticism can best be described as:


38. In the late 1950s - a group of students in Nigeria formed the Zaria Art Society with the goal of expressing:






39. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali illustrates how he looked to his subconscious (dreams - hypnosis - psychoanalysis) for his subject matter. What artistic movement is he associated with?






40. Like many contemporary sculptors - Kiki Smith - as seen in her Ice Man - seems to be asking questions about:






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






42. 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.






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


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






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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






49. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






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