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Multiple Choice
1. The eclectic design elements that characterize the Piazza d’Italia are characteristic of ______.
a.
postmodern architecture
b.
Bauhaus
c.
Environmental Art
d.
Pop Art
ANSWER:
a
2. Francis Bacon’s central figure in Painting may have been based on _____.
a.
Roman portraits
b.
images of American and British officials
c.
Futurist sculptures
d.
Pop Art
ANSWER:
b
3. In the 1950s the center of the Western art world shifted from Paris to _____.
a.
Rome
b.
Madrid
c.
New York
d.
London
ANSWER:
c
4. The first American avant-garde movement was _____.
a.
Minimalism
b.
Pop Art
c.
Superrealism
d.
Abstract Expressionism
ANSWER:
d
5. The art critic _____ advocated for the rejection of illusionism in art.
a.
Clement Greenberg
b.
Claes Oldenburg
c.
Neville Chamberlain
d.
Chuck Close
ANSWER:
a
6. Jackson Pollock’s art best exemplifies _____ of Abstract Expressionism.
a.
hard-edged painting
b.
gestural abstraction
c.
color field painting
d.
minimalism
ANSWER:
b
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7. _____ was a form of abstraction that emphasized tighter pictorial control than Abstract Expressionism.
a.
Pop Art
b.
Minimalism
c.
Post-Painterly Abstraction
d.
Gestural abstraction
ANSWER:
c
8. Frank Stella was a leading artist in the branch of Post-Painterly Abstraction called _____.
a.
gestural abstraction
b.
conceptualism
c.
process abstraction
d.
hard-edge painting
ANSWER:
d
9. ______ artists poured diluted paint onto a canvas and allowed it to soak in.
a.
Color-field
b.
Pop
c.
Hard-edge
d.
Superrealist
ANSWER:
a
10. Minimalist artist Donald Judd created many of his artworks using _____.
a.
organic shapes
b.
stacked geometric boxes
c.
interlocking spirals
d.
cloak-like shapes
ANSWER:
b
11. Louise Nevelson unified the diverse pieces of her sculptured walls by _____.
a.
making each motif the same
b.
standardizing the height of each form
c.
painting them in a monochromatic color
d.
creating a larger border around them
ANSWER:
c
12. The organic quality of Louise Bourgeois’s art recalls _____.
a.
gestural abstraction
b.
process art
c.
metaphysical painting
d.
biomorphic Surrealism
ANSWER:
d
13. Jasper Johns’s artworks commonly featured ordinary objects, including _____.
a.
flags
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b.
nude women
c.
lipstick containers
d.
portraits of famous people
ANSWER:
a
14. Robert Rauschenberg’s hybrid works of painting and sculpture are called _____.
a.
readymades
b.
combines
c.
towers
d.
ben-day shapes
ANSWER:
b
15. Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein magnified images from _____ on large canvases.
a.
cameos
b.
medieval manuscripts
c.
comics
d.
scrolls
ANSWER:
c
16. Striving for optical accuracy, ____ artists often used photographs as sources.
a.
color-field
b.
combine
c.
Minimalist
d.
Superrealist
ANSWER:
d
17. Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party takes the form of a _____ because of its ancient association with women and the
goddess.
a.
triangle
b.
star
c.
diamond
d.
oval
ANSWER:
a
18. To celebrate the achievements of women, Judy Chicago used _____ to create The Dinner Party.
a.
gold leaf
b.
craft techniques
c.
religious mosaics
d.
precious gems
ANSWER:
b
19. _____ is famous for her use of fiber materials.
a.
Audrey Flack
b.
Cindy Sherman
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c.
Magdalena Abakanowicz
d.
Carolee Schneemann
ANSWER:
c
20. Taking influence from natural forms, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum was based on the _____.
a.
shape of the universe
b.
arms of a starfish
c.
flight of a bird
d.
spiral of a snail’s shell
ANSWER:
d
21. Postmodern architects criticized the _____ of the buildings of their predecessors, especially skyscrapers.
a.
uniformity
b.
overuse of Art Nouveau details
c.
elaborate nature
d.
historical references
ANSWER:
a
22. Which building is considered to be an updated version of Paxton’s Crystal Palace?
a.
Portland Building
b.
Centre Georges Pompidou
c.
Guggenheim Museum
d.
Seagram Building
ANSWER:
b
23. Which art form stands at the intersection of architecture and sculpture?
a.
Conceptual Art
b.
Process Art
c.
Environmental Art
d.
Performance Art
ANSWER:
c
24. Conceptual artists deemed the _____ to be more important than their final product.
a.
preciousness of the materials
b.
influence of other artists
c.
space or location
d.
artist’s ideas
ANSWER:
d
25. British art critic Lawrence Alloway coined the term _____ to refer to artists who combined mass consumer culture
with familiar imagery from everyday life.
a.
Pop Art
b.
Minimalist Art
c.
Abstract Expressionism
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d.
Performance Art
ANSWER:
a
26. Performance Art challenged art’s function as _____.
a.
a commodity
b.
art
c.
a creative effort
d.
a visual experience
ANSWER:
a
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27. (Figure 15-26)
a.
