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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. ______ - at its peak a cosmopolitan commercial center - remained a mythic center for Mesoamerican cultures for a thousand years after its decline - including an important pilgrimage site for Aztec rulers.






2. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






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

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






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






6. Pablo Picasso's Guernica represents an event in the:






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






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






9. In his painting - Probla






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






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

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






13. _______ 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.






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






15. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






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






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






18. The cultures of the Pre-Columbian peoples (p. 463) are distinguished by their:






19. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






20. 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:






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






22. Using her work to struggle with the question of identity - this photographer's images are self-portraits.






23. Which of the following is a unique function of Inca textiles?






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






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






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






27. _______ 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.






28. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT






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






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






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

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32. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






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






34. Pablo Picasso's Guernica represents an event in the:






35. Chari Samba's Probla






36. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






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

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






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

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

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41. Cubism can best be described as:






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






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






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






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. From the traditions of most cultures - leadership and shamanism went hand-in-hand. Successful leaders mediated between the spiritual and physical worlds to assure the survival of their peoples. This mediation characteristically involved rites all of






47. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






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






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






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

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