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28 Cards in this Set
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the first step in the process of seeing is ___ |
reception |
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the retina, which is a collection of nerve cells at the back of the eye, extracts basic information, which it then sends to the visual ____ |
cortex |
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the bold vertical lines in Faith Ringgold's "God Bless America" represent? |
prison bars |
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what inspired LeSun to dig a cave-temple in Dunhuang, China? |
he had a vision |
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in addition to their role as sacred objects, "minkisi also served what cultural function? |
they symbolized resistance to colonial influences |
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in preparing for "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", Pablo Picasso originally intended to include which element that would not appear in the final painting? |
a sailor |
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which artist specializes in portraits of African-American women posed in reclining positions amidst decor dating from the 1960s and 1970s? |
Mickalene Thomas |
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which of the following are made both for functional purposes and for the art market? |
coffins from Kane Kwei's workshop |
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what was so controversial about Robert Mapplethorpe's works of art? |
sexual content |
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which artist created a work that was referred to as "an explosion in a shingle factory"? |
Marcel Duchamp |
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the intention of "Tilted Arc" from the Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan was to...? |
question political power |
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Michelangelo's figure of David represents what? |
republican Florence |
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Francis Bacon's artworks are so expensive because they are what? |
relatively rare |
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the primary goal of Cai Guo-Qiang's "Project to Extend the Great Wall of China by 10,000 Meters: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 10" was to... |
transform our experience of the world |
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Herzog & de Meuron built the Bird's Nest, an Olympic Stadium in ____ |
Beijing |
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which artist has explored the properties of gunpowder as a tool for making works of art? |
Cai Guo-Qiang |
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in using trompe l'oeil for the Oregon Historical Society mural, Richar Haas was trying to convince the audience that the sculptures are ___ |
3D |
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what is one requirement of an artist? |
openness |
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what most likely explains Picasso's imagery in "Seated Bather (La Baigneuse)"? |
his desire to express revulsions toward the subject |
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in "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", Picasso draws influence from African sculpture, allowing him to do what? |
depart from exact representation of his subjects |
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how does Faith Ringgold's "God Bless America" differ from Jasper John's "Flag"? |
it addresses racial tensions that spawned from the Civil Rights movement |
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in "The Ghent Altarpiece", Jan van Eyck represents many key figures of the Christian religion, thereby primarily fulfilling which role of the artist? |
giving form to the immaterial |
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Edouard Manet's "Olympia" assumes which fundamental role of the artist? |
making a visual record of the people, places, or events of a time and place |
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Andy Warhol's "Race Riot" directly raises what? |
politically challenging issues |
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what aspect of Renzo Piano's design for the Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center refelects ideas associated with "green architecture"? |
his use of wood and bamboo as primary building materials |
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how does the Western experience of Oceanic, African, and Native American art typically differ from the experience of the works in their cultures of origin? |
Westerners typically approach these works in museums as "art", but in their original cultures, they were functional objects |
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Chris Ofili's "The Holy Virgin Mary" was intended to bring what? |
beauty and ugliness together |
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what do Michelangelo's "David" and Marcel Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase" have in common? |
both were originally rejected by the public |