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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






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






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






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






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






6. The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is:






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






8. Characteristics of postmodern photography include all of the following EXCEPT






9. The relief carving of Pakal on his sarcophagus represents him connecting the Upperworld - Middleworld and Underworld of _______.






10. What is the story behind Gericault's Raft of the Medusa?


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






12. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






13. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra


14. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?


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






16. 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:






17. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?


18. The _______ were the largest civilization in pre-Columbian Americas.






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






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






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






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


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






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






25. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






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






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






28. Which artist rejected modern society and painted images of 'primitive' island culture such as in The Day of the Gods?






29. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






30. Using her work to struggle with the question of identity - this photographer's images are self-portraits.






31. Anish Kapoor - the Indian-born British sculptor - explores the spiritual meanings of _______ - posing questions about the origination and persistence of those meanings when displaced from their traditional context.






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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






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






37. Fred Wilson's exhibit for the Maryland Historical Society made the point that the Historical Society:






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






39. Michelangelo is considered a Mannerist and High Renaissance artist. What is it about his paintings that characterize the Mannerist style?






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






41. 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?






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:






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


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






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






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