ARTH EXAM 3
Who created paintings composed rhythmic drips, splatters, and dribbles of paint? a. Willem de Kooning b. Barnett Newman c. Jackson Pollock d. Mark Rothko
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In British Pop Art, ________ was very interested in the way advertising shaped public attitudes, and he combined elements of popular and fine art in his work. a. Richard Hamilton b. Roy Lichtenstein c. David Hockney d. Andy Warhol
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In Picasso's Guernica, the artist indicated the bull represented ________ . a. brutality and darkness b. good and evil c. man and woman d. gentleness and light
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Many contemporary artist have made ________ the focus of their artwork. a. personal and group identity b. war c. controversies d. Renaissance art
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Matisse expected color to evoke ________ in viewers. a. an emotional response b. a modest response c. a civilized response d. a bored response
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The ________ style was influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, as well as Japanese print designs and the expressive patterns of post-Impressionist artists. a. Art Nouveau b. fin-de-siècle c. Impressionism d. Symbolist
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The ________ used methods such as automatism to provoke reactions closely related to subconscious experience. a. Surrealists b. Dadaists c. Futurists d. Cubists
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The eclecticism and dialogue between traditional and contemporary elements found in postmodern architecture is seen in the ________ . a. Piazza d'Italia, New Orleans b. Pompidou Centre, Paris c. AT&T Building, New York d. Portland Building, Portland
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Frank Lloyd Wright worked in the firm headed by _______ a. Mies van der Rohe b. Louis Sullivan c. William Van Alen d. Walter Gropius
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________ attempted to depict the incidental, momentary, and passing aspects of reality. a. Post-Impressionists b. Expressionists c. Impressionists d. Classicists
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________ had its roots in Impressionist precepts and methods, but it was not stylistically homogeneous. a. Expressionism b. Japonisme c. Post-Impressionism d. Symbolism
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________ produced both paintings and prints whose high emotional charge was a major source of inspiration for the German Expressionists in the early 20th century. a. Louis Comfort Tiffany b. Berthe Morisot c. Edvard Munch d. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
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________ was a leading practitioner of the pictorial style in photography. a. Eadweard Muybridge b. Thomas Eakins c. Gertrude Käsebier d. Rosa Bonheur
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________ was the director of the Bauhaus in 1919. a. Albers b. Mies van der Rohe c. Gropius d. Marcel Breuer
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Who addresses her work the way much of Western art has been constructed to present female beauty for the enjoyment of the "male gaze"? a. Cindy Sherman b. Miriam Schapiro c. Susan Rothenberg d. Judy Chicago
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Who believed animals were "more beautiful, more pure" than humanity? a. Marc b. Nolde c. Kirchner d. Kandinsky
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Who conceived a building as a whole and molded it almost as a sculptor might shape a figure from clay? a. Antonio Gaudi b. Joseph Maria Olbrich c. Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel d. Henry Hobson Richardson
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Who created one of the most expansive large-scale works that included drawings, photography, sculpture, and video and film that is a lengthy narrative? a. Matthew Barney b. Krzysztof Wodiczko c. Tony Oursler d. Andreas Gursky
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Who would excerpt a page from a comic book, a form of entertainment meant to be read and discarded, and immortalize the image on a monumental scale? a. Roy Lichtenstein b. Joseph Beuys c. Robert Rauschenberg d. Jasper Johns
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Whose largepscale tableaus blur the line between photography and painting? a. Andreas Gursky b. Jenny Holtzer c. Leon Golub d. Anselm Kiefer
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Whose work led to a landmark court case on freedom of expression for artists? a. Robert Mapplethorp b. Richard Serra c. Matthew Barney d. Chris Ofili
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_______ is a building that required broad, open, well-illuminated display spaces. a. Carson, Pirie, Scott Building b. Crystal Palace c. Guaranty (Prudential) Building d. Marshall Field Wholesale Store
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_______ was a postmodern movement that reexamined earlier art production and connected this art to German Expressionism and Abstract Expressionism. a. Neo-Expressionism b. Neo-Minimalism c. Political Expressionism d. Neo-Realism
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Artworks that create an artistic environment in a room or gallery are known as ________ . a. Expressionist b. installations c. postmodern d. abstract
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Check My Work In The Tub, Degas reveals his modernist exploration of the premises of painting by acknowledging the ________ . a. nature of still life b. picture's surface c. quality of color d. value of the figure
