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






2. The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is:






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






4. The Realist movement (p. 489) was influenced by many ideas and worldviews including:

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5. As a reaction against Abstract Expressionism - Frank Stella's Empress of India exhibits the elegant - sparse content-less shape of _______.






6. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






7. The two major art movements of the 1960s were:






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






9. 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.






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






11. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?






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






13. 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.






14. Noted for their agricultural system of terraces and irrigation - the Inca used bundles of knotted string called _______ for accounting and census purposes.






15. In his painting - Probla






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






17. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped pioneer Cubist landscapes. What earlier painter of landscapes inspired them?






18. 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:






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






20. Chari Samba's Probla






21. In the early nineteenth century - a recurrent and significant theme (p. 485) began to appear in Romantic painting. What was it?






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






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

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






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






26. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






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






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






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

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30. The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is:






31. Which of these paintings is an example of Romanticism?

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32. In addition to the sophisticated stone masonry that built Machu Picchu - the Inca also engineered over _______ through their mountainous empire - allowing messages to be transported throughout the empire in less than one week.






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






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






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






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:






37. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.






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






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






40. The paintings of Giacomo Balla capture the fascination with movement characteristic of artists of Which movement?






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






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






43. Romanticism can best be described as:

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






45. In his painting - Probla






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






47. _______ photos quote satirically the stereotypes of women in popular film - recycling them as a uniquely pure form of postmodernism.

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






49. Sandro Botticelli's paintings - such as The Birth of Venus - reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______.






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







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