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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. Diego Rivera - David Siquieros - and Jose Clemente Orozco formed a new school of _______ inspired by the intense nationalism following the _______.






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






3. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca






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






5. The _______ culture from modern-day Ecuador is one of the oldest settled cultures recorded in the Americas.






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






7. 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.






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

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






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






11. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






12. The artist Andra Breton issued a manifesto that described the point of 'resolution between these two states - dream and reality.' What was this movement?






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






14. 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






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






16. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra

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17. Joan Mira






18. Chari Samba's Probla






19. Romanticism can best be described as:

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






21. The archaeological site plan of _______ shows the site's slightly west-of-north alignment - a characteristic of several Mesoamerican that may be associated with ritual processions.






22. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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






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

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25. Chari Samba's Probla






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






27. 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:






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






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






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






31. Which of these is an example of Baroque painting?

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32. Florentine Renaissance art prioritized disegno - drawing and delineation of forms - while Venetian Renaissance art prioritized:






33. ______ - 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.






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






36. Which of these paintings is an example of Romanticism?

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






38. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






39. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra

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40. 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






41. Native American kachinas - like Buffalo Kachina (p. 494) - are:






42. 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:






43. Consummate empire builders - the _______ arose from humble beginnings as a displaced tribe to commanding rulers of a vast network of luxury tributes from millions of people over a large geographic area in a 300-year period.






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






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






46. The archaeological site plan of _______ shows the site's slightly west-of-north alignment - a characteristic of several Mesoamerican that may be associated with ritual processions.






47. The _______ culture from modern-day Ecuador is one of the oldest settled cultures recorded in the Americas.






48. 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






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

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

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