art test 2

Eric Fischl's Falling Woman deals with the subject of:

9/11

What was the first Modernist art movement to originate in the US rather than Europe?

Abstract Expressionism

Which artist shocked critics by creating a painting of poor workers on large-sized canvas?

Gustave Courbet

Which ancient Greek artist won a contest to create the most convincing painted illusion?

Parrhasius

Which of the following terms means "rebirth" and is used to describe an artistic movement characterized by renewed interest in the Classical world of Greece and Rome?

Renaissance

The nineteenth-century European art movement that was concerned with the power of the imagination and that greatly valued intense feelings is called:

Romanticism

Which religion specifically emphasizes the ways natural elements such as the sun, mountains, water, and trees are connected to well-being?

Shinto

installation

a construction or arrangement of objects, which has been conceived to orchest

action painting

a method of painting that uses the movement of the human body to apply paint

In African art, such as that of the Senufo people, spirit figures are often shown as:

abstract with exaggerated body parts

assemblage

an artwork made out of three-dimensional found objects

readymade

an everyday object presented as a work of art

Raphael's The School of Athens contains:

ancient scholars looking like sixteenth-century artists

visionary art

art by a self-taught artist following a personal vision

The Morgue (Gun Murder) is shocking because:

as a society we no longer have a direct relationship with the dead

Why was Diego Rivera's mural for the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center controversial?

because the artist included elements inspired by his communist beliefs

Why did Jasper Johns paint the 1965 version of his Flag in green, orange, and black?

because they are the complements of the U.S. flag's actual colors

Brunelleschi's design for the dome of Florence Cathedral was a triumph over adversity because ________.

building such an enormous dome was a technological challenge

How did the Feminist artists Judy Chicago and the Guerrilla Girls expand the opportunities and subject matter of art to include women and issues relevant to them?

by bringing attention to women who had been left out of the history of art

Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Chairs encourages the viewer to think about how we understand the world around us, through looking at the different ways we can experience the object we call a "chair." This is an example of ________ art.

conceptual

What is the intended message of Wenda Gu's United Nations—China Monument?

connections between cultures are important

What was William M. Harnett investigated for due to the trickery and illusion created in his paintings?

counterfeiting

Camille Claudel's sculpture The Waltz received some criticism for being too ________.

erotic

The colors of Henri Matisse's Joy of Life were intended to:

express emotions

Willard Wigan worked in a calm state, between heartbeats, and through the night, while creating works of art on a/an

eye of a needle

Expressionist artists tried to depict what they ________ rather than what they ________.

felt . . . saw

Chuck Close painted with ________ to create portraits of friends and family.

fingerprints

Why are words crossed out in Jean-Michel Basquiat's The Nile?

he wanted to challenge existing meanings

Installation artist Yayoi Kusama covers the floors, ceiling, and walls of interior spaces with dots, she was addressing ________.

her mentall illness

What is true of "You Became a Scientific Profile"?

it challenges negative ideas of race, gender, and class

The goddess Tlazolteotl was responsible for ________.

life and death

Cindy Sherman's "Untitled Film Still #35" was intended to comment on the ________.

limited roles available to women in the 1950s

French artist JR draws attention to poverty in different countries around the world by displaying his photographs ________.

on the side of dilapidated buildings in poor neighborhoods

Gunther von Hagens, a German artist who combined anatomy and science, developed this art technique, which preserves bodies after death:

plastination

The painting of The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel includes a ________.

self-portrait of Michelangelo as St. Bartholomew's flayed skin

How is it clear that the Yombe sculpture of a kneeling female figure with bowl and child (4.3.6) represents a nature spirit associated with ancestors?

she is painted white and has shiny eyes

In 1914, Diego Velázquez's The Toilet of Venus (Rokeby Venus) was ________.

slashed

Krzysztof Wodiczko makes video installations that comment on ________ all over the world.

social injustice

The subject matter of Buddhist art consists of ________.

stories from Buddha's life, teachings, and beliefs

The presence of a bishop in Fragonard's The Swing could suggest:

the Church's lack of action against immoral behavior

Which part of William Harnett's The Old Violin is real and not just painted?

the blue envelope

What aspects of Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) discomfited many viewers when it was first exhibited?

the fact that the woman looks out at the viewer and we see a realistic nude w

Which of the following is true of "Julie, Den Haag, The Netherlands, February 29, 1994"?

the mother and baby are photographed shortly after birth

Théodore Géricault's Raft of the Medusa focuses on:

the survivors at sea

To what does the title of Do Women Have to Be Naked to Get into the Met. Museum? refer?

the unfair treatment of women by art institutions

Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii depicts

three brothers who vow to fight for Rome

In Catherine Opie's "Melissa & Lake, Durham, North Carolina," the depiction of gender is made ambiguous for what reason?

to challenge assumptions about identity based on appearances

Mark Rothko wanted his paintings at the Rothko Chapel ________.

to create an environment that transported the viewer beyond everyday reality

The Gates was an enormous artwork erected by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in Central Park, New York City. Although the artwork itself was on display for only sixteen days, it took ________ of negotiation with city officials to approve the project. (yellow flag pic)

twenty-four years

Self-portraits by Vincent van Gogh and Frida Kahlo express which of the following?

what the artists looked like and experienced on a personal level