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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. Which of these is an example of Baroque painting?


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


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






4. Cubism can best be described as:






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






6. Chari Samba's Probla






7. _______ are characteristic of Maya architecture - suggesting priests/rulers had great power.






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






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






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






11. What did the early-Renaissance sculptor Donatello do that hadn't been done since Classical Antiquity?






12. 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?






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






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






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






16. Though weaving was already a tradition to their culture - the _______ adopted upright loom from Pueblo peoples.






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






18. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?






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






20. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.






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






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






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






24. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






25. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra


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






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






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






29. Romanticism can best be described as:


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


31. Known for their elaborate textiles used as status symbols - the Inca also used fiber in the construction of armor and _______.






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


33. _______ 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.






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






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


36. 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.






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






38. 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.






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






40. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






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


42. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






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






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






45. 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.






46. In works such as Olympia - realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to:






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






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






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






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