Question 1

In what city was a museum indicted for exhibiting Mapplethorpe's photographs?

Accepted Answer

A) Cleveland 
B) Cincinnati 
C) Chicago 
D) Washington,D.C. 
E) Philadelphia 
A) Cleveland 
B) Cincinnati 
C) Chicago 
D) Washington,D.C. 
E) Philadelphia B

Question 2

Which is not a reference in the iconography of The Dinner Party?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hatshepsut 
B)  Virginia Woolf 
C)  The Last Supper 
D)  Stieglitz 
E)  O'Keeffe 
A)  Hatshepsut 
B)  Virginia Woolf 
C)  The Last Supper 
D)  Stieglitz 
E)  O'Keeffe D

Question 3

Nauman prefers Man Ray to Duchamp because

Accepted Answer

A)  Man Ray is a greater artist 
B)  Man Ray is more unreasonable 
C)  Man Ray is more original 
D)  Man Ray is more Classical 
E)  Man Ray is a photographer 
A)  Man Ray is a greater artist 
B)  Man Ray is more unreasonable 
C)  Man Ray is more original 
D)  Man Ray is more Classical 
E)  Man Ray is a photographer B

Question 4

Who was a graduate of the Bauhaus?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fuller 
B)  Breuer 
C)  Pei 
D)  Rothenberg 
E)  Nauman 
A)  Fuller 
B)  Breuer 
C)  Pei 
D)  Rothenberg 
E)  Nauman

Question 5

The artist whose imagery suggests graffiti is

Accepted Answer

A)  Sherman 
B)  Basquiat 
C)  Kiefer 
D)  Rothenberg 
E)  Jaudon 
A)  Sherman 
B)  Basquiat 
C)  Kiefer 
D)  Rothenberg 
E)  Jaudon

Question 6

What is a fullerene?

Accepted Answer

A)  a building by Fuller 
B)  a unit of a geodesic dome 
C)  a Dymaxion 
D)  a molecule 
E)  an atom 
A)  a building by Fuller 
B)  a unit of a geodesic dome 
C)  a Dymaxion 
D)  a molecule 
E)  an atom

Question 7

The large central space around which the new Lloyd's building was wrapped is the

Accepted Answer

A)  atrium 
B)  courtyard 
C)  narthex 
D)  nave 
A)  atrium 
B)  courtyard 
C)  narthex 
D)  nave

Question 8

Sherman's self-portrait as the Fornarina differs from the Fornarina in being

Accepted Answer

A)  more accurate because it is a photograph 
B)  more idealized 
C)  satirical 
D)  anti-women 
A)  more accurate because it is a photograph 
B)  more idealized 
C)  satirical 
D)  anti-women

Question 9

Gilbert and George described themselves as

Accepted Answer

A)  performance artists 
B)  impresarios 
C)  video artists 
D)  living sculptures 
A)  performance artists 
B)  impresarios 
C)  video artists 
D)  living sculptures

Question 10

Which is least true of Chuck Close's work?

Accepted Answer

A)  he relies on photography 
B)  his main subject is portraiture 
C)  his favorite paint is acrylic 
D)  his most usual viewpoint is the close-up 
A)  he relies on photography 
B)  his main subject is portraiture 
C)  his favorite paint is acrylic 
D)  his most usual viewpoint is the close-up

Question 11

Match the author with the correct work.

Accepted Answer

A)  Norman Mailer -- The Right Stuff 
B)  Tom Wolfe -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being 
C)  Toni Morrison -- Beloved 
D)  Alice Walker -- Glengarry Glen Ross 
A)  Norman Mailer -- The Right Stuff 
B)  Tom Wolfe -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being 
C)  Toni Morrison -- Beloved 
D)  Alice Walker -- Glengarry Glen Ross

Question 12

Which is least true of the Christos?

