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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. In What aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?






2. _______ is the practice of self-induced bloodletting.






3. Freed from the rigidity of modernism - architects such as _______ have liberated structural walls - using three-dimensional computer modeling to make these new shapes possible.






4. The early Renaissance in Italy can be traced to:






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






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






7. From the traditions of most cultures - leadership and shamanism went hand-in-hand. Successful leaders mediated between the spiritual and physical worlds to assure the survival of their peoples. This mediation characteristically involved rites all of






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






9. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






10. Michelangelo is considered a Mannerist and High Renaissance artist. What is it about his paintings that characterize the Mannerist style?






11. 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.






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






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






14. The artist who painted Houses at L'Estaque worked with Picasso to promote the style called Cubism. The artist's name is:






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






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






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






18. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.






19. In works such as Olympia - realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to:






20. Noted for their agricultural system of terraces and irrigation - the Inca used bundles of knotted string called _______ for accounting and census purposes.






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

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

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






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






25. 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:






26. In addition to the sophisticated stone masonry that built Machu Picchu - the Inca also engineered over _______ through their mountainous empire - allowing messages to be transported throughout the empire in less than one week.






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

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






29. The twentieth-century painting movement most often associated with Henri Matisse is:






30. The _______ included in panels of Maya relief carvings and ceramics decoration aide in their interpretation.






31. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.






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. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






34. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






35. 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:






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






37. 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.






38. _______ is the practice of self-induced bloodletting.






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






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






41. The paintings of Giacomo Balla capture the fascination with movement characteristic of artists of Which movement?






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






43. 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.






44. The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn _____________.






45. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped pioneer Cubist landscapes. What earlier painter of landscapes inspired them?






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






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






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






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






50. 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.