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Art Appreciation

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






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






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






4. Mesoamerican cultures believed that humans first emerged from a hole in the ground now situated under the _______.






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






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






7. Native American kachinas - like Buffalo Kachina (p. 494) - are:






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






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






10. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






11. Sandro Botticelli's paintings - such as The Birth of Venus - reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______.






12. What is the story behind Gericault's Raft of the Medusa?

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13. Chari Samba's Probla






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






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






16. 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:






17. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.






18. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






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






20. Native American kachinas - like Buffalo Kachina (p. 494) - are:






21. _______ 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.






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






23. In his painting - Probla






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






25. At La Venta - a(n) _______ site near present-day Villahermosa - Mexico - colossal heads were unearthed exhibiting what some scholars identify as fetal facial characteristics.






26. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:






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






28. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






29. Sandro Botticelli's paintings - such as The Birth of Venus - reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______.






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






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

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

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






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






35. Henri Matisse was a leader of early 20th century artists who felt free to use color 'arbitrarily' and were labeled - derogatorily - 'Fauves' - which translates __________.

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






39. In the Aztec culture - sacrifices of prisoners-of-war from neighboring peoples were necessary to honor and re-create the sacrifice of _______ in ancient times (Teotihuaca






40. Images such as View of Suzhou reveal the 18th century Chinese interest in__________.






41. Vik Muniz's Atlas (Carlao) was created by arranging_______ on his studio floor - photographing the arrangement - then painting from the photograph.






42. 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.






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






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






45. Images such as View of Suzhou reveal the 18th century Chinese interest in__________.






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






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






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






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






50. 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:






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