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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra

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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. _______ is the practice of self-induced bloodletting.






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






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






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






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






13. Joan Mira






14. A leading painter in the Realist movement - the artist of Burial at Ornans declared that 'painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the presentation of real and existing things.' The artist is:






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






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






17. 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.






18. In his painting - Probla






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






20. 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:






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






22. In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong - from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century - the peacock symbolizes:






23. In School of Athens - Raphael represents the two significant schools of philosophy - signified by the portrayal of _______ and ________ in the center of the composition.






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






25. 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.






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






27. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






28. 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:






29. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






30. In his painting - Probla






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






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






33. 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






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






35. Native American kachinas - like Buffalo Kachina (p. 494) - are:






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

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






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

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






40. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






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






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






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






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






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






46. Cubism can best be described as:






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






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






49. Michelangelo is considered a Mannerist and High Renaissance artist. What is it about his paintings that characterize the Mannerist style?






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