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Gustave Moreau, Odilon Redon, and Henri Rousseau were the leading ________ . a. Realists b. Symbolists c. Impressionists d. post-Impressionists
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In Caillebotte's Paris: A Rainy Day, the setting is a junction of spacious boulevards, a result of the redesign of the city begun in ________ . a. 1752 b. 1852 c. 1652 d. 1952
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In Villa at the Seaside, ________ used the open brushwork and the plein air lighting characteristic of Impressionism. a. Degas b. Morisot c. Renoir d. Monet
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Louis Sullivan expressed the interior's subdivision on the exterior in his ________ . a. Vienna Secession Building b. Guaranty (Prudential) Building c. Crystal Palace d. Marshall Field Wholesale Store
B
Members of the ________ movement dedicated themselves to producing functional objects with high aesthetic value for a wide public. a. pre-Raphaelite b. Arts and Crafts c. Impressionist d. post-Impressionist
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One of the most controversial issues regarding public art was the removal of ________ from the Javits Federal Plaza in New York City. a. Perilous Order b. Titled Arc c. The Holy Virgin Mary
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The first major American avant-garde movement is called ________ . a. Neo-Expressionism b. Abstract Expressionism c. Minimalism d. Neo Realism
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Who presented huge word-and-photograph collages that challenged the cultural attitudes embedded in commercial advertising? a. Cindy Sherman b. Barbara Kruger c. Kiki Smith d. Susan Rothenberg
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Who set out to create works that would be open and indeterminate by making "combines" that interspersed painted passages with sculptural elements? a. Roy Lichtenstein b. Robert Rauschenberg c. Joseph Beuys d. Jasper Johns
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Who studied art history and looked only at photographs that would become a major influence on the art she produced? a. Susan Rothenberg b. Audrey Flack c. Cindy Sherman d. Judy Chicago
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Who used large-scale video projections to create his art? a. Hans Haacke b. Krzysztof Wodiczko c. Joseph Beuys d. Shirin Neshat
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Who wanted to educate viewers about women's role in history and the fine arts? a. Susan Rothenberg b. Judy Chicago c. Anselm Kiefer d. Adrian Piper
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_______ referred to the popular mass culture and familiar imagery of the contemporary urban environment. a. Modernism b. Pop Art c. Neo-Expressionism d. Postmodernism
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________ was the central artist in New York Dada and active in Paris. a. Meret Oppenheim b. Marcel Duchamp c. Georges Braque d. Pablo Picasso
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Aaron Douglas was a member of the ________ . a. New York Renaissance b. Chicago Five c. Harlem Renaissance d. Regionalists
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Art that was based on "artfulness" and maintained that the idea was more important than the final expression was known as ________ . a. New Media b. Neo-Expressionism c. Conceptual Art d. Performance Art
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De Stijl artists reduced their artistic vocabulary to simple ________ . a. linear elements b. complex elements c. geometric elements d. literary elements
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Ernst Kirchner was a founder of ________ . a. Futurism b. Cubism c. die Brücke (The Bridge) d. der Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider)
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Faith Ringgold, Carrie Mae Weems, and Lorna Simpson are all feminist artists who are also ________ . a. of the same philosophy b. artists with a formal doctrine c. African American women d. traditional artists
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Freud, Schiele, and ________ are among the leading figure painters of the contemporary art world. a. Jeff Koons b. Krzysztof Wodiczko c. Jenny Saville d. Joseph Beuys
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Henri Matisse used a ________ style in his work Woman with the Hat. a. die Brücke b. Cubist c. Fauve d. Futurist
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In Impression: Sunrise by ________ , the brushstrokes are clearly evident. a. Renoir b. Manet c. Monet d. Degas
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Jasper John's Three Flags has strong ties to the work of ________ , especially his work "This is not a pipe." a. Picasso b. Rauschenberg c. Magritte d. Anselm Kiefer
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Jaune Quick-to-See Smith's work sought to bridge native and ________ traditions. a. feminists b. contemporary c. European d. African
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Otto Dix, George Grosz, and ________ were members of Neue Sachlichkeit. a. Ernst Kirchner b. Emil Nolde c. Max Beckmann d. Pablo Picasso
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Photographs of manufactured landscapes are the work of ___________ a. Julian Schnabel b. Willie Bester c. Edward Burtynsky d. Krzysztof Wodiczko
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Post-Painterly Abstraction was a postwar American movement that grew out of ________ . a. Political Expressionism b. Postwar Expressionism c. Abstract Expressionism d. Neo Minimalism
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The Chrysler Building, New York, is a masterpiece of A. Japanese design b. Bauhaus design c. Art Deco d. Art Nouveau
