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Art Appreciation
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1. _______ 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.
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
Las Vegas
the personality of the sitter.
epicanthic fold
2. _______ - the Aztec goddess of life and death is recognizable in the culture's art by her necklace of human hearts - severed hands and skull.
Coatlicue
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
3. A leading painter in the Realist movement - the artist of Burial at Ornans declared that 'painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the presentation of real and existing things.' The artist is:
geoglyphs
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
Olmec
Gustave Courbet.
4. Angelica Kauffmann painted in the _______ style (p. 481) - which was based on Greek and Roman models.
Neoclassical
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
5. Native American kachinas - like Buffalo Kachina (p. 494) - are:
local - arbitrary
Dada
domination
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.
6. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:
'cast shadows'
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.
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
15000 miles of roads
7. Machu Picchu was a 'getaway' for a(n) __________ruler.
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
Inca
Valdivia
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
8. Sandro Botticelli's paintings - such as The Birth of Venus - reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______.
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
Neoplatonism
Bettye Saar
Raphael's School of Athens
9. 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.
Greek and Roman sculpture.
Paul Gauguin.
local - arbitrary
Lord Pakal
10. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.
blood
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
11. Rejecting the frenetic approach of Pollock and de Kooning - Mark Rotho's Abstract Expressionist pantings convey a _______ - not _______space.
meditative - active
Thomas Jefferson
Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto.
Palenque
12. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.
Paul Cazanne.
Paul Cazanne.
puma
epicanthic fold
13. Marianne Nicholson's cliffside pictograph (a 'copper') represents a Northwest Native American tradition that had been suppressed through most of the 20th century - called:
the personality of the sitter.
1980s
the potlatch.
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
14. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is thought to have had appeal to the Renaissance imagination in part because the portrait reveals:
for armor
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Donatello's.
the personality of the sitter.
15. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.
sterile anonymity
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Thomas Jefferson
16. The Post-Impressionists (p. 496) were united by their interest in:
17. 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.
Large stone temple complexes
Minimalism and Pop Art.
Donatello's.
shapes
18. Fred Wilson's exhibit for the Maryland Historical Society made the point that the Historical Society:
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
Fragonard's Bathers
19. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT
Teddy Cruz
form.
shield
utilitarianism
20. Shazia Sikander combines her training in _______ with her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in addressing the heterogeneity of her background.
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
250.
the notion of the sublime
21. What did the early-Renaissance sculptor Donatello do that hadn't been done since Classical Antiquity?
for armor
Manet's Olympia
he sculpted nude figures
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
22. 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.
the notion of the sublime
David's The Death of Marat
Coatlicue
Aztec
23. What is the story behind Gericault's Raft of the Medusa?
24. In the early nineteenth century - a recurrent and significant theme (p. 485) began to appear in Romantic painting. What was it?
the notion of the sublime
shapes
Dada
Valdivia
25. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.
abstract
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
cultural and personal identity
26. What is the subject matter of most Impressionist painting?
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
Fragonard's Bathers
Surrealism
Paul Cazanne.
27. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.
rigid style.
ironies of modern political life
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
the Medici family.
28. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
abstract
local - arbitrary
puma
29. Romanticism can best be described as:
30. Angelica Kauffmann painted in the _______ style (p. 481) - which was based on Greek and Roman models.
narration
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
Neoclassical
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
31. In his painting - Probla
Lord Pakal
cultural and personal identity
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
narration
32. Mesoamerican cultures believed that humans first emerged from a hole in the ground now situated under the _______.
masonry
Pyramid of the Sun
domination
it is not known which culture built it
33. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
blood
Baroque
German Expressionism.
34. Noted for their agricultural system of terraces and irrigation - the Inca used bundles of knotted string called _______ for accounting and census purposes.
Aztec
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.
quipu
1980s
35. Images such as View of Suzhou reveal the 18th century Chinese interest in__________.
Navajo
Quetzalcoatl
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities
local - arbitrary
36. Though weaving was already a tradition to their culture - the _______ adopted upright loom from Pueblo peoples.
Valdivia
Navajo
250.
Pyramid of the Sun
37. Showing irreverence for tradition and rationality - Marcel Duchamp's Mona Lisa [L.H.O.O.Q.] exemplifies the _______ movement.
for armor
mosaics
Dada
movement and speed
38. _______ photos quote satirically the stereotypes of women in popular film - recycling them as a uniquely pure form of postmodernism.
39. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca
Dada
talud-tablero
Guernica
Teddy Cruz
40. Which of these is an example of High Renaissance painting?
41. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.
Valdivia
Caravaggio
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
shapes
42. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.
cultural and personal identity
Aztec
for armor
Maya cosmology
43. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:
Aztec
Mining the Museum
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
the moon
44. Images such as View of Suzhou reveal the 18th century Chinese interest in__________.
Neoclassical
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
Church's The Heart of the Andes
45. Michelangelo is considered a Mannerist and High Renaissance artist. What is it about his paintings that characterize the Mannerist style?
Palenque
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.
domination
46. What was the name of Robert Venturi's seminal text regarding Postmodern architecture?
Futurism
individuality.
epicanthic fold
Learning from Las Vegas
47. Which artist rejected modern society and painted images of 'primitive' island culture such as in The Day of the Gods?
the notion of the sublime
he sculpted nude figures
objectivity of the camera.
Paul Gauguin.
48. The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is:
El Greco.
the personality of the sitter.
the personality of the sitter.
Minimalism and Pop Art.
49. As seen from the earth - _______ evokes a rabbit to some Native American cultures.
Minimalism
quipu
for armor
the moon
50. Which of these paintings is considered an Abstract Expressionist painting?