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Art Appreciation

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






2. 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.






3. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






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


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






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






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


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






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






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






11. Machu Picchu was a 'getaway' for a(n) __________ruler.






12. The relief carving of Pakal on his sarcophagus represents him connecting the Upperworld - Middleworld and Underworld of _______.






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






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






15. Rejecting the frenetic approach of Pollock and de Kooning - Mark Rotho's Abstract Expressionist pantings convey a _______ - not _______space.






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






17. 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.






18. Most art critics and historians agree that the era of modern art ended in the _____.






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






20. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.






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






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






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






31. _______ 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.






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


33. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






34. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






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






36. The _______ were the largest civilization in pre-Columbian Americas.






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


38. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra


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


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






41. Joan Mira






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






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






44. ______ - at its peak a cosmopolitan commercial center - remained a mythic center for Mesoamerican cultures for a thousand years after its decline - including an important pilgrimage site for Aztec rulers.






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






46. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?


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






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


49. 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?






50. Anish Kapoor - the Indian-born British sculptor - explores the spiritual meanings of _______ - posing questions about the origination and persistence of those meanings when displaced from their traditional context.