Art Appreciation Final

Which artist used straight lines, primary colors, and rectangles as universal elements? a) Piet Mondrian b) Wassily Kandinsky c) Jacob Lawrence d) Diego Rivera

a) Piet Mondrian

Edward Hopper differed from the Impressionists in his a) use of light to organize compositions. b) depiction of everyday life. c) preference for the medium of oil paint. d) lack of interest in grand narratives.

a) use of light to organize compositions.

Many Baroque characteristics developed as propaganda for the a) Renaissance. b) Counter-Reformation. c) Protestant Reformation. d) Enlightenment.

b) Counter-Reformation

All of the following artists epitomize the High Renaissance EXCEPT a) Leonardo da Vinci. b) Donatello. c) Raphael. d) Michelangelo Buonarroti.

b) Donatello.

Artists associated with which movement most stressed that viewers should see their paintings as objects, not pictures? a) Pop Art b) Minimalism c) Color-Field Painting d) Abstract Expressionism

b) Minimalism

The word "Neolithic" means a) Old Stone Age. b) New Stone Age. c) stone tools. d) nomadic.

b) New Stone Age.

Portrait Head of an Old Man is an example of a) Greek sculpture. b) Roman sculpture. c) Etruscan sculpture. d) Egyptian sculpture.

b) Roman sculpture.

Modern art arrived in America by way of exhibitions and promotions by a) painter Emil Nolde. b) photographer Alfred Stieglitz. c) painter Sonia Delaunay-Terk. d) sculptor Constantin Brancusi.

b) photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

In the seventeenth century, in the Netherlands, the major patrons of paintings were a) the nobility. b) the wealthy merchant class. c) other artists. d) the clergy.

b) the wealthy merchant class.

What was the primary subject matter for Rococo artists?

was the frivolous life and romance

Define Renaissance

"rebirth" of greek and roman ideals; achievement, discovery, exploration were encouraged

In her painting Judith and the Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi demonstrates the close influence of a) Caravaggio. b) Raphael. c) Paolo Veronese. d) Masaccio.

a) Caravaggio.

Marcel Duchamp was responsible for bringing motion to a) Cubism. b) Futurism. c) Fauvism. d) Expressionism.

a) Cubism.

Jacob Lawrence was a product of a community art center in a) Harlem. b) Los Angeles. c) Chicago. d) Missouri.

a) Harlem.

Richard Hamilton's Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? and James Rosenquist's F-111 are examples of a) Pop Art. b) happenings. c) Minimal art. d) site-specific art.

a) Pop Art.

Judy Chicago and Nancy Spero have in common a) an interest in feminism b) a preference for expressing themselves in performance art. c) an interest in color-field painting. d) an interest in making site-specific artwork.

a) an interest in feminism

All of the following are characteristic of International Style architecture EXCEPT a) decorative ornamentaion. b) rectilinear planes. c) steel frames. d) curtain walls.

a) decorative ornamentaion.

in The Conversion of Saint Paul, Caravaggio created drama though the high contrast of lights and dark and the use of extreme a) foreshortening. b) color combinations. c) linear perspective. d) symmetry.

a) foreshortening

One feature that set Gothic architecture apart from Romanesque was the extensive use of a) stained glass. b) barrel vaulting. c) wooden doors. d) domes.

a) stained glass.

Some believe that the sculpture Woman of Willendorf was associated with a) the Great Mother Goddess. b) the development of stone tools. c) hunting rituals. d) the agricultural revolution.

a) the Great Mother Goddess

Developed in the Netherlands, De Stijl (The Style) had what as its goal? a) universal harmony b) romantic emotion c) dynamic motion d) ultra-realism

a) universal harmony

The technique of papier collé is most closely associated with a) Analytical Cubism. b) Synthetic Cubism. c) Fauvism. d) Expressionism.

b) Synthetic Cubism

In Monogram, Robert Rauschenberg put everyday objects together with collage and painting to form what he called a) installations. b) combine-paintings. c) site-specific works. d) action paintings.

b) combine-paintings.

Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Chairs is an example of a) performance art. b) color-field painting. c) Conceptual art. d) Minimalism.

c) Conceptual art.

