Question 1

What Swedish artist is known for his oversized sculptures of everyday objects ?

Accepted Answer

A) Le Corbusier 
B) Oldenburg 
C) Warhol 
D) Kierkegaard 
A) Le Corbusier 
B) Oldenburg 
C) Warhol 
D) Kierkegaard

Question 2

What major public outdoor memorial was designed by Maya Ying Lin?

Accepted Answer

A) Holocaust Memorial 
B) The Oklahoma City National Memorial 
C) Vietnam Veteran's Memorial 
D) Vietnam Women's Memorial 
A) Holocaust Memorial 
B) The Oklahoma City National Memorial 
C) Vietnam Veteran's Memorial 
D) Vietnam Women's Memorial

Question 3

Who designed the first skyscraper in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) Frank Gehry 
B) Renzo Piano 
C) Louis Sullivan 
D) Richard Rogers 
A) Frank Gehry 
B) Renzo Piano 
C) Louis Sullivan 
D) Richard Rogers

Question 4

_______________________ 20th-century philosophy investigating human freedom and responsibility

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ 20th-century philosophy investigating human freedom and...

Question 5

What two American poets wrote from a feminist perspective?

Accepted Answer

A) Kerouac and Ginsberg 
B) Wiesel and Beckett 
C) Sexton and Plath 
D) Updike and Albee 
A) Kerouac and Ginsberg 
B) Wiesel and Beckett 
C) Sexton and Plath 
D) Updike and Albee

Question 6

_______________________ Algerian-born French existentialist writer

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Algerian-born French existentialist writer...

Question 7

What contemporary building can be described as "exoskeletal"?

Accepted Answer

A) The American Center in Paris 
B) The Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture 
C) The Seagram Building 
D) The Guggenheim Museum in New York 
A) The American Center in Paris 
B) The Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture 
C) The Seagram Building 
D) The Guggenheim Museum in New York

Question 8

What are the subjects of Richard Wright's Native Son and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man?

Accepted Answer

A) The Native-American experience 
B) The African-American male 
C) The history of African slaves 
D) The marginalization of American men 
A) The Native-American experience 
B) The African-American male 
C) The history of African slaves 
D) The marginalization of American men

Question 9

_______________________ art that uses images from mass media and contemporary culture

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ art that uses images from mass...

Question 10

In the 1940s and 1950s, what city replaced Paris as the center of modern art?

Accepted Answer

A) New York 
B) London 
C) Milan 
D) Prague 
A) New York 
B) London 
C) Milan 
D) Prague

Question 11

_______________________ works of art that add actual objects to the canvas

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ works of art that add actual...

Question 12

_______________________ term describing the current artistic style in the 21st century

Accepted Answer

Question 13

How did the existentialist movement influence the ideas of modern society?

Accepted Answer

The existentialist movement influenced t

Question 14

How does Rachel Whiteread's Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust at Judenplatz in Vienna 2000)depict the destruction of the Austrian Jewish community? What is the significance of this depiction?

Accepted Answer

Rachel Whiteread's memorial mourns the l

Question 15

Which French writer and thinker (1905-1980)is most directly associated with this existentialism?

Accepted Answer

A) Camus 
B) Descartes 
C) Sartre 
D) Braque 
A) Camus 
B) Descartes 
C) Sartre 
D) Braque

Question 16

What is the main characteristic of Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao?

Accepted Answer

A) Creative use of reinforced concrete 
B) Vertical lines with no ornamentation 
C) Classical columns and pediments 
D) Free-flowing geometric shapes 
A) Creative use of reinforced concrete 
B) Vertical lines with no ornamentation 
C) Classical columns and pediments 
D) Free-flowing geometric shapes

Question 17

Which American abstract expressionist is famous for his action paintings?

Accepted Answer

A) Frankenthaler 
B) Pollock 
C) Rothko 
D) Rauschenburg 
A) Frankenthaler 
B) Pollock 
C) Rothko 
D) Rauschenburg

Question 18

How do the Bulgarian artists Christo and Jean-Claude create art?

Accepted Answer

A) They paint murals on public buildings. 
B) They cover large areas with cloth. 
C) They build sculpture from garbage. 
D) They use their bodies in a staged setting. 
A) They paint murals on public buildings. 
B) They cover large areas with cloth. 
C) They build sculpture from garbage. 
D) They use their bodies in a staged setting.

Question 19

_______________________ term adopted by existentialists to describe the meaninglessness of human existence

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ term adopted by existentialists to describe...

Question 20

What are the origins of Deconstructivist Architecture? How are its principles evident in Frank Gehry's design of the Ray and Maria Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ?

Accepted Answer

Deconstructivist architecture grew out o

What Swedish artist is known for his oversized sculptures of everyday objects ?

What major public outdoor memorial was designed by Maya Ying Lin?

Who designed the first skyscraper in the United States?

_______________________ 20th-century philosophy investigating human freedom and responsibility

What two American poets wrote from a feminist perspective?

_______________________ Algerian-born French existentialist writer

What contemporary building can be described as "exoskeletal"?

What are the subjects of Richard Wright's Native Son and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man?

_______________________ art that uses images from mass media and contemporary culture

In the 1940s and 1950s, what city replaced Paris as the center of modern art?

_______________________ works of art that add actual objects to the canvas

_______________________ term describing the current artistic style in the 21^st century

How did the existentialist movement influence the ideas of modern society?

How does Rachel Whiteread's Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust at Judenplatz in Vienna 2000)depict the destruction of the Austrian Jewish community? What is the significance of this depiction?

Which French writer and thinker (1905-1980)is most directly associated with this existentialism?

What is the main characteristic of Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao?

Which American abstract expressionist is famous for his action paintings?

How do the Bulgarian artists Christo and Jean-Claude create art?

_______________________ term adopted by existentialists to describe the meaninglessness of human existence

What are the origins of Deconstructivist Architecture? How are its principles evident in Frank Gehry's design of the Ray and Maria Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ?

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

What Swedish artist is known for his oversized sculptures of everyday objects ?

What major public outdoor memorial was designed by Maya Ying Lin?

Who designed the first skyscraper in the United States?

_______________________ 20th-century philosophy investigating human freedom and responsibility

What two American poets wrote from a feminist perspective?

_______________________ Algerian-born French existentialist writer

What contemporary building can be described as "exoskeletal"?

What are the subjects of Richard Wright's Native Son and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man?

_______________________ art that uses images from mass media and contemporary culture

In the 1940s and 1950s, what city replaced Paris as the center of modern art?

_______________________ works of art that add actual objects to the canvas

_______________________ term describing the current artistic style in the 21st century

How did the existentialist movement influence the ideas of modern society?

How does Rachel Whiteread's Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust at Judenplatz in Vienna 2000)depict the destruction of the Austrian Jewish community? What is the significance of this depiction?

Which French writer and thinker (1905-1980)is most directly associated with this existentialism?

What is the main characteristic of Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao?

Which American abstract expressionist is famous for his action paintings?

How do the Bulgarian artists Christo and Jean-Claude create art?

_______________________ term adopted by existentialists to describe the meaninglessness of human existence

What are the origins of Deconstructivist Architecture? How are its principles evident in Frank Gehry's design of the Ray and Maria Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ?

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

_______________________ term describing the current artistic style in the 21^st century