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Visual Arts
Question
This artist, who created the work Cataract 3, used the natural movement of the human eye to create illusions of motion.
a. Jenny Holzer d. Alexander Calder
b. Bridget Riley e. Dorothea Lange
c. Nancy Holt
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What was the artist of The Hip Hop Project (25) trying to do?
a. effectively become a part of a number of different communities
b. tell people that she is a famous artist in order to provoke a reaction
c. become black, white, or Hispanic
d. change her identity because she does not like being Korean
e. present snapshots that she collected from various flea markets as her own
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What is the medium of The Hip Hop Project (25)?
a. gelatin silver print d. fresco
b. video e. Fujiflex print
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Which of the following movements influenced the filmmaker Spike Lee?
a. the Abstract Artists Alliance d. the LGBT movement
b. the Civil Rights movement e. the Tea Party
c. the Feminist movement
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What message comes across in Abbey Among Oak Trees?
a. that nature reflects the presence of God in mans world
b. that nature will outlast human constructions
c. that even religion can be corrupted
d. that a wintery landscape can convey a mood of death
e. all of the other answers
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The layout of The Dinner Party alludes to:
a. an ancient sign for woman
b. a coven of witches
c. the Last Supper
d. ancient religions that worshiped a mother goddess
e. all of the other answers
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Who is the artist of Fox in the Snow?
a. Gustave Courbet d. Andrea Mantegna
b. Thomas Eakins e. Johannes Vermeer
c. Caspar David Friedrich
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Why did the artist of The Two Fridas paint two of herself?
a. because she could not decide what she wanted to wear
b. because she liked to show the mirror she painted from
c. because she was seeing double during her recuperation from surgery
d. because she wanted to depict distinct aspects of her identity
e. one of the women in the picture is her twin sister
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Where is the Japanese zen garden (4.3.12) located?
a. Hilton Hotel, Tokyo
b. off the coast of Kanagawa
c. Ryoan-ji, Kyoto
d. Osaka Castle
e. It is a replica located inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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What is the date of Frida Kahlos The Two Fridas?
a. 1839 d. 1989
b. 1889 e. 1993
c. 1939
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What is Shiva Nataraja responsible for doing?
a. dancing the world into existence
b. balancing contradictory qualities, for example creation and destruction
c. bringing to life the endless of cycle of birth and rebirth
d. stamping out evil and ignorance
e. all of the other answers
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Pablo Picassos painting Girl before a Mirror reflects his knowledge of ________.
a. the history of art
b. Dutch still life painting
c. Renaissance and Baroque figure studies
d. images of the goddess Venus
e. all of the other answers
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Consider the following concepts as they relate to artworks in this chapter:
male and female
active and passive
representation and performance
realistic and abstract
After making a list of artworks that relate to each pairing, write a short paragraph about the artworks related to the pairing you find the most intriguing.
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Compare Myrons Discus Thrower (4.9.4) with Alberto Giacomettis Man Pointing (4.9.16). Which of the artworks is more realistic? Which one is more abstract? What does each of the artworks reveal to you about the human body? Does the medium used affect the way you view each artwork? Give your reasons why, or why not.
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Compare the self-portraits depicted in Jenny Savilles Branded (4.9.19) and ORLANs Omnipresence (4.9.20). How does each artist craft the view of herself that we see? Briefly describe what each artwork looks like, in terms of medium, shape, size, and so on, concentrating on the most noticeable similarities and differences. What were the artists intentions for each artwork? What does comparing these artworks in this way reveal that you had not thought of before making the comparison?
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The artist ORLAN was the first person ever to undergo plastic surgery.
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The artist ORLAN is known for her ________.
a. large oil paintings d. awkward interviews
b. abstract public sculptures e. none of the other answers
c. unconventional performances
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Why does the figure in Branded look like it does?
a. because it is idealized and perfect, like a Greek goddess
b. because it confronts, even exaggerates, the imperfections of reality
c. because the woman in the picture ate nothing but jelly donuts for a year
d. because the artist was a medical student
e. because the artists favorite color is blue
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In a video called I Am Your Grandma the artist uses technology, references to existing artworks, and popular culture to explore identity.
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Rituals that connect with ancestors and nature spirits are as important as the tasks of daily life for African peoples like the Yombe.
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What is the medium of Henry Moores Recumbent Figure?
a. bronze d. wax
b. clay e. paper
c. green Horton stone
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Paul Czanne used ________ in his work Mont Sainte-Victoire.
a. no discernable perspective
b. one-point perspective
c. two-point perspective
d. atmospheric perspective
e. artists did not know how to do perspective at that time
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Who repeatedly painted studies of the mountain he had seen throughout his childhood and later observed from his studio window?
a. Paul Czanne d. Vincent van Gogh
b. Gustave Courbet e. none of the other answers
c. Paul Gauguin
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Research the use of symbols in the arts of Asia. Find at least three symbols that recur often in Asian artworks, such as the lotus flower in Buddhist art, or Mount Fuji in Japanese art. Why are these symbols significant to those that create or view them?
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The giant portrait that hangs over Tiananmen depicts one of the founders of ancient China.
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The colossal statue of Constantine the Great departs completely from statues of earlier Roman emperors.
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Which emperor created a colossal statue of himself to be placed in a basilica in the center of Rome?
a. Augustus d. Louis XIV
b. Constantine e. Hammurabi
c. Justinian
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Research the portraits of Napoleon painted by Jacques-Louis David. How did these worksin particular, Napoleon Crossing the Alpshelp to create Napoleons image and reputation?
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In The Armada Portrait, it is suggested that Queen Elizabeth is:
a. elegant and feminine d. all of the other answers
b. chaste e. none of the other answers
c. powerful
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Perform a formal analysis of douard Manets A Bar at the Folies-Bergre. Identify the visual ambiguities in the painting, and propose why you think the artist made such choices. What might they suggest to the viewer?
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Which element of Audrey Flacks Marilyn (Vanitas) can be linked to the term vanitas?
a. mirror d. hourglass
b. clock e. all of the other answers
c. calendar