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Art Appreciation

Subject : art
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1. The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn _____________.






2. Which of these paintings is considered an Abstract Expressionist painting?

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

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4. 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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5. _______ 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.






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






7. Which of these paintings is considered an Abstract Expressionist painting?

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8. Chari Samba's Probla






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






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






11. 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:






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






13. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






14. Noted for their agricultural system of terraces and irrigation - the Inca used bundles of knotted string called _______ for accounting and census purposes.






15. 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:






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






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






18. Most art critics and historians agree that the era of modern art ended in the _____.






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






20. Using derogatory images of African-Americans from popular culture - _______ transformed the negative image of black servitude into an image of revolutionary heroism.






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






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






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






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






25. Machu Picchu was a 'getaway' for a(n) __________ruler.






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






27. The twentieth-century painting movement most often associated with Henri Matisse is:






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

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






30. Images such as View of Suzhou reveal the 18th century Chinese interest in__________.






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






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






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






34. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






35. This artist of The Large Bathers pushed toward an idea of painting that established for the work an independent existence:






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. Romanticism can best be described as:

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






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






45. As seen from the earth - _______ evokes a rabbit to some Native American cultures.






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?






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






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






49. In What aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?






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