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Art Appreciation

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






2. Pablo Picasso's Guernica represents an event in the:






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. What is the subject matter of most Impressionist painting?






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






13. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. Realism as an artistic movement in the mid-19th century refers to what?






19. The mid-to-late 19th century saw dramatic changes in non-Western cultures. Which of these best describes these changes?






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






21. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.






22. Great Serpent Mound is an example of a(n) _______.






23. 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:






24. What is Kerry James Marshall saying about the public housing projects in his work Many Mansions?






25. Cubism can best be described as:






26. The _______ culture from modern-day Ecuador is one of the oldest settled cultures recorded in the Americas.






27. 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:






28. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






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

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






31. In the late 1950s - a group of students in Nigeria formed the Zaria Art Society with the goal of expressing:






32. Which of these paintings is an example of Neo-classical art?

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






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

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35. In the 1330s - Petrarch (p. 452) conceived of a philosophy that emphasized the value of the individual and the pursuit and study of classical languages - literature - history - and philosophy. Today we call these disciplines the:






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






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






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






39. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.






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






41. In Romanticism (p. 484) - regardless of the subject matter - paintings revealed the artist's:






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






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






44. The color schemes and flat patterns illustrated in Amrita Sher-Gil's The Swing were directly influenced by the Post-Impressionism of Paul Gauguin and:






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






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






47. Which artist rejected modern society and painted images of 'primitive' island culture such as in The Day of the Gods?






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

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






50. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca