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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.






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






3. In the 1330s - Petrarch (p. 452) conceived of a philosophy that emphasized the value of the individual and the pursuit and study of classical languages - literature - history - and philosophy. Today we call these disciplines the:






4. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






5. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






6. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.






7. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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

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14. Diego Rivera - David Siquieros - and Jose Clemente Orozco formed a new school of _______ inspired by the intense nationalism following the _______.






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.






16. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






17. What is the subject matter of most Impressionist painting?






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






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






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






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






22. Romanticist artists - like Frederic Edwin Church - viewed nature as:

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






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






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






26. The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn _____________.






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






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






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






30. 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:






31. 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.






32. Mayan civilization (p. 464) reached its peak in Southern Mexico and Guatemala around:






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






34. Characteristics of postmodern photography include all of the following EXCEPT






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






36. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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






38. The 'Big 3' of the Italian High Renaissance - based in Florence - and later in Rome - and then Milan were:






39. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:






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






41. 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






42. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






43. Henri Matisse was a leader of early 20th century artists who felt free to use color 'arbitrarily' and were labeled - derogatorily - 'Fauves' - which translates __________.

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44. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.






45. 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.






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






47. Like many contemporary sculptors - Kiki Smith - as seen in her Ice Man - seems to be asking questions about:






48. Though weaving was already a tradition to their culture - the _______ adopted upright loom from Pueblo peoples.






49. Which of these is an example of Baroque painting?

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