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Q: As a potters wheel turns, a lump of clay can be lifted and shaped by hand into a vessel, in an action called a. throwing b. raku c. forging d. wrought e. tumi

Q: Why did Frank Lloyd Wright say that Le Corbusier was valuable, especially as an enemy?

Q: According to the text, television did not take its place as the center of American cultural life until the ______. a. 1930s b. 1940s c. 1950s d. 1960s e. 1970s

Q: How does the painting style of Francisco Goya differ from Jacques-Louis David?

Q: If placed on a black background, an orange shape appearing reddish is an example of ________. a. arbitrary color b. local color c. naturalistic color d. simultaneous contrast e. cool colors

Q: Glass is made primarily of _____, or a kind of sand, plus other minerals that add color. a. clay b. silica c. tumi d. gold e. none of these are correct

Q: List three artists that were associated with the Abstract Expressionists.

Q: The art form known as video art was originated by ______. a. Bill Viola b. Nam June Paik c. Pipilotti Rist d. Eadweard Muybridge e. Giacomo Balla

Q: Define the word sublime in the context of the early nineteenth century. Explain how this influenced Romantic art of the time.

Q: What are the elements of art?

Q: Analogous colors are colors _________. a. opposite each other on the color wheel b. that are not made by any other color c. that are adjacent on the color wheel d. saturated with pigment e. that are not realistic

Q: The black-on-black designs of Maria Martinez and her husband Julian, which are inspired by historic American Indian patterns, combine both shiny and ______, or dull, surfaces. a. thrown b. blue c. matte d. raku e. none of these are correct

Q: Le Corbusiers Notre Dame du Haut is a type of _________. a. organic architecture or sculpture b. geometric architecture c. the International Style d. glorification of the machine e. all of these are correct

Q: Surrealist artists believed in an art that ______. a. depicted dreams b. depicted repressed passions c. depicted the unconscious mind d. all of these are correct e. none of these are correct

Q: As president of the Royal Academy in England, Sir Joshua Reynolds was able to dominate official art. Outline Sir Joshua Reynoldss views on the proper training for young painters.

Q: Color is affected by two things, whatever is next to or surrounding the color and __________. a. pigment b. light c. hue d. texture e. dye

Q: The inspiration for The Gleaners by Jean Francois Millet, came from ______. a. city life b. a decade of living in Paris c. rural life d. Orientalism e. none of these are correct

Q: Why did visitors to the Tate Modern behave as if they were on a beach when they visited The Unilever Series: Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project? a. the museum had increased the temperature of the room b. the warm colors of the artwork made the gallery feel warm c. it is common behavior at the Tate Modern regardless of the artwork d. they were asked to do so by the artist e. all of these are correct

Q: The architect who built a glass house for himself is ______. a. Le Corbusier b. Frank Lloyd Wright c. Mark di Suvero d. Philip Johnson e. Hans Hofmann

Q: The first motion picture camera was called the ______. a. Un Chien Andalou b. locomotion c. film d. kinetoscope e. stylus

Q: Dressing as a boy, ______________ remained unnoticed and free to go about research on animal anatomy, which was conducted in slaughterhouses. a. Vigee-Lebrun b. Rosa Bonheur c. Gustave Courbet d. Jean Francois Millet e. none of these are correct

Q: The discovery that white light creates the spectrum when refracted was done by ______. a. Johannes Itten b. Lucia Koch c. Isaac Newton d. Albert Henry Munsell e. Josef Albers

Q: Clay, used by sculptors to model statues, is also the media used to make what is known as a. plastics b. furniture c. glassblowing d. ceramics e. typography

Q: The glass box format of the International Style leant itself well to skyscrapers because ____. a. it is ordered and disciplined b. it lacks political overtones c. it is a neutral style d. it is cheaper to build than heavily ornamented buildings e. all of these are correct

Q: When Luis Buuel and Salvador Dal created Un Chien Andalou, their goal was _______. a. to tell a story b. to shock the audience c. to repulse the audience d. none of these are correct e. both b and c are correct

Q: What characterized the Barbizon School? a. plein air painting b. blending of Realist and Romantic notions c. living together in rural France d. all of these are correct e. none of these are correct

Q: What is color intensity? a. tint b. shade c. vividness d. value e. hue

Q: Alexander Calder invented ________. a. collage b. the mobile c. action painting d. straight photography e. the glass box

Q: Feeling the heavy burden of trying to create new art surrounded by the grandeur of Roman, Renaissance, and Baroque art, the Futurists saw the new age as an opportunity to _______. a. free Italy from her numberless museums b. free Italy from her useless admiration of the future c. free Italy from her useless admiration of the past d. none of these are correct e. both a and c are correct

Q: Discuss the work of Cindy Sherman while paying particular attention to how she sets up her images. How can something so artificial seem so natural?

