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Chapter 3 – Seeing the Value in Art
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In 1863, Edouard Manet’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe was rejected by the public due to:
a) its depiction of a picnic.
b) the representation of a woman bathing in the background.
c) its modernity.
d) its size.
2. Maya Ying Lin’s Memorial in Washington, D.C.:
a) was controversial at first because of its non-traditional style.
b) commemorates those who died during World War II.
c) honors soldiers who died during the war in the Persian Gulf.
d) is located in Beijing.
3. At the center of a scandal of the famous Armory Show of 1913 was Nude Descending
a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp. The show was held in:
a) Paris.
b) Philadelphia.
c) New York.
d) London.
4. Considered a masterpiece of Renaissance art, Michelangelo’s David came under attack
upon first viewing due to its:
a) political symbolism.
b) religious symbolism.
c) irregular proportions.
d) subject matter.
5. Chris Ofili’s The Holy Virgin Mary displays two aspects of the artist’s life—his
African heritage and what else?
a) his abstract art training
b) his love of medieval and Renaissance art
c) his study of American popular culture
d) his Catholic upbringing
6. What material did Sakarin Krue-On use in making Since 1958 (fig. 56, p. 51)?
a) oil paint
b) wood
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c) bronze
d) human hair
7. In Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) (pp. 43-44), Manet intentionally
rejects traditional painting techniques for what purpose?
a) to surpass the art of Raphael and the Renaissance
b) to call attention to his modernity and break with the past
c) to show how photography affected people’s vision
d) to retain a link with other artists at the Armory Show
8. Guillermo Gómez-Peña’s The Temple of Confessions (p. 53) could be defined as
______ art.
a) apolitical
b) academic and traditional
c) abstract
d) performance and installation
9. According to the National Endowment for the Arts what activist role should artists
take?
a) They should educate the public about the value of art.
b) They should create art with a political agenda.
c) They should always break with past traditions.
d) They should incite people to vote for art in public spaces.
10. The artist’s relation to the public often depends upon:
a) the amount charged for their work.
b) whether or not they make representational work.
c) the artist’s background and lifestyle.
d) what the artist is trying to say.
11. Manet’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) was rejected from the annual
salon exhibition in Paris in 1863. Where was it exhibited?
a) at the Grande Palace
b) at the Salon des Refusés
c) at the Louvre
d) It was never exhibited.
12. Which artwork was referred to as “an explosion in a shingle factory”?
a) Edouard Manet’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe
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b) Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase
c) Pablo Picasso’s Women of Avignon
d) Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night
13. Historically, why do many people receive new and innovative work with reservation?
a) They are ill informed.
b) They have little context in which to view the work.
c) The work rarely sells to patrons.
d) They prefer representational art.
14. How is Maya Ying Lin’s Vietnam Memorial (p. 46) similar to works by Edouard
Manet and Marcel Duchamp?
a) similar subject matter
b) avoidance of color
c) similar types of form
d) All were initially misunderstood by the public.
15. What specific component of the National Endowment for the Arts made works of art
available to the general public?
a) the Helms amendment
b) the National Cooperative
c) the Arts in Public Places program
d) the National Gallery
16. Which sculptor eventually saw his controversial work destroyed?
a) Richard Serra
b) Carl Andre
c) Andy Warhol
d) Edouard Manet
17. In Chapter 3, Sayre discusses two ways of valuing art. What are they?
a) monetary and intrinsic
b) monetary and investment
c) intrinsic and unspoken
d) monumental and monetary
18. What is that motivates most collectors to buy contemporary art?
a) investment in a known commodity
b) nothing better to do with their money
c) the pleasure of owning art and the prestige it confers upon them
d) all of the above
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19. What was the inspiration for Marcel Duchamp’s controversial Nude Descending a
Staircase?
a) a visit to a shingle factory
b) Navajo blankets
c) the chronophotographs of Etienne-Jules Marey
d) a 17th century painting by Raphael
20. Etienne-Jules Marey and Edward Muybridge were pioneers in the burgeoning art of
____________, which was first explored by the Lumiere Bros in 1895.
a) assemblage
b) motion pictures
c) Abstract Expressionism
d) public art
21. The goal of the NEA’s Art in Public Places Program was___________.
a) to expose the general public to historical art pieces, like Renaissance painting and
Baroque sculpture
b) to allow artists to place sculpture wherever they wanted
c) to expose the general public to contemporary art as a kind of mass audience art
appreciation course
d) to create educational programs for underprivileged children
22. What motivates artists like Sakarin Krue-On, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Guillermo
Gómez-Peña, and Suzanne Lacy?
a) their love of traditional painting and sculpture
b) theoretical issues
c) socio-cultural issues
d) process
23. Considered a masterpiece of Renaissance art, Michelangelo’s David initially came
under attack because of its:
a) irregular proportions and nudity.
b) religious symbolism and nudity.
c) religious and political symbolism.
d) political symbolism and nudity.
24. Maya Ying Lin’s Vietnam Memorial:
a) commemorates those who died fighting in WWII.
b) honors soldiers who died during the war in the Persian Gulf.
c) was controversial at first because of its non-traditional style.
d) is located in Beijing.
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25. Guillermo Gómez-Peña uses _____________as media in his artwork, which he calls
_________________.
a) painting; abstract expressionism
b) sculpture; minimalism
c) painting, sculpture, and performance; “reverse anthropology”
d) clay pottery; inverse anthropology
Short Answer Questions
26. The first exhibition that introduced most Americans to “modern” art was _______.
27. What kind of art does Krzysztof Wodiczko make?
28. What did Etienne-Jules Marey call his unusual motion photographs of the model in
29. Which work of art was the first to be installed as a result of the Arts in Public Places
program?
Essay Questions
31. What kind of art was Suzanne Lacy’s Whisper, The Waves, the Wind? Discuss the