Exam 30: Modernism in the United States and Mexico, 1900 to 1945

Thomas Hart Benton created a series of murals detailing the history of which US state?

Who were the two leading painters of the Harlem Renaissance?

What unusual material was innovatively adapted to architectural use for decorative elements of the Chrysler Building in New York?

Which of the following artists created large-scale, kinetic sculptures based on principles of engineering?

Highly controlled still-life photographs exploring surface curves and characteristics were the specialty of which photographer?

Which artist who created Cadeau , a work of art that could be described as "a wickedly funny gift"?

The image of the Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange was taken in which US state?

Which leading patron and collector of modernist American art ultimately founded a museum to display her own collection?

What was Frank Lloyd Wright's term for the homes he designed such as the Robie House, which had an open ground plan and long, ground-hugging lines?

​ Which photographer sought to startle viewers with images of everyday objects with surprising elements added, such as this Cadeau ( Gift )?

In Grant Wood's iconic American Gothic , what feature in the image invokes religious piety?

Portrait of a German Officer was painted as an elegy to a dead lover by which artist?

What was the name of the art gallery founded by Alfred Stieglitz to promote the avant-garde and exhibit the latest in American and European art and photography?

In O'Keeffe's New York, Night , what element of the image serves to embody the energy of the city?

​ Arthur Dove's nonobjective painting Nature Symbolized No. 2 seeks to capture the essence of what aspect of the natural world?

The politically motivated artists who created large Mexican mural pictorial programs were promoted of which system of thought?

Which of the following artists shared Stieglitz's goal of positioning photography as an art form with the same status as painting and sculpture?

​ Aaron Douglas's mural From Slavery through Reconstruction combines forms and motifs from African art with what European modernist style?

The most derided work at the Armory Show, Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 , is by which artist?

What is Frida Kahlo referring to in her painting The Two Fridas ?