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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






2. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is thought to have had appeal to the Renaissance imagination in part because the portrait reveals:






3. Images such as View of Suzhou reveal the 18th century Chinese interest in__________.






4. 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.






5. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?






6. In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong - from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century - the peacock symbolizes:






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






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


9. Considered one of the greatest artistic responses to political oppression - Picasso's _______ was painted as condemnation of the blitzkrieg that leveled the city center of a small Basque town in the Spanish Civil War.






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


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






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






13. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?






14. 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.






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






16. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






17. These Hopewell figures are unusual because of their depiction of the _______ - a trait that may be found in people from many different parts of Asia as well as areas from which great migrations from this cradle of civilization occurred - including th






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






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






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






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






22. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?


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






24. Vik Muniz's Atlas (Carlao) was created by arranging_______ on his studio floor - photographing the arrangement - then painting from the photograph.






25. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






26. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra


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






29. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Considered one of the greatest artistic responses to political oppression - Picasso's _______ was painted as condemnation of the blitzkrieg that leveled the city center of a small Basque town in the Spanish Civil War.






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


41. In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong - from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century - the peacock symbolizes:






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


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






44. 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






45. Which of these paintings is an example of Romanticism?


46. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:






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






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






49. Michelangelo's painting The Last Judgment (p. 468) - for the Sistine Chapel - typifies a style that came to be known as:






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