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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






8. One of most important - best preserved and extensively studied Mayan cities is _______.






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






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






11. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra


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






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






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






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






16. The urge to rebel against the norm lost its impact when such rebellion _______ the norm in most Western cultures.






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






18. Considered one of the greatest artistic responses to political oppression - Picasso's _______ was painted as condemnation of the blitzkrieg that leveled the city center of a small Basque town in the Spanish Civil War.






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


20. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra


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






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






23. Considered one of the greatest artistic responses to political oppression - Picasso's _______ was painted as condemnation of the blitzkrieg that leveled the city center of a small Basque town in the Spanish Civil War.






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






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






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






27. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






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






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






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






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






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


33. Fred Wilson's exhibit for the Maryland Historical Society made the point that the Historical Society:






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






35. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.






36. _______ 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.






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. Romanticism can best be described as:


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






43. 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:






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






45. 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.






46. The color schemes and flat patterns illustrated in Amrita Sher-Gil's The Swing were directly influenced by the Post-Impressionism of Paul Gauguin and:






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






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






49. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






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