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Art Appreciation

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






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






3. 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:






4. Donatello's sense of naturalism in figurative sculpture (p. 453) was in part inspired by:






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






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






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


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






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






10. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






11. The mid-to-late 19th century saw dramatic changes in non-Western cultures. Which of these best describes these changes?






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






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






14. Whose David was the first life-size nude sculpture since antiquity?


15. Romanticism can best be described as:


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






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.






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


19. Cubism can best be described as:






20. 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:






21. Which of the following is a unique function of Inca textiles?






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






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






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






25. The Post-Impressionists (p. 496) were united by their interest in:


26. 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:






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






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


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






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






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






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






33. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






34. In his painting - Probla






35. Freed from the rigidity of modernism - architects such as _______ have liberated structural walls - using three-dimensional computer modeling to make these new shapes possible.






36. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:






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






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






39. _______ is Fred Wilson's response to common practices of museum display that contribute to racism and class bias.






40. In his painting - Probla






41. Marianne Nicholson's cliffside pictograph (a 'copper') represents a Northwest Native American tradition that had been suppressed through most of the 20th century - called:






42. As seen from the earth - _______ evokes a rabbit to some Native American cultures.






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






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






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


46. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






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


48. ______ - at its peak a cosmopolitan commercial center - remained a mythic center for Mesoamerican cultures for a thousand years after its decline - including an important pilgrimage site for Aztec rulers.






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






50. In the Aztec culture - sacrifices of prisoners-of-war from neighboring peoples were necessary to honor and re-create the sacrifice of _______ in ancient times (Teotihuaca