Question 1

According to Sartre, what was the purpose of existentialism?

Accepted Answer

A) To preserve past traditions. 
B) To help people live in an absurd world. 
C) To create a standard system of ethics. 
D) To strengthen people's religious faith. 
A) To preserve past traditions. 
B) To help people live in an absurd world. 
C) To create a standard system of ethics. 
D) To strengthen people's religious faith. B

Question 2

What is the name given to the kind of art exemplified by Alexander Calder's The Star?

Accepted Answer

A) ready-made 
B) mobile 
C) combine 
D) collage 
A) ready-made 
B) mobile 
C) combine 
D) collage B

Question 3

What type of art is exemplified by Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty?

Accepted Answer

A) found art 
B) ready-made 
C) land art 
D) combine 
A) found art 
B) ready-made 
C) land art 
D) combine C

Question 4

Which of the following was among the most prominent subjects of Andy Warhol's art?

Accepted Answer

A) celebrities 
B) women 
C) cities 
D) landscapes 
A) celebrities 
B) women 
C) cities 
D) landscapes

Question 5

What two major contemporary composers have continued to work with traditional elements of melody, harmony, and rhythm?

Accepted Answer

A) Reich and Stockhausen 
B) Brittan and Shostakovich 
C) Boulez and Glass 
D) Weill and Gershwin 
A) Reich and Stockhausen 
B) Brittan and Shostakovich 
C) Boulez and Glass 
D) Weill and Gershwin

Question 6

What is the best-known play by Samuel Beckett?

Accepted Answer

A) Waiting for Godot 
B) A Doll's House 
C) Louisa Miller 
D) Death of a Salesman 
A) Waiting for Godot 
B) A Doll's House 
C) Louisa Miller 
D) Death of a Salesman

Question 7

What type of non-western music has influenced the work of the minimalist composer Philip Glass?

Accepted Answer

A) American Indian chant 
B) Polynesian percussion and song 
C) Ukrainian music written for the Ud 
D) Indian tabla and sitar music 
A) American Indian chant 
B) Polynesian percussion and song 
C) Ukrainian music written for the Ud 
D) Indian tabla and sitar music

Question 8

_______________________ Russian composer who used traditional musical elements in innovative ways

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Russian composer who used traditional musical...

Question 9

What were the central characteristics and themes of Pop Art? How are these apparent in Andy Warhol's work?

Accepted Answer

Pop art uses familiar objects to challen

Question 10

_______________________ painting style that uses large blocks of color

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ painting style that uses large blocks...

Question 11

_______________________ Jewish writer of Night, which was based upon his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Jewish writer of Night, which was...

Question 12

Which disciple of Louis Sullivan was one of the most influential American architects of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Frank Lloyd Wright 
B) Philip Johnson 
C) Robert Venturi 
D) Denise Scott Brown 
A) Frank Lloyd Wright 
B) Philip Johnson 
C) Robert Venturi 
D) Denise Scott Brown

Question 13

What is aleatoric music?

Accepted Answer

A) Music that uses real sounds from nature 
B) Music created by chance 
C) Highly structured compositions 
D) Music used specifically for psychological treatment 
A) Music that uses real sounds from nature 
B) Music created by chance 
C) Highly structured compositions 
D) Music used specifically for psychological treatment

Question 14

What term is applied to the music of Steve Reich, which builds lengthy pieces out of multiple repetitions of simple chords and rhythms?

Accepted Answer

A) serialism 
B) minimalism 
C) structuralism 
D) aleatorialism 
A) serialism 
B) minimalism 
C) structuralism 
D) aleatorialism

Question 15

How does Pierre Boulez' Second Piano Sonata exemplify the ideal of structuralism? What is the effect of this compositional framework?

Accepted Answer

Pierre Boulez's Second Piano Sonata exem

Question 16

What artistic form is Robert Rauschenberg most known for?

Accepted Answer

A) Self-portraiture 
B) Found art 
C) Kinetic sculpture 
D) Combine painting 
A) Self-portraiture 
B) Found art 
C) Kinetic sculpture 
D) Combine painting

Question 17

In Bill Viola's The Crossing, what happens to the human figure?

Accepted Answer

A) It is transformed into light. 
B) It is covered in red paint. 
C) It is attacked by fire and water 
D) It is pixelated into tiny spots of color. 
A) It is transformed into light. 
B) It is covered in red paint. 
C) It is attacked by fire and water 
D) It is pixelated into tiny spots of color.

Question 18

What is distinctive about Mark Rothko's paintings?

