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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn _____________.






2. 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






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






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






5. Romanticism can best be described as:


6. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?


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






8. 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:






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






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






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






12. 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:






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


14. 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






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






16. Chari Samba's Probla






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






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






19. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






20. What sets northern European artists (p. 454) apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in:






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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


30. As a reaction against Abstract Expressionism - Frank Stella's Empress of India exhibits the elegant - sparse content-less shape of _______.






31. The short-lived Nazca culture in present-day Peru is known primarily for its _______.






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






33. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






34. In The Green Stripe (Madame Matisse) - Henri Matisse dispensed with the use of _______ color in favor of _______ color to explore the expressive possibilities of color.






35. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?






36. Which of these is an example of Dada art?


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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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


43. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






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






45. ______ - 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.






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






47. _______ 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.






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






49. Chari Samba's Probla






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