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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. 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:






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

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3. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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:






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






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






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






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

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






12. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






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






14. 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:






15. Michelangelo's painting The Last Judgment (p. 468) - for the Sistine Chapel - typifies a style that came to be known as:






16. Vik Muniz's Atlas (Carlao) was created by arranging_______ on his studio floor - photographing the arrangement - then painting from the photograph.






17. The relief carving of Pakal on his sarcophagus represents him connecting the Upperworld - Middleworld and Underworld of _______.






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






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






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

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21. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali illustrates how he looked to his subconscious (dreams - hypnosis - psychoanalysis) for his subject matter. What artistic movement is he associated with?






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






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






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

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






26. 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.






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






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

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29. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






30. 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.






31. From the traditions of most cultures - leadership and shamanism went hand-in-hand. Successful leaders mediated between the spiritual and physical worlds to assure the survival of their peoples. This mediation characteristically involved rites all of






32. 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






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 the story behind Gericault's Raft of the Medusa?

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The relief carving of Pakal on his sarcophagus represents him connecting the Upperworld - Middleworld and Underworld of _______.






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






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






46. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






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






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






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






50. Romanticism can best be described as:

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