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Art Appreciation

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






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






3. 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:






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






5. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?


6. Florentine Renaissance art prioritized disegno - drawing and delineation of forms - while Venetian Renaissance art prioritized:






7. Anish Kapoor - the Indian-born British sculptor - explores the spiritual meanings of _______ - posing questions about the origination and persistence of those meanings when displaced from their traditional context.






8. Creating a work densely packed with information concerns most postmodern artists more than _______.






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






10. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.






11. What did the early-Renaissance sculptor Donatello do that hadn't been done since Classical Antiquity?






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






13. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






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






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


16. _______ - the Aztec goddess of life and death is recognizable in the culture's art by her necklace of human hearts - severed hands and skull.






17. Great Serpent Mound is an example of a(n) _______.






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






19. _______ - the most powerful of Palenque Maya kings - ruled for 67 years - July 29 - 615 CE - August 31 - 683 CE.






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






21. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






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






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






24. 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:






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






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






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






28. _______ 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.






29. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.






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






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






32. _______ 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.






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


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






35. Known for their elaborate textiles used as status symbols - the Inca also used fiber in the construction of armor and _______.






36. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:






37. Most art critics and historians agree that the era of modern art ended in the _____.






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






39. 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.






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






41. At La Venta - a(n) _______ site near present-day Villahermosa - Mexico - colossal heads were unearthed exhibiting what some scholars identify as fetal facial characteristics.






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






43. Pablo Picasso's Guernica represents an event in the:






44. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?


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






46. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?






47. _______ - the most powerful of Palenque Maya kings - ruled for 67 years - July 29 - 615 CE - August 31 - 683 CE.






48. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






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






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