Art History Exam 3 Review (Chapters 29-32)

Post-painterly Abstractionists most differed from Abstract Expressionists in which aspects of their work? a. Injection of emotion b. Color-field exercises c. Cool, detached rationality d. Non-Western Influences

c. Coll, detached rationality

What is the primary material used by Faith Ringgold in her art? a. Ink b. Glass c. Fabric d. Wood

c. Fabric

Picasso's radical painting "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" reveals his fascination with ancient Iberian sculpture as well as the artistic traditions of which continent? a. Australia b. South America c. Asia d. Africa

d. Africa

What do many of Basquiat's paintings celebrate? a. South American revolutionaries b. African American heroes c. South African culture d. Homosexuality

b. African American heroes

At the turn of the 20th century, artists who were viewed as being ahead of their time and who transgressed the limits of established art forms are referred to by what term? a. Innovative b. Avant-garde c. Art nouveau d. Marxist

b. Avant-garde

How does Faith Ringgold use her particular artistic medium to address issues of gender and racism? a. By creating clear and lucid oil paintings, a traditional art form b. By using fabrics, traditionally associated with women and incisive narrative c. By using exotic subject matter to draw the viewer into her photo-collages d. By using wood, traditionally associated with men and incisive narrative.

b. By using fabrics, traditionally associated with women and incisive narrative

The image of the "Migrant Mother" by Dorothea Lange was taken in which US state? a. Texas b. California c. New Mexico d. Arizona

b. California

Wassily Kandinsky's move to abstraction rather than representation can be attributed to the scientific theories of which individual? a. Freud b. Einstein c. Edison d. Darwin

b. Einstein

What did Dadaists believe led to the destruction and loss of life of World War I? a. The irrational b. Enlightenment ideals c. Political anarchy d. Intuitive psychology

b. Enlightenment ideals

Whose highly personal work is often described as autobiographical because of her unflinching self-portrait portrayals, which give the viewer a glimpse into her suffering? a. Georgia O'Keeffe b. Frida Kahlo c. Dorothea Lange d. Margaret Bourke-White

b. Frida Kahlo

Which of the following works is the product of its creator's study of the way advertising shapes public attitudes? a. Johns, "Hopeless" b. Hamilton, "Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?" c. Rosenquist, "F-111" d. Oldenburg, "Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks"

b. Hamilton, "Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?"

Marcel Duchamp's "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even" is a commentary on modern humans' similarity to what? a. Mythological characters b. Machines c. Prehistoric beings d. Metal sculptures

b. Machines

The most derided work at the Amory Show, "Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2," is by which artist? a. Vassily Kandinsky b. Marcel Duchamp c. Pablo Picasso d. Arthur Dove

b. Marcel Duchamp

Which Dada artist modified mass-produced objects into "readymades" given the status of art in the eyes of viewers? a. Hans Richter b. Marcel Duchamp c. Jean Arp d. Hannah Hoch

b. Marcel Duchamp

American Regionalist painters focused primarily on subjects located in which areas of the United States? a. West Coast b. Midwest c. New England d. Deep South

b. Midwest

What uniquely American style combined Synthetic Cubism with a fascination with the presence of machinery in contemporary life? a. Mechanism b. Precisionism c. Futurism d. Social Realism

b. Percisionism

Which 20th-century art movement sought to harness the communicative power of art to reach a wide audience? a. Op Art b. Pop Art c. Post-Painterly Abstraction d. Minimalism

b. Pop Art

What artist chose to employ the commercial printing technique of benday dots on a large scale? a. Jasper Johns b. Roy Lichtenstein c. Richard Hamilton d. Andy Warhol

b. Roy Lichtenstein

Which artist painted this "image of concrete irrationality," entitled "The Persistence of Memory?" a. Rene Magritte b. Salvador Dalit c. Joan Miro d. Paul Klee

b. Salvador Dali

Which of the following is Barbara Kruger's principal aim in taking on the slick design of contemporary advertising in her work? a. To expose bad design practices, including font use b. To expose the deceptiveness of media messages c. To incorporate design practices that would sell her art d. To validate design decisions related to myths about women

b. To expose the deceptiveness of media messages

Who were the two leading painters of the Harlem Renaissance? a. Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston b. Duke Ellington and Bessie Smith c. Aaron Douglas and Jacob Lawrence d. James Van Der Zee and Aaron Douglas

c, Aaron Douglas and Jacob Lawerence

What is the name of the early-20th-century movement that painted works of simplified design but shockingly bright coloration? a. Art Deco b. Symbolism c. Fauvism d. Expressionism

c. Fauvism

In what country did the early-20th-century Futurist movement, with its revolutionary manifestos, arise? a. Germany b. Spain c. Italy d. England

c. Italy

The theme of a grieving mother holding her dead child was explored in many works by which German Expressionist artist? a. Paula Modersohn-Becker b. Hannah Hoch c. Kathe Kollwitz d. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

c. Kathe Kollwitz

Which artist reworks historically important portraits by setting an African American individual in a reproduced pose but against a wallpaper-like background? a. Jean-Michel Basquiat b. Kerri James Marshall c. Kehinde Wiley d. Chris Ofili

c. Kehinde Wiley

Which two artists were the founders of Cubism, with its rejection of pictorial illusionism? a. Picasso and Matisse b. Picasso and Vauxcelles c. Picasso and Braque d. Picasso and Rousseau

