Module 4 Review

Question 1

20th-century artists who felt free to use color "arbitrarily" were labeled, derogatorily, "Fauves," which translates to

Accepted Answer

"Wild Beasts"

Question 2

Which is an element of the Cubist style?

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depicting multiple perspectives simultaneously.

Question 3

One of the female Impressionists was ______.

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Berthe Morisot

Question 4

Some works of art are created to give us the illusion or sensation of movement. This style of art is called ______.

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Op Art

Question 5

The Taj Mahal is a perfect example of ______.

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symmetrical balance

Question 6

When an artist deliberately avoids emphasis, we say that the work is ______.

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afocal

Question 7

This term suggests that in any given instant an infinite number of states of being simultaneously exist.

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simultanism

Question 8

Which artist painted The Large Bathers?

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Paul Cézanne

Question 9

Rudy Burckhardt's photos teach us that Jackson Pollock longed to be involved in ______.

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the process of painting

Question 10

Where is the focal point in the Baroque painting Joseph the Carpenter by Georges de La Tour?

Accepted Answer

in the child's (Jesus') face

Question 11

Repetition often implies monotony, yet it also creates a sense of ______.

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rhythm

Question 12

Because Bernini's David tells a story - of David slaying Goliath - it is said to have what kind of sequence?

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narrative

Question 13

In Frida Kahlo's The Two Fridas, what does her use of symmetry represent?

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feelings about her husband's rejection

Question 14

Showing irreverence for tradition and rationality, Marcel Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q. exemplifies which movement?

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Dada

Question 15

Alexander Calder's "mobiles," like Untitled, move when air currents move through them, making them ______.

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kinetic

Question 16

What aspect of Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory is a characteristic of Surrealism?

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The artist looked to his subconscious

Question 17

What was the inspiration for Grace Ndiritu's Still Life: White Textiles?

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Henri Matisse

Question 18

Jan Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance is a perfect example of ______.

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an asymmetrically balanced composition

Question 19

Which artist, who painted Houses at L'Estaque, worked with Picasso to promote the style called Cubism?

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Georges Braque

Question 20

In works such as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, Edouard Manet denies traditional painting style and draws attention to ____

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his break with past techniques

Question 21

Hokusai's The Great Wave makes a statement about scale, in part because ______.

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everyone in Japan knows the scale of Mount Fuji

Question 22

Chartres Cathedral's rose window best illustrates _______.

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radial balance

Question 23

A friend of Claude Monet described his great paintings of Water Lilies, Morning: Willows as demonstrating ______

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Brownian motion

Question 24

In what aspect of the twentieth century were Umberto Boccioni and other Futurist artists most interested?

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movement and speed

Question 25

Claude Monet's Water Lilies, Morning: Willows and Bridget Riley's Drift No. 2 are similar in that both allude to

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the movements of water

Module 4 Review

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Module 4 Review

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