Chapter 31: Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945-1980

Which feminist artist used her body as a component in her artworks, as in Flowers on Body, illustrated here? a. Ana Mendieta b. Kiki Smith c. Barbara Kruger d. Susan Rothenberg

a. Ana Mendieta

Which materials and techniques employed in Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party explicitly relate to the work's feminist content? a. China painting and needlework b. Photography and printmaking c. Oil painting on canvas d. Carved marble

a. China painting and needlework

Which 20th-century art movement maintained that the "artfulness" of art lies in the artist's idea rather than in its final expression? a. Conceptual Art b. New Media c. Performance Art d. Neo-Expressionism

a. Conceptual Art

Which term best describes Joan Mitchell's approach to Abstract Expressionism seen in this Untitled work from ca. 1955? a. Gestural abstraction b. Chromatic abstraction c. Post-Painterly Abstraction d. Drip painting

a. Gestural abstraction

What is the term for paintings that produce illusions of motion and depth using only geometric forms on two-dimensional surfaces, as in this work titled Fission by Bridget Riley? a. Op Art b. Kinetic art c. Color-field painting d. Gestural abstraction

a. Op Art

Which early British Pop artist explored how advertising shaped public attitudes and combined elements of popular and fine art in his work? a. Richard Hamilton b. David Hockney c. Roy Lichtenstein d. Andy Warhol

a. Richard Hamilton

What artistic tradition does the Superrealist artist Audrey Flack draw upon to make a poignant commentary in Marilyn? a. The vanitas painting b. History painting c. Funerary sculpture d. The death mask

a. The vanitas painting

Which Abstract Expressionist artist famously created paintings composed rhythmic drips, splatters, and dribbles of paint? a. Barnett Newman b. Jackson Pollock c. Mark Rothko d. Franz Kline

b. Jackson Pollock

The great diversity of individual parts, unified by monochrome paint, distinguishes the dynamic compositions of Louise Nevelson's sculpture from what comparatively restrained contemporary sculptural style of the 1960s? a. Abstract Expressionism b. Minimalism c. Pop d. Superrealism

b. Minimalism

Jasper Johns's Three Flags has strong ties to what Surrealist artist who produced a work incorporating the words This is not a pipe? a. Pablo Picasso b. René Magritte c. Richard Hamilton d. Robert Rauschenberg

b. René Magritte

What did Robert Frank's images in The Americans, such as Trolley, New Orleans, reveal about life in the United States in the 1950s? Choose two answers. a. The effects of Kennedy and Johnson's Civil Rights initiatives b. The continuing segregation among blacks and whites in the country c. The spirit of racial unification pervading the United States d. The successful efforts of racial desegregationists in the country

b. The continuing segregation among blacks and whites in the country and d. The successful efforts of racial desegregationists in the country

The eclecticism and dialogue between traditional and contemporary elements found in postmodern architecture is seen in the which building? a. Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia b. Guggenheim Museum, New York c. AT&T Building, New York d. Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France

c. AT&T Building, New York

Which artist employed photography to address the way Western art and media present the female for the enjoyment of the "male gaze"? a. Susan Rothenberg b. Miriam Schapiro c. Cindy Sherman d. Judy Chicago

c. Cindy Sherman

Which art took as its subject the mass culture and familiar imagery of the contemporary urban environment? a. Modernism b. Neo-Expressionism c. Pop Art d. Abstract Expressionism

c. Pop Art

Which artist made works that he called combines, such as Canyon, illustrated here? a. Jasper Johns b. John Cage c. Robert Rauschenberg

c. Robert Rauschenberg

Which Pop artist excerpted a page from a comic book, a form of entertainment meant to be read and discarded, and immortalized their images on a monumental scale? a. Jasper Johns b. Robert Rauschenberg c. Roy Lichtenstein d. Joseph Beuys

c. Roy Lichtenstein

Post-Painterly Abstraction was a postwar American movement that grew out of which style? a. Gestural abstraction b. Regionalism c. Minimalism d. Abstract Expressionism

d. Abstract Expressionism

What was the first major American avant-garde movement of the 20th century? a. Neo-Expressionism b. Minimalism c. Neo Realism d. Abstract Expressionism

d. Abstract Expressionism

Which modern building is fully exposed, rather like an updated version of the Crystal Palace or sophisticated factory? a. AT&T Building, New York b. Portland Building, Portland c. Piazza d'Italia, New Orleans d. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

d. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Which architect created a building that represented organic architecture and was inspired by the shape of a snail's shell? a. Jörn Utzon b. Eero Saarinen c. Charles Moore d. Frank Lloyd Wright

d. Frank Lloyd Wright