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1. Marie-Louise-Elizabeth Vigae-LeBrun's The Duchess of Polignac (p. 480) combines all the compositional tools of the ______ sensibility.
the notion of the sublime
Baroque
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
shield


2. The mid-to-late 19th century saw dramatic changes in non-Western cultures. Which of these best describes these changes?
Frank Gehry
German Expressionism.
the Baroque eroticized.
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.


3. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:
Paul Gauguin.
blood
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.
the Medici family.


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

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5. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.
puma
movement and speed
Romanticism
Minimalism


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

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

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8. The short-lived Nazca culture in present-day Peru is known primarily for its _______.
Cindy Sherman
El Greco.
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.
geoglyphs


9. Joan Mira
abstract
Navajo
La Venta
the notion of the sublime


10. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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11. 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.
puma
15000 miles of roads
local - arbitrary


12. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:
Baroque
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
masonry
eternal beauty or shock value


13. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:
individuality.
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
poets - calligraphers - and painters.


14. On the relief carving on the lid of his sarcophagus - Pakal is depicted falling off the Wacah Chan - _______.
Gustave Courbet.
the Tree of Life
Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto.
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.


15. In works such as Olympia - realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to:
Church's The Heart of the Andes
sterile anonymity
his modernity and break with the past.
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.


16. The paintings of Giacomo Balla capture the fascination with movement characteristic of artists of Which movement?
Futurism
Lord Pakal
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
cultural and personal identity


17. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.
Lord Pakal
250.
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
Bettye Saar


18. _______ are characteristic of Maya architecture - suggesting priests/rulers had great power.
Large stone temple complexes
Fauvism.
the notion of the sublime
Navajo


19. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.
Minimalism and Pop Art.
more of their African identity in their works
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith


20. The Rococo style (pp. 479-480) has been characterized as:
Plato; Aristotle.
the Medici family.
the Baroque eroticized.
Raphael's School of Athens


21. _______ may be tasteless and tacky but the public revels in it - a point Robert Venturi stresses in his book which opened the door to postmodern architecture.
one of their principal days of filming was 9/11/2001 and the banners came to signify the rifts separating humanity on a global scale.
Las Vegas
Learning from Las Vegas
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.


22. In Romanticism (p. 484) - regardless of the subject matter - paintings revealed the artist's:
individuality.
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
movement and speed
Palenque


23. 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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24. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
Minimalism


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

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26. 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:
Baroque
Dada
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
military engineer and weapons-designer


27. What is Kerry James Marshall saying about the public housing projects in his work Many Mansions?
the symbolism of shape.
virtue.
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
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.


28. _______ is Fred Wilson's response to common practices of museum display that contribute to racism and class bias.
Cindy Sherman
Inca
Baroque
Mining the Museum


29. As seen from the earth - _______ evokes a rabbit to some Native American cultures.
masonry
movement and speed
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
the moon


30. 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.
Cindy Sherman
Raphael's School of Athens
the symbolism of shape.
Frank Gehry


31. Mayan civilization (p. 464) reached its peak in Southern Mexico and Guatemala around:
Cindy Sherman's
Dada
humanities.
250.


32. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT
art that is about the process of painting.
rigid style.
meditative - active
shapes


33. Wassily Kandinsky believed that the greatest device to express emotion was ________.
color
Large stone temple complexes
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Cazanne.


34. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca
eternal beauty or shock value
Navajo
talud-tablero
Plato; Aristotle.


35. 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
abstract
Cindy Sherman's
Quetzalcoatl
art that is about the process of painting.


36. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
garbage
blood
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings


37. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped pioneer Cubist landscapes. What earlier painter of landscapes inspired them?
the moon
for armor
Cindy Sherman
Paul Cazanne


38. 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
the Tree of Life
Olmec
epicanthic fold
Dr. Strangelove


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

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40. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:
ironies of modern political life
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.


41. Rejecting the frenetic approach of Pollock and de Kooning - Mark Rotho's Abstract Expressionist pantings convey a _______ - not _______space.
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
Dada
meditative - active
became


42. _______ may be tasteless and tacky but the public revels in it - a point Robert Venturi stresses in his book which opened the door to postmodern architecture.
Las Vegas
Large stone temple complexes
the ancient caves at Ajanta
mosaics


43. Joan Mira
abstract
'cast shadows'
Bettye Saar
the Tree of Life


44. In What aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?
talud-tablero
puma
movement and speed
Paul Gauguin.


45. Showing irreverence for tradition and rationality - Marcel Duchamp's Mona Lisa [L.H.O.O.Q.] exemplifies the _______ movement.
the personality of the sitter.
1980s
more of their African identity in their works
Dada


46. As seen from the earth - _______ evokes a rabbit to some Native American cultures.
Pyramid of the Sun
narration
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
the moon


47. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:
Mining the Museum
the Tree of Life
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
1980s


48. What is the subject matter of most Impressionist painting?
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
Coatlicue
Mannerism.
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape


49. Angelica Kauffmann painted in the _______ style (p. 481) - which was based on Greek and Roman models.
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
Coatlicue
Neoclassical


50. ______ - 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.
Mining the Museum
Teotihuacan
Donatello's.
El Greco.