Prelude 7: Beyond Modernism?
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which artist is associated with abstract expressionism?
a. Robert Rauschenberg c. Andy Warhol
b. Jackson Pollock d. Jasper Johns
2. Which art movement drew themes from modern urban life, including machines, comic strips, and
commercial advertisements?
a. abstract expressionism c. pop art
b. Dadaism d. postmodernism
3. The African American artist noted for “storybook” quilts is:
a. Judy Chicago. c. Maya Angelou.
b. Faith Ringgold. d. Amy Tan.
4. With which twentieth-century movement can the composer John Cage be linked?
a. theater of the absurd c. post-minimalism
b. aleatoric music d. serialism
5. The most important development in art music during the late 1940s and 1950s was the increasing
importance of:
a. serialism. c. electronic music.
b. neo-Classicism. d. acoustic music.
6. Music that relied on sounds made by any natural source that were recorded and then altered is
called:
a. overtones. c. musique concrète.
b. synthetic music. d. electronically generated music.
7. A new musical instrument developed during the second half of the twentieth century that combines
sound generators with sound modifiers is the:
a. electronic organ. c. synthesizer.
b. computer. d. theremin.
8. The standardized communications protocol that allows synthesizers to “talk” to computers is:
a. MIDI. c. DX–7.
b. ARP. d. MP3.
9. Recording short digital audio clips on a synthesizer allows musicians to recreate realistic sounds of
musical instruments electronically. This is called:
a. warping. c. DX–7.
b. sampling. d. MIDI.
10. Electronically generated music can be heard today:
a. in movie soundtracks. c. in rock music.
b. in TV commercials. d. all of the answers shown here
11. Subcategories of postmodern art include:
a. new classicism. c. earthworks.
b. minimalism. d. all of the answers shown here
12. Which artists are associated with environmental art?
a. Roy Lichtenstein c. Andy Warhol
b. Christo and Jeanne-Claude d. Judy Chicago
13. Which of the following filmmakers were associated with the new wave movement of the 1950s
and 1960s?
a. Jean-Luc Godard c. Michelangelo Antonioni
b. Federico Felline d. all the answers shown here
14. E. L. Doctorow, Kurt Vonnegut, and Maya Angelou are all:
a. postmodern painters. c. postmodern composers.
b. postmodern novelists. d. postmodern dancers.
TRUE/FALSE
1. The second half of the twentieth century saw only minimal stylistic changes in music.
2. Artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg draw themes for their art from modern
urban life.
3. Postmodernism has a clear, simple definition.
4. Postmodernism embraces a pluralistic approach to gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity in art.
5. Aleatoric music marks a move toward greater complexity.
6. The globalization of society has had a large impact on music.
7. One of the most important musical developments of the 1950s and 1960s was the emergence of
electronic music.
8. Synthesizers are devices that combine sound generators and sound modifiers in one package with a
unified control system.
9. MIDI technology allows electronic musical instruments and computers to be linked.
10. Electronic music and synthesizers have had little influence on commercial music.
11. Postmodernism had little impact on the world of film.
12. Mid-twentieth-century musicians paid little attention to the cultural saturation of technology.
13. Blowin’ in the Wind is an example of a protest song.
14. Punk rock and rap are examples of protest music.
ESSAY
1. Discuss how postmodernism affected art, literature, and film.
ANS:
Answers will vary.
PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: Essentials: pp. 292–294
TOP: Art, Film, and Literature MSC: Applied
2. Discuss how technology affected the development of music during the second half of the twentieth
century.
ANS:
Answers will vary.
PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: Essentials: p. 297
TOP: New Technologies MSC: Applied