Q: What helped lead to Frederick Edwin Churchs popularity? a. His paintings expressed a sense of nostalgia. b. He painted portraits of the elite. c. His painting depicted the grandeur of nature. d. Both a and c are correct. e. None of these are correct.

Q: Black, white and gray are considered ________. a. tints b. shades c. hues d. neutrals e. primary colors

Q: Identify what the acronym CAD stands for. In what ways do CAD programs help architects?

Q: Helen Frankenthaler was inspired and influenced by the Abstract Expressionist painters ______. a. Emil Nolde and Henri Matisse b. Georgia OKeeffe and Vasily Kandinsky c. Jackson Pollock and Hans Hofmann d. Willem de Kooning and Piet Mondrian e. Mark Rothko and Vasily Kandinsky

Q: Discuss the controversy surrounding the retrospective of Robert Mapplethorpes work and how it has impacted the NEA. Was the NEA wrong to hold this exhibition? Was the public justified in their reaction? Why or why not?

Q: All of the following characterize Realist artists except ______. a. they focused on the world around them b. they focused on problems like poverty and political repression c. they exposed the gritty details of contemporary life d. they expressed a deep love of nature e. all of these are correct

Q: A tint is made by mixing a hue with _______. a. white b. black c. the hues complement d. a primary color e. a secondary color

Q: Helen Frankenthaler created her paintings by _________. a. dripping the paint with a stick on the surface of the canvas b. using wide brush strokes filled with emotion c. first using gesso to seal the surface of the canvas, then using built-up layers of thin glazes d. using a palate knife to lay a thick application of oil paints e. letting the colors of paint to soak and stain a raw canvas

Q: _________________ was a professional photographer who created exhaustive studies of figures and animals in motion. a. Giacomo Balla b. Eadweard Muybridge c. Luis Buuel d. Nam June Paik e. Bill Viola

Q: Considered to be the most controversial of French Realists, ______________ was not content simply to caricature society but who actively set out to offend it. a. Jacques-Louis David b. Gustave Courbet c. Thodore Gricault d. Eugne Delacroix e. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Q: Chiaroscuro in a work of art relates to __________. a. figure and ground b. order and chaos c. light and dark d. geometric and organic shapes e. arbitrary and naturalistic colors

Q: Identify three items that go into planning a successful building in a natural setting. List an example from the text to support each of the three items.

Q: What is ferroconcrete? What are the advantages of using ferroconcrete?

Q: What was Mark Rothko exploring in his Color Field paintings such as Untitled (Painting), 19531954? a. action painting b. abstraction of nature c. simultaneous contrast d. psychological and spiritual effects of color e. none of these are correct

Q: Who painted the black and white work that uses loose, expressive lines to describe a complicated and interlocked abstract spaces, such as Painting (1948)? a. Jackson Pollock b. Georgia OKeeffe c. Wilhelm de Kooning d. Edward Weston e. Mark Rothko

Q: Discuss why Man Ray embraced the approach of photography-as-art versus photography as absolute truth.

Q: The ______________ artists rejected much of the logic and order of Neoclassicism and instead looked inside themselves to discover truth. a. Mannerists b. Realist c. Romantic d. Hudson River School e. none of these are correct

Q: Lucia Kochs artwork is surprising in that it ________. a. creates a vibration of sound by the use of lines b. expresses the most base fear by the contrasting shades of color c. uses organic shapes that morph from abstract to nonrepresentational shapes d. addresses the sensitive issues of a female in puberty e. uses light and shadow to transform the appearance of ordinary objects

Q: Explain why architecture is considered the most universal art form. Cite at least one architectural example from the text in your response.

Q: Jackson Pollock was inspired by the _____. a. Surrealists, especially their use of automatic picturemaking b. the rationality of the Bauhaus forms c. Fauves, especially their use of bright colors d. work of Vasily Kandinsky, especially his use of nonrepresentational images e. work of Georgia OKeeffe, especially her use of organic forms

Q: Compare and contrast Hannah Hchs Cut with the Kitchen Knife with Sandy Skoglunds Radioactive Cats. Address the concept of a constructed image in your response.