Where was Jan Vermeer from? a) France. b) England. c) Netherlands. d) Italy.

c) Netherlands.

Which of these structures is Gothic? a) Old St. Peter's Basilica b) the Pantheon c) Notre-Dame de Chartres d) San Vitale

c) Notre-Dame de Chartres

Fauvist artists extended the visual vocabulary of Post-Impressionism by making their primary subject matter a) landscape. b) portraits. c) color. d) line.

c) color.

in Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait, the woman is wearing a green dress to symbolize a) marital fidelity. b) purity. c) fertility. d) the presence of Christ.

c) fertility.

Masaccio's The Holy Trinity fresco is considered to be the first painting based on the systematic use of a) contrapposto. b) chiaroscuro. c) linear perspective. d) foreshortening

c) linear perspective.

The influence of Neoplatonism would be most likely when, in a painting, a Renaissance artist highlights a a) genre scene. b) donor portrait. c) nude classical goddess. d) representation of the Virgin Mary.

c) nude classical goddess.

Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm is an example of a) Conceptual art. b) Minimal art. c) Pop Art. d) Abstract Expressionism.

d) Abstract Expressionism.

Which artist believed himself to reveal the essence of his forms in his work? a) Wassily Kandinsky b) Pablo Picasso c) Marcel Duchamp d) Constantine Brancusi

d) Constantine Brancusi

Marcel Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q. is an example of a) Surrealism. b) Constructivism. c) De Stijl. d) Dada.

d) Dada.

Michelangelo's David has a naturalistic pose, set in contrapposto, demonstrating the influence of a) Gothic frescoes. b) Flemish painting. c) Byzantine mosaics. d) Greek sculpture.

d) Greek sculpture.

The meeting of decorative nomadic style and Christianity can be seen most clearly in illustrated books from a) England. b) France. c) Italy. d) Ireland.

d) Ireland.

Focused on developing a new visual language for a new industrial age, Constructivism developed in a) the Netherlands. b) Spain. c) France. d) Russia.

d) Russia.

Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 demonstrates the influence of a) Surrealism. b) Classical sculpture. c) Expressionism. d) Stroboscopic photography.

d) Stroboscopic photography.

Early Christian art was created in private homes and underground burial chambers called a) basilicas. b) metopes. c) coffers. d) catacombs.

d) catacombs.

The works of Joseph Beuys and Ana Mendieta are examples of a) photorealism. b) Abstract Expressionism. c) Minimalism. d) performance art.

d) performance art.

Between the wars, totalitarian governments officially required a socially and politically "correct" form of art, social realism, which had as its goal to a)retreat from the old and advance with the new. b) make people more compassionate. c) protest and cause revolution. d) retreat from modern art and communicate official positions to the public.

d) retreat from modern art and communicate official positions to the public.

With its decorative and sensual qualities, the Rococo style was particularly suited to the extravagant and often frivolous life of a) Protestant reformers. b) Catholic Church officials. c) the Dutch middle class. d) the French court and aristocracy.

d) the French court and aristocracy.

Which building was designed to honor the goddess of wisdom and prudent warfare? a) San Vitale b) the Pantheon c) the Colosseum d) the Parthenon

d) the Parthenon

The Gutai manifesto proclaimed an end of a) performance art. b) happenings. c) the theater of life. d) traditional art making.

d) traditional art making

Early stone tools were developed about a) one hundred thousand years ago. b) five hundred thousand years ago. c) one million years ago. d) two million years ago.

d) two million years ago.

Find the way in which the Elements of Art and the Principles have been applied in the artwork that you have selected (The image is "Jean Michel Basquiat , "Fallen Angel.

jagged lines, analogous colors, complementary colors

Discuss how the transition f rom Paleolithic to Neolithic cultures was a major turning point in human history.

no longer had to move around, agriculture, no longer moving to hunt

Define "readymade" and provide an examples.

objects that are chosen because only made. the fountain by Duchalp

Describe the rise of the Dada movement. What were its aims?

rejection of all institution that lead to horrors of WWI response to horrors of WWI rebellious attitude

Describe the architectural innovations of the Romans, using the Roman Pantheon as an example.

the use of coffers, making the roof look rigid, gives it its texture, saved it a lot of weight