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Art Appreciation

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






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






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


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






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






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


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






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






9. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra


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






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






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






13. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






14. 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.






15. In School of Athens - Raphael represents the two significant schools of philosophy - signified by the portrayal of _______ and ________ in the center of the composition.






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






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






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


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






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






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






22. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






23. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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?






29. Vernacular architecture - like that in Tijuana - with cast-off materials scavenged from dumpyards serving as walls - fences - structures - and roofs is important to this young architect.






30. Pablo Picasso's Guernica represents an event in the:






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






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






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






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






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






36. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped pioneer Cubist landscapes. What earlier painter of landscapes inspired them?






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






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


39. 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.






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






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






42. In his painting - Probla






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


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


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


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






47. 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:






48. Donatello's sense of naturalism in figurative sculpture (p. 453) was in part inspired by:






49. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






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.