Art Chapter 1

Front 1

the first step in the process of seeing is ___

Back 1

reception

Front 2

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 ____

Back 2

cortex

Front 3

the bold vertical lines in Faith Ringgold's "God Bless America" represent?

Back 3

prison bars

Front 4

what inspired LeSun to dig a cave-temple in Dunhuang, China?

Back 4

he had a vision

Front 5

in addition to their role as sacred objects, "minkisi also served what cultural function?

Back 5

they symbolized resistance to colonial influences

Front 6

in preparing for "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", Pablo Picasso originally intended to include which element that would not appear in the final painting?

Back 6

a sailor

Front 7

which artist specializes in portraits of African-American women posed in reclining positions amidst decor dating from the 1960s and 1970s?

Back 7

Mickalene Thomas

Front 8

which of the following are made both for functional purposes and for the art market?

Back 8

coffins from Kane Kwei's workshop

Front 9

what was so controversial about Robert Mapplethorpe's works of art?

Back 9

sexual content

Front 10

which artist created a work that was referred to as "an explosion in a shingle factory"?

Back 10

Marcel Duchamp

Front 11

the intention of "Tilted Arc" from the Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan was to...?

Back 11

question political power

Front 12

Michelangelo's figure of David represents what?

Back 12

republican Florence

Front 13

Francis Bacon's artworks are so expensive because they are what?

Back 13

relatively rare

Front 14

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...

Back 14

transform our experience of the world

Front 15

Herzog & de Meuron built the Bird's Nest, an Olympic Stadium in ____

Back 15

Beijing

Front 16

which artist has explored the properties of gunpowder as a tool for making works of art?

Back 16

Cai Guo-Qiang

Front 17

in using trompe l'oeil for the Oregon Historical Society mural, Richar Haas was trying to convince the audience that the sculptures are ___

Back 17

3D

Front 18

what is one requirement of an artist?

Back 18

openness

Front 19

what most likely explains Picasso's imagery in "Seated Bather (La Baigneuse)"?

Back 19

his desire to express revulsions toward the subject

Front 20

in "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", Picasso draws influence from African sculpture, allowing him to do what?

Back 20

depart from exact representation of his subjects

Front 21

how does Faith Ringgold's "God Bless America" differ from Jasper John's "Flag"?

Back 21

it addresses racial tensions that spawned from the Civil Rights movement

Front 22

in "The Ghent Altarpiece", Jan van Eyck represents many key figures of the Christian religion, thereby primarily fulfilling which role of the artist?

Back 22

giving form to the immaterial

Front 23

Edouard Manet's "Olympia" assumes which fundamental role of the artist?

Back 23

making a visual record of the people, places, or events of a time and place

Front 24

Andy Warhol's "Race Riot" directly raises what?

Back 24

politically challenging issues

Front 25

what aspect of Renzo Piano's design for the Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center refelects ideas associated with "green architecture"?

Back 25

his use of wood and bamboo as primary building materials

Front 26

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?

Back 26

Westerners typically approach these works in museums as "art", but in their original cultures, they were functional objects

Front 27

Chris Ofili's "The Holy Virgin Mary" was intended to bring what?

Back 27

beauty and ugliness together

Front 28

what do Michelangelo's "David" and Marcel Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase" have in common?

Back 28

both were originally rejected by the public