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1. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
art that is about the process of painting.
ironies of modern political life
it is not known which culture built it


2. Characteristics of postmodern photography include all of the following EXCEPT
the Chinese emperor.
talud-tablero
15000 miles of roads
objectivity of the camera.


3. What did the early-Renaissance sculptor Donatello do that hadn't been done since Classical Antiquity?
more of their African identity in their works
he sculpted nude figures
Las Vegas
garbage


4. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.
cultural and personal identity
Large stone temple complexes
Pyramid of the Sun
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.


5. Angelica Kauffmann painted in the _______ style (p. 481) - which was based on Greek and Roman models.
Aztec
'cast shadows'
Manet's Olympia
Neoclassical


6. Creating a work densely packed with information concerns most postmodern artists more than _______.
eternal beauty or shock value
Greek and Roman sculpture.
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
Quetzalcoatl


7. The twentieth-century painting movement most often associated with Henri Matisse is:
Aztec
Fauvism.
ironies of modern political life
250.


8. Though weaving was already a tradition to their culture - the _______ adopted upright loom from Pueblo peoples.
Romanticism
Teotihuacan
Futurism
Navajo


9. What individual chose the Neoclassical architectural style (p. 482) for his home in the United States?
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
Pyramid of the Sun
Dada
Thomas Jefferson


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

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

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12. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT
the symbolism of shape.
rigid style.
cultural and personal identity
German Expressionism.


13. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
the personality of the sitter.
talud-tablero
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew


14. Noted for their agricultural system of terraces and irrigation - the Inca used bundles of knotted string called _______ for accounting and census purposes.
Church's The Heart of the Andes
quipu
Lord Pakal
Futurism


15. 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.
local - arbitrary
domination
Minimalism
Guernica


16. In addition to the sophisticated stone masonry that built Machu Picchu - the Inca also engineered over _______ through their mountainous empire - allowing messages to be transported throughout the empire in less than one week.
it is not known which culture built it
Valdivia
epicanthic fold
15000 miles of roads


17. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.
Paul Cazanne.
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
ironies of modern political life
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape


18. _______ are characteristic of Maya architecture - suggesting priests/rulers had great power.
Georges Braque.
the symbolism of shape.
Large stone temple complexes
became


19. The Incas are well known for their __________ construction - as can be witnessed in Machu Picchu.
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
Baroque
masonry
Olmec


20. _______ is Fred Wilson's response to common practices of museum display that contribute to racism and class bias.
Mining the Museum
utilitarianism
masonry
glyphs


21. Wassily Kandinsky believed that the greatest device to express emotion was ________.
color
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
Baroque


22. Marie-Louise-Elizabeth Vigae-LeBrun's The Duchess of Polignac (p. 480) combines all the compositional tools of the ______ sensibility.
1980s
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
Baroque
ironies of modern political life


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

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

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25. _______ photos quote satirically the stereotypes of women in popular film - recycling them as a uniquely pure form of postmodernism.

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26. The mid-to-late 19th century saw dramatic changes in non-Western cultures. Which of these best describes these changes?
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
epicanthic fold
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
Plato; Aristotle.


27. Which of these paintings is an example of Neo-classical art?

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28. On the relief carving on the lid of his sarcophagus - Pakal is depicted falling off the Wacah Chan - _______.
the Chinese emperor.
the Tree of Life
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Fragonard's Bathers


29. Diego Rivera - David Siquieros - and Jose Clemente Orozco formed a new school of _______ inspired by the intense nationalism following the _______.
muralists - Mexican Revolution
250.
Aztec
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.


30. What is the subject matter of most Impressionist painting?
rigid style.
250.
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
Georges Braque.


31. Wassily Kandinsky believed that the greatest device to express emotion was ________.
color
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
narration
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.


32. Which of these paintings is considered an Abstract Expressionist painting?

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33. In What aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?
movement and speed
German Expressionism.
the Medici family.
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures


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

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35. Romanticism can best be described as:

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36. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra

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37. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:
Baroque
he sculpted nude figures
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
more of their African identity in their works


38. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?
Baroque
the Tree of Life
the Chinese emperor.
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.


39. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:
Georges Braque.
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
Autosacrifice
Frank Gehry


40. Chari Samba's Probla
Manet's Olympia
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
the potlatch.


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

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42. In his painting - Probla
Dada
the use of everyday people and activities in the paintings
Futurism
narration


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

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


45. Marianne Nicholson's cliffside pictograph (a 'copper') represents a Northwest Native American tradition that had been suppressed through most of the 20th century - called:
his modernity and break with the past.
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
the potlatch.
for armor


46. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?
objectivity of the camera.
Mining the Museum
Caravaggio
for armor


47. Cubism can best be described as:
shield
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
Baroque
art that is about the process of painting.


48. 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
Caravaggio
the potlatch.
Maya cosmology


49. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.
Futurism
more of their African identity in their works
Olmec
Bettye Saar


50. One of most important - best preserved and extensively studied Mayan cities is _______.
15000 miles of roads
Quetzalcoatl
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
Palenque