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Question 1

Define basalt...

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A dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust

Question 2

Andy Warhol strayed from earlier artistic approaches that attempted to distribute form and color evenly by...

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employing repetition of appropriated photographic imagery

Question 3

The painting The Stone Breakers was painted by which artist?

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Gustave Courbet

Question 4

the painting shown can be described as

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Post-Impressionist

Question 5

In The Steerage, Alfred Stieglitz placed a primary focus on formal composition with the intent of...

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elevating photography to the level of fine art

Question 6

Unlike traditional war memorials, Auguste Rodin's The Burghers of Calais represents a group portrait that

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includes men of equal height who have no clear leader

Question 7

When did the Berlin Revolution happen?

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1848

Question 8

The painting The Oxbow was created in what year?

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1836 C.E.

Question 9

This painting (The Course of Empire - The Pastoral State) can be attributed to which of the following artists?

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Thomas Cole

Question 10

The formal qualities of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's Self-Portrait as a Soldier demonstrate the influence of

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the Fauves' use of bold colors for emotional impact

Question 11

The painting shown can be attributed to which of the following artists?

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Thomas Cole

Question 12

Impressionism and post-impressionism were around which time periods?

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1872-1890s

Question 13

Based on the short, hatched brushstrokes and dark outlines, the painting shown can be described as

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Post-Impressionist

Question 14

Why was the piece “Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Park” considered controversial?

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Majority of the piece was Mexican history, leaders, and stories.

Question 15

Define Icon...

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A devotional panel depicting a sacred image

Question 16

In the work shown, Jacob Lawrence composed various visual elements primarily to comment on the...

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discrimination that awaited Southern African Americans who had migrated

Question 17

What historical development is the Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks made to protest?

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Vietnam war

Question 18

In his home Monticello, Thomas Jefferson chose a style that was inspired by ancient Roman architecture, to show...

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that culture in America was just as well rooted as in European countries, this style best expressed the values of the new American Republic

Question 19

A different style seen in post-impressionism is

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abstract versions of the natural world

Question 20

Japanese art had a large impact in what century?

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19th Century

Question 21

What do symbolist painters do?

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seek to portray mystical personal visions

Question 22

Darwin and Marx = ______

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Human evolution and social equality

Question 23

What is Art Nouveau?

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it unifies painting and sculpture with curvilinear lines and organic forms

Question 24

Define Reliquary...

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A vessel for holding a sacred relic

Question 25

In The Results of the First Five-Year Plan, Varvara Stepanova used photomontage to express the Constructivist belief in

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serving the ideals of the new society

Question 26

This painting above can be recognized as being created by-

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Question 27

Define the painting style called Rococo?

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An art style that depicts love, nature, and/ or youth using a light touch.

Question 28

What elements did Oldenburg use in the lipstick on caterpillar tracks?

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Anti-war and masculinity

Question 29

Why did utilitarian found-object nature of Marcel Duchamp's Fountain had an initial response of rejection and confusion?

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challenged the philosophical idea of what art is

Question 30

What was realism based off of?

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the theory of being positive (positivism)

Question 31

Define Loculi

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Openings in the walls of the catacombs to receive the dead

Question 32

Claes Oldenburg intended his sculpture of Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks at Yale University primarily as

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A political statement against the Vietnam War

Question 33

Käthe Kollwitz most probably chose woodcut as the medium for her Memorial Sheet for Karl Liebknecht because woodcuts

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allow for strong contrast and clear expressive shapes

Question 34

What is this painting referring too?

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Racial disparities in America

Question 35

The painting The Stone Breakers was painted by which artist?

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Gustave Courbet

Question 36

Who was the creator of ‘Positivism”

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August Comte

Question 37

In the work shown, Warhol’s use of a silkscreen technique emphasizes superficiality and a sense of detachment by.....

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Flattening the image

Question 38

Impressionist art is all about...

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painting "en plein-air"

Question 39

The placement of Rodins The Burghers of Calais are intended to elicit which of the following responses from its viewers?

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A personal connection with the individuals depicted

Question 40

The artist Millet was known for what?

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depictions of peasants and farmers

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