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Art Appreciation
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1. Joan Mira
humanities.
abstract
Teotihuacan
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
2. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:
Learning from Las Vegas
Spanish Civil War.
David's The Death of Marat
the Medici family.
3. The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is:
Las Vegas
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
El Greco.
the personality of the sitter.
4. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.
Frank Gehry
epicanthic fold
it is not known which culture built it
talud-tablero
5. 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.
15000 miles of roads
muralists - Mexican Revolution
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
Guernica
6. Noted for their agricultural system of terraces and irrigation - the Inca used bundles of knotted string called _______ for accounting and census purposes.
Palenque
'cast shadows'
eternal beauty or shock value
quipu
7. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
'Wild Beasts'
abstract
8. The Post-Impressionists (p. 496) were united by their interest in:
9. The urge to rebel against the norm lost its impact when such rebellion _______ the norm in most Western cultures.
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.
became
Paul Cazanne.
Greek and Roman sculpture.
10. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:
the Medici family.
German Expressionism.
he sculpted nude figures
Neoclassical
11. What individual chose the Neoclassical architectural style (p. 482) for his home in the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
Paul Cazanne.
muralists - Mexican Revolution
12. Which of these paintings is considered an Abstract Expressionist painting?
13. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:
the Baroque eroticized.
Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto.
abstract
German Expressionism.
14. Known for their elaborate textiles used as status symbols - the Inca also used fiber in the construction of armor and _______.
Learning from Las Vegas
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
rope bridges
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
15. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:
eternal beauty or shock value
Georges Braque.
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
16. The 'Big 3' of the Italian High Renaissance - based in Florence - and later in Rome - and then Milan were:
Frank Gehry
utilitarianism
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
17. 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?
Church's The Heart of the Andes
Surrealism
ironies of modern political life
Las Vegas
18. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
Maya cosmology
sterile anonymity
'Wild Beasts'
19. 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:
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
utilitarianism
David's The Death of Marat
20. Sandro Botticelli's paintings - such as The Birth of Venus - reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______.
Manet's Olympia
Neoplatonism
Frank Gehry
Surrealism
21. Images such as View of Suzhou reveal the 18th century Chinese interest in__________.
blood
muralists - Mexican Revolution
Surrealism
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities
22. 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.
Olmec
the symbolism of shape.
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
23. The Cubists freed painting from the necessity of representing the world in order to dwell on:
form.
Romanticism
Plato; Aristotle.
Aztec
24. The early Renaissance in Italy can be traced to:
eternal beauty or shock value
virtue.
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
Coatlicue
25. Chari Samba's Probla
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
Teotihuacan
the moon
26. 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.
Olmec
local - arbitrary
El Greco.
Maya cosmology
27. As a reaction against Abstract Expressionism - Frank Stella's Empress of India exhibits the elegant - sparse content-less shape of _______.
Minimalism
quipu
sterile anonymity
Teotihuacan
28. ______ - 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.
1980s
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
Teotihuacan
glyphs
29. The twentieth-century painting movement most often associated with Henri Matisse is:
rope bridges
Fragonard's Bathers
Fauvism.
Donatello's.
30. What is Kerry James Marshall saying about the public housing projects in his work Many Mansions?
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
the symbolism of shape.
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.
31. _______ - the most powerful of Palenque Maya kings - ruled for 67 years - July 29 - 615 CE - August 31 - 683 CE.
Lord Pakal
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
art that is about the process of painting.
Dada
32. Though weaving was already a tradition to their culture - the _______ adopted upright loom from Pueblo peoples.
the symbolism of shape.
Navajo
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
33. _______ is Fred Wilson's response to common practices of museum display that contribute to racism and class bias.
Guernica
Mining the Museum
Inca
1980s
34. Most art critics and historians agree that the era of modern art ended in the _____.
Aztec
epicanthic fold
1980s
Cindy Sherman
35. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:
ironies of modern political life
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
Futurism
the Medici family.
36. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?
Las Vegas
the Baroque eroticized.
Neoclassical
Baroque
37. The Incas are well known for their __________ construction - as can be witnessed in Machu Picchu.
form.
Neoclassical
masonry
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
38. Which of these paintings is an example of Neo-classical art?
39. Mayan civilization (p. 464) reached its peak in Southern Mexico and Guatemala around:
Caravaggio
art that is about the process of painting.
movement and speed
250.
40. 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.
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
Palenque
mosaics
local - arbitrary
41. Which of these paintings is an example of Neo-classical art?
42. 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.
Guernica
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
monumental architecture and stone sculpture.
250.
43. Which of these is an example of Baroque painting?
44. One of most important - best preserved and extensively studied Mayan cities is _______.
Palenque
Church's The Heart of the Andes
Frank Gehry
David's The Death of Marat
45. In works such as Olympia - realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to:
his modernity and break with the past.
Frank Gehry
Mannerism.
Spanish Civil War.
46. The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is:
Greek and Roman sculpture.
El Greco.
the symbolism of shape.
cultural and personal identity
47. In the Aztec culture - sacrifices of prisoners-of-war from neighboring peoples were necessary to honor and re-create the sacrifice of _______ in ancient times (Teotihuaca
Quetzalcoatl
Aztec
Palenque
Spanish Civil War.
48. Chari Samba's Probla
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
muralists - Mexican Revolution
became
49. Joan Mira
abstract
Teotihuacan
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
Cindy Sherman
50. Realism as an artistic movement in the mid-19th century refers to what?
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the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
El Greco.
epicanthic fold