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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. Whose David was the first life-size nude sculpture since antiquity?

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






3. 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:






4. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






5. In his painting - Probla






6. 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:






7. In the early nineteenth century - a recurrent and significant theme (p. 485) began to appear in Romantic painting. What was it?






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






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






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






11. The _______ included in panels of Maya relief carvings and ceramics decoration aide in their interpretation.






12. Thaodore Garicault's The Raft of the Medusa (p. 485) helped to fuel which style?






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






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






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






16. The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn _____________.






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?






18. What did the early-Renaissance sculptor Donatello do that hadn't been done since Classical Antiquity?






19. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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20. The short-lived Nazca culture in present-day Peru is known primarily for its _______.






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






22. In the early nineteenth century - a recurrent and significant theme (p. 485) began to appear in Romantic painting. What was it?






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






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






25. Like many contemporary sculptors - Kiki Smith - as seen in her Ice Man - seems to be asking questions about:






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






27. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:






28. 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






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

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30. 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






31. 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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32. The _______ were the largest civilization in pre-Columbian Americas.






33. What was the name of Robert Venturi's seminal text regarding Postmodern architecture?






34. 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.






35. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:






36. The _______ were the largest civilization in pre-Columbian Americas.






37. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






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






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






40. 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:






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






42. Henri Matisse was a leader of early 20th century artists who felt free to use color 'arbitrarily' and were labeled - derogatorily - 'Fauves' - which translates __________.

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






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

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45. 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.






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






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






48. _______ 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.






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






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.