Question 1

Because there is no recognizable subject in Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, the work is referred to as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Pop Art 
B)  Minimal Art 
C)  Post-Impressionism 
D)  Abstract Expressionism 
E)  Pattern and Decoration 
A)  Pop Art 
B)  Minimal Art 
C)  Post-Impressionism 
D)  Abstract Expressionism 
E)  Pattern and Decoration

Question 2

Mark Rothko was an Abstract Expressionist artist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

How do Jean-Paul Sartre's, Simone de Beauvoir's and Søren Kierkegaard's philosophical views of Existentialism differ?

Accepted Answer

Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, an

Question 4

The painter __________ worked in a style known as "color field painting."

Accepted Answer

A)  Mark Rothko 
B)  William de Kooning 
C)  Roy Lichtenstein 
D)  Jackson Pollock 
E)  Lee Krasner 
A)  Mark Rothko 
B)  William de Kooning 
C)  Roy Lichtenstein 
D)  Jackson Pollock 
E)  Lee Krasner

Question 5

Compare Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm: Number 30 and Helen Frankenthaler's Mauve District to explain what unified the diverse works of the Abstract Expressionists.

Accepted Answer

Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm: Number

Question 6

What was the most significant effect of World War II and why?

Accepted Answer

The most significant effect of World War

Question 7

Compare and contrast the Guggenheim Museum to the Center National d'Art et Culture Georges Pompidou.

Accepted Answer

The Guggenheim Museum, located in New Yo

Question 8

Benton and DiYanni assert that "as consumerism increasingly preoccupied American life, artists and intellectuals turned their attention to the cycle of production, consumption, and waste that defined experience." Select at least three works of art, music, and literature to respond to this statement.

Accepted Answer

Art:
1. "Campbell's Soup Cans" by Andy W

Question 9

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett portrays two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, and draws heavily on the farcical gestures of vaudeville performers and circus clowns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In Learning from Las Vegas, the architect Robert Venturi suggests that the eclectic rearrangement of a variety of styles, signs, and symbols composes a new kind of unity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

How should one define the International Style of architecture and which work serves as the paradigm of this style?

Accepted Answer

The International Style of architecture

Question 12

__________ introduced the philosophy of Existentialism.

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Hobbes 
B)  René Descartes 
C)  Søren Kierkegaard 
D)  Jacques Derrida 
E)  John Locke 
A)  Thomas Hobbes 
B)  René Descartes 
C)  Søren Kierkegaard 
D)  Jacques Derrida 
E)  John Locke

Question 13

Le Corbusier's Notre-Dame-du-Haut abandons the __________ of traditional religious architecture.

Accepted Answer

A)  grid-like structure 
B)  bays 
C)  devotionality 
D)  concave and convex shapes 
E)  symmetry 
A)  grid-like structure 
B)  bays 
C)  devotionality 
D)  concave and convex shapes 
E)  symmetry

Question 14

The emperor of Japan during World War II was Hirohito.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Robert Rauschenberg called work like the Odalisk __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  "action painting" 
B)  "combine painting" 
C)  "meldings" 
D)  "environmental art" 
E)  "pure information" 
A)  "action painting" 
B)  "combine painting" 
C)  "meldings" 
D)  "environmental art" 
E)  "pure information"

Question 16

All of the following are architects of the International Style except __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 
B)  Le Corbusier 
C)  Walter Gropius 
D)  Frank Lloyd Wright 
E)  Louis Sullivan 
A)  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 
B)  Le Corbusier 
C)  Walter Gropius 
D)  Frank Lloyd Wright 
E)  Louis Sullivan

Question 17

In 1975, after the __________ marched on and captured the city of Saigon they renamed it Ho Chi Minh City.

Accepted Answer

A)  Laotians 
B)  Cambodians 
C)  Tibetans 
D)  Nepalese 
E)  North Vietnamese 
A)  Laotians 
B)  Cambodians 
C)  Tibetans 
D)  Nepalese 
E)  North Vietnamese

Question 18

What are the major principles of the Bauhaus?

