Question 1

What is an example of Modern artists looking to non-western art during this period?

Accepted Answer

During the late 19th and early 20th cent

Question 2

Mondrian's interest in abstraction was an attempt to distill the __________ from objects in nature.

Accepted Answer

A)  essential form 
B)  universal beauty 
C)  dynamic equilibrium 
D)  opposing forces 
A)  essential form 
B)  universal beauty 
C)  dynamic equilibrium 
D)  opposing forces

Question 3

Neither Picasso nor __________ wanted to break the link from reality with their Cubist abstractions.

Accepted Answer

A)  Stieglitz 
B)  Braque 
C)  Matisse 
D)  Sloan 
A)  Stieglitz 
B)  Braque 
C)  Matisse 
D)  Sloan

Question 4

Which artist explicitly addressed feminist concerns in her work?

Accepted Answer

A)  Georgia O'Keeffe 
B)  Hannah Höch 
C)  Anni Albers 
D)  Helen Frankenthaler 
A)  Georgia O'Keeffe 
B)  Hannah Höch 
C)  Anni Albers 
D)  Helen Frankenthaler

Question 5

Which of the following technological innovations did NOT contribute to the development of the first skyscrapers?

Accepted Answer

A)  steel structural supports 
B)  reinforced concrete 
C)  the elevator 
D)  the integration of heating, ventilation, plumbing and electrical systems 
A)  steel structural supports 
B)  reinforced concrete 
C)  the elevator 
D)  the integration of heating, ventilation, plumbing and electrical systems

Question 6

Berlin __________ artists especially favored collage and photomontage.

Accepted Answer

A)  Die Brücke 
B)  Der Blaue Reiter 
C)  Dada 
D)  Orphist 
A)  Die Brücke 
B)  Der Blaue Reiter 
C)  Dada 
D)  Orphist

Question 7

Although academic in scale Matisse's Le Bonheur de Vivre was avant-garde in the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  introduction of landscape 
B)  subject of figures 
C)  flattening of the figure 
D)  fragmentation of the objects 
A)  introduction of landscape 
B)  subject of figures 
C)  flattening of the figure 
D)  fragmentation of the objects

Question 8

A distinctive feature of Le Corbusier's Modern architecture is its ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  lack of ornamentation 
B)  domino construction system 
C)  emphasis on rational functional design 
D)  all of the above 
A)  lack of ornamentation 
B)  domino construction system 
C)  emphasis on rational functional design 
D)  all of the above

Question 9

Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore both worked in __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  photography 
B)  mobiles 
C)  sculpture 
D)  murals 
A)  photography 
B)  mobiles 
C)  sculpture 
D)  murals

Question 10

How did Modern artists in the Americas combine their experiments in form with efforts to uncover their national or cultural identities?

Accepted Answer

Modern artists in the Americas combined

Question 11

How did the Surrealists liberate the unconscious mind and why did they do this in their art?

Accepted Answer

The Surrealists liberated the unconsciou

Question 12

How did the de Stijl artists make art that would purify the human mind with pure colors and simple forms?

Accepted Answer

De Stijl, Dutch for "The Style," also kn

Question 13

How did Federal patronage for American art function during the Depression?

Accepted Answer

During the Great Depression, the United

Question 14

Marianne Brandt and Anni Albers both worked at the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  murals 
B)  Bauhaus 
C)  Dada 
D)  Cubism 
A)  murals 
B)  Bauhaus 
C)  Dada 
D)  Cubism

Question 15

What are the different kinds of Cubist painting?

Accepted Answer

Cubism, an avant-garde art movement that

Question 16

Hannah Höch was a central figure in the __________ Dada group.

Accepted Answer

A)  Berlin 
B)  Vienna 
C)  Moscow 
D)  Toronto 
A)  Berlin 
B)  Vienna 
C)  Moscow 
D)  Toronto

Question 17

___________ ideas of a collective unconscious of universal archetypes shared by all humans greatly influenced the Abstract Expressionist painters.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sigmund Freud's 
B)  Carl Jung's 
C)  Clement Greenberg's 
D)  Vassily Kandinsky's 
A)  Sigmund Freud's 
B)  Carl Jung's 
C)  Clement Greenberg's 
D)  Vassily Kandinsky's

Question 18

Though he lived in France most of his life,__________ was originally from Spain.

Accepted Answer

A)  Braque 
B)  Matisse 
C)  Duchamp 
D)  Picasso 
A)  Braque 
B)  Matisse 
C)  Duchamp 
D)  Picasso

Question 19

How did Picasso's treatment of space in Les Demoiselles d'Avignon dramatically change the practice of painting in the west?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was an alternative to traditional systems of perspective. 
B)  It legitimized non-objectivity as a viable interest in painting. 
C)  It rejected the use of color. 
D)  It implied that art was an intellectual activity not rooted in emotional expression. 
A)  It was an alternative to traditional systems of perspective. 
B)  It legitimized non-objectivity as a viable interest in painting. 
C)  It rejected the use of color. 
D)  It implied that art was an intellectual activity not rooted in emotional expression.

