Chapter 31 and 38 Quiz

What did Minimalist sculptors such as Tony Smith choose to emphasize as the essential characteristic of their medium? a. 3D b. Texture c. Flatness d. Taste (like chicken)

a. 3D

What was the source of the images of women de Kooning used as the focus of his Woman series? a. Advertising billboards b. Greek sculpture c. Japanese woodcuts d. Medieval manuscripts

a. Advertising billboards

According to traditional African gender roles, which of the following would be produced by a woman? a. Clay shrine b. Decorated gourd c. Iron figure d. Ivory carving

a. Clay shrine

Which term best describes Joan Mitchell's approach to Abstract Expressionism seen in this Untitled work from ea. 1955? a. Gestural abstraction b. Drip paintings c. Post-painterly abstraction d. Chromatic abstraction

a. Gestural abstraction

Which painter revolutionized the preparation and use of the canvas? a. Jackson Pollock b. Willem de Kooning c. Arshily Gorky d. Barnett Newman

a. Jackson Pollock

Over the course of much of its production, which group made Akan kente cloth? a. Men b. Slaves c. Young girls d. Women

a. Men

This Dogon mark commemorating a creation legend is named Satimbe, which means what? a. Sister on the head b. Nourishing mother c. Queen of the river d. The first mask maker

a. Sister on the head

Expatriate Iranian artist Shirin Neshat combines images of rifles and veils with calligraphy to express what subject? a. The treatment of women under the fundamentalist Islamic regime in Iran b. The underrepresentation of art by women of color in the US c. Domestic violence in the US d. Literary censorship in the Muslim world

a. The treatment of women under the fundamentalist Islamic regime in Iran ?

Which of the following methods is used to produce kente cloth? a. Woven strips on a loom and then sewn together b. Material hammered into large felted sheets c. Woven in large sheets and patterns d. Stitched in squares and then pieced together

a. Woven strips on a loom and then sewn together

Which architect created a building that represented organic architecture and was inspired by the shape of a snail's shell? a. Michael B. Jordan b. Frank Lloyd Wright c. If you don't know this one you sleeping d. George Washington

b. Frank Lloyd Wright

Who was the postwar Expressionist artist who theorized about art brut? a. Francis Bacon b. Jean Dubufett c. Gerhard Richter d. Arshile Gorky

b. Jean Dubufett

Which artist uses large scale slide and video projections to create public artworks with sociopolitical content, an example of which is shown in The Homeless Projection? a. Shirin Neshat b. Krzystof Wodiczko c. Joseph Beuys d. Hans Haacke

b. Krzystof Wodiczko

Jasper John's Three Flags has strong ties to what Surrealist artist who produced a work incorporating the world This is not a pipe? a. Pablo Picasso b. Rene Magritte c. Richard Hamilton d. Someone who's dead

b. Rene Magritte

Who famously said of this artwork, "What you see is what you see"? a. Barnett Newman b. Clement Greenberg c. Frank Stella d. Louise Nevelson

c. Frank Stella

Which of the following artists was a color-field painter, who poured diluted paint onto unprimed canvas to emphasize that painting is simply pigment on a flat surface? a. Frank Stella b. Henri Matisse c. Helen Frankenthaler d. Jasper Johns

c. Helen Frankenthaler

In Southwestern art, what is the Hogi name for spirits personifying ancestors and natural elements such as mountains and rivers? a. Corn Maiden b. Koshare c. Katsina d. I didn't get a picture of D so you only got 3 options

c. Katsina

The gold-covered wooden staff was an embled of which office? a. Diviner b. Chef c. King d. General

c. King (time for a snack break, it's midnight!)

Which Southwestern artist(s) revived ancient pottery techniques to create forms of striking shapes, proportion, and texture? a. Karl Bodmer b. Otto Pentewa c. Maria and Julian Martinez d. Bill Reid

c. Maria and Julian Martinez

Which New York artist evolved in style to compositionally simple paintings in which color was the primary conveyor of meaning? a. Jackson Pollock b. Arshile Gorky c. Mark Rothko d. Willem de Kooning

c. Mark Rothko

Which of the following does NOT accurately describe how masks and maskers were perceived in African society before the Europeans arrived? a. Maskers enact a broad range of human, animal, and fantastic otherworldly beasts b. Masks sometimes became so influential that they had their own priests c. Masks were not allowed to serve as power sources or as oracles d. Maskers boasted extensive regulatory and judicial powers

c. Masks were not allowed to serve as power sources or as oracles

What element of Donald Judd's sculpture Untitled reflects his intention of banishing ambiguity from his work and using a visual vocabulary that does not deceive as illusory? a. Brass material b. Steel brackets c. Plexiglass material d. Geometric shape

c. Plexiglass material

Which artist made works that he called combines, such as Canyon, illustrated here? a. Jasper Johns b. Joseph Beuys c. Robert Rauschenberg d. I'm done, good luck everyone :)

c. Robert Rauschenberg

How are the "beautiful lady" masks used among the Senufo? a. They are not worn, but displayed on pedestals b. They are worn by women in performances c. They are worn by men portraying female characters d. They are employed to enhance fertility

c. They are worn by men portraying female characters

What is the primary function of masks and masqueraders in traditional African culture? a. To amuse participants b. To intimidate enemies c. To act as mediators d. To impress observers

c. To act as mediators

What material is used to make kente cloth? a. Linen b. Raffia c. Wool d. Cotton

d. Cotton

A leader in Performance Art, John Cage brought to music the ideas of __ and eastern philosophy a. Salvador Dali b. Andy Warhol c. Jackson Pollock d. Marcel Duchamp

d. Marcel Duchamp

Francis Bacon's paintings detailing the horrors and brutality of war often feature which class of object? a. Church bell b. Telephone c. Umbrella d. Meat

d. Meat

Most figures and masks are visualizations of which of the following? a. Political forces b. Natural resources c. Living royalty d. Supernatural forces

d. Supernatural forces

In creating his sculptures specifically for open air settings, what element did David Smith prioritize? a. Voids and masses b. Light and dark c. Surface volume d. Surface texture

d. Surface texture

On this Kuba mask of the character Ngady Amwaash, what is represented by the stripes beneath the eyes? a. Colors of the character's lineage b. Scarification signifying status c. Painted blood from symbolic blinding d. Tears of pain from childbirth

d. Tears of pain from childbirth