Question 1

To distinguish their performances from "happenings," Fluxus artists named theirs ____.

Accepted Answer

A) art brut 
B) "episodes" 
C) "events" 
D) "immersions" 
A) art brut 
B) "episodes" 
C) "events" 
D) "immersions"

Question 2

Pollock's painting technique highlights the most significant aspect of gestural abstraction-the emphasis on ____.

Accepted Answer

A) automatism 
B) layered glazes 
C) found objects 
D) the creative process 
A) automatism 
B) layered glazes 
C) found objects 
D) the creative process

Question 3

Which of the following was the purpose of Performance Art?

Accepted Answer

A) To challenge art's function as commodity 
B) To challenge art's function as art 
C) To challenge art's function 
D) To challenge art's function in the postmodern period 
A) To challenge art's function as commodity 
B) To challenge art's function as art 
C) To challenge art's function 
D) To challenge art's function in the postmodern period

Question 4

Compare and contrast the works of Francis Bacon and Jean Dubuffet.

Accepted Answer

Francis Bacon and Jean Dubuffet were bot

Question 5

Explain the relationship between modern movements and consumer culture. How have the issues of culture and society shaped the art? Use examples to support your essay.

Accepted Answer

Modern movements and consumer culture ha

Question 6

How did Barnett Newman increase the capacity of color to communicate emotion?

Accepted Answer

A) By simplifying the composition 
B) By creating complex compositions using the widest range of colors 
C) By using soft pastel color 
D) By creating softly colored complex compositions 
A) By simplifying the composition 
B) By creating complex compositions using the widest range of colors 
C) By using soft pastel color 
D) By creating softly colored complex compositions

Question 7

A leader in Performance Art, John Cage brought to music the ideas of ____ and Eastern philosophy.

Accepted Answer

A) Marcel Duchamp 
B) Jackson Pollock 
C) Salvador Dalí 
D) Andy Warhol 
A) Marcel Duchamp 
B) Jackson Pollock 
C) Salvador Dalí 
D) Andy Warhol

Question 8

Artists of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism produced paintings that are abstract but ____.

Accepted Answer

A) indicate a setting 
B) relate to the general public 
C) express the artist's state of mind 
D) convey universal truths 
A) indicate a setting 
B) relate to the general public 
C) express the artist's state of mind 
D) convey universal truths

Question 9

How did museum commissions of performance events neutralize Performance Art?

Accepted Answer

A) The commissions neutralized the purpose of art. 
B) The commissions made the events mundane. 
C) The commissions neutralized the subversiveness. 
D) The commissions nullified Performance Art. 
A) The commissions neutralized the purpose of art. 
B) The commissions made the events mundane. 
C) The commissions neutralized the subversiveness. 
D) The commissions nullified Performance Art.

Question 10

When did the center of the Western art world shift from Europe to the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) With the Armory Show of 1913 
B) During the 1920s 
C) During the 1950s 
D) During the 1960s 
A) With the Armory Show of 1913 
B) During the 1920s 
C) During the 1950s 
D) During the 1960s

Question 11

Post-painterly Abstractionists differed from Abstract Expressionists in their ____.

Accepted Answer

A) presence of the artist's emotion 
B) cool, detached rationality 
C) color-field exercises 
D) reliance on non-Western influences 
A) presence of the artist's emotion 
B) cool, detached rationality 
C) color-field exercises 
D) reliance on non-Western influences

Question 12

What is meant by action painting ?

Accepted Answer

Also called gestural abstracti

Question 13

How did Allan Kaprow view art?

Accepted Answer

A) He had no views whatsoever. 
B) He viewed it as an intersection of art and life. 
C) He viewed art as the zenith of his existence. 
D) He was interested in music as an art form. 
A) He had no views whatsoever. 
B) He viewed it as an intersection of art and life. 
C) He viewed art as the zenith of his existence. 
D) He was interested in music as an art form.

Question 14

How did World War II impact the second half of the 20th century?

Accepted Answer

The global devastation affected all aspe

Question 15

Select three works of art or architecture and evaluate their significance. How does each respond to the issues of modernity and postmodernity? How are they relevant? How do they reveal the 20th and 21st centuries?

Accepted Answer

1. The Eiffel Tower - The Eiffel Tower,

Question 16

____ sought to harness the communicative power of art to reach a wide audience.

Accepted Answer

A) Op Art 
B) Pop Art 
C) Formalism 
D) Minimalism 
A) Op Art 
B) Pop Art 
C) Formalism 
D) Minimalism

Question 17

How did the principles and the techniques of the Minimalists differ from those of the Abstract Expressionists? Use specific works to illustrate your discussion.

Accepted Answer

The principles and techniques of the Min

Question 18

John Cage encouraged his students to link their art to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Life 
B) Music 
C) A collaborator 
D) Poetry 
A) Life 
B) Music 
C) A collaborator 
D) Poetry

Question 19

Who was the sculptor who gravitated toward motion sculpture?

Accepted Answer

A) Donald Judd 
B) David Smith 
C) Jean Tinguely 
D) Claes Oldenburg 
A) Donald Judd 
B) David Smith 
C) Jean Tinguely 
D) Claes Oldenburg

Question 20

How did the Fluxus group see aesthetic potential?

Accepted Answer

A) In the traditional 
B) In the nontraditional and commonplace 
C) In the traditional and unique 
D) In the experimental 
A) In the traditional 
B) In the nontraditional and commonplace 
C) In the traditional and unique 
D) In the experimental

Exam 25: Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America

To distinguish their performances from "happenings," Fluxus artists named theirs ____.

Pollock's painting technique highlights the most significant aspect of gestural abstraction-the emphasis on ____.

Which of the following was the purpose of Performance Art?

Compare and contrast the works of Francis Bacon and Jean Dubuffet.

Explain the relationship between modern movements and consumer culture. How have the issues of culture and society shaped the art? Use examples to support your essay.

How did Barnett Newman increase the capacity of color to communicate emotion?

A leader in Performance Art, John Cage brought to music the ideas of ____ and Eastern philosophy.

Artists of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism produced paintings that are abstract but ____.

How did museum commissions of performance events neutralize Performance Art?

When did the center of the Western art world shift from Europe to the United States?

Post-painterly Abstractionists differed from Abstract Expressionists in their ____.

What is meant by action painting ?

How did Allan Kaprow view art?

How did World War II impact the second half of the 20th century?

Select three works of art or architecture and evaluate their significance. How does each respond to the issues of modernity and postmodernity? How are they relevant? How do they reveal the 20th and 21st centuries?

____ sought to harness the communicative power of art to reach a wide audience.

How did the principles and the techniques of the Minimalists differ from those of the Abstract Expressionists? Use specific works to illustrate your discussion.

John Cage encouraged his students to link their art to which of the following?

Who was the sculptor who gravitated toward motion sculpture?

How did the Fluxus group see aesthetic potential?

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