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Art Appreciation

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1. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






2. Marie-Louise-Elizabeth Vigae-LeBrun's The Duchess of Polignac (p. 480) combines all the compositional tools of the ______ sensibility.






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.






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.






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.






9. The 'Big 3' of the Italian High Renaissance - based in Florence - and later in Rome - and then Milan were:






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.






12. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.






13. Showing irreverence for tradition and rationality - Marcel Duchamp's Mona Lisa [L.H.O.O.Q.] exemplifies the _______ movement.






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?






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:






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

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17. In his painting - Probla






18. Mayan civilization (p. 464) reached its peak in Southern Mexico and Guatemala around:






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.






20. Cubism can best be described as:






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?






23. On the relief carving on the lid of his sarcophagus - Pakal is depicted falling off the Wacah Chan - _______.






24. Which of the following is a unique function of Inca textiles?






25. The Rococo style (pp. 479-480) has been characterized as:






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:






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.






29. Leonardo was as known in his time for his work as a(n) ____________ -as much for his work as an artist.






30. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.






31. _______ - the most powerful of Palenque Maya kings - ruled for 67 years - July 29 - 615 CE - August 31 - 683 CE.






32. Machu Picchu was a 'getaway' for a(n) __________ruler.






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.






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.






36. Diego Rivera - David Siquieros - and Jose Clemente Orozco formed a new school of _______ inspired by the intense nationalism following the _______.






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.






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






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.






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.






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






42. The relief carving of Pakal on his sarcophagus represents him connecting the Upperworld - Middleworld and Underworld of _______.






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?






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






46. The Incas are well known for their __________ construction - as can be witnessed in Machu Picchu.






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






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.






49. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT






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.







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