Accepted Answer

The Bauhaus was an influential art and d

Question 19

Charlie Chaplin was a master filmmaker and actor of the silent era who was famous for his "little tramp" figure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Explain the importance of coffee to a variety of world cultures.

Accepted Answer

Coffee holds significant cultural import

Because there is no recognizable subject in Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, the work is referred to as __________.

Mark Rothko was an Abstract Expressionist artist.

How do Jean-Paul Sartre's, Simone de Beauvoir's and Søren Kierkegaard's philosophical views of Existentialism differ?

The painter __________ worked in a style known as "color field painting."

Compare Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm: Number 30 and Helen Frankenthaler's Mauve District to explain what unified the diverse works of the Abstract Expressionists.

What was the most significant effect of World War II and why?

Compare and contrast the Guggenheim Museum to the Center National d'Art et Culture Georges Pompidou.

Benton and DiYanni assert that "as consumerism increasingly preoccupied American life, artists and intellectuals turned their attention to the cycle of production, consumption, and waste that defined experience." Select at least three works of art, music, and literature to respond to this statement.

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett portrays two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, and draws heavily on the farcical gestures of vaudeville performers and circus clowns.

In Learning from Las Vegas, the architect Robert Venturi suggests that the eclectic rearrangement of a variety of styles, signs, and symbols composes a new kind of unity.

How should one define the International Style of architecture and which work serves as the paradigm of this style?

__________ introduced the philosophy of Existentialism.

Le Corbusier's Notre-Dame-du-Haut abandons the __________ of traditional religious architecture.

The emperor of Japan during World War II was Hirohito.

Robert Rauschenberg called work like the Odalisk __________.

All of the following are architects of the International Style except __________.

In 1975, after the __________ marched on and captured the city of Saigon they renamed it Ho Chi Minh City.

What are the major principles of the Bauhaus?

Charlie Chaplin was a master filmmaker and actor of the silent era who was famous for his "little tramp" figure.

Explain the importance of coffee to a variety of world cultures.

The Renaissance and Mannerism

The Renaissance in Northern Europe

The Baroque Age

The Eighteenth Century

Romanticism and Realism

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

Chinese Civilization after the Thirteenth Century

Japanese Civilization after the Fifteenth Century

Modern Africa and Latin America

Early Twentieth Century

Diversity in Contemporary Life

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Exam 11: Mid-Twentieth Century and Later

Because there is no recognizable subject in Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, the work is referred to as __________.

Mark Rothko was an Abstract Expressionist artist.

How do Jean-Paul Sartre's, Simone de Beauvoir's and Søren Kierkegaard's philosophical views of Existentialism differ?

The painter __________ worked in a style known as "color field painting."

Compare Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm: Number 30 and Helen Frankenthaler's Mauve District to explain what unified the diverse works of the Abstract Expressionists.

What was the most significant effect of World War II and why?

Compare and contrast the Guggenheim Museum to the Center National d'Art et Culture Georges Pompidou.

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett portrays two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, and draws heavily on the farcical gestures of vaudeville performers and circus clowns.

In Learning from Las Vegas, the architect Robert Venturi suggests that the eclectic rearrangement of a variety of styles, signs, and symbols composes a new kind of unity.

How should one define the International Style of architecture and which work serves as the paradigm of this style?

__________ introduced the philosophy of Existentialism.

Le Corbusier's Notre-Dame-du-Haut abandons the __________ of traditional religious architecture.

The emperor of Japan during World War II was Hirohito.

Robert Rauschenberg called work like the Odalisk __________.

All of the following are architects of the International Style except __________.

In 1975, after the __________ marched on and captured the city of Saigon they renamed it Ho Chi Minh City.

What are the major principles of the Bauhaus?

Charlie Chaplin was a master filmmaker and actor of the silent era who was famous for his "little tramp" figure.

Explain the importance of coffee to a variety of world cultures.

The Renaissance and Mannerism

The Renaissance in Northern Europe

The Baroque Age

The Eighteenth Century

Romanticism and Realism

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

Chinese Civilization after the Thirteenth Century

Japanese Civilization after the Fifteenth Century

Modern Africa and Latin America

Early Twentieth Century

Diversity in Contemporary Life

Filters