GE204 Final Exam Review

Question 1

What Chicago street artist has exhibited work globally and also collaborated with Adidas?

Accepted Answer

Hebru Brantley

Question 2

What is the primary characteristic of Abstract art?

Accepted Answer

Absence of any reference to reality

Question 3

What literary technique does Joan Miro employ in his painting Harlequin's Carnival?

Accepted Answer

Automatic writing

Question 4

From where does Salvador Dali draw most of his artistic inspiration?

Accepted Answer

Dreams

Question 5

This painting by Jacob Lawrence was inspired by what historical event?

Accepted Answer

The Great Migration

Question 6

Which artist is best known for her powerful silhouettes addressing racial and feminist themes?

Accepted Answer

Kara Walker

Question 7

This mosaic by Chicago artist Roger Brown depicts which Greek mythical character(s)?

Accepted Answer

Daedalus and Icarus

Question 8

Who was the founder of the Art Brut movement (rough, raw, and spontaneous art without rules)?

Accepted Answer

Jean DuBuffet

Question 9

What is the meaning of the Greek word Agora, the title of Abakonwicz's Grant Park sculpture?

Accepted Answer

central meeting place or village square

Question 10

What are the major characteristics of the 20th century Dada art movement?

Accepted Answer

Nonsense, elaborate jokes, revolting against the status quo

Question 11

Which style of painting marks the beginning of the Modernist movement?

Accepted Answer

Fauvism

Question 12

Which artist created Chicago's famous Cloud Gate in 2004?

Accepted Answer

Anish Kapoor

Question 13

Which pop artist is best known for his paintings of American flags?

Accepted Answer

Jasper Johns

Question 14

Which artist gifted this Cubist sculpture to Chicago in 1967?

Accepted Answer

Pablo Picasso

Question 15

Which American Neo-Expressionist painter was also a prominent AIDS activist during the 1980's?

Accepted Answer

Keith Haring

Question 16

Which street artist is responsible for painting the bunny murals here at SAE?

Accepted Answer

Left Handed Wave

Question 17

What do the four pairs of bronze seahorses at Buckingham Fountain represent?

Accepted Answer

The states bordering Lake Michigan

Question 18

Which Surrealist artist created this sculpture for the city of Chicago in 1981?

Accepted Answer

Joan Miro

Question 19

Kirschner's Self Portrait with Model is representative of which 20th century art movement?

Accepted Answer

German Expressionism

Question 20

Did conceptual (intellectual) art become popular before or after abstract expressionism?

Accepted Answer

After abstract expressionism

Question 21

Frank Stella's sculpture The Town-Ho's Story is inspired by which great American novel?

Accepted Answer

Moby-Dick

Question 22

In what style is Picasso's Guernica painted?

Accepted Answer

Cubist

Question 23

This famous Chicago mural is inspired by the life of which famous Chicagoan?

Accepted Answer

Harold Washington

Question 24

Klimt's controversial style was heavily influenced by whom?

Accepted Answer

Freud

Question 25

From where does Abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky draw his artistic inspiration?

Accepted Answer

Spiritual awakening

Question 26

True or False: Public art and street art are the same thing.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

What are the major inspirations of American Pop Art?

Accepted Answer

Comics, advertising, movies, television

Question 28

Which Realist artist is best known for his paintings of urban alienation and melancholia?

Accepted Answer

Edward Hopper

Question 29

Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) represents which mode of abstract expressionism?

Accepted Answer

action painting

Question 30

American Gothic by Grant Wood is a great example of which art movement?

Accepted Answer

Regionalism

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