4.7: Art, War, and Revolution
1. Timothy O’Sullivan’s famous photograph of dead bodies on a deserted battlefield (4.7.1) was
taken during ________.
a. the American Civil War d. World War II
b. the French Revolution e. the Spanish War of Independence
c. World War I
2. Timothy O’Sullivan was a photographer whose images were the result of random snapshots.
3. Compare and contrast Timothy O’Sullivan’s Harvest of Death (4.7.1) and Nick Ut’s Vietnamese
Girl Kim Phuc Running after Napalm Attack (4.7.2). Do a full visual analysis of each artwork.
Explain how each artist creates emotion in their artworks.
4. Nick Ut never found out what happened to the Vietnamese girl he photographed running away
after a napalm attack in which she had been burned.
5. Nick Ut’s photographs of the Vietnam War are brutally truthful, but he was not an impartial
photographer.
6. Pablo Picasso’s Guenica was an invented vision he made to express the terror he felt after waking
from a nightmare.
7. Pablo Picasso would not let Guernica be seen by the public until Adolf Hitler was out of power.
8. Perform a thorough formal analysis of Picasso’s Guernica, including a composition diagram. Then
explain specifically how the artist used the elements and principles of art to convey a message of
terror.
9. Francisco Goya’s The Second of May, 1808 depicts:
a. the coronation of Napoleon
b. the execution of Spanish rebels
c. Spanish civilians attacking French soldiers
d. a horse race
e. none of the other answers
10. The fact that Goya’s paintings The Second of May, 1808 and The Third of May, 1808 portray
different sides committing acts of violence shows that Goya was condemning war in general.
11. The ruler in Palette of Narmer is identified using hierarchical scale.
12. Perform a thorough formal analysis of the Palette of Narmer. Describe the ways in which the
power of the ruler is represented. What is the overall message of the artwork and how does the
artist convey this message?
13. The Bayeux Tapestry is approximately ________ long.
a. 5 feet d. 500 feet
b. 60 feet e. 1,000 feet
c. 290 feet
14. The Bayeux Tapestry was embroidered by women.
15. Which of the following artworks depict in great detail the specific wardrobe of warriors?
a. the Tula warrior columns
b. the Bayeux Tapestry
c. Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace
d. all of the previous answers
e. none of the previous answers
16. The Japanese scroll painting of the Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace shows a raid by samurai
warriors during which they kidnapped the Emperor Nijo from his palace.
17. The Tula warrior columns (4.7.9) once supported an Aztec temple.
18. The Tula warrior columns (4.7.9) were made by the Toltec people of Mexico, a civilization which
came after the Aztecs.
19. An oba is the name for a jaguar in Benin culture.
20. Otto Dix’s The War is a ________.
a. triptych d. diptych
b. tondo e. none of the other answers
c. icon
21. In The War, Otto Dix paints a soldier lying in a trench in the ________ section of his artwork.
a. predella d. tympanum
b. central panel e. none of the other answers
c. archivolt
22. Anselm Kiefer’s Breaking of the Vessels refers to:
a. Kristallnacht d. all of the other answers
b. the Kabbalah e. none of the other answers
c. the Holocaust
23. Anselm Kiefer’s own experiences and his German nationality have affected the way he interprets
war in his artworks.
24. In Ganzeer’s Tank vs. Bike, a team of understudies created the tank and Ganzeer painted his
signature panda himself.
25. Consider the evolution of Ganzeer’s Tanks vs. Bike (4.7.13). Discuss the reasons Ganzeer created
the work. Then analyse why you think other artists were inspired to add on to his work rather than
creating their own.
26. Which of these artists created a war artwork that was an interactive performance?
a. Wafaa Bilal d. Nick Ut
b. Anselm Kiefer e. unknown tapestry weavers
c. Otto Dix
27. Research Wafaa Bilal’s Domestic Tension at http://bit.ly/1DOhMcF. Write an essay that addresses
whether you think Bilal’s artwork makes viewers more aware of Iraq’s recent history.
28. Why were some against Maya Lin’s design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?
a. it was black
b. it descended into the ground
c. they wanted a more traditional monument with figures
d. all of the other answers
e. none of the other answers
29. What is not true about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?
a. the names of the dead are carved into the wall alphabetically
b. it aligns with two other American monuments
c. the wall is reflective
d. it was designed by a student
e. all of the other answers are true
30. Which elements are part of the 9/11 Memorial in New York City?
a. steel d. all of the other answers
b. water e. none of the other answers
c. squares
31. The 9/11 Memorial has been achieved without any controversy over its final design.