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Art Appreciation

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1. Marie-Louise-Elizabeth Vigae-LeBrun's The Duchess of Polignac (p. 480) combines all the compositional tools of the ______ sensibility.






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






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






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

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






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

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

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






9. Joan Mira






10. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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11. 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.






12. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






13. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. The Rococo style (pp. 479-480) has been characterized as:






21. _______ 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.






22. In Romanticism (p. 484) - regardless of the subject matter - paintings revealed the artist's:






23. 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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24. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






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

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26. 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:






27. What is Kerry James Marshall saying about the public housing projects in his work Many Mansions?






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






29. As seen from the earth - _______ evokes a rabbit to some Native American cultures.






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






35. 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






36. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






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






38. These Hopewell figures are unusual because of their depiction of the _______ - a trait that may be found in people from many different parts of Asia as well as areas from which great migrations from this cradle of civilization occurred - including th






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

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






41. Rejecting the frenetic approach of Pollock and de Kooning - Mark Rotho's Abstract Expressionist pantings convey a _______ - not _______space.






42. _______ 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.






43. Joan Mira






44. In What aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?






45. Showing irreverence for tradition and rationality - Marcel Duchamp's Mona Lisa [L.H.O.O.Q.] exemplifies the _______ movement.






46. As seen from the earth - _______ evokes a rabbit to some Native American cultures.






47. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






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






49. Angelica Kauffmann painted in the _______ style (p. 481) - which was based on Greek and Roman models.






50. ______ - 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.







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