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Art Appreciation

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






2. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






3. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra


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






5. Chari Samba's Probla






6. Native American kachinas - like Buffalo Kachina (p. 494) - are:






7. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.






8. Mesoamerican cultures believed that humans first emerged from a hole in the ground now situated under the _______.






9. 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:






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






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






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


13. Which of these paintings is considered an Abstract Expressionist painting?


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






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






16. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?


17. 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.






18. The cultures of the Pre-Columbian peoples (p. 463) are distinguished by their:






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. What sets northern European artists (p. 454) apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in:






23. 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:






24. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






25. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT






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






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


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


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






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






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


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


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






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






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






36. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






37. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra


38. 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.






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


40. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






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






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






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






44. 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:






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






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






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






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


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


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