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






3. In his painting - Probla






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






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






6. 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:






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






8. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






9. 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.






10. Which of these paintings is an example of Neo-classical art?

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11. 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.






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






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






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






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






16. Realism as an artistic movement in the mid-19th century refers to what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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?






30. What was the name of Robert Venturi's seminal text regarding Postmodern architecture?






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






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






33. Michelangelo's painting The Last Judgment (p. 468) - for the Sistine Chapel - typifies a style that came to be known as:






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

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






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






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






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






39. Artists often find that the art they make has unintentional meaning. Georgia Papageorge's Africa Rifting: Lines of Fire: Namibia/Brazil is an example of this because:






40. 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.






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






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






43. What was the name of Robert Venturi's seminal text regarding Postmodern architecture?






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

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






46. 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






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






48. Romanticism can best be described as:

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






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