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Art Appreciation
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1. One of the primary subjects of Neoclassical art (p. 481) is:
Frank Gehry
Surrealism
rigid style.
virtue.
2. 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
Quetzalcoatl
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
Inca
more of their African identity in their works
3. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:
eternal beauty or shock value
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single - fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
abstract
4. The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuaca
individuality.
movement and speed
Guernica
talud-tablero
5. 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
Georges Braque's Violin and Palette
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
domination
6. Michelangelo is considered a Mannerist and High Renaissance artist. What is it about his paintings that characterize the Mannerist style?
his turbulent compositions and contorted - highly musculatured figures
Palenque
250.
Palenque
7. 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.
Teddy Cruz
Surrealism
Learning from Las Vegas
Futurism
8. What is Kerry James Marshall saying about the public housing projects in his work Many Mansions?
the impossibility of transforming the concrete urban environment into a garden
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
blood
'cast shadows'
9. What sets northern European artists (p. 454) apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in:
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
Minimalism
shield
Pyramid of the Sun
10. The Rococo style (pp. 479-480) has been characterized as:
became
Palenque
the Baroque eroticized.
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
11. Whose David was the first life-size nude sculpture since antiquity?
12. The _______ culture from modern-day Ecuador is one of the oldest settled cultures recorded in the Americas.
Teddy Cruz
dramatic - emotional - and subjective art reflecting the artist's personal style.
Valdivia
the beginning of time in the Maya calendar
13. The three _______ made of serpentine at the Olmec site of La Venta are unusual; they were not meant to be seen as they were buried soon after completion.
mosaics
abstract
La Venta
17th century - theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.
14. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.
Autosacrifice
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
the sensuousness of light and color.
shield
15. Considered one of the greatest artistic responses to political oppression - Picasso's _______ was painted as condemnation of the blitzkrieg that leveled the city center of a small Basque town in the Spanish Civil War.
Guernica
Las Vegas
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto.
16. Which artist rejected modern society and painted images of 'primitive' island culture such as in The Day of the Gods?
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities
Paul Gauguin.
the Medici family.
Teotihuacan
17. Thaodore Garicault's The Raft of the Medusa (p. 485) helped to fuel which style?
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
Romanticism
Frank Gehry
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
18. Known for their elaborate textiles used as status symbols - the Inca also used fiber in the construction of armor and _______.
puma
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
humanities.
rope bridges
19. Because of the diversity and plurality of postmodernism - many contemporary artists address the issues of _______ in their work.
cultural and personal identity
likenesses of supernatural characters endowed with powers that can be evoked when the figure is danced.
Cindy Sherman's
La Venta
20. Chari Samba's Probla
poets - calligraphers - and painters.
Coatlicue
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
Spanish Civil War.
21. Characteristics of postmodern photography include all of the following EXCEPT
the Tree of Life
mosaics
objectivity of the camera.
Baroque
22. Yasumasu Morimura's Portrait (Twins) appropriates the imagery of _______ to illustrate Japanese culture as slave to the dominant (male) forces of Western society.
23. _______ is Fred Wilson's response to common practices of museum display that contribute to racism and class bias.
Mining the Museum
Cindy Sherman
rendering believable space in realistic detail.
had ignored and caricatured African Americans and Native Americans.
24. Which of these is an example of Dada art?
25. The Post-Impressionists (p. 496) were united by their interest in:
26. Wassily Kandinsky believed that the greatest device to express emotion was ________.
Baroque
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
color
Learning from Las Vegas
27. Which of these is an example of Dada art?
28. Great Serpent Mound is an example of a(n) _______.
earthwork of the Adena culture (Ohio)
Inca
the notion of the sublime
Caravaggio
29. 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?
La Venta
Surrealism
the sensuousness of light and color.
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
30. ______ - 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
Bettye Saar
the Medici family who ruled Florence and were patrons of the arts.
Fragonard's Bathers
31. What individual chose the Neoclassical architectural style (p. 482) for his home in the United States?
Frank Gehry
Fragonard's Bathers
Thomas Jefferson
cultural and personal identity
32. Characteristics of postmodern photography include all of the following EXCEPT
the painting of traditional Persian miniatures
objectivity of the camera.
Surrealism
Maya cosmology
33. In What aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?
Large stone temple complexes
the Baroque eroticized.
movement and speed
Baroque
34. Which of these is an example of Baroque painting?
35. The _______ included in panels of Maya relief carvings and ceramics decoration aide in their interpretation.
Inca
glyphs
utilitarianism
during a Plains Indian ritual meant to help transform the West back to what it had been before the settlement of Euro-Americans
36. Chari Samba's Probla
Fragonard's Bathers
the US spending millions of dollars to look for water on Mars - while millions of people die for lack of water in Africa.
the presence of diverse traditions in a single work.
epicanthic fold
37. Images such as View of Suzhou reveal the 18th century Chinese interest in__________.
Mannerism.
Pyramid of the Sun
European depictions of perspective and aerial views of cities
Futurism
38. Stylistic characteristics of Neo-Expressionism include all of the following EXCEPT
sterile anonymity
sterile anonymity
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.
rigid style.
39. One of most important - best preserved and extensively studied Mayan cities is _______.
art that is about the process of painting.
Marcel Duchamp's The Fountain
Palenque
the notion of the sublime
40. On the relief carving on the lid of his sarcophagus - Pakal is depicted falling off the Wacah Chan - _______.
Teotihuacan
talud-tablero
the Tree of Life
the potlatch.
41. In Mesoamerican cultures - sacrificial _______ was seen as nourishment of the earth in its capacity of creator of life.
blood
Greek and Roman sculpture.
shield
shapes
42. Romanticism can best be described as:
43. Which artist rejected modern society and painted images of 'primitive' island culture such as in The Day of the Gods?
for armor
Paul Gauguin.
Light itself - the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
44. In his painting - Probla
narration
rigid style.
epicanthic fold
developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
45. Angelica Kauffmann painted in the _______ style (p. 481) - which was based on Greek and Roman models.
individuality.
Neoclassical
eternal beauty or shock value
250.
46. 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?
Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon other cultures whose values were often diametrically opposed to the sense of centeredness of these indigenous cultures.
Surrealism
muralists - Mexican Revolution
shapes
47. The Post-Impressionists (p. 496) were united by their interest in:
48. The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa - a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style?
glyphs
Baroque
Surrealism
250.
49. The _______ were the largest civilization in pre-Columbian Americas.
Autosacrifice
one of their principal days of filming was 9/11/2001 and the banners came to signify the rifts separating humanity on a global scale.
the personality of the sitter.
Inca
50. _______ - the Aztec goddess of life and death is recognizable in the culture's art by her necklace of human hearts - severed hands and skull.
Fauvism.
Manet's Olympia
Coatlicue
'Wild Beasts'