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The ________ was built for the great exhibition in Paris in 1889 and was originally seen as a symbol of modern Paris. a. Saint-Lazare Train Station b. Casa Milá c. Eiffel Tower d. Guaranty (Prudential) Building
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The disturbing imagery of Night emphasizes the horrors of war. Who created this work? a. Gabo b. Barlach c. Beckmann d. Lehmbruck
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The repetition and redundancy of the Coke bottle reflects the omnipresence and dominance of this product on ________ society. a. French b. Chinese c. American d. British
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Who declared he wanted to "make of Impressionism something solid and enduring"? a. Georges Seurat b. Vincent van Gogh c. Paul Cézanne d. Paul Gauguin
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Who owed a debt to diverse influences such as Picasso, Abstract Expressionism, and Jean Dubuffet? a. Chris Ofili b. Kehinde Wiley c. Jean-Michel Basquiat d. Melvin Edwards
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Who used her body as a component in her artworks? a. Kiki Smith b. Barbara Kruger c. Ana Mendieta d. Susan Rothenberg
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______ was particularly interested in the physicality of objects, and by attaching broken crockery to The Walk Home, found an extension of what paint could do. a. Chris Ofili b. Susan Rothenberg c. Julian Schnabel d. Anselm Kiefer
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_______ studied the photography of others, but also used the camera consistently to make preliminary studies for his own work. a. Renoir b. Monet c. Degas d. Manet
C
In 1933, the ________ closed the Bauhaus. a. French b. Bolsheviks c. Americans d. Nazis
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In recent decades ________ have been considered as a bridge between architecture and sculpture. a. installations b. postmodern buildings c. contemporary artworks d. site-specific artworks
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Jacob Lawrence used the history and culture of ________ for his subject matter. a. Native Americans b. Mexican Americans c. Japanese Americans d. African Americans
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The American artist ________ painted principally women and children with a combination of objectivity and genuine sentiment. a. Whistler b. Richardson c. Morisot d. Cassatt
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The ________ is fully exposed rather like an updated version of the Crystal Palace or sophisticated factory. a. AT&T Building, New York b. Portland Building, Portland c. Piazza d'Italia, New Orleans d. Pompidou Centre, Paris
D
The ________ rejected the classical, academic, and traditional and explored the premises and formal qualities of art. a. pre-Raphaelite b. Golden Age c. Victorian Age d. avant-garde
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The founding members of the der Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) were ________ . a. Duchamp and Picabia b. Kirchner and Nolde c. Picasso and Braque d. Kandinsky and Marc
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The gallery at 291 Fifth Avenue in New York was established by ________ . a. Stuart Davis b. Charles Sheeler c. Georgia O'Keeffe d. Alfred Stieglitz
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The leading French sculptor of the later 19th century was ________ . a. Horta b. Carpeaux c. Eiffel d. Rodin
D
Which of the following developed along two lines—gestural abstraction and chromatic abstraction? a. Minimalism b. Neo-Expressionism c. Neo Realism d. Abstract Expressionism
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Who believed the masks he painted were magical and were mediators between humans and evil? a. Kirchner b. Marc c. Kandinsky d. Picasso
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Who encouraged his students both at the New School for Social Research in New York and Black Mountain College of North Carolina to link their art directly with life? a. Joseph Beuys b. Allan Kaprow c. Robert Rauschenberg d. John Cage
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Who explored the capabilities of colors and distorted forms to express his emotions as he confronted nature? a. Georges Seurat b. Paul Gauguin c. Paul Cézanne d. Vincent van Gogh
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Who relied on his Maori heritage for inspiration? a. Joseph Beuys b. Jean-Michel Basquait c. Allan Kaprow d. Cliff Whiting
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Who said "the artist's problem . . . [is] the idea-complex that makes contact with mystery—of life, of men, of nature, of the hard black chaos that is death, or the grayer, softer chaos that is tragedy?" a. Willem de Kooning b. Mark Rothko c. Jackson Pollock d. Barnett Newman
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Who was commissioned to create the Viennese Holocaust Memorial? a. Cindy Sherman b. Miriam Schapiro c. Susan Rothenberg d. Rachel Whiteread
D
_____ strongly influenced by urban life and warfare. a. Anselm Kiefer b. Edward Burtynsky c. Julian Schnabel d. Leon Golub
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_______ created a building that was "organic" and inspired by the shape of a snail's shell. a. Charles Moore b. Joern Utzon c. Eero Saarinen Graves d. Frank Lloyd Wright
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________ created a building that appears as a mass of asymmetrical and imbalanced forms with a scaled-limestone and titanium-clad exterior. a. Michael Graves b. Gunter Behnisch c. Charles Moore d. Frank Gehry
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