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Some of the outside influences on Impressionism included a. The study of the human mind and primitive man b. Imported rum from Jamaica c. Japanese woodcut block prints d. The American Revolution |
Japanese woodcut block prints |
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True or false; "Plein Air" painting is done in the studio of the artist. |
False |
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Who made the remark, "shoe me an angel I will paint him!" a. Manet b. Courbet c. Whistler d. Monet |
Courbet |
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The "ism" grew out of Freud's theories about the human psche. a. Expressionism b. Surrealism c. Dadaism d. Cubism |
Surrealism |
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True or False: Duchamp's "Fountain" was an example of Dada art, showing a urinal displayed as "ready made" piece of sculpture. |
True |
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Which movement is NOT associated with Cubism. a. Proto-cubism b. Analytic Cubism c. Synthetic Cubism d. Revolutionary Cubism |
Revolutionary Cubism |
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What was the subject matter used by the Impressionists a. Mythology b. Visual allegories c. History d. Color and light |
Color and Light |
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Gauguin felt European civilization so decedent that he a. Gave up on painting and opened a chocolate shop b. Became a monk c. Sailed to Tahiti twice to live and paint d. None of the above |
Sailed to Tahiti twice to live and paint
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True or False; Picass painted a picture about sex that could kill you. |
True |
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Lautrec depicted what segment of French society a. The aristrocrats b. The bourgeois c. The demi-monde d. The military |
The demi-monde |
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True or False; One of the two schools of Expressionism was call, in English "The Red Rider" |
False |
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True or False; Vassily Kandinsky used music as the basis for some of his non-objective painting. |
True |
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Who said, "I want to express my feelings, not illustrate them!" a. Kline b. Stella c. Pollock d. Estes |
Pollock |
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Manet supposedly rescued art from what a. Being taxed when sold b. The camera c. Unscrupulous buyers from outside France d. All of the above |
The camera |
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True or False; the term Fauvism means the "tears of Christ" |
False |
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True or False; Neo-classicism means a revival of the ideas of Rome and Greece |
True |
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The Realist were against a. History and Mythology b. The Renaissance and Catholicism c. All artistic convention d. All of the above |
All of the above |
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Picasso's "Demoiselles d'Avignon is about a. The girls next door b. Female impersonators c. Older women d. Prostitutes and sex |
Prostitutes and sex
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Who said, " I want to astonish Paris with an apple!" a. Newton b. Matisse c. Cezanne d. None of the above |
Cezanne
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A 20th century style that emphasized the role of popular culture in our lives. a. Photo Realism b. Opart c. Minimalism d. Pop art |
Pop Art |
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Most cave paintings discussed in the text were from the a. Oheaenhoff caves of Germany b. River bluffs of Wyoming c. Lauscaux cave in France d. Southern Ukrainian coal fields |
Lauscaux Cave in France |
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The characteristic way of giving expression to an idea or emotion by an artist of any given period is called a(n) a. art movement b. style c. standard d. historical type |
Style |
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What are the purposes of or reasons for the existence of art? a. immortality and prestige b. visual propaganda or instruction c. enjoyment and entertainment d. all of the above |
All of the above |
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The "Ka" is generally considered the Egyptian concept of a. artistic competence b. the god of adolescence c. the soul d. a burial rite |
The soul |
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Where does the artistic impulse come from? a. the need for amusement b. watching TV at an early age c. an inborn creative urge d. intellectual response to the world |
An inborn creative urge
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Name 3 universal themes artists have used throughout history no matter what the culture or time a. birth, life, and death b. images of gods, of self, and to explain the world c. celebrations, observations, and visual narratives d. images of leaders, followersa, and guardians |
Images of gods, of self,and to explain the world |
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True or False, The Elements of art can be viewed as tolls that an artist uses to express his or her ideas. |
True |
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True or False; the process of mummification was used to insure immortality. |
True |
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Intrinsic value in art depends on a. the value of material used to make the art b. desirability as a cultural expression c. both a and b d. none of the above |
desirability as a cultural expression |
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True or False; there are two types of Egyptian temples: mortuary and common. |
False |
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Megalithic means a. a prehistoric type of painting b. images from the dream time c. a style of pottery d. big stone |
big stone |
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True or False; The only constant in art is change itself. |
True |
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The idea of artistic "canon" was a. a practice of indefinable ritual b. an apprenticeship served c. a prescribed set of rules to be followed d. all of the above |
all of the above |
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The first of the Egyptian tomb types was a. rock-cut b. pyramid c. mastaba d. step-pyramid |
step-pyramid |
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The Principles of art may include a. contrast b. balance c. rhythm d. all of the above |
all of the above |
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Pyramid building was abandoned because. a. difficult to get sufficient number of skilled labor b. Religious considerations demanded more modern burial practices c. security was practically impossible d. none of the above |
difficult to get sufficient numbers of skilled labor |
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Name the three major forms of art. |
Architecture Painting Sculpture |
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Who was the "boy-king" of the 18th century who died at an early age. |
Tutankhamen |
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The medium of oil painting was first used in a. Germany b. England c. Spain d. Flanders |
Flanders |