Q: What is a theme of J.M.W. Turners painting Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Over-board the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On)? a. the overwhelming power of nature b. the utter cruelty of human greed c. the power of the navy d. both a and b are correct e. none of these are correct

Q: If an object has a tactile quality, the object has_______. a. a texture that can actually be felt b. a rich, repetitive pattern c. an illusionary sense of texture d. a sticky texture e. delicate, undetectable brushstrokes

Q: Describe the unique combination of materials used in Frank Lloyd Wrights Kaufman House? Why is it also called Falling Water?

Q: Jackson Pollock created _________, depicting the energy of the artists motions. a. Color Field Paintings b. action paintings c. straight paintings d. Fauvist e. kinetic works

Q: Compare and contrast Edward Steichens Le Penseur with Levi van Veluws Landscape 1. Address the concept of image manipulation in your response.

Q: The Hudson River School was founded by a. Thomas Cole b. Frederick Edwin Church c. John Nash d. J.M.W. Turner e. Caspar David Friedrich

Q: What is one theme of Goyas painting The Third of May, 1808? a. the importance of religion b. class struggle c. insanity d. political cruelty e. none of these are correct

Q: Why did sculptor Henry Moore want people to touch his sculptures? a. because they are difficult to see b. the sculptures felt differently than they looked c. he did not want them to be experienced visually d. he thought the barriers between art and viewers were arrogant. e. all of these are correct

Q: What was the dominant theme of Georgia OKeeffes work during her long career? a. nature b. portraiture c. landscape d. none of these are correct e. all of these are correct

Q: What are the five basic parts of all cameras?

Q: Jacques-Louis David was the artist, spokesman, and historian, as well as a firm supporter of the ______. a. Romanticism b. French Revolution c. Royal Academy d. Hudson River School e. none of these are correct

Q: Simplified shapes are called _______ shapes. a. geometric b. abstract c. non-representational d. non-objective e. organic

Q: What are the three Greek Orders of columns?

Q: Edward Weston made images that were _______. a. previsualized b. uncropped using the full frame c. contact prints made directly from the negative d. done using the deepest moment of perception e. all of these are correct

Q: What is the Farm Security Administration and how is this organization important?

Q: The ambition of the Spaniard _________________ was to become a painter to the court, which he did not accomplish until he was forty-three years old. a. Jacques-Louis David b. Francisco Goya c. Thodore Gricault d. Eugne Delacroix e. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Q: Geometric forms suggest ________. a. chaos b. nature c. creativity d. reason e. organic forms

Q: What is a triumphal arch? Cite one example of a triumphal arch.

Q: Why did New York City replace Paris as the world capital of art? a. The Bauhaus school closed. b. Many artists fled to New York from Europe, c. The advance of Hitlers armies destabilized Europe. d. None of these are correct. e. All of these are correct.

Q: Name two reasons why Alfred Stieglitz is important to American photography.

Q: In The Oath of the Horatii, Jacques-Louis David emphasized the virtues of ______. a. patriotism b. self-sacrifice c. fidelity d. only a and b are correct e. a, b, and c are correct

Q: An example of a geometric shape is _________. a. an amoeba b. a treetop c. a triangle d. a mountain e. a hand

Q: What did the building of Dome of the Rock commemorate?

Q: Paintings of moral lessons, such as Angelica Kauffmanns Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures, that educate and improve the viewer are called ______. a. academic paintings b. revolutionary paintings c. landscape paintings d. history paintings e. none of these are correct

Q: Diagonal lines in a work of art convey ____________. a. calmness b. inspiration c. energy d. confrontation e. peacefulness

Q: What is an example of temporary architecture? a. St. Peters Basilica b. Blur Building c. Seed Cathedral d. Kaufman House e. both b and c

Q: What were Le Corbusiers aspirations for the modern architecture? a. It should be purely rational and scientific. b. It should create a better world. c. It should solve intransigent social problems. d. It should break down old nationalistic boundaries. e. all of these are correct.

Q: What are the differences between the photographic method invented by Louis-Jacques-Mand Daguerre and the method invented by William Henry Fox Talbot?

Q: Which of the following stylistic choices is NOT true of Angelica Kauffmanns Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures? a. clear, bright colors b. crisp lines c. plain background d. murky shades e. both d and c are correct