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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. As seen from the earth - _______ evokes a rabbit to some Native American cultures.






2. 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.






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






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


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






6. 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:






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






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






9. Wassily Kandinsky believed that the greatest device to express emotion was ________.






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






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






12. Chari Samba's Probla






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


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






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






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


17. The _______ were the largest civilization in pre-Columbian Americas.






18. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra


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






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






21. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?


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






23. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






24. Chari Samba's Probla






25. Florentine Renaissance art prioritized disegno - drawing and delineation of forms - while Venetian Renaissance art prioritized:






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






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






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






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






30. Shazia Sikander combines her training in _______ with her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in addressing the heterogeneity of her background.






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






32. 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.






33. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






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






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






36. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






37. 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.






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


39. _______ are characteristic of Maya architecture - suggesting priests/rulers had great power.






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






41. Using her work to struggle with the question of identity - this photographer's images are self-portraits.






42. Florentine Renaissance art prioritized disegno - drawing and delineation of forms - while Venetian Renaissance art prioritized:






43. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






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


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






46. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






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






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






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






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