Exam 32: The Modernist Assault

The plain-speech American poet who penned "The Road Not Taken" is which of the following?

Picasso's new "language" of painting was called

The leaders in the search for a more concentrated style of poetic expression were a group of poets who called themselves

Igor Stravinsky shocked musical audiences with his famous composition for ballet called

Prairie School architecture and a clear influence from Japanese structure were the signatures of

Which of the following was the principle founder of the Bauhaus?

Define the major styles in modern art and architecture: cubism,futurism,fauvism,nonobjective art,and the International style.

Discuss antitraditional forms of expression in music and dance.

Trace the impact of technology and the new physics on the arts.

One of the central tenets of modernism,________ sought to arrive at a more concentrated emotional experience through visual art.

________ determined that light waves behave as "quanta," breaking up into discrete and separate bundles of energy.

Discuss the role of film as an early modern phenomenon. D.W.Griffith,the leading director of his time,made major innovations in cinematic technique.He introduced the use of multiple cameras and camera angles,as well as such new techniques as close-ups,fade-outs,and flashbacks,which,when joined together in an edited sequence,greatly expanded the potential of film narrative and mirrored the developments in modern art,such as cubism.Cinematographers began to use the camera not simply as a disinterested observer,but as a medium for conveying the emotional states of the characters.By 1925 it was apparent that film was destined to become one of the major art forms of the modern erA.Film has proven itself as both a refined artistic medium as well as a vehicle for popular entertainment.Film has paralleled all major movements in art,from total abstraction,to Dada,to impressionism,to cubism,among others.The medium itself is a reflection of modern conceptions of time and space,recording a stream of individual moments that add up to a story.

Which of the following determined that the speed of light is a universal constant,perhaps the only thing that never changes?

Which of the following led the group of painters who made color the principal feature of their canvases in this era?

Insisting that the house "is a machine for living," which of the following championed form over function and employed devices such as roof gardens,partitions,and large façades of glass?

The Russians Kandinsky and Malevich,and the Dutchman Mondrian were all pioneers of which of the following artistic movements?

Picasso's bold,new style of painting was shaped by two forces: the arts of Africa,Iberia,and Oceana;and the paintings of

Describe the imagist movement in early twentieth-century poetry.

At the forefront of the modernist revolution in poetry stood the American expatriate ________,who studied the literatures of many peoples in the East and West.

The ________ were enthralled by the speed and dynamism of automobiles,trains,airplanes,and technology in general.