Barbara Kruger
b.
Cindy Sherman
c.
Louise Bourgeois
d.
Magdalena Abakanowicz
ANSWER:
b
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28. (Figure 15-5)
a.
Jackson Pollock
b.
Willem de Kooning
c.
Mark Rothko
d.
Helen Frankenthaler
ANSWER:
a
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29. (Figure 15-9)
a.
Mark Rothko
b.
Jeff Koons
c.
Helen Frankenthaler
d.
Willem de Kooning
ANSWER:
c
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30. (Figure 15-4)
a.
Arshile Gorky
b.
Willem de Kooning
c.
Mark Rothko
d.
Jackson Pollock
ANSWER:
a
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31. (Figure 15-16)
a.
Joseph Beuys
b.
Jasper Johns
c.
Roy Lichtenstein
d.
Joseph Kosuth
ANSWER:
b
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32. (Figure 15-20)
a.
Andy Warhol
b.
Claes Oldenburg
c.
Judy Chicago
d.
Nam June Paik
ANSWER:
b
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33. (Figure 15-34)
a.
Joseph Beuys
b.
Robert Smithson
c.
Donald Judd
d.
Christo
ANSWER:
b
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34. (Figure 15-11)
a.
Audrey Flack
b.
Donald Judd
c.
David Smith
d.
Louise Nevelson
ANSWER:
c
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35. (Figure 15-6)
a.
Minimalism
b.
Abstract Expressionism
c.
Post-Painterly Abstraction
d.
Pop Art
ANSWER:
b
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36. (Figure 15-12)
a.
Minimalism
b.
Abstract Expressionism
c.
Post-Painterly Abstraction
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d.
Pop Art
ANSWER:
c
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37. (Figure 15-8)
a.
Color field
b.
Gestural abstraction
c.
Optical art
d.
Hard-edge painting
ANSWER:
d
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38. (Figure 15-35)
a.
Deconstructivism
b.
Conceptual Art
c.
Performance Art
d.
New Media
ANSWER:
c
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39. (Figure 15-36)
a.
Deconstructivism
b.
Conceptual Art
c.
Performance Art
d.
New Media
ANSWER:
b
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40. (Figure 15-37)
a.
Matthew Barney
b.
Nam June Paik
c.
Cindy Sherman
d.
Bill Viola
ANSWER:
b
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Subjective Short Answer
41. How does postmodernist architecture differ from earlier architectural styles?
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42. How do Giacometti’s sculptures reflect existential thought?
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Charles Moore, Piazza d’Italia (15-1)
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Arshile Gorky, Garden in Sochi (15-4)
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57. Who made this work, and how does it illustrate Greenberg’s ideas of pure painting?
43. What was Arshile Gorky’s role in the artistic revolution that took place in New York?
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44. Who was Clement Greenberg, and how did his ideas influence the development of modern art?
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45. Describe the two stylistic camps in Abstract Expressionism.
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46. How does Jackson Pollock’s art highlight the importance of the artist’s creative process?
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47. Describe the importance of process in the work of Pollock and Willem de Kooning.
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48. What significance did color have for Mark Rothko?
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49. What similarities exist between Richard Hamilton and Marcel Duchamp?
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50. What relieves the industrial qualities of the Centre Georges Pompidou?
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51. How does Performance Art differ from traditional art?
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52. What did Nam June Paik accomplish through his collaboration with Shuya Abe?
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53. Describe the different approaches to sculpture. Please provide examples.
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54. What were the aims of Pop Art? How did it defy the art movements that preceded it?
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Frank Stella, Mas o Menos (15-8)
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58. How does this reflect the values of consumer culture?
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Richard Hamilton, Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing? (15-15)
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59. To what extent is this work dependent on or different than Dada?
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Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon (15-17)
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60. How is the technique appropriate for the subject?
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Andy Warhol, Green Coca-Cola Bottles (15-19)
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61. How did the artist construct her own identity?
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Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #35 (15-26)
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62. How does this contrast with Modernism?
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Michael Graves, Portland Building (15-32)
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63. How does this work reflect its location?
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Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty (15-34)
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Essay
64. Providing examples, describe the artistic aims and styles of the Abstract Expressionist movement.
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65. Describe Clement Greenberg’s ideas on purity of form. Which artists’ artworks exemplified his principles?
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66. Compare and contrast Pop Art and Superrealism. How were their artistic aims similar or different? How did they bring
meaning to their work through their technique?
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67. Describe how artists used their work to address gender or racial inequality. Use specific examples.
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68. Describe how various postmodern architects created a dialogue between the past and the present.
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69. Identify the examples of art that expanded the range of works considered to be art.
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70. Contrast the style of Le Corbusier’s Notre-Dame-du-Haut to Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson’s Seagram
Building.
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71. Identify the works of art that address feminist concerns. Provide examples.
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72. Attribute the images on the screen to a culture and give an approximate date. Give the reasons for your attributions,
using complete sentences and referring to specific works discussed in class.
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1. Another Jackson Pollock painting
2. Another sculpture by Donald Judd
3. Another work by Cindy Sherman
4. Another work by Andy Warhol
5. Another work by Frank Gehry
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