Late 20th Century Art

A good example of Postmodernist architecture is ____. A. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao B. Guggenheim Museum, New York C. Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp D. Segaram Building, New York

A. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao

The terms gestural abstraction and Action Painting are most appropriately applied to the work of ____. A. Jackson Pollock B. Robert Motherwell C. Ellsworth Kelly D. Barnett Newman

A. Jackson Pollock

How did avant-garde artists go about challenging artistic convention? A. They sought innovation forms of expression. B. They did nothing; they relaxed in their avant-gardism. C. They advised a return to Renaissance traditions D. They advised a return to classical traditions.

A. They sought innovation forms of expression.

Which of the following was the purpose of Performance Art? A. To challenge art's function as commodity B. To challenge art's function as art C. To challenge art's function D. To challenge art's function in the Post-Modern period

A. To challenge art's function as commodity

How did Barnett Newman increase the capacity of color to communicate emotion? A. be simplifying the composition B. by creating complex compositions using the widest rage of colors C. by using soft pastel color D. by creating softly colored complex compositions

A. be simplifying the composition

John Cage encouraged his students to link their art to which of the following? A. life B. music C. a collaborator D. poetry

A. life

The work of Melvin Edwards is very evocative. He uses small found metal objects that he intertwines and welds together creating a haunting theme. Which of the following is that theme? A. lynching B. war C. assassination D. riots

A. lynching

Beuys wanted "to shape our thoughts into words." Which of the following did he want to create? A. social sculptures B. word sculptures C. no sculpture D. formless sculptures

A. social sculptures

Because of the spontaneous and informal nature of Performance Art, which of the following was the primary medium? A. the human body B. newsprint C. cheap paper D. cardboard

A. the human body

Barbara Kruger's work takes on the slick design of contemporary advertising. Which of the following is her principal aim? A. to expose the deceptiveness of media messages B. to expose bad design C. to incorporate design and to sell her art D. to incorporate myths about women and to reinforce the design issues related to the myths

A. to expose the deceptiveness of media messages

Which of the following painters illustrates Clement Greenberg's insistence "on purity in art"? A.Frank Stella B.Francis Bacon C.David Smith D.Jean Dubuffet

A.Frank Stella

Which of the following artists is best known for his large-scale portraits? A. Willem de Kooning B. Chuck Close C. Jackson Pollock D. Francis Bacon

B. Chuck Close

How did Allan Kaprow view art? A. He had no views whatsoever. B. He viewed it as an intersections of art and life. C. He vowed art as the zenith of his existence. D. He was interested in music as an art form.

B. He viewed it as an intersections of art and life.

How does the architecture of Günter Behnisch express Deconstructivist architecture? A. It is arranged to form a square. B. It avoids the suggestion of a clear, stable mass C. It uses non-traditional materials D. It always has one door and one window obviously broken and non-functional

B. It avoids the suggestion of a clear, stable mass

The work of ____ deals with the issue of who "controls the body". A. Judy Chicago B. Kiki Smith C. Jeff Koons D. Faith Ringgold

B. Kiki Smith

Which of the following movements had a great distrust of the Western ideas of progress and objective truth and viewed all cultures as equally valid? A. Constructivism B. Postmodernism C. Social Realism D. the International style

B. Postmodernism

The work of Adrian Piper is provocative and confrontational. She announces in a video installation, "I'm black" What is her motivation with this pronouncement? A. She is announcing her pride in her heritage B. She wants viewers to examine their behaviors and values C. She was viewers to examine her in this context D. She want acceptance and recognition as a Black artist

B. She wants viewers to examine their behaviors and values

Which of the following describes what artists working in the Post-Painterly Abstractionist style believed? A. Abstract Expressionists had gone too far in removing social references from works of art B. Their works should contain no reference to the world outside their own compositions C. They wanted to express religious feelings though simple forms D. They were deeply influenced by the work of African and pre-Columbian cultures

B. Their works should contain no reference to the world outside their own compositions

How does Faith Ringgold address issues of gender and racism in her work? A. by creating clear and lucid oil paintings B. by using fabrics, traditionally associated with women and incisive narrative C. by using erotic subject matter to draw the viewer into her photo-collage D. by using wood, traditionally associated with men and incisive narrative

