Question 1

Which of the following describes Joseph Beuys purpose for his art?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was illuminating the condition of the political classes. 
B)  It was illuminating the condition of women. 
C)  It was illuminating the condition of modern humanity. 
D)  It was illuminating the condition of the homeless. 
A)  It was illuminating the condition of the political classes. 
B)  It was illuminating the condition of women. 
C)  It was illuminating the condition of modern humanity. 
D)  It was illuminating the condition of the homeless.

Question 2

When did the center of the Western art world shift from Europe to the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  with the Armory Show of 1913 
B)  during the 1920s 
C)  during the 1950s 
D)  during the 1960s 
A)  with the Armory Show of 1913 
B)  during the 1920s 
C)  during the 1950s 
D)  during the 1960s

Question 3

Post-painterly abstractionists differed from Abstract Expressionists in their ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  presence of the artist's emotion 
B)  cool, detached rationality 
C)  color-field exercises 
D)  reliance on non-Western influences 
A)  presence of the artist's emotion 
B)  cool, detached rationality 
C)  color-field exercises 
D)  reliance on non-Western influences

Question 4

To distinguish their performances from "happenings," Fluxus artists named theirs ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  art brut 
B)  "episodes" 
C)  "events" 
D)  "immersions" 
A)  art brut 
B)  "episodes" 
C)  "events" 
D)  "immersions"

Question 5

How is this work "modern"?

Accepted Answer

Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon . The artist

Question 6

What is meant by action painting?

Accepted Answer

Also called gestural abstracti

Question 7

Cindy Sherman addressed the way that much Western art presents female beauty for the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  sake of tradition 
B)  importance of the subject 
C)  wealthy 
D)  "male gaze" 
A)  sake of tradition 
B)  importance of the subject 
C)  wealthy 
D)  "male gaze"

Question 8

Pollock's painting technique highlights the most significant aspect of gestural abstraction-the emphasis on ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  automatism 
B)  layered glazes 
C)  found objects 
D)  the creative process 
A)  automatism 
B)  layered glazes 
C)  found objects 
D)  the creative process

Question 9

How did Barnett Newman increase the capacity of color to communicate emotion?

Accepted Answer

A)  By simplifying the composition 
B)  By creating complex compositions using the widest range of colors 
C)  By using soft pastel color 
D)  By creating softly colored complex compositions 
A)  By simplifying the composition 
B)  By creating complex compositions using the widest range of colors 
C)  By using soft pastel color 
D)  By creating softly colored complex compositions

Question 10

A leader in Performance Art, John Cage brought to music the ideas of ____ and eastern philosophy.

Accepted Answer

A)  Marcel Duchamp 
B)  Jackson Pollock 
C)  Salvador Dalí 
D)  Andy Warhol 
A)  Marcel Duchamp 
B)  Jackson Pollock 
C)  Salvador Dalí 
D)  Andy Warhol

Question 11

How did the Fluxus group see aesthetic potential?

Accepted Answer

A)  In the traditional 
B)  In the nontraditional and commonplace 
C)  In the traditional and unique 
D)  In the experimental 
A)  In the traditional 
B)  In the nontraditional and commonplace 
C)  In the traditional and unique 
D)  In the experimental

Question 12

What is the artistic issue of Environmental Art-sometimes called earthworks?

Accepted Answer

This art form developed during a period

Question 13

What is the focus of this work?

Accepted Answer

Francis Bacon, Painting . Baco

Question 14

Who was Clement Greenberg?

Accepted Answer

He was an art critic of the 19

Question 15

____ is known for her assembled sculptures of found wood objects and forms.

Accepted Answer

A)  Helen Frankenthaler 
B)  Judy Chicago 
C)  Sonia Sheridan 
D)  Louise Nevelson 
A)  Helen Frankenthaler 
B)  Judy Chicago 
C)  Sonia Sheridan 
D)  Louise Nevelson

Question 16

How did these artists assert the feminist doctrine?

Accepted Answer

Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #35 a

Question 17

Explain the relationship between modern movements and consumer culture. How have the issues of culture and society shaped the art? Use examples to support your essay.

Accepted Answer

Modern movements and consumer culture ha

Question 18

How is this sculpture contemporaneous with the Superrealist movement?

