Question 1

Guillermo Gómez-Peña's The Temple of Confessions can be defined as what kind of art?

Accepted Answer

A) apolitical 
B) academic and traditional 
C) abstract 
D) performance and installation 
A) apolitical 
B) academic and traditional 
C) abstract 
D) performance and installation D

Question 2

According to the National Endowment for the Arts what activist role should artists take?

Accepted Answer

A) They should educate the public about the value of art. 
B) They should create art with a political agenda. 
C) They should always break with past traditions. 
D) They should incite people to vote for art in public spaces. 
A) They should educate the public about the value of art. 
B) They should create art with a political agenda. 
C) They should always break with past traditions. 
D) They should incite people to vote for art in public spaces. A

Question 3

Historically,why do many people receive new and innovative work with reservation?

Accepted Answer

A) They are ill informed. 
B) They have little context in which to view the work. 
C) The work rarely sells to patrons. 
D) They prefer representational art. 
A) They are ill informed. 
B) They have little context in which to view the work. 
C) The work rarely sells to patrons. 
D) They prefer representational art. B

Question 4

What did Etienne-Jules Marey call his unusual motion photographs of the model in the black suit?

Accepted Answer

Etienne-Jules Marey, a French scientist

Question 5

What specific component of the National Endowment for the Arts made works of art available to the general public?

Accepted Answer

A) the Helms amendment 
B) the National Cooperative 
C) the Arts in Public Places program 
D) the National Gallery 
A) the Helms amendment 
B) the National Cooperative 
C) the Arts in Public Places program 
D) the National Gallery

Question 6

Discuss the work of Guillermo Gómez-Peña.What are the artist's aims? What does the artist call his works?

Accepted Answer

Guillermo Gómez-Peña is a performance ar

Question 7

What motivates artists like Krzysztof Wodiczko,Guillermo Gómez-Peña,and Suzanne Lacy?

Accepted Answer

A) their love of traditional painting and sculpture 
B) theoretical issues 
C) socio-cultural issues 
D) process 
A) their love of traditional painting and sculpture 
B) theoretical issues 
C) socio-cultural issues 
D) process

Question 8

Which artwork was described as "an explosion in a shingle factory"?

Accepted Answer

A) Edouard Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe 
B) Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase 
C) Pablo Picasso's Women of Avignon 
D) Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night 
A) Edouard Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe 
B) Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase 
C) Pablo Picasso's Women of Avignon 
D) Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night

Question 9

What was the inspiration for Marcel Duchamp's controversial Nude Descending a Staircase?

Accepted Answer

A) a visit to a shingle factory 
B) Navajo blankets 
C) the chronophotographs of Etienne-Jules Marey 
D) a 17th century painting by Raphael 
A) a visit to a shingle factory 
B) Navajo blankets 
C) the chronophotographs of Etienne-Jules Marey 
D) a 17th century painting by Raphael

Question 10

Etienne-Jules Marey was a pioneer in the then burgeoning art of what?

Accepted Answer

A) assemblage 
B) motion pictures 
C) Abstract Expressionism 
D) public art 
A) assemblage 
B) motion pictures 
C) Abstract Expressionism 
D) public art

Question 11

In Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe,Manet intentionally rejects traditional painting techniques for what purpose?

Accepted Answer

A) to surpass the art of Raphael and the Renaissance 
B) to call attention to his modernity and break with the past 
C) to show how photography affected people's vision 
D) to retain a link with other artists at the Armory Show 
A) to surpass the art of Raphael and the Renaissance 
B) to call attention to his modernity and break with the past 
C) to show how photography affected people's vision 
D) to retain a link with other artists at the Armory Show

Question 12

Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary displays two aspects of the artist's life-his African heritage and what else?

Accepted Answer

A) his abstract art training 
B) his love of medieval and Renaissance art 
C) his study of American popular culture 
D) his Catholic upbringing 
A) his abstract art training 
B) his love of medieval and Renaissance art 
C) his study of American popular culture 
D) his Catholic upbringing

Question 13

Déjeuner sur l'herbe was rejected from the annual salon exhibition in Paris in 1863.Where was it exhibited instead?

Accepted Answer

A) at the Grande Palace 
B) at the Salon des Refusés 
C) at the Louvre 
D) It was never exhibited. 
A) at the Grande Palace 
B) at the Salon des Refusés 
C) at the Louvre 
D) It was never exhibited.

Question 14

What kind of art was Suzanne Lacy's Whisper,The Waves,the Wind? Discuss the political aspects of this work and the intentions of the artists involved.

Accepted Answer

Suzanne Lacy's Whisper, The Waves, the W

Question 15

What kind of art does Krzysztof Wodiczko make?

Accepted Answer

Krzysztof Wodiczko is a Polish artist kn

Question 16

What is it that motivates most collectors to buy contemporary art?

Accepted Answer

A) investment in a stable commodity 
B) interest in supporting further art and artists 
C) the pleasure of owning art and the prestige it confers upon them 
D) its recognition as a charitable donation 
A) investment in a stable commodity 
B) interest in supporting further art and artists 
C) the pleasure of owning art and the prestige it confers upon them 
D) its recognition as a charitable donation

Question 17

At the center of a scandal of the famous Armory Show of 1913 was held in

Accepted Answer

A) Paris. 
B) Philadelphia. 
C) New York. 
D) London. 
A) Paris. 
B) Philadelphia. 
C) New York. 
D) London.

Question 18

In 1863,Edouard Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe was rejected by the public due to its

Accepted Answer

A) depiction of a picnic. 
B) representation of a woman bathing in the background. 
C) modernity. 
D) size. 
A) depiction of a picnic. 
B) representation of a woman bathing in the background. 
C) modernity. 
D) size.

Question 19

Maya Ying Lin's Memorial in Washington,D.C.

Accepted Answer

A) was controversial at first because of its non-traditional style. 
B) was created using classical architecture styles. 
C) honors soldiers who died during the war in the Persian Gulf. 
D) is a temporary installment. 
A) was controversial at first because of its non-traditional style. 
B) was created using classical architecture styles. 
C) honors soldiers who died during the war in the Persian Gulf. 
D) is a temporary installment.

Question 20

Considered a masterpiece of Renaissance art,Michelangelo's David came under attack upon first viewing due to its

Accepted Answer

A) political symbolism. 
B) religious symbolism. 
C) irregular proportions. 
D) subject matter. 
A) political symbolism. 
B) religious symbolism. 
C) irregular proportions. 
D) subject matter.

Exam 3: Seeing the Value in Art

Guillermo Gómez-Peña's The Temple of Confessions can be defined as what kind of art?

According to the National Endowment for the Arts what activist role should artists take?

Historically,why do many people receive new and innovative work with reservation?

What did Etienne-Jules Marey call his unusual motion photographs of the model in the black suit?

What specific component of the National Endowment for the Arts made works of art available to the general public?

Discuss the work of Guillermo Gómez-Peña.What are the artist's aims? What does the artist call his works?

What motivates artists like Krzysztof Wodiczko,Guillermo Gómez-Peña,and Suzanne Lacy?

Which artwork was described as "an explosion in a shingle factory"?

What was the inspiration for Marcel Duchamp's controversial Nude Descending a Staircase?

Etienne-Jules Marey was a pioneer in the then burgeoning art of what?

In Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe,Manet intentionally rejects traditional painting techniques for what purpose?

Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary displays two aspects of the artist's life-his African heritage and what else?

Déjeuner sur l'herbe was rejected from the annual salon exhibition in Paris in 1863.Where was it exhibited instead?

What kind of art was Suzanne Lacy's Whisper,The Waves,the Wind? Discuss the political aspects of this work and the intentions of the artists involved.

What kind of art does Krzysztof Wodiczko make?

What is it that motivates most collectors to buy contemporary art?

At the center of a scandal of the famous Armory Show of 1913 was held in

In 1863,Edouard Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe was rejected by the public due to its

Maya Ying Lin's Memorial in Washington,D.C.

Considered a masterpiece of Renaissance art,Michelangelo's David came under attack upon first viewing due to its

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