History Impressionism Answers

Question 1: The American Scene was: A. A mural made in the heart of New Orleans B. Inspired by the harsh realities of the Great Depression C. A group of expatriates living in Paris Question 2 A dreamlike environment is created in Giorgio De Chirico’s The Melancholy and Mystery of the Street by: A. The unclear narrative B. the looming shadow around the corner C. the gradations of colors in the sky D. the fact that the girl in the foreground is herself is a shadow E. All of the above Question 3: What innovation in art was Marcel Duchamp not responsible for? A. Conceptual art B. Photomontage C. Readymades\ Question 4: Piet Mondrian wanted to make artwork that appealed to ________. A. The senses B. The mind C. The masses Question 5: The artist of Unique Forms of Continuity in Space ________ the art movements and traditions of the past. A. Directly followed B. Wanted to leave behind C. Revered Question 6: Piet Mondrian was a founder of which movement? A. De Stijl B. Cubism C. Minimalism Question 7: What is the medium of Aaron Douglas’s Aspects of Negro American Life: From Slavery to Reconstruction? A. Oil on canvas B. Collage C. Silkscreen Question 8: ________ made a Symbolist version of Judith with Holofernes’s head. A. Mary Cassatt B. Camille Claudel C. Gustav Klimt Question 9: Vincent van Gogh used thick swirls of paint in his work Starry Night. This technique is called ________. A. Impasto B. Symbolism C. Atmospheric painting Question 10: Marcel Duchamp’s Bicycle Wheel is an example of ________. A. A collage B. A readymade C. A silkscreen print Question 11: The medium of Umberto Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space is ________. A. Plaster B. Gold C. Bronze Question 12: Aaron Douglas’s Aspects of Negro American Life: From Slavery to Reconstruction includes: A. Jazz music B. Silhouettes C. college Question 13: Picasso was influenced by art objects from ________ in his creation of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. A. India B. Africa C. New York Question 14: Which of the following approaches is characterized by artworks that have aggressive lines, rough textures, and personal narrative? A. Neo-Expressionism B. Performance and body art C. Pop art Question 15: Design features of the Portland Public Services Building include: A. drab colors B. circular windows C. huge flowers on the facade D. a mural E. None of the above Question 16: James Hampton is considered a ________. A. Late bloomer B. Visionary artist C. Renaissance master Question 17: In his Untitled (1950), Mark Rothko wanted to emphasize ________. A. A deep, almost religious experience B. A narrative story C. Purely the color relationships Question 18: The formal element that Mark Rothko focused on is ________. A. Motion B. Color C. Line Question 19: Who is the artist of I Wasn’t Made to Play the Son? A. Tara Donovan B. Ana Mendieta C. Nathalie Djurberg Question 20: Joseph Kosuth’s One and Three Chairs consist of ________. A. Three things that a chair could be B. One chair reflected in a three-way mirror C. Copies of chairs from three famous artworks Question 21: What is the medium of I Wasn’t Made to Play the Son? A. Found-object installation B. Clay animation and digital video C. Taxidermy animals Question 22 James Hampton’s The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly was made using ________. A. Fine gold and silver jewelry that the artist melted down B. Found objects that the artist transformed C. None of the above Question 23: Artwork in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries can be ________. A. Representational B. Abstract C. Non-objective D. All of the above Question 24: Dan Flavin’s Untitled (1996) builds on A. Marcel Duchamp’s concept of readymades B. Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity C. Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s concept of pleasurable experiences Question 25: Conceptual art emphasizes ________. A. The ideas behind the artwork over its realization B. The way the final artwork looks and exists in the world C. How many theories an artwork can reference Question 26: The medium of Dan Flavin’s 1996 Untitled installation is ________. A. Fluorescent light tubes B. Video projection C. Polished brass and plexiglass Question 27: This printmaking process is used for t-shirts, solar panels, and circuit boards. A. Lithograph B. Silkscreen C. linocut Question 28: A sculpture intended by the artist to move is called ________ sculpture. A. A fluted B. A kinetic C. An armature Question 29: Sculptures created using this method often require the movement of large amounts of soil from one location to another. A. Chiseling B. Earthworks C. Readymades Question 40: This style of architecture, which began in the 1980s, combines the hard rectangles of Modernism with unusual materials and stylistic features from the past. A. Old Empire B. Postmodernism C. Federalist Question 41: Styles of art and architecture that were inspired by the Greeks and Romans are referred to as ________. A. Impressionist B. Rococo C. Classical Question 42: In the nineteenth century, this material became both less costly and more widely available for construction. A. Glass B. Iron C. Concrete D. Steel E. All of the above Question 43: Using a sequence of specially generated drawings to create scenes in a movie is called ________. A. Collage B. Cel animation C. Expressionism Question 44: The theory that describes the way separate images viewed at regular intervals create the appearance of continuous motion is called ________. A. Multi-vision B. Binocular vision C. Persistence of vision Question 45: An artwork that consists of cutting off someone’s tie and pouring shampoo on his head would best be described as ________. A. Conceptual art B. Performance art C. A readymade Question 46: An artwork that consists exclusively of drawings, designs, and plans would best be described as ________. A. An installation B. A happening C. Conceptual Art Question 47: An artwork that consists of a re-created bedroom with videos projected onto the walls would best be described as ________. A. An installation B. A readymade C. Performance art Question 48: Why did the artist of The Two Fridas paint two of herself? A. because she was seeing double during her recuperation from surgery B. because she wanted to depict distinct aspects of her identity C. because she could not decide what she wanted to wear Question 49: 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 above