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Art Appreciation

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1. 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.






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

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






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






5. Joan Mira






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

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7. _______ 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.






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. Known for their elaborate textiles used as status symbols - the Inca also used fiber in the construction of armor and _______.






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






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

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






14. 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?






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






16. Which artist rejected modern society and painted images of 'primitive' island culture such as in The Day of the Gods?






17. At La Venta - a(n) _______ site near present-day Villahermosa - Mexico - colossal heads were unearthed exhibiting what some scholars identify as fetal facial characteristics.






18. In What aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?






19. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is thought to have had appeal to the Renaissance imagination in part because the portrait reveals:






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

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






22. The relief carving of Pakal on his sarcophagus represents him connecting the Upperworld - Middleworld and Underworld of _______.






23. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?






24. Creating a work densely packed with information concerns most postmodern artists more than _______.






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






26. The urge to rebel against the norm lost its impact when such rebellion _______ the norm in most Western cultures.






27. In Romanticism (p. 484) - regardless of the subject matter - paintings revealed the artist's:






28. The early Renaissance in Italy can be traced to:






29. 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.






30. The urge to rebel against the norm lost its impact when such rebellion _______ the norm in most Western cultures.






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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:






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






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

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

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40. 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.






41. 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:






42. Joan Mira






43. 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.






44. 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:






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






46. Leonardo was as known in his time for his work as a(n) ____________ -as much for his work as an artist.






47. 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






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






49. Romanticism can best be described as:

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






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