AP Art History Content Are 4 Exam Review
In its posture and expression, Jean-Antoine Houdon's statue of George Washington references
Classical Greek statues, such as the Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
Claes Oldenburg's references to popular culture to comment on contemporary American society is most similar to that found in works by
Andy Warhol
The work shown can be attributed to which of the following artists?
Andy Warhol
The painting shown can be attributed to which of the following artists?
Edvard Munch
On the basis of subject matter, expressionistic style, and composition, the self-portrait shown can be attributed to
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Which of the following is a characteristic of Wifredo Lam's The Jungle that suggests that Lam was influenced by works such as Georges Braque's The Portuguese ?
Figurative images that are broken into fragments
In Liberty Leading the People, Eugène Delacroix included which of the following compositional elements to elicit the idea that freedom comes at a great cost?
Graphic depictions of the fallen and the wounded
The painting shown was created by
Jacob Lawrence
The abstracted nature and dynamic qualities of the work shown, as well as other works by the same artist, had a significant impact on the work of later artists such as
Julie Mehretu
The patron of Jacques-Louis David's The Oath of the Horatii was
King Louis XVI
On the basis of subject, style, and composition, the work shown can be attributed to
Käthe Kollwitz
Marcel Duchamp displayed a urinal upside down on a pedestal
Marcel Duchamp displayed a urinal upside down on a pedestal
Claes Oldenburg's choice of imagery in this work reflects which contemporary concern of the 1960s?
Protests against the Vietnam War on college campuses
The art-historical movement of the work shown is
Realism
In The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel, Jose María Velasco's panoramic composition includes tiny human figures dwarfed by the landscape's monumental scale, conveying an approach toward nature that reflects the influence of European
Romanticism
The work shown can be attributed to which of the following art-historical movements?
Romanticism
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre's early photograph Still Life in Studio shows the influence of works such as
Ruysch's Fruit and Insects, with its deliberate arrangement of purposefully chosen objects
In contrast to how Rodin composed the sculpture, his patrons had which of the following expectations?
The burghers would be represented in a glorified manner.
The painting is from the series The Migration, which was a response to which of the following historic events?
The mass movement of African Americans out of the rural southern United States
Which of the following interpretations of Gustave Courbet's The Stone Breakers accurately represents the general intent of the painting?
The painting gives prominence to content that was traditionally excluded from serious consideration.
Which of the following is the reason that the English government agreed to the use of the style shown for the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) ?
The style evoked nationalist feelings through association with earlier buildings.
Which of the following statements is true about both paintings?
They reflect a transcendental vision of nature
Based on its stylistic features, the building shown can be attributed to
Thomas Jefferson
The work shown was created by which of the following artists?
Vassily Kandinsky
Thomas Jefferson introduced Neoclassical elements in the facade of Monticello by adding
a Doric portico with triglyphs and metopes
The artist used all of the following features in the work EXCEPT
a clear relationship between figure and ground
The style and iconographic details of the eighteenth-century work shown suggest that its content is most likely
a representation of love in the context of aristocratic culture
Although the patron intended for the painting to promote loyalty to the state, the contemporary political climate caused viewers to interpret the work as
a revolutionary call to arms for those who opposed the monarchy
At Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, the construction materials stone and glass were chosen for their
ability to harmonize with the surrounding natural environment
Robert Venturi's House in New Castle County is most similar to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in its
adaptation of classical design elements
In the mural Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Park, Diego Rivera included figures that spanned four centuries most probably to convey the idea that
all Mexicans are a part of the country's rich, ongoing history
In The Bay, Helen Frankenthaler created a large-scale work that invites the viewer to
appreciate the relationships and interactions between colors, which are not intended to be representative
The painting shown can be described as Impressionist because of its
capturing of a transitory moment
The artist included abstracted references to apocalyptic events so that viewers would reflect on the
changes brought on by new developments in the arts
Jean-Honoré Fragonard's painting The Swing reflects Rococo style in its
choice of lighthearted and playful subject matter, depicted with pastel colors and soft lighting
In the commission for the Burghers of Calais, Auguste Rodin was asked to depict
city elders who offered themselves as hostages in the Hundred Years' War
In Thomas Jefferson's design of Monticello, the influence of the ancient Roman Pantheon is evident in the
combination of a domed central plan and a porticoed entrance
In creating the work shown, Claes Oldenburg intended to encourage thoughtful reflection by
combining contrasting references to objects traditionally connected with gender stereotypes
In Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art, Honoré Daumier used lithography not only to reach a wide audience but also to
comment on the rising status of photography as an art form
In The Oath of the Horatii, Jacques-Louis David drew on Classical Roman style and subject matter in order to
communicate a moral message to his audience by referencing ancient civic values
David's formal and thematic choices in The Oath of the Horatii demonstrate the principles of Neoclassicism, evident in the painting's
compositional clarity and use of ancient texts to teach a moral lesson
In this particular painting from the series, the artist intended to convey the
conditions of discrimination that African Americans found in the United States
When Robert Smithson created Spiral Jetty in 1970, he demonstrated the postwar challenge to traditional art making by
constructing a work of art to display outside of a museum or gallery context
