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Art Appreciation

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1. Joan Mira






2. Known for their elaborate textiles used as status symbols - the Inca also used fiber in the construction of armor and _______.






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






4. In his painting - Probla






5. Known for their elaborate textiles used as status symbols - the Inca also used fiber in the construction of armor and _______.






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






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






8. _______ are characteristic of Maya architecture - suggesting priests/rulers had great power.






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






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






11. Which of the following is a unique function of Inca textiles?






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






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

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






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






16. Chari Samba's Probla






17. Marianne Nicholson's cliffside pictograph (a 'copper') represents a Northwest Native American tradition that had been suppressed through most of the 20th century - called:






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

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






20. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






21. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






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






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






24. Chari Samba's Probla






25. Creating a work densely packed with information concerns most postmodern artists more than _______.






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






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






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

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






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






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






32. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






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






34. 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






35. Though weaving was already a tradition to their culture - the _______ adopted upright loom from Pueblo peoples.






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






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






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






39. Noted for their agricultural system of terraces and irrigation - the Inca used bundles of knotted string called _______ for accounting and census purposes.






40. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






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






43. 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:






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






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






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






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






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






49. Freed from the rigidity of modernism - architects such as _______ have liberated structural walls - using three-dimensional computer modeling to make these new shapes possible.






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







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