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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. 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.






2. The artist who painted Houses at L'Estaque worked with Picasso to promote the style called Cubism. The artist's name is:






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






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

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

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6. 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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7. At La Venta - a(n) _______ site near present-day Villahermosa - Mexico - colossal heads were unearthed exhibiting what some scholars identify as fetal facial characteristics.






8. Cubism can best be described as:






9. The artist who painted Houses at L'Estaque worked with Picasso to promote the style called Cubism. The artist's name is:






10. Cubism can best be described as:






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

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12. Vernacular architecture - like that in Tijuana - with cast-off materials scavenged from dumpyards serving as walls - fences - structures - and roofs is important to this young architect.






13. Sandro Botticelli's paintings - such as The Birth of Venus - reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______.






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






15. _______ 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






29. _______ - the most powerful of Palenque Maya kings - ruled for 67 years - July 29 - 615 CE - August 31 - 683 CE.






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






31. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.






32. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.






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






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






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

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36. Marianne Nicholson's cliffside pictograph (a 'copper') represents a Northwest Native American tradition that had been suppressed through most of the 20th century - called:






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






42. 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.






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






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






45. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






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






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






48. Creating a work densely packed with information concerns most postmodern artists more than _______.






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






50. A key focus of much postmodern art is _______.