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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. In his painting - Probla






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






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






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






5. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:






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






7. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






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






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






10. Which of the following is a unique function of Inca textiles?






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






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






13. Chari Samba's Probla






14. _______ - the Aztec goddess of life and death is recognizable in the culture's art by her necklace of human hearts - severed hands and skull.






15. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?


16. Chari Samba's Probla






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






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






19. A leading painter in the Realist movement - the artist of Burial at Ornans declared that 'painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the presentation of real and existing things.' The artist is:






20. A leading painter in the Realist movement - the artist of Burial at Ornans declared that 'painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the presentation of real and existing things.' The artist is:






21. 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.






22. The Incas are well known for their __________ construction - as can be witnessed in Machu Picchu.






23. 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.






24. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






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






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






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






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






29. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






30. Creating a work densely packed with information concerns most postmodern artists more than _______.






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






32. Which of these paintings is an example of Romanticism?


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. As seen from the earth - _______ evokes a rabbit to some Native American cultures.






35. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






36. Romanticism can best be described as:


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






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






39. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






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






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






42. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?


43. 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:






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






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


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


47. Which of the following is a unique function of Inca textiles?






48. 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.






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






50. _______ 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.