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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. 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.






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






3. Chari Samba's Probla






4. 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?






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






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






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






8. ______ - 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.






9. What sets northern European artists (p. 454) apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in:






10. This artist of The Large Bathers pushed toward an idea of painting that established for the work an independent existence:






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


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


13. What is Kerry James Marshall saying about the public housing projects in his work Many Mansions?






14. The _______ included in panels of Maya relief carvings and ceramics decoration aide in their interpretation.






15. Using her work to struggle with the question of identity - this photographer's images are self-portraits.






16. Which of these is an example of Dada art?


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






18. 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.






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






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


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






22. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT






23. 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.






24. The artist who painted Houses at L'Estaque worked with Picasso to promote the style called Cubism. The artist's name is:






25. In his painting - Probla






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






27. The _______ culture from modern-day Ecuador is one of the oldest settled cultures recorded in the Americas.






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






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


30. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






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






33. 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:






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






35. The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn _____________.






36. A leading painter in the Realist movement - the artist of Burial at Ornans declared that 'painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the presentation of real and existing things.' The artist is:






37. In the early nineteenth century - a recurrent and significant theme (p. 485) began to appear in Romantic painting. What was it?






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


39. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:






40. Yasumasu Morimura's Portrait (Twins) appropriates the imagery of _______ to illustrate Japanese culture as slave to the dominant (male) forces of Western society.


41. _______ - the Aztec goddess of life and death is recognizable in the culture's art by her necklace of human hearts - severed hands and skull.






42. Which of these is an example of Baroque painting?


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






44. In Romanticism (p. 484) - regardless of the subject matter - paintings revealed the artist's:






45. Which of these is an example of Baroque painting?


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


47. Chari Samba's Probla






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






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






50. 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: