Question 1

As briefly yet clearly as possible,explain how chaos theory and the butterfly effect fits with the ideas of postmodernism.

Accepted Answer

Chaos theory and the butterfly effect fit with the ideas of postmodernism in that they both challenge traditional notions of linear cause and effect. Postmodernism emphasizes the interconnectedness and complexity of systems, and chaos theory and the butterfly effect demonstrate how small, seemingly insignificant actions can have large and unpredictable consequences. This aligns with the postmodern idea that reality is fragmented, unstable, and constantly shifting. Both chaos theory and postmodernism also reject the idea of a single, objective truth, instead embracing multiple perspectives and the idea that truth is subjective and context-dependent. Overall, chaos theory and the butterfly effect align with postmodernism in their emphasis on complexity, unpredictability, and the rejection of traditional, linear narratives.

Question 2

How does Beijing's Olympic Stadium-the Bird's Nest-qualify as "green architecture"?

Accepted Answer

A) Outer frame is built of renewable bamboo 
B) Translucent roof provides passive ventilation 
C) Roof's solar panels light the stadium 
D) Natural grass floor helps to purify the air 
A) Outer frame is built of renewable bamboo 
B) Translucent roof provides passive ventilation 
C) Roof's solar panels light the stadium 
D) Natural grass floor helps to purify the air B

Question 3

What primarily defines Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,Spain,as postmodern?

Accepted Answer

A) Outer elements covered in metal 
B) Enormous and expansive size 
C) Discontinuity with the town and countryside 
D) Playful resemblance to a ship in full sail 
A) Outer elements covered in metal 
B) Enormous and expansive size 
C) Discontinuity with the town and countryside 
D) Playful resemblance to a ship in full sail C

Question 4

As described in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why was Olafu Eliason's The Weather Project initially criticized as being "mere" entertainment?

Accepted Answer

A) Using rather ordinary materials 
B) Attracting so many visitors to view it 
C) Disturbing visitors with its melancholy 
D) Showing visitors the construction elements 
A) Using rather ordinary materials 
B) Attracting so many visitors to view it 
C) Disturbing visitors with its melancholy 
D) Showing visitors the construction elements

Question 5

Define Robert Venturi's point that postmodern architecture should represent a "difficult whole," and identify and describe two examples from the book of how this "difficult whole" is presented.

Accepted Answer

Robert Venturi's point that postmodern a

Question 6

Identify and explain two ways computers have changed the understanding and creation of architecture and visual art,supporting your response with descriptions of specific works covered in the chapter.

Accepted Answer

Computers have significantly changed the

Question 7

Identify and describe three ways Yasumasa Morimura's Portrait (Twins)is designed to disturb the viewer.

Accepted Answer

1. Gender-bending: Morimura's Portrait (

Question 8

In his graffiti-inspired Charles the First and other works,why does Jean-Michel Basquiat include a crown?

Accepted Answer

A) Symbolize his African ancestors 
B) Parody the U.S.government 
C) Honor African-American heroes 
D) Evoke the evils of Caribbean colonialism 
A) Symbolize his African ancestors 
B) Parody the U.S.government 
C) Honor African-American heroes 
D) Evoke the evils of Caribbean colonialism

Question 9

Respond to the chapter's "Continuity and Change" ending question: "what is it about your world that you have come [by studying the humanities] to understand and appreciate more fully?" Be sure to reference specifics-both from the text and from your experience.

Accepted Answer

Studying the humanities has allowed me t

Question 10

In Eleanor Antin's video art Minetta Lane-A Ghost Story,what does the ghost represent?

Accepted Answer

A) Fears of growing older and dying 
B) Tragedy of unfulfilled possibilities 
C) Repressed sexuality and lost love 
D) Destructive force present in everyone 
A) Fears of growing older and dying 
B) Tragedy of unfulfilled possibilities 
C) Repressed sexuality and lost love 
D) Destructive force present in everyone

Question 11

Explain at least two ways Santiago Calatrava's plans for the Port Authority Trans Hudson station is a fitting memorial to those who lost their lives on its proposed World Trade Center site.

Accepted Answer

Santiago Calatrava's plans for the Port

Question 12

Why do the Islamic women portrayed in Shirin Neshat's series of photographs Women of Allah wear the black chador?

Accepted Answer

A) Conform to Islamic fundamentalist law 
B) Prevent them from becoming sexual objects 
C) Avoid being arrested by Iranian officials 
D) Display their submissiveness to Islamic men 
A) Conform to Islamic fundamentalist law 
B) Prevent them from becoming sexual objects 
C) Avoid being arrested by Iranian officials 
D) Display their submissiveness to Islamic men

Question 13

Why did playwright Luis Valdez produce Zoot Suit?

