Chapter 29 (Postwar to Postmodern, 1945-1980)
1. Jackson Pollock′s Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, 1950 (29.2) ________________.
a. exemplifies color-field painting
b. is a detailed reproduction of an autumn scene
c. represents Surrealism
d. was primarily executed by pouring and spattering colors
2. The style which elevated commercial products as icons of the visual environment was
____________________.
a. Photorealism
b. Abstract Expressionism
c. Pop Art
d. Neo-Expressionism
3. Minimalist sculptures _______________.
a. have unrefined surfaces
b. are analogous to Environmental Sculpture
c. articulate interior space without shaping it
d. are painted a variety of colors
4. Conceptual Art insists that _____________.
a. a physical object be created
b. sculpture should be multi-media
c. the leap of the imagination, not the execution, is art
d. art utilize electronic media
5. In Performance Art, artists ______________.
a. continue to minimize the human presence in the creative art
b. become, in effect, living works of art
c. prefer to remain anonymous
d. only utilize computers to generate art forms
6. Roy Lichtenstein’s paintings were influenced by _______________.
a. comic books
b. Renaissance art
c. old movies
d. Impressionist works
7. Richard Hamilton’s Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So
Appealing? (29.16) is a __________.
a. lithograph
b. Cubist work
c. painting
d. collage
8. Eva Hesse’s Untitled (29.23) is ____________.
a. Minimalist
b. Post-Minimalist
c. Surrealist
d. Cubist
9. Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Running Fence (29.26) is a ___________.
a. site-specific work
b. earthwork
c. collage
d. Cubist work
10. For Conceptual artists, the most important thing is the
________________.
a. subject
b. artist
c. exhibition space
d. idea or concept
11. Nam June Paik is known for _____________.
a. photomontage
b. television art
c. post-minimalist art
d. collage
12. Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party (29.34) is ____________.
a. Feminist art
b. Abstract art
c. Post-Minimalist art
d. photomontage
13. Mark Rothko was most known for ______________.
a. color field painting
b. photomontage
c. collage
d. site-specific works
14. In The Prevalence of Ritual: Baptism (29.31), Bearden was influenced by _________.
a. color field painting
b. Cubism
c. Abstract Expressionism
d. Renaissance works
15. Edwards’ Lynch Fragment: Some Bright Morning (29.32) is ___________.
a. representational
b. a collage
c. non-representational
d. site-specific