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Modernism and PostModernism
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1
This artist is known for her assembled sculptures of found wood objects and forms.
Louise Bourgeois
Louise Nevelson
Ellsworth Kelly
Helen Frankenthaler
2
The New York artist whose paintings became compositionally simple and focused on color was ___.
Jackson Pollock
Mark Rothko
Jean Dubuffet
Willem de Kooning
3
What is the title of this painting?
American Gothic
Mexican Gothic
American Godric
Godric Hollow
4
Which of the following painters illustrates Clement Greenberg’s insistence “on purity in art”?
Jean Dubuffet
David Smith
William De Kooning
Frank Stella
5
This artist showed his Mexican pride with large scale murals based on historical narratives.
Barbara Hepworth
Diego Rivera
Frida Kahlo
Dorothea Lange
6
Which of the following artists is best known for his large-scale portraits?
Willem de Kooning
Chuck Close
Jackson Pollock
Francis Bacon
7
When did the center of the Western art world shift from Europe to the United States?
during the 1950s
during the 1920s
with the Armory Show of 1913
during the 1960s
8
Which of these explored ways to express in art the world of dreams and the unconscious.
Fauvism
Bauhaus
Futurism
Surrealism
9
The photographer ____ was hired to document the deplorable living conditions of the rural poor.
Edward Weston
Alfred Stieglitz
Dorothea Lange
Charles Sheeler
10
Artists of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism painted abstract but..
convey universal truths
relate to the general public
indicate a setting
express the artist’s state of mind
11
This is the artist who painted abstract images using dripped paint
ELLSWORTH KELLY
JACKSON POLLOCK
FRANK STELLA
HELEN FRANKENTHALER
12
The Chrysler Building has elements from which of the following styles?
Cubist
Art Nouveau
Art Deco
De Stijl
13
Color field painters poured diluted paint onto unprimed canvas. Which is a color field painter?
Helen Frankenthaler
Jackson Pollock
Barnett Newman
Jasper Johns
14
Which of the following describes the work of Jackson Pollock?
colorful remaining true to conventional painting
significant departure from conventional painting
strictly organized adhering to conventional painting
quiet and intense remaining true to conventional painting
15
Henry Moore's great series of reclining nude sculptures are said to have been inspired by __.
a medieval representation of Mary Magdalene
a Chinese figure of Guanyin
a pre-Columbian figure, the Chacmool
an African ancestral figure
16
Which of the following artists created large-scale, kinetic sculptures?
Henry Moore
Boccioni
Alexander Calder
Brancusi
17
Which Artist painted self-portraits giving the viewer a personal glimpse into their suffering?
Diego Rivera
Frida Kahlo
Barbara Hepworth
Dorothea Lange
18
What was Surrealist artist, Rene Magritte creating with his artwork,
The Treachery of Images
?
A smoking pipe
The truth about painting
A barren landscape with amorphous creatures
A concrete tangible object of a teacup covered in fur
19
Name the Artist
TONY SMITH
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI
LEE KRASNER
WILLEM DE KOONING
20
Name the artist of this piece
RENÉ MAGRITTE
Giorgio De Chirico
Salvador Dali
Max Ernst
21
This husband and wife show rural traditional values such as strength, dignity, and integrity.
True
False
22
Beuys wanted “to shape our thoughts into words.” Which of the following did he want to create?
Word sculptures
Formless sculptures
Social sculptures
No sculpture at all
23
Which Artist painted images of people who appear isolated and alone?
Edward Hopper
Alberto Giacometti
Richard Hamilton
William De Kooning
24
Who invented the idea of a "mobile?"
Alexander Calder
Andy Warhol
Willem de Kooning
Pablo Picasso