Art Appreciation

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1. One of the primary subjects of Neoclassical art (p. 481) is:
Pyramid of the Sun
virtue.
Inca
the Medici family.


2. The _______ were the largest civilization in pre-Columbian Americas.
Inca
Raphael's School of Athens
Bettye Saar
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle


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

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4. ______ - 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
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
geoglyphs


5. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped pioneer Cubist landscapes. What earlier painter of landscapes inspired them?
Paul Cazanne
objectivity of the camera.
he sculpted nude figures
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.


6. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT
rope bridges
rigid style.
Caravaggio
Fauvism.


7. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:
the Medici family.
blood
the Baroque eroticized.
for armor


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

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9. Shazia Sikander combines her training in _______ with her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in addressing the heterogeneity of her background.
eternal beauty or shock value
talud-tablero
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette


10. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.
his modernity and break with the past.
ironies of modern political life
Aztec
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar


11. Creating a work densely packed with information concerns most postmodern artists more than _______.
eternal beauty or shock value
glyphs
Surrealism
masonry


12. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?
Baroque
Paul Gauguin.
Valdivia
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans


13. Marie-Louise-Elizabeth Vigae-LeBrun's The Duchess of Polignac (p. 480) combines all the compositional tools of the ______ sensibility.
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
Baroque
more of their African identity in their works
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.


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


15. The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is:
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
Maya cosmology
El Greco.
form.


16. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT
Cindy Sherman
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans
utilitarianism
Teotihuacan


17. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:
individuality.
the notion of the sublime
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape


18. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.
Las Vegas
geoglyphs
puma
El Greco.


19. This artist of The Large Bathers pushed toward an idea of painting that established for the work an independent existence:
Paul Cazanne.
the notion of the sublime
Paul Cazanne
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.


20. At La Venta - a(n) _______ site near present-day Villahermosa - Mexico - colossal heads were unearthed exhibiting what some scholars identify as fetal facial characteristics.
muralists - Mexican Revolution
mosaics
Olmec
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans


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

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22. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.
Teotihuacan
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
Aztec


23. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.
Quetzalcoatl
narration
sterile anonymity
Thomas Jefferson


24. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.
Dr. Strangelove
the sensuousness of light and color.
sterile anonymity
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden


25. The Rococo style (pp. 479-480) has been characterized as:
the Baroque eroticized.
Raphael's School of Athens
Fauvism.
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.


26. 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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27. In What aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?
sterile anonymity
ironies of modern political life
movement and speed
Neoclassical


28. The relief carving of Pakal on his sarcophagus represents him connecting the Upperworld - Middleworld and Underworld of _______.
the notion of the sublime
Aztec
Maya cosmology
more of their African identity in their works


29. 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
Futurism
rigid style.
art that is about the process of painting.


30. In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong - from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century - the peacock symbolizes:
the Chinese emperor.
ironies of modern political life
Baroque
more of their African identity in their works


31. In his painting - Probla
narration
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Palenque
masonry


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

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33. Wassily Kandinsky believed that the greatest device to express emotion was ________.
Plato; Aristotle.
Dada
Georges Braque.
color


34. What was the name of Robert Venturi's seminal text regarding Postmodern architecture?
it is not known which culture built it
Learning from Las Vegas
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
Surrealism


35. Michelangelo is considered a Mannerist and High Renaissance artist. What is it about his paintings that characterize the Mannerist style?
Palenque
for armor
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
glyphs


36. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra

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37. The _______ culture from modern-day Ecuador is one of the oldest settled cultures recorded in the Americas.
Valdivia
Neoplatonism
Romanticism
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures


38. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped pioneer Cubist landscapes. What earlier painter of landscapes inspired them?
Paul Cazanne
Spanish Civil War.
color
Minimalism


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

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40. Like many contemporary sculptors - Kiki Smith - as seen in her Ice Man - seems to be asking questions about:
utilitarianism
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
the symbolism of shape.


41. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
masonry
he sculpted nude figures
Cindy Sherman


42. In the early nineteenth century - a recurrent and significant theme (p. 485) began to appear in Romantic painting. What was it?
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
the notion of the sublime
Greek and Roman sculpture.


43. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?
Caravaggio
Surrealism
Paul Cazanne
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.


44. Thaodore Garicault's The Raft of the Medusa (p. 485) helped to fuel which style?
Baroque
Plato; Aristotle.
Romanticism
blood


45. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.
Cindy Sherman
the Medici family.
Maya cosmology
Bettye Saar


46. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:
Baroque
form.
meditative - active
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.


47. Known for their elaborate textiles used as status symbols - the Inca also used fiber in the construction of armor and _______.
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
rope bridges


48. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.
ironies of modern political life
Paul Cazanne.
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
Bettye Saar


49. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali illustrates how he looked to his subconscious (dreams - hypnosis - psychoanalysis) for his subject matter. What artistic movement is he associated with?
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
Surrealism
Paul Cazanne.
utilitarianism


50. The artist who painted Houses at L'Estaque worked with Picasso to promote the style called Cubism. The artist's name is:
the Medici family.
the Tree of Life
Thomas Jefferson
Georges Braque.