With his design for the House in New Castle County, Robert Venturi departed from the traditions of modernist architecture because he believed that architecture
could not meet human needs by being designed around pure functionality
In The Jungle, Wifredo Lam's depiction of enigmatic figures with mask-like faces in a surrealistic landscape has been interpreted as a reference to the
creation of an Afro-Cuban identity against the cultural background of slavery
In Olympia, Manet challenges the standards of academic art through his use of
details that identify the nude figure as a real person existing in a contemporary setting
Constantin Brancusi recommended the Kiss be displayed without a base because a pedestal would have
detracted from the nature of the limestone
The print shown can be attributed to Mary Cassatt because of its
domestic subject and reference to Japanese prints
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre's Still Life in Studio makes use of an arrangement of objects reminiscent of traditional still-life painting in an attempt to
elevate the artistic status of a new medium
The patrons responded to Rodin's mode of representation by
elevating the sculpture on a raised platform
Rodin's representation of the figures was influential on later artists mainly because of the
emotional impact and lack of idealization
Joseph Mallord William Turner's Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On) exemplifies the Romantic era through its
emphasis on color as a means of eliciting intense emotion
The work shown by Henri Matisse demonstrates an interest in the
flattening of pictorial space with unblended brushstrokes of vibrant colors
Constantin Brancusi's The Kiss reflects artistic trends in early-twentieth-century Modern sculpture by
focusing on abstraction as a way to explore the inner nature of things
Gustav Klimt's painting The Kiss is similar to Byzantine mosaics such as the Justinian and Theodora panels from San Vitale in its use of
gold to suggest a spiritual dimension
In Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Pablo Picasso used jagged planes and contorted poses in order to
heighten perceived tensions between viewers and the subjects of the painting
The painting on the right focuses on
idea of Manifest Destiny
Although Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's La Grande Odalisque contains many Neoclassical elements, it also breaks classical conventions by
including orientalizing accessories
In the work shown, the use of overlapping vertical and diagonal lines suggests
movement and rhythmic energy
One interpretation of Andy Warhol's Marilyn Diptych asserts that the artist intended to elevate the status of his subject to that of a religious icon by the use of a diptych format; another interpretation argues that the artist no longer viewed painting as a fine art distinct from popular culture because of the work's
multiple references to mechanical forms of reproduction
The work departs from earlier Western painting traditions because it was inspired in part by
musical composition
both paintings are concerned with themes of
nature
Some scholars believe that Francisco de Goya did not publish his series Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War) during his lifetime because he believed that the response would have been
persecution because he depicted atrocities committed by individuals on both sides of the conflict
The work shown was intended to elicit a humorous response from viewers by
placing a common object in an unexpected context
Eugène Delacroix took inspiration for his painting Liberty Leading the People from a
political uprising against a ruling king
The architect Augustus W. N. Pugin advocated the use of Gothic elements in the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) because he believed the Gothic elements would
promote Christian values associated with the style
In Édouard Manet's Olympia, the influence of Titian's Venus of Urbino on the work is most evident in the
reclining pose of the nude female figure
The use of the steel-frame construction method in his Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building enabled Louis Sullivan to
reduce the number of load-bearing walls and significantly increase the size of the windows
In the work shown, The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel (El Valle de México desde el Cerro de Santa Isabel), José María Velasco uses landscape painting to
reflect themes of Mexican patriotism and national identity important to his audience
In Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright's decision to include dramatically cantilevered terraces that extend over the flowing water was made possible by the use of
reinforced ferroconcrete
Monet's The Saint-Lazare Station exemplifies a central interest of Impressionist artists by
rendering an everyday moment to highlight the effects of light on surfaces
Robert Smithson chose the motif of the spiral for his earthwork Spiral Jetty because its shape
symbolized to him the natural cycle of creation and decay
The work shown, by Joseph Mallord William Turner, can be understood in the context of the artist's
sympathies for the abolitionist movement
Both paintings address
the Sublime
While Caravaggio uses light in The Calling of Saint Matthew to suggest a divine presence within a religious narrative, Joseph Wright of Derby uses light in A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery to emphasize
the act of learning and education
The merging of Gothic with Classical elements in the building's design reflects
the contributions of two different artists who were each interested in different revivalist styles
As shown in the image of the Central Lobby, the architects visually structured the windows of the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) through the use of traditional Gothic
tracery
The design of the Seagram Building by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson reflects a similar underlying philosophy to Louis Sullivan's Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building in that both
use a tripartite division to structure the building along visual and functional lines
Fallingwater and Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye represent similarities in the artists' approach to domestic architecture in that both buildings
were designed to incorporate the structures' natural surroundings
In The Oxbow (View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm), Thomas Cole contrasts a stormy mountain wilderness on the left with sunny cultivated farmland on the right, capturing his possible views regarding the (A) westward expansion of American
westward expansion of American settlement
The theme of the painting is most strongly related to the
writings of Karl Marx
The application of paint is most similar to that of
Édouard Manet's Olympia