Art Appreciation

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

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2. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.
Aztec
for armor
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities


3. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
shield
individuality.
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.


4. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT
utilitarianism
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
Palenque
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden


5. The two major art movements of the 1960s were:
Minimalism and Pop Art.
humanities.
muralists - Mexican Revolution
Paul Gauguin.


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

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7. Donatello's sense of naturalism in figurative sculpture (p. 453) was in part inspired by:
Aztec
it is not known which culture built it
Greek and Roman sculpture.
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.


8. 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
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
the Medici family.
German Expressionism.
domination


9. Native American kachinas - like Buffalo Kachina (p. 494) - are:
Futurism
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.
Autosacrifice
Frank Gehry


10. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.
Minimalism
Coatlicue
military engineer and weapons-designer
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith


11. One of most important - best preserved and extensively studied Mayan cities is _______.
for armor
Surrealism
Palenque
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.


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

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13. In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong - from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century - the peacock symbolizes:
Valdivia
the Chinese emperor.
the moon
rendering believable space in realistic detail.


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

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15. 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?
rigid style.
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
Romanticism
Surrealism


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

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17. The _______ included in panels of Maya relief carvings and ceramics decoration aide in their interpretation.
Thomas Jefferson
Church's The Heart of the Andes
glyphs
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle


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

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19. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is thought to have had appeal to the Renaissance imagination in part because the portrait reveals:
Bettye Saar
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.
the personality of the sitter.
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew


20. 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?
Minimalism
Surrealism
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
the moon


21. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca
shapes
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
ironies of modern political life
Mannerism.


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

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23. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?
Teotihuacan
'cast shadows'
puma
Baroque


24. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.
rigid style.
shield
Large stone temple complexes
Bettye Saar


25. Rejecting the frenetic approach of Pollock and de Kooning - Mark Rotho's Abstract Expressionist pantings convey a _______ - not _______space.
meditative - active
'Wild Beasts'
Lord Pakal
Donatello's.


26. 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.
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.
Cindy Sherman
La Venta


27. 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:
the ancient caves at Ajanta
color
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings


28. What did the early-Renaissance sculptor Donatello do that hadn't been done since Classical Antiquity?
he sculpted nude figures
Aztec
the symbolism of shape.
cultural and personal identity


29. Angelica Kauffmann painted in the _______ style (p. 481) - which was based on Greek and Roman models.
Teddy Cruz
Neoclassical
cultural and personal identity
meditative - active


30. The _______ were the largest civilization in pre-Columbian Americas.
meditative - active
Inca
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
Church's The Heart of the Andes


31. Leonardo was as known in his time for his work as a(n) ____________ -as much for his work as an artist.
military engineer and weapons-designer
individuality.
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
The Medusa sunk off the coast of Africa due to the captain's incompetence and its poor survivors were adrift for days (most of them dying) while the captain and crew saved themselves.


32. The artist Andra Breton issued a manifesto that described the point of 'resolution between these two states - dream and reality.' What was this movement?
ironies of modern political life
Surrealism
the personality of the sitter.
Thomas Jefferson


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

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34. The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn _____________.
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans
it is not known which culture built it
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures


35. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.
sterile anonymity
meditative - active
Surrealism
rigid style.


36. Joan Mira
masonry
abstract
humanities.
Guernica


37. Like many contemporary sculptors - Kiki Smith - as seen in her Ice Man - seems to be asking questions about:
Spanish Civil War.
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
the symbolism of shape.
Quetzalcoatl


38. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca
talud-tablero
Maya cosmology
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.


39. The artist Andra Breton issued a manifesto that described the point of 'resolution between these two states - dream and reality.' What was this movement?
Surrealism
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
Paul Cazanne
abstract


40. As seen from the earth - _______ evokes a rabbit to some Native American cultures.
Romanticism
the Tree of Life
Aztec
the moon


41. _______ is the practice of self-induced bloodletting.
Autosacrifice
'cast shadows'
the symbolism of shape.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith


42. _______ 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.
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
domination
Las Vegas
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle


43. As a reaction against Abstract Expressionism - Frank Stella's Empress of India exhibits the elegant - sparse content-less shape of _______.
became
Minimalism
the symbolism of shape.
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette


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

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45. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.
cultural and personal identity
puma
Pyramid of the Sun
The Medusa sunk off the coast of Africa due to the captain's incompetence and its poor survivors were adrift for days (most of them dying) while the captain and crew saved themselves.


46. The early Renaissance in Italy can be traced to:
Futurism
Gustave Courbet.
color
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.


47. Pablo Picasso's Guernica represents an event in the:
Spanish Civil War.
humanities.
blood
the Chinese emperor.


48. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped pioneer Cubist landscapes. What earlier painter of landscapes inspired them?
Georges Braque.
Paul Cazanne
Quetzalcoatl
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith


49. What was the name of Robert Venturi's seminal text regarding Postmodern architecture?
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
Autosacrifice
Palenque
Learning from Las Vegas


50. Mayan civilization (p. 464) reached its peak in Southern Mexico and Guatemala around:
the personality of the sitter.
Cindy Sherman's
El Greco.
250.