Test Four Unit 4 Context: Art History

This work by Duchamp makes use of the Dada innovation: Duchamp Torture device art Hat racks 'Ready-made' art Non-objective art Sculpture in the round

'Ready-made' art

This 1949 work by Jackson Pollock is an example of the leading style of art during the late 40's & 50's with the art world focus of the attention on New York City called: Pollock & I Drip-Drip art Spatter cloth Abstract Expressionism or 'action painting' Bad art None of the above

Abstract Expressionism or 'action painting'

This detail of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel depicts a critical moment in biblical history. The two figures shown are: Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel Jesus and God the Father Michelangelo and God Jesus and St. Peter Adam and God Adam and St. Peter

Adam and God

This work by Manet outraged the art world because it: Édouard Manet: The Luncheon on the Grass Uses flatness of forms Has ambiguous subject matter Is conscious of itself as a painting References great works of art history All of the above

All of the above

Avant-Garde, in art, refers to: Docent security in museums Opposition to war by artists Bold artists moving first into new approaches in art Layers of painted glazes None of the above

Bold artists moving first into new approaches in art

This large sculptural fragment represents a ruler who issued an edict of tolerance that allowed Christians to openly worship in the Roman Empire. What is the name of this Emperor? Constantine Alexander the great Perikles Caesar Justinian Constantine

Constantine

An early-20th-century painting style, explored by Picasso and Braque, in which forms were flattened into planes, was called. Fauvism Cubism Abstract Expressionism Surrealism Minimal Art

Cubism

The three phases or styles of Greek and Roman columns are: Anechoic, Cornice and Slendic. without a top, double tiered and triple tiered. painted wood, white stone and gray marble. Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. Obelisk, Post & Lintel and Pyramidal.

Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.

Continuity is the principle message of the art of what civilization? Egypt Greece Rome Crete Babylon

Egypt

The term 'Pantokrator' is Greek for 'stone mason'. True False

False

'Les Demoiselles d' Avignon' by Pablo Picasso is pivotal in the development of modern art because of its: NYC - MoMA: Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon Use of value and light Commercial value is over 1 million dollars Large scale Flat planes and elements of Cubism Use of prostitutes as subject matter

Flat planes and elements of Cubism

Michelangelo painted this complex image on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. His medium was: Sistine Chapel Oil paint Tempera Watercolor Fresco Encaustic

Fresco

As discussed, the four most important influences of Western art history are: Egypt, the Renaissance, Impressionism and film / photography. Greek & Roman cultures, Christianity, the Renaissance and Cubism. prehistoric, Byzantine, Rococo and Realism. artists, politicians, viewers / collectors and the military. none of the above. Nothing has influenced Western art history, it stands alone.

Greek & Roman cultures, Christianity, the Renaissance and Cubism.

The Renaissance refers to a 're-birth' interest in: Egyptian art Impressionism Outer space and the heavens Greek and Roman art and culture Acrylic painting

Greek and Roman art and culture

Sandro Botticelli's work 'The Birth of Venus' 1480 depicts which interest of Renaissance artists? Botticelli-venus' Religion Sexual Fantasy Mermaids Greek and Roman mythology Illustrating Classical music

Greek and Roman mythology

These works are a good example of what movement in modern art driven by American consumer culture? warhol_soup_cans Non-linear Externalism. Pop Art. Expressionism. Realism. Consumerism.

Pop Art.

Besides being an artist, Leonardo da Vinci was also an architect, engineer, inventor, scientist, mathematician, and musician exemplifying the term: Ninja Turtle. Revived Enlightened Multifacet (REM). Jack of all trades, Master of none. Resurgent Humanist. Renaissance Man.

Renaissance Man.

The style in 18th-century European art is considered to be a development of the Baroque. The aristocracy favored it, and it featured pastel colors, small scale, and a playful quality. Renaissance Genre Rococo Bourgeois Romantic

Rococo

Genre painting depicts: Human anatomy Landscapes Heroic Greek gods Propaganda Scenes of the everyday

Scenes of the everyday

A relaxed contrapposto pose begins to appear in the figure sculpture of the Classical period in Greece. True False

True

An 'icon' is an image of a sacred subject. True False

True

An important factor in understanding and appreciating art is having some knowledge of its place in time. True False

True

Archaic Greek sculpture is somewhat more rigid and "block like" than Classical Greek sculpture. True False

True

The Laocoon Group, one of the best-known Hellenistic period sculptures differs from the Classical period because: The Laocoon Group - Vatican Museum it depicts snakes and animals not found during the Classical period. it explores aspects of the Egyptian religion in the subject matter. the Greek sculptors began using (or referring to) posed live models. it contains drama, tension, emotional violence and contorted figures in the subject. it is created out of plaster rather than marble or stone.

it contains drama, tension, emotional violence and contorted figures in the subject.

The Surrealists sought to. create multiple points of view through the use of planes. probe the subconscious and dreams for meaning and messages. sing and dance like women. capture the transitory effects of light. re-create the exact appearance of the natural world.

probe the subconscious and dreams for meaning and messages.