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Art Appreciation

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






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

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3. In his painting - Probla






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

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5. The two major art movements of the 1960s were:






6. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?






7. In his painting - Probla






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






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

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10. _______ is Fred Wilson's response to common practices of museum display that contribute to racism and class bias.






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






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






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

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14. A leading painter in the Realist movement - the artist of Burial at Ornans declared that 'painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the presentation of real and existing things.' The artist is:






15. Donatello's sense of naturalism in figurative sculpture (p. 453) was in part inspired by:






16. 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.






17. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.






18. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:






19. In School of Athens - Raphael represents the two significant schools of philosophy - signified by the portrayal of _______ and ________ in the center of the composition.






20. What sets northern European artists (p. 454) apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in:






21. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped pioneer Cubist landscapes. What earlier painter of landscapes inspired them?






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






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






24. In works such as Olympia - realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to:






25. 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






26. Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance (p. 452) in a large part due to:






27. Shazia Sikander combines her training in _______ with her graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design in addressing the heterogeneity of her background.






28. 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.






29. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:






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






31. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.






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






33. _______ is Fred Wilson's response to common practices of museum display that contribute to racism and class bias.






34. Wassily Kandinsky believed that the greatest device to express emotion was ________.






35. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is thought to have had appeal to the Renaissance imagination in part because the portrait reveals:






36. The cultures of the Pre-Columbian peoples (p. 463) are distinguished by their:






37. 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?






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT






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

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42. The mid-to-late 19th century saw dramatic changes in non-Western cultures. Which of these best describes these changes?






43. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






44. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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45. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT






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






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






48. What sets northern European artists (p. 454) apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in:






49. As a reaction against Abstract Expressionism - Frank Stella's Empress of India exhibits the elegant - sparse content-less shape of _______.






50. In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong - from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century - the peacock symbolizes:






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