B. by using fabrics, traditionally associated with women and incisive narrative

What is the evidence of a Performance Art event? A. documentary photos of rehearsed performance B. documentary photos at the time of the performance C. a script for a repeat performance D. a script and direction transformed into video

B. documentary photos at the time of the performance

How did the Fluxus group see aesthetic potential? A. in the traditional B. in the nontraditional and commonplace C. in the traditional and unique D. in the experimental

B. in the nontraditional and commonplace

Pop Art, and art that utilized the techniques of advertising, industrial design, and Hollywood movies were at their heights during which of the following decades? A.1950s B.1960s C.1970s D.1980s

B.1960s

Which of the following earlier art styles formed the characterizing spirit of Performance Art? A. German Expressionism B. Cubism C. Dada D. Abstract Expressionism

C. Dada

Color field painting emphasized painting's basic properties. Color field painters poured diluted paint onto unprimed canvas. Which of the following artists was a color field painter? A. Jasper Johns B. Jackson Pollock C. Helen Frankenthaler D. Barnett Newman

C. Helen Frankenthaler

Performance Art can be described as movements, gestures and sounds of persons communicating. Which of the following describes the focus of Performance Art? A. It imitates live theater. B. It is a commentary on contemporary art. C. It replaces physical objects. D. It is purposefully confusing the audience.

C. It replaces physical objects.

Who was the sculptor who believed that "the only stable thing is movement"? A. Donad Judd B. David Smith C. Jean Tinguely D. Clas Oldenburg

C. Jean Tinguely

The New York artist whose paintings became compositionally simple and focused on color was ____. A. Jackson Pollck B. Jean Dubuffet C. Mark Rothko D. Willen de Kooning

C. Mark Rothko

How did museum commissions of performance events neutralize Performance Art? A. The commissions neutralized the purpose of art. B. The commissions made the events mundane. C. The commissions neutralized the subversiveness. D. The commissions nullified Performance Art.

C. The commissions neutralized the subversiveness.

Which of the following describes the Portland Building located in Portland, Oregon? A. a Las Vegas monstrosity B. a tribute to Philip Johnson C. an enlarged jukebox D. a sham palace

C. an enlarged jukebox

When did the center of the Western art world shift from Europe to the United States? A. with the Armory Show of 1913 B. during the 1920s C. during the 1940s D. during the 1960s

C. during the 1940s

Chris Ofili explores traditional themes and approaches with cross-cultural eyes. Which of the following describes his work? A. it raises issues of social awareness B. it is de-constructing racist sentiment C. it is expressionistic in nature D. it is political in nature

C. it is expressionistic in nature

Which of the following describes Joseph Beuys purpose for his art? A. it was illuminating the condition of the political classes. B. it was illuminating the condition of women C. it was illuminating the condition if modern humanity D. it was illuminating the condition of the homeless

C. it was illuminating the condition if modern humanity

What was the main focus of the work of the postwar New York School? A. life on the streets B. optical phenomena C. the act of painting itself D. Postmodern appropriating of early material

C. the act of painting itself

Which artist stated that she wanted her pieces to be "non art, non connotative, non anthropomorphic, non geometric, non nothing, everything, but of another kind, vision, sort"? A. Helen Frankenthaler B. Judy Chicago C. Sonia Sheridan D. Eva Hesse

D. Eva Hesse

How did Carolee Schneeman transform Performance Art? A. She introduced a political dimension. B. She introduced a social dimension. C. She introduced a racist dimension D. She introduced a feminist dimension

D. She introduced a feminist dimension

Which of the following describes Happenings? A. planned B. controlled C. individualized D. participatory

D. participatory

Cindy Sherman works in which medium representing the "male gaze"? A. sculpture B. acrylics C. video D. photography

D. photography

Which of the following describes the work of Jackson Pollock. A. quiet and intense remaining true to conventional painting B. strictly organized adhering to conventional painting C. colorful remaining true to conventional painting D. significant departure from conventional painting

D. significant departure from conventional painting

Which of the following describes Kruger's photo-collages? A. they inform the "preciousness" of good small photo-collage. B. they challenge media markets to pursue good design C. the indiscriminate use of words and photos creates bad design and her work is deemed critically unacceptable D. they challenge cultural attitudes

D. they challenge cultural attitudes