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1. Which of the following is a unique function of Inca textiles?
for armor
Quetzalcoatl
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans
it is not known which culture built it


2. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca
color
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
talud-tablero
eternal beauty or shock value


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

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4. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped pioneer Cubist landscapes. What earlier painter of landscapes inspired them?
became
Surrealism
Paul Cazanne
cultural and personal identity


5. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.
puma
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
the Tree of Life
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.


6. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT
rigid style.
Futurism
Bettye Saar
objectivity of the camera.


7. The paintings of Giacomo Balla capture the fascination with movement characteristic of artists of Which movement?
Futurism
became
Lord Pakal
narration


8. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT
narration
utilitarianism
the ancient caves at Ajanta
art that is about the process of painting.


9. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.
Bettye Saar
Donatello's.
he sculpted nude figures
local - arbitrary


10. Chari Samba's Probla
Learning from Las Vegas
humanities.
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
Plato; Aristotle.


11. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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12. _______ are characteristic of Maya architecture - suggesting priests/rulers had great power.
Large stone temple complexes
La Venta
Dr. Strangelove
Plato; Aristotle.


13. Which artist rejected modern society and painted images of 'primitive' island culture such as in The Day of the Gods?
talud-tablero
Paul Gauguin.
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
more of their African identity in their works


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

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15. 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.
Aztec
local - arbitrary
Navajo
it is not known which culture built it


16. As a reaction against Abstract Expressionism - Frank Stella's Empress of India exhibits the elegant - sparse content-less shape of _______.
the potlatch.
Minimalism
Paul Cazanne.
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.


17. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
Church's The Heart of the Andes
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto.


18. Rejecting the frenetic approach of Pollock and de Kooning - Mark Rotho's Abstract Expressionist pantings convey a _______ - not _______space.
local - arbitrary
humanities.
Georges Braque.
meditative - active


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

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20. Cubism can best be described as:
art that is about the process of painting.
Frank Gehry
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
Aztec


21. The 'Big 3' of the Italian High Renaissance - based in Florence - and later in Rome - and then Milan were:
Coatlicue
Church's The Heart of the Andes
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
ironies of modern political life


22. Joan Mira
abstract
Aztec
Baroque
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.


23. 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?
abstract
Surrealism
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Raphael's School of Athens


24. Though weaving was already a tradition to their culture - the _______ adopted upright loom from Pueblo peoples.
the symbolism of shape.
Paul Cazanne
Navajo
Paul Gauguin.


25. Considered one of the greatest artistic responses to political oppression - Picasso's _______ was painted as condemnation of the blitzkrieg that leveled the city center of a small Basque town in the Spanish Civil War.
virtue.
Guernica
Plato; Aristotle.
geoglyphs


26. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.
Minimalism
Aztec
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
humanities.


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

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28. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is thought to have had appeal to the Renaissance imagination in part because the portrait reveals:
Cindy Sherman
the notion of the sublime
Surrealism
the personality of the sitter.


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.
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
one of their principal days of filming was 9/11/2001 and the banners came to signify the rifts separating humanity on a global scale.
Aztec
Teddy Cruz


30. Romanticism can best be described as:

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31. 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:
one of their principal days of filming was 9/11/2001 and the banners came to signify the rifts separating humanity on a global scale.
15000 miles of roads
Surrealism
Caravaggio


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

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33. What is the subject matter of most Impressionist painting?
humanities.
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
the moon
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape


34. In his painting - Probla
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities
the potlatch.
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
narration


35. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.
Greek and Roman sculpture.
he sculpted nude figures
Minimalism and Pop Art.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith


36. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
Large stone temple complexes
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.


37. Most art critics and historians agree that the era of modern art ended in the _____.
1980s
it is not known which culture built it
David's The Death of Marat
for armor


38. _______ - the most powerful of Palenque Maya kings - ruled for 67 years - July 29 - 615 CE - August 31 - 683 CE.
1980s
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.
Lord Pakal
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures


39. One of the primary subjects of Neoclassical art (p. 481) is:
color
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities
meditative - active
virtue.


40. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped pioneer Cubist landscapes. What earlier painter of landscapes inspired them?
German Expressionism.
Inca
rope bridges
Paul Cazanne


41. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
Autosacrifice
blood
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith


42. Sandro Botticelli's paintings - such as The Birth of Venus - reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______.
for armor
Paul Cazanne.
Neoplatonism
Thomas Jefferson


43. _______ is Fred Wilson's response to common practices of museum display that contribute to racism and class bias.
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
Gustave Courbet.
The Medusa sunk off the coast of Africa due to the captain's incompetence and its poor survivors were adrift for days (most of them dying) while the captain and crew saved themselves.
Mining the Museum


44. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.
the Tree of Life
cultural and personal identity
narration
Valdivia


45. The urge to rebel against the norm lost its impact when such rebellion _______ the norm in most Western cultures.
Baroque
Minimalism and Pop Art.
Minimalism
became


46. Showing irreverence for tradition and rationality - Marcel Duchamp's Mona Lisa [L.H.O.O.Q.] exemplifies the _______ movement.
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
Dada
Teddy Cruz
Mannerism.


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

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48. Using her work to struggle with the question of identity - this photographer's images are self-portraits.
Cindy Sherman's
Cindy Sherman
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
domination


49. 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.
movement and speed
Cindy Sherman
shield
the potlatch.


50. 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.
Donatello's.
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Teddy Cruz
eternal beauty or shock value