Test 1 - Art 1013

Front 1

African-American artist Faith Ringgold records the story of her life and dreams on a Harlem rooftop. Her painted memories are depicted within the framework of a(n) ______.

Back 1

Patchwork quilt

Front 2

Orlan's work centers around

Back 2

Cosmetic surgery

Front 3

An art movement that began in the 1960s in which works of art are conceived and executed in the mind of the artist is known as _________.

Back 3

Conceptual art

Front 4

Examining a work of art in its historical, social, and political _________ enables you to better understand it.

Back 4

Context

Front 5

In Beyte Saar's 'The Liberation of Aunt Jemima,' the artist is protesting thr unse of Aunt Jemima as a(n) ________.

Back 5

Stereotype

Front 6

Images painted directly on a wall or intended to cover a wall completely, such as Jose Clemente Orozco's "Epic of American Civilization: Hispano-American," are known as _________.

Back 6

Murals

Front 7

Glass sculptor Dal Chihuly's "Fioridi Como," located in Las Vegas' Bellago Hotel, is a 70-ft-long ceiling piece reminiscent of the shapes and brilliant colors of Venice's renowned _______ glass.

Back 7

Murano

Front 8

In "Nighthawks," Edward Hopper's desolate scene of late night diners in a city cafe, the scene seems to be set in the period of the _______.

Back 8

1940's

Front 9

In his famous 1907 photograph, Alfred Stieglitz captures the juxtaposition of the upper and lower classes on board the Kaiser Wilhelm II ship. This photograph is titled ________.

Back 9

The Steerage

Front 10

Judy Chicago's triangular installation called "The Dinner Party" was constructed to honor and immortalize _______________.

Back 10

History's notable women

Front 11

Marc Chagall's self-portrait "I and the Village" can best be described as a depiction of ________.

Back 11

Fantasy

Front 12

Marcei Duchamp's "Fountain" is a readymade, produced from an upside-down __________.

Back 12

Urinal

Front 13

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is best known for extremely realistic and often anguished ___________.

Back 13

Self-portraits

Front 14

Picasso protested the horror and brutality of the Spanish civil war in his 1937 masterpiece painting known as ___________.

Back 14

Guernica

Front 15

The 16th century artist Leonardo da Vinci produced what is perhaps the most famous painting in the history of Western art:

Back 15

The Mona Lisa

Front 16

The use of space and atmosphere in Max Beckmann's "The Dream" could be best described as _________.

Back 16

Claustrophobic and compressed

Front 17

The world art encompasses many meanings, including process. Which of the following is a process?

A. A tapestry

B. Sculpting

C. A building

D. Memorization

Back 17

B. Sculpting

Front 18

Until modern times, art works have been primarily devoted to ________ themes.

Back 18

Religious

Front 19

What civilization was obsessed with its idea of beauty, and developed mathematical formulas for sculpting the human body so it could achieve ideal proportions?

Back 19

Classical Greeks

Front 20

In Laurie Simmons' photograph "Red Library#2," the perfect room and robot-like woman are meant to symbolize ________________________.

Back 20

The danger of too much order