Accepted Answer

A) Call attention to police brutality against Latinos 
B) Raise awareness about Hispanic farmworkers' low pay 
C) Help César Chávez unionize Hispanic farmworkers 
D) Celebrate the Hispanics' success in American culture 
A) Call attention to police brutality against Latinos 
B) Raise awareness about Hispanic farmworkers' low pay 
C) Help César Chávez unionize Hispanic farmworkers 
D) Celebrate the Hispanics' success in American culture

Question 14

Why did Benoit Mandelbrot reject traditional Euclid geometry for his work with fractals?

Accepted Answer

A) Didn't account for variations in starting points 
B) Couldn't describe irregularly shaped forms 
C) Didn't use color as a component of order 
D) Focused too much on finite patterns 
A) Didn't account for variations in starting points 
B) Couldn't describe irregularly shaped forms 
C) Didn't use color as a component of order 
D) Focused too much on finite patterns

Question 15

In Janine Antoni's Touch,what does the horizon line on which she appears to be walking represent?

Accepted Answer

A) What is always in front of us 
B) The endless cycle of birth and death 
C) What divides reality and imagination 
D) The balance between art and the mundane 
A) What is always in front of us 
B) The endless cycle of birth and death 
C) What divides reality and imagination 
D) The balance between art and the mundane

Question 16

What has Santiago Calatrava designed the Port Authority Trans Hudson station at the World Trade Center site to resemble?

Accepted Answer

A) Stepped-terrace memorial garden 
B) Rainbow bridge spanning Ground Zero 
C) Series of monoliths of graduating heights 
D) Bird being released by a child's hands 
A) Stepped-terrace memorial garden 
B) Rainbow bridge spanning Ground Zero 
C) Series of monoliths of graduating heights 
D) Bird being released by a child's hands

Question 17

How does Renzo Piano's Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center in New Caledonia qualify as "green architecture"?

Accepted Answer

A) Ten pavilions function as wind scoops and cool the inside 
B) Open,unfinished pavilions are used to collect rainwater 
C) Open center is used for cultivating bamboo for construction 
D) Southern orientation provides passive solar heating 
A) Ten pavilions function as wind scoops and cool the inside 
B) Open,unfinished pavilions are used to collect rainwater 
C) Open center is used for cultivating bamboo for construction 
D) Southern orientation provides passive solar heating

Question 18

Which of the following was not a response to the Brooklyn Museum's displaying of Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary?

Accepted Answer

A) Demonstrations by the New York Catholic League 
B) Fresh elephant dung left at the museum's entrance 
C) Threats by the city to cut off the museum's funding 
D) Painting smeared with white paint by angry viewer 
A) Demonstrations by the New York Catholic League 
B) Fresh elephant dung left at the museum's entrance 
C) Threats by the city to cut off the museum's funding 
D) Painting smeared with white paint by angry viewer

Question 19

On what painting did Yasumasa Morimura model his photograph Portrait (Twins)?

Accepted Answer

A) Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror 
B) Manet's Olympia 
C) Morisot's Summer Day 
D) Matisse's Blue Nude 
A) Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror 
B) Manet's Olympia 
C) Morisot's Summer Day 
D) Matisse's Blue Nude

Question 20

Identify and explain how two video presentations discussed in the chapter fit with the characteristics of postmodernism.

Accepted Answer

One video presentation that fits with th

As briefly yet clearly as possible,explain how chaos theory and the butterfly effect fits with the ideas of postmodernism.

How does Beijing's Olympic Stadium-the Bird's Nest-qualify as "green architecture"?

What primarily defines Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,Spain,as postmodern?

As described in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why was Olafu Eliason's The Weather Project initially criticized as being "mere" entertainment?

Define Robert Venturi's point that postmodern architecture should represent a "difficult whole," and identify and describe two examples from the book of how this "difficult whole" is presented.

Identify and explain two ways computers have changed the understanding and creation of architecture and visual art,supporting your response with descriptions of specific works covered in the chapter.

Identify and describe three ways Yasumasa Morimura's Portrait (Twins)is designed to disturb the viewer.

In his graffiti-inspired Charles the First and other works,why does Jean-Michel Basquiat include a crown?

Respond to the chapter's "Continuity and Change" ending question: "what is it about your world that you have come [by studying the humanities] to understand and appreciate more fully?" Be sure to reference specifics-both from the text and from your experience.

In Eleanor Antin's video art Minetta Lane-A Ghost Story,what does the ghost represent?

