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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. 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:






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






3. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






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






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






6. Which artist rejected modern society and painted images of 'primitive' island culture such as in The Day of the Gods?






7. In the late 1950s - a group of students in Nigeria formed the Zaria Art Society with the goal of expressing:






8. The paintings of Giacomo Balla capture the fascination with movement characteristic of artists of Which movement?






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






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

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






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






13. In the late 1950s - a group of students in Nigeria formed the Zaria Art Society with the goal of expressing:






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






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






16. The 'Big 3' of the Italian High Renaissance - based in Florence - and later in Rome - and then Milan were:






17. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.






18. The paintings of Giacomo Balla capture the fascination with movement characteristic of artists of Which movement?






19. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






20. 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.






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

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22. Michelangelo is considered a Mannerist and High Renaissance artist. What is it about his paintings that characterize the Mannerist style?






23. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






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






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

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






27. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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






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






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

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31. Leonardo was as known in his time for his work as a(n) ____________ -as much for his work as an artist.






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






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






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






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

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36. 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.






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






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

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






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






41. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.






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






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






44. In his painting - Probla






45. 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.






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

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






48. Chari Samba's Probla






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






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