Question 1

Who used acrylic to "stain" the canvas?

Accepted Answer

A) Frankenthaler 
B) Rothko 
C) Gorky 
D) Smith 
E) Noguchi 
A) Frankenthaler 
B) Rothko 
C) Gorky 
D) Smith 
E) Noguchi A

Question 2

Which is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Albers taught at Black Mountain College in South Carolina. 
B) Hofmann taught at Yale. 
C) Hofmann taught at Black Mountain College in South Carolina. 
D) Albers taught at Yale. 
E) Albers taught at the Art Students' League and in North Carolina. 
A) Albers taught at Black Mountain College in South Carolina. 
B) Hofmann taught at Yale. 
C) Hofmann taught at Black Mountain College in South Carolina. 
D) Albers taught at Yale. 
E) Albers taught at the Art Students' League and in North Carolina. D

Question 3

The two leading art critics of Abstract Expressionism were

Accepted Answer

A) Bloomberg and Rosenberg. 
B) Steinberg and Bloomberg. 
C) Greenberg and Wölfflin. 
D) Worringer and Wölfflin. 
E) Greenberg and Rosenberg. 
A) Bloomberg and Rosenberg. 
B) Steinberg and Bloomberg. 
C) Greenberg and Wölfflin. 
D) Worringer and Wölfflin. 
E) Greenberg and Rosenberg. E

Question 4

In 1942,Peggy Guggenheim opened

Accepted Answer

A) the Museum of Modern Art in New York. 
B) the Paris Museum of Modern Art. 
C) the Art of This Century Gallery. 
D) the Venice Guggenheim. 
A) the Museum of Modern Art in New York. 
B) the Paris Museum of Modern Art. 
C) the Art of This Century Gallery. 
D) the Venice Guggenheim.

Question 5

The term Abstract Expressionism was first used to define the style of

Accepted Answer

A) Pollock. 
B) Kandinsky. 
C) Albers. 
D) de Kooning. 
E) Frankenthaler. 
A) Pollock. 
B) Kandinsky. 
C) Albers. 
D) de Kooning. 
E) Frankenthaler.

Question 6

Which artist often depicted biomorphic shapes?

Accepted Answer

A) de Kooning 
B) Noguchi 
C) Gorky 
D) both Noguchi and Gorky 
E) All these answers are correct. 
A) de Kooning 
B) Noguchi 
C) Gorky 
D) both Noguchi and Gorky 
E) All these answers are correct.

Question 7

Which of the following correctly matches artist with work?

Accepted Answer

A) Diebenkorn - The Artist and His Mother 
B) Kelly - Ocean Park No.129 
C) Noguchi - Kouros 
D) Nevelson - the Cubi Series 
E) Gorky - Homage to the Square 
A) Diebenkorn - The Artist and His Mother 
B) Kelly - Ocean Park No.129 
C) Noguchi - Kouros 
D) Nevelson - the Cubi Series 
E) Gorky - Homage to the Square

Question 8

Who of the following is NOT a Color Field painter?

Accepted Answer

A) Mondrian 
B) Rothko 
C) Kelly 
D) Stella 
A) Mondrian 
B) Rothko 
C) Kelly 
D) Stella

Question 9

What artist was best known for his/her use of the drip technique?

Accepted Answer

A) Frankenthaler 
B) de Kooning 
C) Gorky 
D) Pollock 
E) Hofmann 
A) Frankenthaler 
B) de Kooning 
C) Gorky 
D) Pollock 
E) Hofmann

Question 10

In this chapter,the artist who made furniture,playgrounds,and public sculpture gardens was

Accepted Answer

A) Smith. 
B) Nevelson. 
C) Kline. 
D) Noguchi. 
E) Bacon. 
A) Smith. 
B) Nevelson. 
C) Kline. 
D) Noguchi. 
E) Bacon.

Question 11

Navajo sand painting inspired which artist?

Accepted Answer

A) Rothko 
B) Ernst 
C) Pollock 
D) Frankenthaler 
E) Noguchi 
A) Rothko 
B) Ernst 
C) Pollock 
D) Frankenthaler 
E) Noguchi

Question 12

Which of the following correctly matches artist with country of birth?

Accepted Answer

A) de Kooning - Germany 
B) Stella - Italy 
C) Gorky - Armenia 
D) Rothko - the United States 
E) Noguchi - China 
A) de Kooning - Germany 
B) Stella - Italy 
C) Gorky - Armenia 
D) Rothko - the United States 
E) Noguchi - China

Question 13

Which is NOT true of acrylic?

Accepted Answer

A) It is water-based. 
B) It can be used on paper but not canvas. 
C) It comes in bright colors. 
D) It dries quickly and does not fade. 
E) It can be poured, dripped, or splattered. 
A) It is water-based. 
B) It can be used on paper but not canvas. 
C) It comes in bright colors. 
D) It dries quickly and does not fade. 
E) It can be poured, dripped, or splattered.

Question 14

Who of the following is NOT an action painter?

Accepted Answer

A) Albers 
B) Gorky 
C) Pollock 
D) de Kooning 
A) Albers 
B) Gorky 
C) Pollock 
D) de Kooning

Question 15

Homage to the Square is

Accepted Answer

A) a series of paintings by Hofmann. 
B) a book by Albers. 
C) a manifesto written by Kelly. 
D) a series of paintings by Albers. 
E) a painting by Hofmann. 
A) a series of paintings by Hofmann. 
B) a book by Albers. 
C) a manifesto written by Kelly. 
D) a series of paintings by Albers. 
E) a painting by Hofmann.

Question 16

The painter who was most instrumental in creating a transition from European to American Abstract Expressionism was

Accepted Answer

A) Mark Rothko. 
B) Willem de Kooning. 
C) Jackson Pollock. 
D) Arshile Gorky. 
E) Franz Kline. 
A) Mark Rothko. 
B) Willem de Kooning. 
C) Jackson Pollock. 
D) Arshile Gorky. 
E) Franz Kline.

Question 17

Which is LEAST true of Dubuffet?

Accepted Answer

A) He collected non-Western art. 
B) He was a monochromatic painter. 
C) He liked textured surfaces. 
D) He was a figurative abstractionist. 
E) He was French. 
A) He collected non-Western art. 
B) He was a monochromatic painter. 
C) He liked textured surfaces. 
D) He was a figurative abstractionist. 
E) He was French.

Question 18

Hitler's exhibition of "degenerate art" consisted mainly of

Accepted Answer

A) Classical statues. 
B) avant-garde art. 
C) photography. 
D) lithography. 
E) Surrealism. 
A) Classical statues. 
B) avant-garde art. 
C) photography. 
D) lithography. 
E) Surrealism.

Exam 27: Mid-Century Abstraction

Who used acrylic to "stain" the canvas?

Which is true?

The two leading art critics of Abstract Expressionism were

In 1942,Peggy Guggenheim opened

The term Abstract Expressionism was first used to define the style of

Which artist often depicted biomorphic shapes?

Which of the following correctly matches artist with work?

Who of the following is NOT a Color Field painter?

What artist was best known for his/her use of the drip technique?

In this chapter,the artist who made furniture,playgrounds,and public sculpture gardens was

Navajo sand painting inspired which artist?

Which of the following correctly matches artist with country of birth?

Which is NOT true of acrylic?

Who of the following is NOT an action painter?

Homage to the Square is

The painter who was most instrumental in creating a transition from European to American Abstract Expressionism was

Which is LEAST true of Dubuffet?

Hitler's exhibition of "degenerate art" consisted mainly of

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Aegean

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of the Etruscans

Ancient Rome

Jewish, 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

Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization

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