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Art Appreciation
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1. Freed from the rigidity of modernism - architects such as _______ have liberated structural walls - using three-dimensional computer modeling to make these new shapes possible.
Olmec
Aztec
Frank Gehry
Fragonard's Bathers
2. 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.
Raphael's School of Athens
local - arbitrary
Cindy Sherman
the moon
3. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:
narration
El Greco.
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
4. Henri Matisse was a leader of early 20th century artists who felt free to use color 'arbitrarily' and were labeled - derogatorily - 'Fauves' - which translates __________.
5. Shazia Sikander combines her training in _______ with her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in addressing the heterogeneity of her background.
15000 miles of roads
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
Futurism
6. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.
cultural and personal identity
masonry
ironies of modern political life
Romanticism
7. Which of these paintings is considered a Rococo painting?
8. The mid-to-late 19th century saw dramatic changes in non-Western cultures. Which of these best describes these changes?
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
the sensuousness of light and color.
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
Caravaggio
9. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:
Plato; Aristotle.
geoglyphs
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
Dada
10. The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is:
Neoplatonism
became
shapes
El Greco.
11. Machu Picchu was a 'getaway' for a(n) __________ruler.
Futurism
Inca
individuality.
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
12. The relief carving of Pakal on his sarcophagus represents him connecting the Upperworld - Middleworld and Underworld of _______.
shapes
Maya cosmology
'Wild Beasts'
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
13. _______ is the practice of self-induced bloodletting.
more of their African identity in their works
humanities.
color
Autosacrifice
14. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:
ironies of modern political life
local - arbitrary
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
Fragonard's Bathers
15. Rejecting the frenetic approach of Pollock and de Kooning - Mark Rotho's Abstract Expressionist pantings convey a _______ - not _______space.
meditative - active
the notion of the sublime
Pyramid of the Sun
Frank Gehry
16. This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works such as Petroglyph Park.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Teddy Cruz
Cindy Sherman's
color
17. 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.
Cindy Sherman
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
for armor
blood
18. Most art critics and historians agree that the era of modern art ended in the _____.
1980s
he sculpted nude figures
the Baroque eroticized.
Navajo
19. Characteristics of postmodern photography include all of the following EXCEPT
more of their African identity in their works
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
Bettye Saar
objectivity of the camera.
20. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.
Inca
shield
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
250.
21. The twentieth-century painting movement most often associated with Henri Matisse is:
Fauvism.
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
Minimalism
Baroque
22. One of most important - best preserved and extensively studied Mayan cities is _______.
utilitarianism
Neoplatonism
Palenque
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
23. Which of the following is a unique function of Inca textiles?
Autosacrifice
Cindy Sherman's
for armor
Donatello's.
24. Sandro Botticelli's paintings - such as The Birth of Venus - reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______.
Neoplatonism
'cast shadows'
Large stone temple complexes
the notion of the sublime
25. The artist Andra Breton issued a manifesto that described the point of 'resolution between these two states - dream and reality.' What was this movement?
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Aztec
Cindy Sherman
Surrealism
26. 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.
Maya cosmology
Maya cosmology
mosaics
Donatello's.
27. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.
sterile anonymity
narration
Dada
became
28. Mesoamerican cultures believed that humans first emerged from a hole in the ground now situated under the _______.
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
muralists - Mexican Revolution
mosaics
Pyramid of the Sun
29. Showing irreverence for tradition and rationality - Marcel Duchamp's Mona Lisa [L.H.O.O.Q.] exemplifies the _______ movement.
Paul Cazanne.
narration
the ancient caves at Ajanta
Dada
30. Like many contemporary sculptors - Kiki Smith - as seen in her Ice Man - seems to be asking questions about:
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
'Wild Beasts'
the symbolism of shape.
Navajo
31. _______ 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.
glyphs
utilitarianism
Mannerism.
Las Vegas
32. Which of these paintings is considered an Abstract Expressionist painting?
33. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
the Baroque eroticized.
masonry
meditative - active
34. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:
'Wild Beasts'
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
35. At La Venta - a(n) _______ site near present-day Villahermosa - Mexico - colossal heads were unearthed exhibiting what some scholars identify as fetal facial characteristics.
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
art that is about the process of painting.
Olmec
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
36. The _______ were the largest civilization in pre-Columbian Americas.
Inca
Plato; Aristotle.
Cindy Sherman
1980s
37. The Post-Impressionists (p. 496) were united by their interest in:
38. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra
39. The Realist movement (p. 489) was influenced by many ideas and worldviews including:
40. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is thought to have had appeal to the Renaissance imagination in part because the portrait reveals:
Paul Cazanne
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
the personality of the sitter.
Aztec
41. Joan Mira
epicanthic fold
abstract
the Chinese emperor.
form.
42. _______ is the practice of self-induced bloodletting.
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
puma
Autosacrifice
43. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.
blood
movement and speed
utilitarianism
1980s
44. ______ - 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.
Teotihuacan
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
Neoclassical
Navajo
45. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.
ironies of modern political life
250.
rigid style.
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
46. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?
47. The Rococo style (pp. 479-480) has been characterized as:
Baroque
Futurism
the personality of the sitter.
the Baroque eroticized.
48. The Post-Impressionists (p. 496) were united by their interest in:
49. 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?
Surrealism
Maya cosmology
the ancient caves at Ajanta
the ancient caves at Ajanta
50. 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.
Inca
Guernica
the Baroque eroticized.
shapes