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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. Wassily Kandinsky believed that the greatest device to express emotion was ________.






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






3. 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.






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






5. Marianne Nicholson's cliffside pictograph (a 'copper') represents a Northwest Native American tradition that had been suppressed through most of the 20th century - called:






6. The twentieth-century painting movement most often associated with Henri Matisse is:






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






8. Vik Muniz's Atlas (Carlao) was created by arranging_______ on his studio floor - photographing the arrangement - then painting from the photograph.






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






10. Great Serpent Mound is an example of a(n) _______.






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


12. These Hopewell figures are unusual because of their depiction of the _______ - a trait that may be found in people from many different parts of Asia as well as areas from which great migrations from this cradle of civilization occurred - including th






13. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






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


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






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


17. 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.






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






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






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






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


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






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






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


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


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






27. Vik Muniz's Atlas (Carlao) was created by arranging_______ on his studio floor - photographing the arrangement - then painting from the photograph.






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






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






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






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






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






33. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.






34. The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is:






35. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?


36. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






37. From 960 until 1279 - during the Song Dynasty - (p. 447) Taoists in China emphasized the importance of self-expression. Their most important state positions were held by:






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






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






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






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


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


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


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






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






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


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


48. 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?






49. In his painting - Probla






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