Accepted Answer

A) They borrow heavily from Greek art. 
B) They arrange figures in pyramidal form. 
C) They focus on natural settings. 
D) They use large fields of solid color. 
A) They borrow heavily from Greek art. 
B) They arrange figures in pyramidal form. 
C) They focus on natural settings. 
D) They use large fields of solid color.

Question 19

What questions are explored by the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman in his films?

Accepted Answer

A) Loss of religious faith and modern despair 
B) Sexuality and gender roles 
C) Classical antiquity and modern aesthetics 
D) Catholicism and sexuality 
A) Loss of religious faith and modern despair 
B) Sexuality and gender roles 
C) Classical antiquity and modern aesthetics 
D) Catholicism and sexuality

Question 20

______________________ Danish existential philosopher (1813-1955)

Accepted Answer

The answer of ______________________ Danish existential philosopher (1813-1955)...

According to Sartre, what was the purpose of existentialism?

What is the name given to the kind of art exemplified by Alexander Calder's The Star?

What type of art is exemplified by Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty?

Which of the following was among the most prominent subjects of Andy Warhol's art?

What two major contemporary composers have continued to work with traditional elements of melody, harmony, and rhythm?

What is the best-known play by Samuel Beckett?

What type of non-western music has influenced the work of the minimalist composer Philip Glass?

_______________________ Russian composer who used traditional musical elements in innovative ways

What were the central characteristics and themes of Pop Art? How are these apparent in Andy Warhol's work?

_______________________ painting style that uses large blocks of color

_______________________ Jewish writer of Night, which was based upon his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp

Which disciple of Louis Sullivan was one of the most influential American architects of the twentieth century?

What is aleatoric music?

What term is applied to the music of Steve Reich, which builds lengthy pieces out of multiple repetitions of simple chords and rhythms?

How does Pierre Boulez' Second Piano Sonata exemplify the ideal of structuralism? What is the effect of this compositional framework?

What artistic form is Robert Rauschenberg most known for?

In Bill Viola's The Crossing, what happens to the human figure?

What is distinctive about Mark Rothko's paintings?

What questions are explored by the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman in his films?

______________________ Danish existential philosopher (1813-1955)

Beginnings

The Rise of Greece

Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period

Rome

Ancient Civilizations of India and China

The Rise of the Biblical Tradition

Early Christianity: Ravenna and Byzantium

Islam

The Rise of Medieval Culture

The High Middle Ages

The Fourteenth Century: a Time of Transition

The Renaissance in the Fifteenth Century

The High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy

The High Renaissance in the North

The Seventeenth Century: the Baroque Era

The Eighteenth Century

Romanticism, Realism, and Photography

Toward the Modern Era: 1870-1914

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Exam 19: India, China, and Japan: From Medieval to Modern Times

According to Sartre, what was the purpose of existentialism?

What is the name given to the kind of art exemplified by Alexander Calder's The Star?

What type of art is exemplified by Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty?

Which of the following was among the most prominent subjects of Andy Warhol's art?

What two major contemporary composers have continued to work with traditional elements of melody, harmony, and rhythm?

What is the best-known play by Samuel Beckett?

What type of non-western music has influenced the work of the minimalist composer Philip Glass?

_______________________ Russian composer who used traditional musical elements in innovative ways

What were the central characteristics and themes of Pop Art? How are these apparent in Andy Warhol's work?

_______________________ painting style that uses large blocks of color

_______________________ Jewish writer of Night, which was based upon his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp

Which disciple of Louis Sullivan was one of the most influential American architects of the twentieth century?

What is aleatoric music?

What term is applied to the music of Steve Reich, which builds lengthy pieces out of multiple repetitions of simple chords and rhythms?

How does Pierre Boulez' Second Piano Sonata exemplify the ideal of structuralism? What is the effect of this compositional framework?

What artistic form is Robert Rauschenberg most known for?

In Bill Viola's The Crossing, what happens to the human figure?

What is distinctive about Mark Rothko's paintings?

What questions are explored by the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman in his films?

______________________ Danish existential philosopher (1813-1955)

Beginnings

The Rise of Greece

Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period

Rome

Ancient Civilizations of India and China

The Rise of the Biblical Tradition

Early Christianity: Ravenna and Byzantium

Islam

The Rise of Medieval Culture

The High Middle Ages

The Fourteenth Century: a Time of Transition

The Renaissance in the Fifteenth Century

The High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy

The High Renaissance in the North

The Seventeenth Century: the Baroque Era

The Eighteenth Century

Romanticism, Realism, and Photography

Toward the Modern Era: 1870-1914

Filters