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1. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:
Fragonard's Bathers
Inca
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
the symbolism of shape.


2. Marie-Louise-Elizabeth Vigae-LeBrun's The Duchess of Polignac (p. 480) combines all the compositional tools of the ______ sensibility.
Aztec
Baroque
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
Futurism


3. Which of these is an example of Baroque painting?

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

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5. ______ - 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.
Teotihuacan
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Spanish Civil War.


6. 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.
his modernity and break with the past.
puma
virtue.
La Venta


7. Which of these is an example of High Renaissance painting?

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8. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.
Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto.
Cindy Sherman's
form.
cultural and personal identity


9. The 'Big 3' of the Italian High Renaissance - based in Florence - and later in Rome - and then Milan were:
Futurism
Valdivia
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
Inca


10. Romanticism can best be described as:

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11. 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.
domination
Learning from Las Vegas
Aztec
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.


12. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
he sculpted nude figures
ironies of modern political life
shapes


13. Showing irreverence for tradition and rationality - Marcel Duchamp's Mona Lisa [L.H.O.O.Q.] exemplifies the _______ movement.
Coatlicue
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
form.
Dada


14. The artist Andra Breton issued a manifesto that described the point of 'resolution between these two states - dream and reality.' What was this movement?
Greek and Roman sculpture.
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
Surrealism


15. 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:
objectivity of the camera.
Learning from Las Vegas
Gustave Courbet.
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.


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

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17. In his painting - Probla
the moon
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
Dr. Strangelove
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle


18. Mayan civilization (p. 464) reached its peak in Southern Mexico and Guatemala around:
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
Paul Cazanne.
250.
Frank Gehry


19. In School of Athens - Raphael represents the two significant schools of philosophy - signified by the portrayal of _______ and ________ in the center of the composition.
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Surrealism
Georges Braque.
Plato; Aristotle.


20. Cubism can best be described as:
art that is about the process of painting.
German Expressionism.
'Wild Beasts'
abstract


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

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22. Realism as an artistic movement in the mid-19th century refers to what?
Cindy Sherman
Thomas Jefferson
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
talud-tablero


23. On the relief carving on the lid of his sarcophagus - Pakal is depicted falling off the Wacah Chan - _______.
the Tree of Life
more of their African identity in their works
cultural and personal identity
it is not known which culture built it


24. Which of the following is a unique function of Inca textiles?
for armor
Teddy Cruz
form.
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.


25. The Rococo style (pp. 479-480) has been characterized as:
Cindy Sherman's
the Baroque eroticized.
meditative - active
Paul Cazanne.


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

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27. What sets northern European artists (p. 454) apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in:
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
Cindy Sherman's
Large stone temple complexes
military engineer and weapons-designer


28. 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.
local - arbitrary
the notion of the sublime
Minimalism
his modernity and break with the past.


29. Leonardo was as known in his time for his work as a(n) ____________ -as much for his work as an artist.
geoglyphs
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.
military engineer and weapons-designer
Romanticism


30. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
narration
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
Bettye Saar


31. _______ - the most powerful of Palenque Maya kings - ruled for 67 years - July 29 - 615 CE - August 31 - 683 CE.
became
Lord Pakal
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
talud-tablero


32. Machu Picchu was a 'getaway' for a(n) __________ruler.
the Tree of Life
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
Inca


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

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34. Vik Muniz's Atlas (Carlao) was created by arranging_______ on his studio floor - photographing the arrangement - then painting from the photograph.
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
garbage
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
Las Vegas


35. _______ 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.
Church's The Heart of the Andes
Las Vegas
puma
Navajo


36. Diego Rivera - David Siquieros - and Jose Clemente Orozco formed a new school of _______ inspired by the intense nationalism following the _______.
the ancient caves at Ajanta
muralists - Mexican Revolution
Surrealism
the Baroque eroticized.


37. 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.
Inca
movement and speed
the Baroque eroticized.
local - arbitrary


38. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT
Inca
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
Mining the Museum
rigid style.


39. ______ - 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.
Surrealism
Teotihuacan
humanities.
glyphs


40. In School of Athens - Raphael represents the two significant schools of philosophy - signified by the portrayal of _______ and ________ in the center of the composition.
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
Plato; Aristotle.
the Medici family.
Caravaggio


41. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.
blood
local - arbitrary
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
Fragonard's Bathers


42. The relief carving of Pakal on his sarcophagus represents him connecting the Upperworld - Middleworld and Underworld of _______.
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
Maya cosmology
Caravaggio
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.


43. Yasumasu Morimura's Portrait (Twins) appropriates the imagery of _______ to illustrate Japanese culture as slave to the dominant (male) forces of Western society.

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44. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?
Cindy Sherman
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
250.
Caravaggio


45. Donatello's sense of naturalism in figurative sculpture (p. 453) was in part inspired by:
the Tree of Life
Greek and Roman sculpture.
Dr. Strangelove
ironies of modern political life


46. The Incas are well known for their __________ construction - as can be witnessed in Machu Picchu.
Minimalism and Pop Art.
Quetzalcoatl
Pyramid of the Sun
masonry


47. Using her work to struggle with the question of identity - this photographer's images are self-portraits.
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
muralists - Mexican Revolution
muralists - Mexican Revolution
Cindy Sherman


48. 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.
narration
eternal beauty or shock value
Surrealism
shapes


49. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT
Donatello's.
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
Caravaggio
utilitarianism


50. 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.
masonry
the sensuousness of light and color.
Aztec
humanities.