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Art Appreciation

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1. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






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






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






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






5. Angelica Kauffmann painted in the _______ style (p. 481) - which was based on Greek and Roman models.






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






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






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






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






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

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

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






13. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






14. Noted for their agricultural system of terraces and irrigation - the Inca used bundles of knotted string called _______ for accounting and census purposes.






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.






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






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






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






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






22. Marie-Louise-Elizabeth Vigae-LeBrun's The Duchess of Polignac (p. 480) combines all the compositional tools of the ______ sensibility.






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

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

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

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






27. Which of these paintings is an example of Neo-classical art?

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






29. Diego Rivera - David Siquieros - and Jose Clemente Orozco formed a new school of _______ inspired by the intense nationalism following the _______.






30. What is the subject matter of most Impressionist painting?






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






32. Which of these paintings is considered an Abstract Expressionist painting?

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






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

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35. Romanticism can best be described as:

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36. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra

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37. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






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






39. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






40. Chari Samba's Probla






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

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42. In his painting - Probla






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

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






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






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






47. Cubism can best be described as:






48. 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.






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






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







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