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1. 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
Greek and Roman sculpture.
Neoclassical
masonry
domination


2. 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:
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
he sculpted nude figures
the notion of the sublime
El Greco.


3. The paintings of Giacomo Balla capture the fascination with movement characteristic of artists of Which movement?
Futurism
geoglyphs
El Greco.
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.


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

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5. The color schemes and flat patterns illustrated in Amrita Sher-Gil's The Swing were directly influenced by the Post-Impressionism of Paul Gauguin and:
Autosacrifice
the ancient caves at Ajanta
Cindy Sherman's
Baroque


6. Michelangelo's painting The Last Judgment (p. 468) - for the Sistine Chapel - typifies a style that came to be known as:
rope bridges
Mannerism.
rigid style.
objectivity of the camera.


7. Using her work to struggle with the question of identity - this photographer's images are self-portraits.
glyphs
Cindy Sherman
Leonardo DaVinci - Michelangelo - and Raphael.
Aztec


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

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9. Great Serpent Mound is an example of a(n) _______.
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
humanities.
Navajo
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)


10. In Romanticism (p. 484) - regardless of the subject matter - paintings revealed the artist's:
became
individuality.
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
rigid style.


11. Romanticism can best be described as:

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12. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.
Cindy Sherman
Dada
form.
sterile anonymity


13. The short-lived Nazca culture in present-day Peru is known primarily for its _______.
it is not known which culture built it
geoglyphs
the Chinese emperor.
garbage


14. In works such as Olympia - realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to:
abstract
the sensuousness of light and color.
his modernity and break with the past.
The Medusa sunk off the coast of Africa due to the captain's incompetence and its poor survivors were adrift for days (most of them dying) while the captain and crew saved themselves.


15. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra

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16. ______ - 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.
Teotihuacan
military engineer and weapons-designer
the personality of the sitter.
quipu


17. 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?
for armor
rope bridges
Surrealism
Teotihuacan


18. The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is:
El Greco.
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
Teddy Cruz
movement and speed


19. 'Postmodernism' has been defined in part as:
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
more of their African identity in their works
German Expressionism.


20. Discontent with International Style's _______ compelled architects to look forward in new directions.
military engineer and weapons-designer
sterile anonymity
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
Lord Pakal


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

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22. 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
epicanthic fold
Learning from Las Vegas
puma
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.


23. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:
shapes
Fauvism.
virtue.
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.


24. The _______ culture from modern-day Ecuador is one of the oldest settled cultures recorded in the Americas.
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
Valdivia
muralists - Mexican Revolution
the Baroque eroticized.


25. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.
German Expressionism.
shield
Baroque
Guernica


26. Though weaving was already a tradition to their culture - the _______ adopted upright loom from Pueblo peoples.
Navajo
abstract
the Medici family.
the Tree of Life


27. Cuzco - the capital of Inca empire was laid out to resemble giant_______.
Baroque
puma
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
epicanthic fold


28. Which of these pieces is a Cubist painting?

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29. In his painting - Probla
narration
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle


30. The urge to rebel against the norm lost its impact when such rebellion _______ the norm in most Western cultures.
talud-tablero
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
Inca
became


31. The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Tra

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32. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:
Aztec
German Expressionism.
the Medici family.
cultural and personal identity


33. Stylistic characteristics of Postmodern architecture include all of the following EXCEPT
domination
individuality.
utilitarianism
Large stone temple complexes


34. The twentieth-century painting movement most often associated with Henri Matisse is:
Surrealism
Fauvism.
rope bridges
Church's The Heart of the Andes


35. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT
rigid style.
Inca
Quetzalcoatl
it is not known which culture built it


36. Coatlicue (p. 465) is a major _______ deity.
Dada
rope bridges
Fragonard's Bathers
Aztec


37. Which of these is an example of Dada art?

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38. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.
cultural and personal identity
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto.
he sculpted nude figures


39. Which of these paintings is an example of Neo-classical art?

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40. 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.
local - arbitrary
Fauvism.
Quetzalcoatl
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.


41. Who was the most influential painter of the Baroque period in Europe?
Greek and Roman sculpture.
Caravaggio
Maya cosmology
shapes


42. Marie-Louise-Elizabeth Vigae-LeBrun's The Duchess of Polignac (p. 480) combines all the compositional tools of the ______ sensibility.
Raphael's School of Athens
more of their African identity in their works
Baroque
Frank Gehry


43. Rococo painting can best be characterized as:
Surrealism
the Baroque - eroticized - and depictions of the wealthy aristocracy at play.
blood
Lord Pakal


44. Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch I for Composition VII is an example of:
a literal 'sign' for the divine spirit.
Quetzalcoatl
narration
German Expressionism.


45. Fred Wilson's exhibit for the Maryland Historical Society made the point that the Historical Society:
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
the notion of the sublime


46. The artist who painted Houses at L'Estaque worked with Picasso to promote the style called Cubism. The artist's name is:
individuality.
Georges Braque.
Guernica
the sensuousness of light and color.


47. Native American kachinas - like Buffalo Kachina (p. 494) - are:
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.
Fragonard's Bathers
Coatlicue


48. 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
Plato; Aristotle.
Teotihuacan
epicanthic fold
Frank Gehry


49. _______ is Fred Wilson's response to common practices of museum display that contribute to racism and class bias.
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
the moon
Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto.
Mining the Museum


50. 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.
La Venta
local - arbitrary
15000 miles of roads
Aztec