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Art Appreciation

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






2. The Temple of the Sun at Teotihuaca






3. Wassily Kandinsky believed that the greatest device to express emotion was ________.






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


5. Romanticism can best be described as:


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






7. Like many contemporary sculptors - Kiki Smith - as seen in her Ice Man - seems to be asking questions about:






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






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






10. Mesoamerican cultures believed that humans first emerged from a hole in the ground now situated under the _______.






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






12. The Incas are well known for their __________ construction - as can be witnessed in Machu Picchu.






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






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






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






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






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


18. The Incas are well known for their __________ construction - as can be witnessed in Machu Picchu.






19. Romanticism can best be described as:


20. 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:






21. Which of these paintings is considered a Rococo painting?


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






23. The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn _____________.






24. In his painting - Probla






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


26. 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.






27. Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for:






28. The archaeological site plan of _______ shows the site's slightly west-of-north alignment - a characteristic of several Mesoamerican that may be associated with ritual processions.






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






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






31. Pablo Picasso's Guernica represents an event in the:






32. 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:






33. Pakal is the Maya word for _______.






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






35. _______ is the practice of self-induced bloodletting.






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


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






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






39. The Baroque can be characterized as/by:






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






41. One of most important - best preserved and extensively studied Mayan cities is _______.






42. 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:






43. Early Renaissance painter Masaccio is best known for:






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






45. The archaeological site plan of _______ shows the site's slightly west-of-north alignment - a characteristic of several Mesoamerican that may be associated with ritual processions.






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






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


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






49. Teotihuacan was an __________important commercial center in Mesoamerica.






50. The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn _____________.