Chapter 30: Modernism in the United States and Mexico, 1900-1945

What description best characterizes the response American audiences had upon encountering European and American modernist art at the Armory Show in 1913? a. An emotional response b. A positive response c. A bored response d. A civilized response

a. An emotional response

With its streamlined forms, dynamic rhythms, and alternating hard patterns, the Chrysler Building in New York is a masterpiece of what style? a. Art Deco b. The prairie style c. Art Nouveau d. Organic architecture

a. Art Deco

Which French artist played a significant role in American art history, exhibiting the controversial Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 in the Armory Show and figuring prominently in New York Dada? a. Marcel Duchamp b. Georges Braque c. Pablo Picasso d. Meret Oppenheim

a. Marcel Duchamp

In the early 20th century, the cause of modernist art in the United States was largely carried forth by what group of supporters? a. Prominent American women patrons of the arts b. Rich industrialist robber-barons such as John Jacob Aster and Andrew Carnegie c. Art professors at American universities d. European collectors of American art

a. Prominent American women patrons of the arts

Grant Wood was the leader of what mid-20th-century art movement? a. Regionalism b. Cubism c. Precisionism d. Abstraction

a. Regionalism

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is best known for what kind of works? a. Self-portraits b. Political mural paintings c. Desert landscape paintings d. Documentary photographs

a. Self-portraits

What cultural group forms the primary subject matter for the artist Jacob Lawrence? a. Mexican Americans b. African Americans c. Native Americans d. Japanese Americans

b. African Americans

Which Depression-era photographer made a reputation producing photographs and articles for popular illustrated magazines including Fortune and Life? a. Dorothea Lange b. Margaret Bourke-White c. Charles Sheeler d. Edward Weston

b. Margaret Bourke-White

Georgia O'Keeffe's skyscraper paintings in the 1920s, with their simplified planes, clean lines, and abstract rhythms, were associated with what style? a. Realism b. Precisionism c. Regionalism d. Cubism

b. Precisionism

John Sloan, a self-described "incorrigible window watcher," was associated with The Eight, a group of American painters who favored what style? a. Cubism b. Realism c. Fauvism d. Futurism

b. Realism

Which Regionalist artist completed the murals titled A Social History of the State of Missouri in 1936 for the Missouri State Capitol? a. Grant Wood b. Thomas Hart Benton c. Charles Sheeler d. Diego Rivera

b. Thomas Hart Benton

Who established the gallery at 291 Fifth Avenue in New York, which exhibited the latest in both European and American art? a. Georgia O'Keeffe b. Charles Sheeler c. Alfred Stieglitz d. Stuart Davis

c. Alfred Stieglitz

Which photographer rose to prominence for depictions of Depression-era migratory farm workers made for the Resettlement Administration? a. Alfred Stieglitz b. Margaret Bourke-White c. Dorothea Lange d. Edward Weston

c. Dorothea Lange

Organic architecture, Usonian houses, and the prairie style are architectural ideas associated with which architect? a. Louis Sullivan b. William Van Alen c. Frank Lloyd Wright d. Adolf Loos

c. Frank Lloyd Wright

Early in his career, Frank Lloyd Wright worked in the firm headed by which established architect? a. William Van Alen b. Walter Gropius c. Louis Sullivan d. Mies van der Rohe

c. Louis Sullivan

The artists Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco are primarily known for works in which medium? a. Photography b. Miniature painting c. Mural painting d. Abstract sculpture

c. Mural painting

The clarity and lack of photographic manipulation in Alfred Stieglitz's The Steerage demonstrates his commitment to what photographic approach? a. Pictorial photography b. Futurism c. Straight photography d. Precisionism

c. Straight photography

Which artist painted Nighthawks, the work that captures the overwhelming loneliness and isolation of Depression-era life in the United States? a. Stuart Davis b. Charles Demuth c. Ben Shahn d. Edward Hopper

d. Edward Hopper

Aaron Douglas was a leading figure of what literary and artistic movement in the early 20th century? a. Art Deco b. Regionalism c. Social Realism d. Harlem Renaissance

d. Harlem Renaissance

Aaron Douglas's style is a unique fusion of African art, the artist's own personal vision, and what European style? a. Surrealism b. Photomontage c. Dada d. Synthetic Cubism

d. Synthetic Cubism