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Art Appreciation
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1. One of the primary subjects of Neoclassical art (p. 481) is:
individuality.
Caravaggio
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
virtue.
2. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:
German Expressionism.
Paul Cazanne
David's The Death of Marat
for armor
3. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.
objectivity of the camera.
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
Aztec
Frank Gehry
4. Machu Picchu was a 'getaway' for a(n) __________ruler.
rigid style.
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
1980s
Inca
5. _______ is Fred Wilson's response to common practices of museum display that contribute to racism and class bias.
military engineer and weapons-designer
Minimalism
the sensuousness of light and color.
Mining the Museum
6. Which artist rejected modern society and painted images of 'primitive' island culture such as in The Day of the Gods?
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
Paul Gauguin.
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
objectivity of the camera.
7. The Realist movement (p. 489) was influenced by many ideas and worldviews including:
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8. The relief carving of Pakal on his sarcophagus represents him connecting the Upperworld - Middleworld and Underworld of _______.
cultural and personal identity
the Baroque eroticized.
Maya cosmology
Guernica
9. 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.
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Maya cosmology
local - arbitrary
250.
10. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca
color
Baroque
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
blood
11. 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.
the personality of the sitter.
La Venta
Palenque
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
12. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:
local - arbitrary
the Baroque eroticized.
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
13. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
Manet's Olympia
14. The mid-to-late 19th century saw dramatic changes in non-Western cultures. Which of these best describes these changes?
for armor
the potlatch.
Bettye Saar
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
15. Mesoamerican cultures believed that humans first emerged from a hole in the ground now situated under the _______.
humanities.
Pyramid of the Sun
Baroque
Paul Gauguin.
16. As a reaction against Abstract Expressionism - Frank Stella's Empress of India exhibits the elegant - sparse content-less shape of _______.
Pyramid of the Sun
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
shapes
Minimalism
17. 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.
1980s
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Aztec
art that is about the process of painting.
18. Which of these paintings is an example of Neo-classical art?
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19. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.
Mannerism.
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
the personality of the sitter.
it is not known which culture built it
20. In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong - from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century - the peacock symbolizes:
Surrealism
Inca
talud-tablero
the Chinese emperor.
21. Leonardo was as known in his time for his work as a(n) ____________ -as much for his work as an artist.
Paul Gauguin.
military engineer and weapons-designer
narration
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
22. Fred Wilson's exhibit for the Maryland Historical Society made the point that the Historical Society:
'Wild Beasts'
Fauvism.
the ancient caves at Ajanta
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
23. The urge to rebel against the norm lost its impact when such rebellion _______ the norm in most Western cultures.
Coatlicue
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans
garbage
became
24. In his painting - Probla
Surrealism
narration
the potlatch.
Inca
25. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:
puma
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
humanities.
became
26. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.
form.
Aztec
cultural and personal identity
Plato; Aristotle.
27. The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn _____________.
the Medici family.
muralists - Mexican Revolution
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans
El Greco.
28. 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.
mosaics
Guernica
for armor
Teddy Cruz
29. Mesoamerican cultures believed that humans first emerged from a hole in the ground now situated under the _______.
250.
Pyramid of the Sun
Aztec
Church's The Heart of the Andes
30. The Cubists freed painting from the necessity of representing the world in order to dwell on:
Quetzalcoatl
form.
Coatlicue
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
31. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.
Cindy Sherman
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
Paul Cazanne.
32. In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong - from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century - the peacock symbolizes:
Baroque
the Chinese emperor.
humanities.
the moon
33. 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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34. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.
blood
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
Quetzalcoatl
eternal beauty or shock value
35. The artist Andra Breton issued a manifesto that described the point of 'resolution between these two states - dream and reality.' What was this movement?
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
domination
Baroque
Surrealism
36. 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:
more of their African identity in their works
sterile anonymity
muralists - Mexican Revolution
the ancient caves at Ajanta
37. The artist Andra Breton issued a manifesto that described the point of 'resolution between these two states - dream and reality.' What was this movement?
Baroque
Minimalism and Pop Art.
Donatello's.
Surrealism
38. In his painting - Probla
movement and speed
Dr. Strangelove
art that is about the process of painting.
shapes
39. Showing irreverence for tradition and rationality - Marcel Duchamp's Mona Lisa [L.H.O.O.Q.] exemplifies the _______ movement.
Dada
local - arbitrary
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto.
40. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:
Navajo
epicanthic fold
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
Guernica
41. 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:
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.
cultural and personal identity
Gustave Courbet.
Aztec
42. Which of these is an example of High Renaissance painting?
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43. Whose David was the first life-size nude sculpture since antiquity?
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44. What individual chose the Neoclassical architectural style (p. 482) for his home in the United States?
masonry
Raphael's School of Athens
Thomas Jefferson
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
45. 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.
the potlatch.
cultural and personal identity
individuality.
mosaics
46. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.
local - arbitrary
it is not known which culture built it
Olmec
Georges Braque.
47. Realism as an artistic movement in the mid-19th century refers to what?
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
Las Vegas
David's The Death of Marat
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
48. _______ are characteristic of Maya architecture - suggesting priests/rulers had great power.
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
art that is about the process of painting.
Large stone temple complexes
49. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
sterile anonymity
domination
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
50. Though weaving was already a tradition to their culture - the _______ adopted upright loom from Pueblo peoples.
glyphs
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Navajo
the Baroque eroticized.