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1. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
domination
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
Learning from Las Vegas


2. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?
the Baroque eroticized.
Caravaggio
objectivity of the camera.
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures


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

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4. Machu Picchu was a 'getaway' for a(n) __________ruler.
Inca
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
talud-tablero
Neoclassical


5. The 'Big 3' of the Italian High Renaissance - based in Florence - and later in Rome - and then Milan were:
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
Lord Pakal
geoglyphs
individuality.


6. The _______ included in panels of Maya relief carvings and ceramics decoration aide in their interpretation.
Learning from Las Vegas
Dada
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.
glyphs


7. Known for their elaborate textiles used as status symbols - the Inca also used fiber in the construction of armor and _______.
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
Guernica
rope bridges
the potlatch.


8. As seen from the earth - _______ evokes a rabbit to some Native American cultures.
the moon
Maya cosmology
1980s
Mining the Museum


9. The short-lived Nazca culture in present-day Peru is known primarily for its _______.
Neoplatonism
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
geoglyphs
Georges Braque.


10. Chari Samba's Probla
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
rope bridges
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
more of their African identity in their works


11. The mid-to-late 19th century saw dramatic changes in non-Western cultures. Which of these best describes these changes?
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
Cindy Sherman
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.
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.


12. 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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13. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.
talud-tablero
Aztec
military engineer and weapons-designer
cultural and personal identity


14. Mesoamerican cultures believed that humans first emerged from a hole in the ground now situated under the _______.
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
the moon
Autosacrifice
Pyramid of the Sun


15. The archaeological site plan of _______ shows the site's slightly west-of-north alignment - a characteristic of several Mesoamerican that may be associated with ritual processions.
La Venta
the Tree of Life
Maya cosmology
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.


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

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17. Which of the following is a unique function of Inca textiles?
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
for armor
Autosacrifice
Surrealism


18. Freed from the rigidity of modernism - architects such as _______ have liberated structural walls - using three-dimensional computer modeling to make these new shapes possible.
Frank Gehry
it is not known which culture built it
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities
more of their African identity in their works


19. What sets northern European artists (p. 454) apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in:
the Tree of Life
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
Plato; Aristotle.
Surrealism


20. Marie-Louise-Elizabeth Vigae-LeBrun's The Duchess of Polignac (p. 480) combines all the compositional tools of the ______ sensibility.
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
Aztec
Baroque
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.


21. Characteristics of postmodern photography include all of the following EXCEPT
the Tree of Life
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.
Spanish Civil War.
objectivity of the camera.


22. 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.
Surrealism
Neoclassical
Teddy Cruz
art that is about the process of painting.


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?
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
blood
Pyramid of the Sun
Surrealism


24. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
Olmec
art that is about the process of painting.
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans


25. Shazia Sikander combines her training in _______ with her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in addressing the heterogeneity of her background.
Raphael's School of Athens
Cindy Sherman's
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
Guernica


26. What did the early-Renaissance sculptor Donatello do that hadn't been done since Classical Antiquity?
he sculpted nude figures
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
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.


27. In the early nineteenth century - a recurrent and significant theme (p. 485) began to appear in Romantic painting. What was it?
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
the notion of the sublime
Paul Gauguin.
he sculpted nude figures


28. 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.
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
form.
15000 miles of roads
Valdivia


29. 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.
local - arbitrary
Neoclassical
domination
the Tree of Life


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

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31. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
Inca
Aztec


32. The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn _____________.
rope bridges
the symbolism of shape.
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans
the ancient caves at Ajanta


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

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34. Diego Rivera - David Siquieros - and Jose Clemente Orozco formed a new school of _______ inspired by the intense nationalism following the _______.
Cindy Sherman's
muralists - Mexican Revolution
Learning from Las Vegas
more of their African identity in their works


35. In his painting - Probla
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
'cast shadows'
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
Dr. Strangelove


36. Cubism can best be described as:
epicanthic fold
art that is about the process of painting.
La Venta
Las Vegas


37. ______ - 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.
Teotihuacan
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.
Thomas Jefferson
Church's The Heart of the Andes


38. Fred Wilson's exhibit for the Maryland Historical Society made the point that the Historical Society:
Large stone temple complexes
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
glyphs
art that is about the process of painting.


39. Sandro Botticelli's paintings - such as The Birth of Venus - reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______.
virtue.
Olmec
Neoplatonism
Mannerism.


40. In works such as Olympia - realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to:
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
his modernity and break with the past.
Surrealism
Bettye Saar


41. Creating a work densely packed with information concerns most postmodern artists more than _______.
eternal beauty or shock value
mosaics
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
'Wild Beasts'


42. The three _______ made of serpentine at the Olmec site of La Venta are unusual; they were not meant to be seen as they were buried soon after completion.
movement and speed
Dada
Bettye Saar
mosaics


43. The _______ were the largest civilization in pre-Columbian Americas.
La Venta
Aztec
Inca
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.


44. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
Navajo
objectivity of the camera.


45. In the late 1950s - a group of students in Nigeria formed the Zaria Art Society with the goal of expressing:
Baroque
more of their African identity in their works
domination
talud-tablero


46. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?
German Expressionism.
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
Baroque
Teotihuacan


47. The two major art movements of the 1960s were:
Minimalism and Pop Art.
Baroque
his modernity and break with the past.
meditative - active


48. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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49. The relief carving of Pakal on his sarcophagus represents him connecting the Upperworld - Middleworld and Underworld of _______.
Donatello's.
meditative - active
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
Maya cosmology


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

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