Accepted Answer

Duane Hanson's Supermarket Shopper , dep

Question 19

Color field painting emphasized painting's basic properties. Color field painters poured diluted paint onto unprimed canvas. Which of the following artists was a color field painter?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jasper Johns 
B)  Jackson Pollock 
C)  Helen Frankenthaler 
D)  Barnett Newman 
A)  Jasper Johns 
B)  Jackson Pollock 
C)  Helen Frankenthaler 
D)  Barnett Newman

Question 20

The terms gestural abstraction and action painting are most appropriately applied to the work of ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Jackson Pollock 
B)  Robert Motherwell 
C)  Ellsworth Kelly 
D)  Barnett Newman 
A)  Jackson Pollock 
B)  Robert Motherwell 
C)  Ellsworth Kelly 
D)  Barnett Newman

Which of the following describes Joseph Beuys purpose for his art?

When did the center of the Western art world shift from Europe to the United States?

Post-painterly abstractionists differed from Abstract Expressionists in their ____.

To distinguish their performances from "happenings," Fluxus artists named theirs ____.

How is this work "modern"?

What is meant by action painting?

Cindy Sherman addressed the way that much Western art presents female beauty for the ____.

Pollock's painting technique highlights the most significant aspect of gestural abstraction-the emphasis on ____.

How did Barnett Newman increase the capacity of color to communicate emotion?

A leader in Performance Art, John Cage brought to music the ideas of ____ and eastern philosophy.

How did the Fluxus group see aesthetic potential?

What is the artistic issue of Environmental Art-sometimes called earthworks?

What is the focus of this work?

Who was Clement Greenberg?

____ is known for her assembled sculptures of found wood objects and forms.

How did these artists assert the feminist doctrine?

Explain the relationship between modern movements and consumer culture. How have the issues of culture and society shaped the art? Use examples to support your essay.

How is this sculpture contemporaneous with the Superrealist movement?

Color field painting emphasized painting's basic properties. Color field painters poured diluted paint onto unprimed canvas. Which of the following artists was a color field painter?

The terms gestural abstraction and action painting are most appropriately applied to the work of ____.

Late Medieval Italy

Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe

The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy

Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy

High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900

The Baroque in Northern Europe

Rococo to Neoclassicism: the 18th Century in Europe and America

Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870

Modernism in Europe and America, 1900 to 1945

Contemporary Art Worldwide

South and Southeast Asia, 1200 to 1980

China and Korea, 1279 to 1980

Japan, 1336 to 1980

Native Arts of the Americas, 1300 to 1980

Oceania Before 1980

Africa, 1800 to 1980

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Exam 30: Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980

Which of the following describes Joseph Beuys purpose for his art?

When did the center of the Western art world shift from Europe to the United States?

Post-painterly abstractionists differed from Abstract Expressionists in their ____.

To distinguish their performances from "happenings," Fluxus artists named theirs ____.

How is this work "modern"?

What is meant by action painting?

Cindy Sherman addressed the way that much Western art presents female beauty for the ____.

Pollock's painting technique highlights the most significant aspect of gestural abstraction-the emphasis on ____.

How did Barnett Newman increase the capacity of color to communicate emotion?

A leader in Performance Art, John Cage brought to music the ideas of ____ and eastern philosophy.

How did the Fluxus group see aesthetic potential?

What is the artistic issue of Environmental Art-sometimes called earthworks?

What is the focus of this work?

Who was Clement Greenberg?

____ is known for her assembled sculptures of found wood objects and forms.

How did these artists assert the feminist doctrine?

Explain the relationship between modern movements and consumer culture. How have the issues of culture and society shaped the art? Use examples to support your essay.

How is this sculpture contemporaneous with the Superrealist movement?

Color field painting emphasized painting's basic properties. Color field painters poured diluted paint onto unprimed canvas. Which of the following artists was a color field painter?

The terms gestural abstraction and action painting are most appropriately applied to the work of ____.

Late Medieval Italy

Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe

The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy

Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy

High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900

The Baroque in Northern Europe

Rococo to Neoclassicism: the 18th Century in Europe and America

Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870

Modernism in Europe and America, 1900 to 1945

Contemporary Art Worldwide

South and Southeast Asia, 1200 to 1980

China and Korea, 1279 to 1980

Japan, 1336 to 1980

Native Arts of the Americas, 1300 to 1980

Oceania Before 1980

Africa, 1800 to 1980

Filters