Question 1

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By what term did Barnett Newman refer to the narrow lines that run vertically through the color fields of his paintings?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bands 
B)  Veins 
C)  Zips 
D)  Accents 
A)  Bands 
B)  Veins 
C)  Zips 
D)  Accents

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the function of Performance Art?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is meant solely to imitate live theater. 
B)  It replaces traditional stationary artworks. 
C)  It is a commentary on contemporary art. 
D)  It is intended to purposefully confuse the audience. 
A)  It is meant solely to imitate live theater. 
B)  It replaces traditional stationary artworks. 
C)  It is a commentary on contemporary art. 
D)  It is intended to purposefully confuse the audience.

Question 3

Jean-Paul Sartre saw the sculptures of which artist as embodying his philosophical theory of existentialism, which asserts the absurdity of human existence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Man Ray 
B)  Alberto Giacometti 
C)  David Smith 
D)  Donald Judd 
A)  Man Ray 
B)  Alberto Giacometti 
C)  David Smith 
D)  Donald Judd

Question 4

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Who famously said of this artwork, "What you see is what you see"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clement Greenberg 
B)  Barnett Newman 
C)  Frank Stella 
D)  Louise Nevelson 
A)  Clement Greenberg 
B)  Barnett Newman 
C)  Frank Stella 
D)  Louise Nevelson

Question 5

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Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Chairs is an example of which art movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Site-specific art 
B)  Optical art 
C)  Conceptual art 
D)  Pop art 
A)  Site-specific art 
B)  Optical art 
C)  Conceptual art 
D)  Pop art

Question 6

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What title did Arshile Gorky give to this work?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Artist and His Mother 
B)  Agony 
C)  Enigmatic Combat 
D)  Garden in Sochi 
A)  The Artist and His Mother 
B)  Agony 
C)  Enigmatic Combat 
D)  Garden in Sochi

Question 7

In his writing on postmodern architecture, Venturi emphasized which two concepts?

Accepted Answer

A)  Consistency and complexity 
B)  Complexity and contradiction 
C)  Consistency and creativity 
D)  Complexity and symmetry 
A)  Consistency and complexity 
B)  Complexity and contradiction 
C)  Consistency and creativity 
D)  Complexity and symmetry

Question 8

As evident in Ellsworth Kelly's painting Red Green Blue , which of the following is NOT one of the elements he considered essential to painting?

Accepted Answer

A)  Color 
B)  Line 
C)  Form 
D)  Composition 
A)  Color 
B)  Line 
C)  Form 
D)  Composition

Question 9

What painting technique did Jean Dubuffet employ in Vie Inquieté ( Uneasy Life )?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sfumato 
B)  Underpainting 
C)  Glazing 
D)  Impasto 
A)  Sfumato 
B)  Underpainting 
C)  Glazing 
D)  Impasto

Question 10

Francis Bacon's paintings detailing the horrors and brutality of war often feature which class of object?

Accepted Answer

A)  Umbrella 
B)  Telephone 
C)  Church bell 
D)  Meat 
A)  Umbrella 
B)  Telephone 
C)  Church bell 
D)  Meat

Exam 31: Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980

​ By what term did Barnett Newman refer to the narrow lines that run vertically through the color fields of his paintings?

Which of the following best describes the function of Performance Art?

Jean-Paul Sartre saw the sculptures of which artist as embodying his philosophical theory of existentialism, which asserts the absurdity of human existence?

​ Who famously said of this artwork, "What you see is what you see"?

​ Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Chairs is an example of which art movement?

​ What title did Arshile Gorky give to this work?

In his writing on postmodern architecture, Venturi emphasized which two concepts?

As evident in Ellsworth Kelly's painting Red Green Blue , which of the following is NOT one of the elements he considered essential to painting?

What painting technique did Jean Dubuffet employ in Vie Inquieté ( Uneasy Life )?

Francis Bacon's paintings detailing the horrors and brutality of war often feature which class of object?

Art in the Stone Age

Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia

Egypt From Narmer to Cleopatra

The Prehistoric Aegean

Ancient Greece

The Etruscans

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity

Byzantium

The Islamic World

Early Medieval Europe

Romanesque Europe

Gothic Europe North of the Alps

Late Medieval Italy

South and Southeast Asia Before 1200

China and Korea to 1279

Japan Before 1333

Native American Cultures Before 1300

Africa Before 1800

Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe

The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy

Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy

High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

The Baroque in Northern Europe

Rococo to Neoclassicism: the 18th Century in Europe and America

Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870

Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900

Modernism in Europe, 1900 to 1945

Modernism in the United States and Mexico, 1900 to 1945

Contemporary Art Worldwide

South and Southeast Asia, 1200 to 1980

China and Korea, 1279 to 1980

Japan, 1333 to 1980

Native American Cultures, 1300 to 1980

Oceania Before 1980

Africa, 1800 to 1980

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By what term did Barnett Newman refer to the narrow lines that run vertically through the color fields of his paintings?

Who famously said of this artwork, "What you see is what you see"?

Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Chairs is an example of which art movement?

What title did Arshile Gorky give to this work?