Question 20

__________ exhibited with the Surrealists from the beginning and embraced biomorphic abstraction.

Accepted Answer

A)  Lawrence 
B)  Moore 
C)  Hepworth 
D)  Miró 
A)  Lawrence 
B)  Moore 
C)  Hepworth 
D)  Miró

What is an example of Modern artists looking to non-western art during this period?

Mondrian's interest in abstraction was an attempt to distill the __________ from objects in nature.

Neither Picasso nor __________ wanted to break the link from reality with their Cubist abstractions.

Which artist explicitly addressed feminist concerns in her work?

Which of the following technological innovations did NOT contribute to the development of the first skyscrapers?

Berlin __________ artists especially favored collage and photomontage.

Although academic in scale Matisse's Le Bonheur de Vivre was avant-garde in the ________.

A distinctive feature of Le Corbusier's Modern architecture is its ______________.

Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore both worked in __________.

How did Modern artists in the Americas combine their experiments in form with efforts to uncover their national or cultural identities?

How did the Surrealists liberate the unconscious mind and why did they do this in their art?

How did the de Stijl artists make art that would purify the human mind with pure colors and simple forms?

How did Federal patronage for American art function during the Depression?

Marianne Brandt and Anni Albers both worked at the __________.

What are the different kinds of Cubist painting?

Hannah Höch was a central figure in the __________ Dada group.

___________ ideas of a collective unconscious of universal archetypes shared by all humans greatly influenced the Abstract Expressionist painters.

Though he lived in France most of his life,__________ was originally from Spain.

How did Picasso's treatment of space in Les Demoiselles d'Avignon dramatically change the practice of painting in the west?

__________ exhibited with the Surrealists from the beginning and embraced biomorphic abstraction.

Fourtheenth-Century Art in Europe

Fifteenth-century Art in Northern Europe

Renaissance art in fifteenth-century Italy

Sixteenth-century art in Italy

sixteenth-century art in northern Europe and the Iberian peninsula

Seventeenth-Century art in Europe

art of south and southeast Asia after 1200

Chinese and Korean art after 1279

Japanese art after 1333

Art of the Americas after 1300

art of pacific cultures

art of Africa in the modern era

Eighteenth- and early-nineteenth century art in Europe and NORTH America

mid-to late nineteenth-century art in Europe and the united states

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Exam 15: modern art in Europe and the Americas, 1900-1950

What is an example of Modern artists looking to non-western art during this period?

Mondrian's interest in abstraction was an attempt to distill the __________ from objects in nature.

Neither Picasso nor __________ wanted to break the link from reality with their Cubist abstractions.

Which artist explicitly addressed feminist concerns in her work?

Which of the following technological innovations did NOT contribute to the development of the first skyscrapers?

Berlin __________ artists especially favored collage and photomontage.

Although academic in scale Matisse's Le Bonheur de Vivre was avant-garde in the ________.

A distinctive feature of Le Corbusier's Modern architecture is its ______________.

Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore both worked in __________.

How did Modern artists in the Americas combine their experiments in form with efforts to uncover their national or cultural identities?

How did the Surrealists liberate the unconscious mind and why did they do this in their art?

How did the de Stijl artists make art that would purify the human mind with pure colors and simple forms?

How did Federal patronage for American art function during the Depression?

Marianne Brandt and Anni Albers both worked at the __________.

What are the different kinds of Cubist painting?

Hannah Höch was a central figure in the __________ Dada group.

___________ ideas of a collective unconscious of universal archetypes shared by all humans greatly influenced the Abstract Expressionist painters.

Though he lived in France most of his life,__________ was originally from Spain.

How did Picasso's treatment of space in Les Demoiselles d'Avignon dramatically change the practice of painting in the west?

__________ exhibited with the Surrealists from the beginning and embraced biomorphic abstraction.

Fourtheenth-Century Art in Europe

Fifteenth-century Art in Northern Europe

Renaissance art in fifteenth-century Italy

Sixteenth-century art in Italy

sixteenth-century art in northern Europe and the Iberian peninsula

Seventeenth-Century art in Europe

art of south and southeast Asia after 1200

Chinese and Korean art after 1279

Japanese art after 1333

Art of the Americas after 1300

art of pacific cultures

art of Africa in the modern era

Eighteenth- and early-nineteenth century art in Europe and NORTH America

mid-to late nineteenth-century art in Europe and the united states

The international scene since 1950

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