Question 1

An artwork can fit into only one of the following categories: performance art,conceptual art,installation art.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In Joseph Beuys's Coyote,I Like America and America Likes Me,the artist:

Accepted Answer

A)  became a shaman and made a curative sand painting of a mythical coyote 
B)  recorded himself sleeping for three days in the wilderness of the American southwest 
C)  wrapped himself in felt and lived for five days alone in an art gallery with a coyote 
D)  projected a video of a coyote on the outside of an art gallery 
E)  none of the other answers 
A)  became a shaman and made a curative sand painting of a mythical coyote 
B)  recorded himself sleeping for three days in the wilderness of the American southwest 
C)  wrapped himself in felt and lived for five days alone in an art gallery with a coyote 
D)  projected a video of a coyote on the outside of an art gallery 
E)  none of the other answers

Question 3

John Cage's concert for the opening of the National Arts Foundation can be seen as a happening because:

Accepted Answer

A)  he used lights and props 
B)  it was a theatrical performance 
C)  the artist did not fall asleep 
D)  it expanded the scope of art to include the lived moment 
E)  this concert was not a happening 
A)  he used lights and props 
B)  it was a theatrical performance 
C)  the artist did not fall asleep 
D)  it expanded the scope of art to include the lived moment 
E)  this concert was not a happening

Question 4

Vito Acconci is the artist who created ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Following Piece 
B)  Wish Tree for Washington, D.C. 
C)  O Superman 
D)  Coyote, I Like America and America Likes Me 
E)  all of the other answers 
A)  Following Piece 
B)  Wish Tree for Washington, D.C. 
C)  O Superman 
D)  Coyote, I Like America and America Likes Me 
E)  all of the other answers

Question 5

Kara Walker's installation Insurrection! (Our Tools were Rudimentary,Yet We Pressed On)combines:

Accepted Answer

A)  silhouette drawings and projections 
B)  Civil War weapons and television sets 
C)  vintage photographs and shadows of famous trees 
D)  theater props and umbrellas 
E)  none of the other answers 
A)  silhouette drawings and projections 
B)  Civil War weapons and television sets 
C)  vintage photographs and shadows of famous trees 
D)  theater props and umbrellas 
E)  none of the other answers

Question 6

Artworks made using alternative media are best accessed by ________ but often exist only in the form of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  direct experience . . . visual documentation or personal accounts 
B)  the Internet . . . still pictures 
C)  rooftop . . . postcards 
D)  videos . . . handwritten letters 
E)  artworks made using alternative media can never be accessed after they are completed 
A)  direct experience . . . visual documentation or personal accounts 
B)  the Internet . . . still pictures 
C)  rooftop . . . postcards 
D)  videos . . . handwritten letters 
E)  artworks made using alternative media can never be accessed after they are completed

Question 7

Barbara Kruger's Untitled (Your Gaze Hits the Side of My Face):

Accepted Answer

A)  employs her background as a graphic designer in its use of text and image 
B)  references her early career as a baker in the reproduced pastries and confections 
C)  ignores the rules of good design in order to make an anti-feminist statement 
D)  agrees with the idea that women artists are not as good as male artists 
E)  all of the other answers 
A)  employs her background as a graphic designer in its use of text and image 
B)  references her early career as a baker in the reproduced pastries and confections 
C)  ignores the rules of good design in order to make an anti-feminist statement 
D)  agrees with the idea that women artists are not as good as male artists 
E)  all of the other answers

Question 8

Over time it becomes clear how an artist's experiments and discoveries impact later artworks.Choose either Jackson Pollock,John Cage,or Marcel Duchamp and discuss their influence on the development of performance and conceptual art.Include specific artworks in your answer.

Accepted Answer

Jackson Pollock is a significant figure

Question 9

An artwork that consists of cutting off someone's tie and pouring shampoo on his head would best be described as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  performance art 
B)  conceptual art 
C)  an installation 
D)  a readymade 
E)  none of the other answers 
A)  performance art 
B)  conceptual art 
C)  an installation 
D)  a readymade 
E)  none of the other answers

Exam 20: Alternative Media and Processes

An artwork can fit into only one of the following categories: performance art,conceptual art,installation art.

In Joseph Beuys's Coyote,I Like America and America Likes Me,the artist:

John Cage's concert for the opening of the National Arts Foundation can be seen as a happening because:

Vito Acconci is the artist who created ________.

Kara Walker's installation Insurrection! (Our Tools were Rudimentary,Yet We Pressed On)combines:

Artworks made using alternative media are best accessed by ________ but often exist only in the form of ________.

Barbara Kruger's Untitled (Your Gaze Hits the Side of My Face):

Over time it becomes clear how an artist's experiments and discoveries impact later artworks.Choose either Jackson Pollock,John Cage,or Marcel Duchamp and discuss their influence on the development of performance and conceptual art.Include specific artworks in your answer.

An artwork that consists of cutting off someone's tie and pouring shampoo on his head would best be described as ________.

Line, Shape, and the Principle of Contrast

Form, Volume, Mass, and Texture

Implied Depth: Value and Space

Color

Time and Motion

Unity Variety and Balance

Scale and Proportion

Emphasis and Focal Point

Pattern and Rhythm

Content and Analysis

Drawing

Painting

Printmaking

Sculpture

Architecture

The Tradition of Craft

Visual Communication Design

Photography

Film, Video, and Digital Art

The Prehistoric and Ancient Mediterranean

Art of the Middle Ages

Art of India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia

Art of the Americas

Art of Africa and the Pacific Islands

Art of Renaissance and Baroque Europe: 1400 to 1750

Art of Europe and America, 1700 to 1865: Rococo to Realism

The Modern Aesthetic: Manet in 1863 to the American Scene in the 1930s

Late Modern and Contemporary Art: from Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s to the Present Day

Art and Community

Spirituality and Art

Art and the Cycle of Life

Art and Science

Art and Illusion

Art of Political Leaders and Rulers

Art, War, and Revolution

Art of Social Conscience

The Body in Art

Exam Identity, Race, and Gender in Art

Gateway Features for Gateways to Art

Introduction

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