c. Picasso and Braque

Grant Wood's painting "American Gothic" is an example of which painting style? a. Percisionism b. Futurism c. Regionalism d. Faurism

c. Regionalism

Regionalist artist Thomas Hart benton focused his attention on which of the following subjects? a. The farming landscape of Iowa b. Times Square, New York c. The social history of Missouri d. This history of Mexico

c. The social history of Missouri

Andre Derain's "Mountains at Collioure" reflects his close study of which earlier painter? a. Johannes Vermeer b. Michelangelo c. Vincent van Gogh d. John Singer Sargent

c. Vincent van Gogh

Which African American artist appears in all the photographs in her "Kitchen Table" series?" a. Lorna Simpson b. Barbara Kruger c. Shirin Neshat d. Carrie Mae Weems

d. Carrie Mae Weems

What term was applied to Surrealist and other avant-garde art by Hitler and the Nazi regime in 1930s and 1940s Germany? a. Inferior b. Anti-Aryan c. Askew d. Degenerate

d. Degenerate

What title did Arshile Gorky give to this work? a. The Artist and His Mother b. Agony c. Enigmatic Combat d. Garden in Sochi

d. Garden in Sochi

What art movement arose in the United States as a result of the emigration of European artists after World War II? a. Brutalism b. Regionalism c. Abstract Expressionism d. Synthetic Cubism

c. Abstract Expressionism

The breaking down of national stylistic boundaries is most evident in which contemporary art form? a. Sculpture b. Painting c. Architecture d. Textiles

c. Architecture

Which element of a painting did Matisse view as the primary converyor of meaning? a. Line b. Form c. Color d. Perspective

c. Color

Which photographer was hired by the US Resettlement Administration to document the deplorable living conditions of the rural poor? a. Alfred Stieglitz b. Charles Sheeler c. Dorothea Lange d. Edward Weston

c. Dorothea Lange

Which of the following was NOT one of Judy Chicago's intentions in creating "The Dinner Party?" a. To herself employ traditionally female craft techniques b. To show the role of women in history and the fine arts c. To emphasize the feminine virtues of loyalty and subservience d. To honor women who had worked anonymously as artists

c. To emphasize the feminine virtues of loyalty and subservience

Nude figure studies and self-portraits showing emaciated bodies were the primary output of which artists? a. Pablo Picasso b. Robert Delaunay c. Umberto Boccioni d. Egon Schiele

d. Egon Schiele

What painting technique did Jean Dubuffet employ in "Vie Inquiete (Uneasy Life)?" a. Sfumato b. Underpainting c. Glazing d. Impasto

d. Impasto

The work of which artist exemplifies gestural abstraction a. Wassily Kandinsky b. Barnett Newman c. Robert Mother Well d. Jackson Pollock

d. Jackson Pollock

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

d. Jackson Pollock

Which artist painted a 60-panel series of paintings entitled "The Migration of the Negro" that was intended to document discrimination against African Americans? a. Alain Locke b. Prentice H. Polk c. Aaron Douglas d. Jacob Lawrence

d. Jacob Lawrence

The work of which artist reflects the legacy of Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol? a. Martha Rosler b. Kerry James Marshall c. Kehinde Wiley d. Jeff Koons

d. Jeff Koons

Which artist created this exploration of the contemporary situation of Native Americans in the United States? a. Chris Ofili b. Elizabeth Murray c. Bill Reid d. Jaune Quick-to-see-Smith

d. John Quick-to-see-Smith

The politically motivated artists who created large Mexican mural pictorial programs were promoted of which system of thought? a. Capitalism b. Euturism c. Nationalism d. Marxism

d. Marxism

Thomas Hart Benton created a series of murals detailing the history of which US state? a. Louisiana b. New York c. Arizona d. Missouri

d. Missouri

What event ended the relative isolation of the American art scene and inspired the development of American modernist art? a. Founding of the Museum of Modern Art b. The Mexican Revolution c. 1926 Exhibit at Brooklyn Museum d. The Armory Show

d. The Amory Show

What is the intended message of Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks?" a. The seediness of modern-day neighborhoods b. The energizing and lively rhythm of city life c. The cosmopolitan atmosphere of big city life d. The pervasive loneliness of modern humans

d. The pervasive loneliness of modern humans

Which of the following best describes Barbara Kruger's photo-collages? a. They reflect the "preciousness" of a good small photo-collage. b. They challenge media markets to pursue good design practices. c. Her indiscriminate use of words and photos reflects bad design. d. They are meant to challenge cultural attitudes around gender.

d. They are meant to challenge cultural attitudes around gender.

How did viewers react to Dorothea Lange's photograph entitled "Migrant Mother, Nipomo Valley?" a. They criticized and disparaged the woman. b. They accused the photograpger of being a Marxist. c. They refused to attend Lange's exhibition of photos. d. They rushed to send food to hungry workers.

d. They rushed to send food to hungry workers.

What is Frida Kahlo referring to in her painting "The Two Fridas?" a. Her sexuality b. Her ancestry c. Her education d. Her travels

b. Her ancestry

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

b. Jean Dubuffet

In Grant Wood's iconic "American Gothic," what feature in the image invokes religious piety? a. Crucifix worn by woman b. Lancet window of house c. Pitchfork held by man d. Red geraniums

b. Lancet window of house