Accepted Answer

A)  they are Conceptual artists 
B)  they recycle their materials 
C)  they accept no financial patronage 
D)  they raise money by selling drawings, collages and models 
A)  they are Conceptual artists 
B)  they recycle their materials 
C)  they accept no financial patronage 
D)  they raise money by selling drawings, collages and models

Question 13

Which artist is correctly matched with his or her work?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Christos -- Over the River 
B)  Gilbert and George -- Williamsburg Bridge 
C)  Frank Gehry -- the Whitney Museum 
D)  Buckminster Fuller -- Lloyd's Building 
E)  I.M. Pei -- Geodesic Domes 
A)  The Christos -- Over the River 
B)  Gilbert and George -- Williamsburg Bridge 
C)  Frank Gehry -- the Whitney Museum 
D)  Buckminster Fuller -- Lloyd's Building 
E)  I.M. Pei -- Geodesic Domes

Question 14

Which structure is incorrectly matched with its location?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Whitney Museum -- New York City 
B)  Piazza d'Italia -- New Orleans 
C)  Lloyd's Building -- London 
D)  Glass pyramid -- Cairo 
E)  The Frederick R. Wiseman Museum -- Minneapolis 
A)  The Whitney Museum -- New York City 
B)  Piazza d'Italia -- New Orleans 
C)  Lloyd's Building -- London 
D)  Glass pyramid -- Cairo 
E)  The Frederick R. Wiseman Museum -- Minneapolis

Question 15

The artist who developed a philosophy of cybernetics is

Accepted Answer

A)  Christo 
B)  Nauman 
C)  Lin 
D)  Paik 
E)  Kiefer 
A)  Christo 
B)  Nauman 
C)  Lin 
D)  Paik 
E)  Kiefer

Question 16

Which category best matches the artist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Smith -- Body Art 
B)  Basquiat -- landscape 
C)  Kiefer -- Feminism 
D)  Paik -- environmental art 
A)  Smith -- Body Art 
B)  Basquiat -- landscape 
C)  Kiefer -- Feminism 
D)  Paik -- environmental art

Question 17

Which least matches?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hanson's Artist with Ladder -- Polykleitos' Spearbearer 
B)  Close's 1997 Self-Portrait -- Mosaics 
C)  Graves' Morphose -- Surrealism 
D)  Estes' Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum -- the Robie House 
A)  Hanson's Artist with Ladder -- Polykleitos' Spearbearer 
B)  Close's 1997 Self-Portrait -- Mosaics 
C)  Graves' Morphose -- Surrealism 
D)  Estes' Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum -- the Robie House

Question 18

Match the example of environmental art with its location.

Accepted Answer

A)  Spiral Jetty -- Oregon 
B)  Blue Umbrellas -- California 
C)  Long Division -- New York City 
D)  Stone Enclosure. Rock Rings -- Washington,D.C. 
A)  Spiral Jetty -- Oregon 
B)  Blue Umbrellas -- California 
C)  Long Division -- New York City 
D)  Stone Enclosure. Rock Rings -- Washington,D.C.

Question 19

Who of the following is not an environmental artist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Smithson 
B)  Holt 
C)  the Christos 
D)  Smith 
A)  Smithson 
B)  Holt 
C)  the Christos 
D)  Smith

Question 20

NEA stands for

Accepted Answer

A)  National Esthetic Association 
B)  National Endowment of Aesthetics 
C)  National Endowment for the Arts 
D)  National Efforts for Artists 
A)  National Esthetic Association 
B)  National Endowment of Aesthetics 
C)  National Endowment for the Arts 
D)  National Efforts for Artists

Exam 29: Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization

In what city was a museum indicted for exhibiting Mapplethorpe's photographs?

Which is not a reference in the iconography of The Dinner Party?

Nauman prefers Man Ray to Duchamp because

Who was a graduate of the Bauhaus?

The artist whose imagery suggests graffiti is

What is a fullerene?

The large central space around which the new Lloyd's building was wrapped is the

Sherman's self-portrait as the Fornarina differs from the Fornarina in being

Gilbert and George described themselves as

Which is least true of Chuck Close's work?

Match the author with the correct work.

Which is least true of the Christos?

Which artist is correctly matched with his or her work?

Which structure is incorrectly matched with its location?

The artist who developed a philosophy of cybernetics is

Which category best matches the artist?

Which least matches?

Match the example of environmental art with its location.

Who of the following is not an environmental artist?

NEA stands for

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Aegean

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of the Etruscans

Ancient Rome

Early Christian and Byzantine Art

The Early Middle Ages

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Precursors of the Renaissance

The Early Renaissance

The High Renaissance in Italy

Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century in Italy

Sixteenth-Century Painting in Northern Europe

The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Rococo and the Eighteenth Century

Neoclassicism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Romanticism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Nineteenth-Century Realism

Nineteenth-Century Impressionism

Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century

Turn of the Century: Early Picasso, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Matisse

Cubism, Futurism, and Related Twentieth-Century Styles

Dada, Surrealism, Fantasy, and The United States Between the Wars

Abstract Expressionism

Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

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