Explain at least two ways Santiago Calatrava's plans for the Port Authority Trans Hudson station is a fitting memorial to those who lost their lives on its proposed World Trade Center site.

Why do the Islamic women portrayed in Shirin Neshat's series of photographs Women of Allah wear the black chador?

Why did playwright Luis Valdez produce Zoot Suit?

Why did Benoit Mandelbrot reject traditional Euclid geometry for his work with fractals?

In Janine Antoni's Touch,what does the horizon line on which she appears to be walking represent?

What has Santiago Calatrava designed the Port Authority Trans Hudson station at the World Trade Center site to resemble?

How does Renzo Piano's Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center in New Caledonia qualify as "green architecture"?

Which of the following was not a response to the Brooklyn Museum's displaying of Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary?

On what painting did Yasumasa Morimura model his photograph Portrait (Twins)?

Identify and explain how two video presentations discussed in the chapter fit with the characteristics of postmodernism.

The Baroque in Italy: The Church and Its Appeal

The Secular Baroque in the North: The Art of Observation

The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage

The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of Reason

The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent: Privilege and Reason

The Rights of Man: Revolution and the Neoclassical Style

The Romantic World View: the Self in Nature and the Nature of Self

Industry and the Working Class: a New Realism

Global Confrontation and Civil War: Challenges to Cultural Identity

In Pursuit of Modernity: Paris in the 1850s and 1860s

The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

The Fin De Siècle: Toward the Modern

The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World

The Great War and Its Impact: a Lost Generation and a New Imagination

New York skyscraper Culture and the Jazz Age: Making It New

The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression holocaust and Bomb

After the War: Existential Doubt, artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption

Multiplicity and Diversity: Cultures of Liberation and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s

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Exam 39: Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World

As briefly yet clearly as possible,explain how chaos theory and the butterfly effect fits with the ideas of postmodernism.

How does Beijing's Olympic Stadium-the Bird's Nest-qualify as "green architecture"?

What primarily defines Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,Spain,as postmodern?

As described in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why was Olafu Eliason's The Weather Project initially criticized as being "mere" entertainment?

Define Robert Venturi's point that postmodern architecture should represent a "difficult whole," and identify and describe two examples from the book of how this "difficult whole" is presented.

Identify and explain two ways computers have changed the understanding and creation of architecture and visual art,supporting your response with descriptions of specific works covered in the chapter.

Identify and describe three ways Yasumasa Morimura's Portrait (Twins)is designed to disturb the viewer.

In his graffiti-inspired Charles the First and other works,why does Jean-Michel Basquiat include a crown?

Respond to the chapter's "Continuity and Change" ending question: "what is it about your world that you have come [by studying the humanities] to understand and appreciate more fully?" Be sure to reference specifics-both from the text and from your experience.

In Eleanor Antin's video art Minetta Lane-A Ghost Story,what does the ghost represent?

Explain at least two ways Santiago Calatrava's plans for the Port Authority Trans Hudson station is a fitting memorial to those who lost their lives on its proposed World Trade Center site.

Why do the Islamic women portrayed in Shirin Neshat's series of photographs Women of Allah wear the black chador?

Why did playwright Luis Valdez produce Zoot Suit?

Why did Benoit Mandelbrot reject traditional Euclid geometry for his work with fractals?

In Janine Antoni's Touch,what does the horizon line on which she appears to be walking represent?

What has Santiago Calatrava designed the Port Authority Trans Hudson station at the World Trade Center site to resemble?

How does Renzo Piano's Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center in New Caledonia qualify as "green architecture"?

Which of the following was not a response to the Brooklyn Museum's displaying of Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary?

On what painting did Yasumasa Morimura model his photograph Portrait (Twins)?

Identify and explain how two video presentations discussed in the chapter fit with the characteristics of postmodernism.

The Baroque in Italy: The Church and Its Appeal

The Secular Baroque in the North: The Art of Observation

The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage

The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of Reason

The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent: Privilege and Reason

The Rights of Man: Revolution and the Neoclassical Style

The Romantic World View: the Self in Nature and the Nature of Self

Industry and the Working Class: a New Realism

Global Confrontation and Civil War: Challenges to Cultural Identity

In Pursuit of Modernity: Paris in the 1850s and 1860s

The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

The Fin De Siècle: Toward the Modern

The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World

The Great War and Its Impact: a Lost Generation and a New Imagination

New York skyscraper Culture and the Jazz Age: Making It New

The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression holocaust and Bomb

After the War: Existential Doubt, artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption

Multiplicity and Diversity: Cultures of Liberation and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s

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