Art History - Unit Six: Modern Art 1

What scientific innovation occurred that affected the art that was produced during this period? a. Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity b. the invention of the phonograph c. the polio vaccine was first developed d. penicillin was discovered

NOT b. the invention of the phonograph

[Image ID: Mountains at Collioure by Andre Derain. A mountain landscape with trees are brightly colored and unrealistic brushstrokes. ] In the painting above, the artist used color to create what he called __________________. a. deliberate contrast b. deliberate disharmonies c. deliberate chaos d. deliberate patterns

NOT c. deliberate chaos

When looking at modern art, what should the viewer understand? a. Artists were rebelling against art from previous periods. b. Artists rebelled against political leaders. c. Modern art reflects changes following World War I. d. none of the above

NOT d. none of the above

[Image ID: An artwork titled Outbreak by Kathe Kollwitz. The portrait depicts the German Peasants War. A woman compels a crowd of men to run.] What does the image above depict? a. Peasants going to war against their society. b. Angry women rioting because they lost their husbands in the war. c. Refugees running away from an invading army.

a. Peasants going to war against their society.

What is Automatism? a. a group of techniques designed to release art from conscious control b. a sculptural process c. an artistic form that involves using dreams to create a piece d. art that is created by a machine

a. a group of techniques designed to release art from conscious control

What is Analytic Cubism? a. a style that attempted to systematically fracture and rearrange the elements of an image b. a style that took apart pieces of an image, and pieced them back together in a three-dimensional piece c. a style that used mathematics

a. a style that attempted to systematically fracture and rearrange the elements of an image

How did Salvador Dalí come up with his images? a. imagery from his nightmares b. symbolic imagery from his childhood c. symbolic imagery from his psychotherapy sessions d. imagery from the horrors of war

a. imagery from his nightmares

How did Primitivism begin? a. Artists wanted to embrace high society, while displaying its animalistic characteristics. b. Artists were contemptuous toward city life and decadence. c. Artists were jealous. d. all of the above

b. Artists were contemptuous toward city life and decadence.

What is similar about the two images below? [Image ID 1: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso. Several cubist figures wear African masks and are naked.] [Image ID 2: Houses at l'Estaque by Georges Braque. Geometric forms are placed to look like houses with tree like objects.] a. Both contain earthlike colors. b. Both reduce items to basic geometric forms. c. They share a similar composition d. They were painted by the same artist.

b. Both reduce items to basic geometric forms.

What did Marcel Duchamp contribute to the Dada movement? a. He held meetings for artists who had a shared disgust for the current culture. b. He produced many ready-mades, or common objects that are transformed into art. c. He produced many photomontages. d. all of the above

b. He produced many ready-mades, or common objects that are transformed into art.

What was Sigmund Freud's theory of the unconscious? a. He believed true art came only from the unconscious mind. b. He viewed the human mind as engaged in battle between the rational conscious mind and the irrational urges of the unconscious. c. He viewed all human beings as products of their environment.

b. He viewed the human mind as engaged in battle between the rational conscious mind and the irrational urges of the unconscious.

[Image ID: Birth of Liquid Desires. A melted artist palette has a man resting inside with two other figures holding each other and another reaching through the melted palette.] Who painted the image above? a. Joan Miro b. Salvador Dalí c. Sigmund Freud d. Max Ernst

b. Salvador Dalí

After living through World War I and witnessing the effects of war on society and its people, artists _____________________. a. had new subject matter and mediums b. had a new sense of reality c. had a greater appreciation for the beauty of life d. had a renewed emphasis on classical art forms

b. had a new sense of reality

What do Fauvism and Primitivism have in common? a. flattened figures b. opposition to current culture c. unrealistic color d. arrangement of the picture

b. opposition to current culture

[Image ID: Shooting Star by Joan Miro. Strange doodles cover the canvas with swirls of color.] How did the artist of the above image create his paintings? a. He dropped ink splotches and created drawings around them. b. He painted upside down. c. He doodled on canvas and turned these abstractions into whatever figure he felt they resembled. d. He closed his eyes while he painted.

c. He doodled on canvas and turned these abstractions into whatever figure he felt they resembled.

What influence did the Dada movement have on future art? a. It challenged critics to change their views. b. It caused a huge controversy over the artists involved in the movement. c. It played a major role in changing the perception of art and breaking all of the rules.

c. It played a major role in changing the perception of art and breaking all of the rules.

[Image ID: A "sculpture" of a urinal titled Fountain and signed "R. Mutt 1917" on the side.] Who created the piece above? a. Hannah Hoche b. Hannah Hill c. Marcel Duchamp d. Hugo Ball

c. Marcel Duchamp

[Image ID: Girl with a Mandolin by Pablo Picasso. Shapes and forms are placed to look like a girl with a mandolin.] How is the piece above a little different from Picasso's other Cubist work? a. It is less flat looking. b. He experimented with color. c. The figure is identifiable. d. It is his only painting with a female figure.

c. The figure is identifiable.

Picasso is considered __________________________. a. the main pioneer in abstract art b. a rebellious artist c. a founding father of Cubism d. a founding father of Fauvism

c. a founding father of Cubism

What is grattage? a. creating pattern by using everyday materials and dried paint to create texture b. creating pattern by laying metal underneath of the canvas c. creating pattern by scraping off layers of paint from a canvas that is laid over a textured surface

c. creating pattern by scraping off layers of paint from a canvas that is laid over a textured surface

Primitive art reflected art from___________________________. a. African cultures b. Asian cultures c. non-western cultures d. European cultures

c. non-western cultures

Surrealists attacked the emphasis placed on _________________. a. reality b. traditions and events c. rationalism in current culture d. all of the above

c. rationalism in current culture

Which of the following explains why some audiences were not accepting of Cubism? a. It was innovative, and not all people like change. b. It wasn't realistic. c. It didn't show off the artist's skills in a traditional sense. d. all of the above

d. all of the above

Which of the following is true regarding the Dada movement? a. It was considered by many to be the "anti-art". b. Dada artists did not care about the status quo. c. Dada artists did not care about art in the traditional sense. d. all of the above

d. all of the above

Which of the following played an important role in the shaping of modern art? a. new science b. psychology c. World War I d. all of the above

d. all of the above