Question 1

The term action painting refers to the fact that this new type of painting:

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A)  emphasized figures and subject matter in strong action. 
B)  traced the actions of the painter. 
C)  actually moved. 
D)  referred to political issues, calling people to action. 
E)  depicted simple diagrams of mechanical actions. 
A)  emphasized figures and subject matter in strong action. 
B)  traced the actions of the painter. 
C)  actually moved. 
D)  referred to political issues, calling people to action. 
E)  depicted simple diagrams of mechanical actions.

Question 2

The artistic recycling of existing images is an aspect of:

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A)  Pop art. 
B)  Conceptual art. 
C)  Postmodernism. 
D)  Feminist art. 
E)  Minimalism. 
A)  Pop art. 
B)  Conceptual art. 
C)  Postmodernism. 
D)  Feminist art. 
E)  Minimalism.

Question 3

Consider LeWitt's Wall Drawing #122. How has this artist used the wall in his work? Why is this work considered to be conceptual art? What concepts are communicated through its design and creation?

Accepted Answer

LeWitt created the instructions for his

Question 4

A new art form known as "installation":

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A)  gives credit to the work done by installers, people who hang other people's art. 
B)  forces the viewer to create the art in his or her mind based on verbal description. 
C)  has again flattened the art object to two dimensions. 
D)  creates an environment for the viewer to enter and experience. 
E)  predominantly focuses on film. 
A)  gives credit to the work done by installers, people who hang other people's art. 
B)  forces the viewer to create the art in his or her mind based on verbal description. 
C)  has again flattened the art object to two dimensions. 
D)  creates an environment for the viewer to enter and experience. 
E)  predominantly focuses on film.

Question 5

How have contemporary artists explored cultural identity? Discuss works in which artists explore pluralism and identity through their use of images, actions, and materials.

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Question 6

Jasper Johns chose familiar images for his subject matter so that he could then concentrate on all of the following EXCEPT:

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A)  the relationship between image and object. 
B)  the ability to reproduce an image. 
C)  the impact of symbols. 
D)  the psychological use of color. 
E)  paradoxes. 
A)  the relationship between image and object. 
B)  the ability to reproduce an image. 
C)  the impact of symbols. 
D)  the psychological use of color. 
E)  paradoxes.

Question 7

Allan Kaprow took art in a new direction with "happenings." His primary claim was that:

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A)  art should be a permanent physical record of an event. 
B)  art should concentrate on its basic forms of sculpture and painting. 
C)  artists had to have credentials and advanced training. 
D)  American art was not meeting the desires of the general public. 
E)  art was most like life itself. 
A)  art should be a permanent physical record of an event. 
B)  art should concentrate on its basic forms of sculpture and painting. 
C)  artists had to have credentials and advanced training. 
D)  American art was not meeting the desires of the general public. 
E)  art was most like life itself.

Question 8

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is an example of:

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A)  land art. 
B)  feminist art. 
C)  Neo-Expressionism. 
D)  performance art. 
E)  Neo-Dada art. 
A)  land art. 
B)  feminist art. 
C)  Neo-Expressionism. 
D)  performance art. 
E)  Neo-Dada art.

Question 9

Consider the following works: Rothko's Orange and Yellow, De Kooning's Woman IV, and Johns' Target with Four Faces. Associate each artist or his/her work with the style it most closely represents. How do these works approach issues of representation, content, media, and abstraction?

Accepted Answer

Abstract Expressionist Willem De Kooning

Question 10

Photorealism refers to:

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A)  a movement in photography that explores various levels of representation. 
B)  a movement in sculpture that uses actual objects. 
C)  a movement in art that rejects the camera as a viable art tool. 
D)  a movement in painting that explores the way a camera "sees." 
E)  a movement that involves documentation in film. 
A)  a movement in photography that explores various levels of representation. 
B)  a movement in sculpture that uses actual objects. 
C)  a movement in art that rejects the camera as a viable art tool. 
D)  a movement in painting that explores the way a camera "sees." 
E)  a movement that involves documentation in film.

Question 11

Roy Lichtenstein often based his imagery on the:

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A)  Bible. 
B)  current popular products. 
C)  figure. 
D)  comic book. 
E)  work of earlier artists. 
A)  Bible. 
B)  current popular products. 
C)  figure. 
D)  comic book. 
E)  work of earlier artists.

Question 12

Making references to the works of specific artists, discuss representations and interpretations of the human body from De Kooning to the present. Analyze a selection of works with a variety of representations of the body. Explore an artist or work that you consider particularly interesting or compelling, analyzing why you feel this way.

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Responses will vary depending

Question 13

Explain several different ways in which artists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries have referred to the work of earlier artists in their own works. Mention specific works and artists to illustrate your points.

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Question 14

Early Conceptualists reacted to the burgeoning art market by:

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A)  co-opting the system by flooding the market with bad art. 
B)  bringing trash bags to art receptions and taking all the food home. 
C)  attempting to eliminate the art object. 
D)  emphasizing the material value of art. 
E)  imitating the mass-produced objects of popular culture. 
A)  co-opting the system by flooding the market with bad art. 
B)  bringing trash bags to art receptions and taking all the food home. 
C)  attempting to eliminate the art object. 
D)  emphasizing the material value of art. 
E)  imitating the mass-produced objects of popular culture.

The term action painting refers to the fact that this new type of painting:

The artistic recycling of existing images is an aspect of:

Consider LeWitt's Wall Drawing #122. How has this artist used the wall in his work? Why is this work considered to be conceptual art? What concepts are communicated through its design and creation?

A new art form known as "installation":

How have contemporary artists explored cultural identity? Discuss works in which artists explore pluralism and identity through their use of images, actions, and materials.

Jasper Johns chose familiar images for his subject matter so that he could then concentrate on all of the following EXCEPT:

Allan Kaprow took art in a new direction with "happenings." His primary claim was that:

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is an example of:

Consider the following works: Rothko's Orange and Yellow, De Kooning's Woman IV, and Johns' Target with Four Faces. Associate each artist or his/her work with the style it most closely represents. How do these works approach issues of representation, content, media, and abstraction?

Photorealism refers to:

Roy Lichtenstein often based his imagery on the:

Explain several different ways in which artists of the late 20^th and early 21^st centuries have referred to the work of earlier artists in their own works. Mention specific works and artists to illustrate your points.

Early Conceptualists reacted to the burgeoning art market by:

Living With Art

What Is Art

Themes of Art

The Visual Elements

Principles of Design

Drawing

Painting

Prints

Camera and Computer Arts

Graphic Design

Sculpture and Installation

Arts of Ritual and Daily Life

Architecture

Ancient Mediterranean Worlds

Christianity and the Formation of Europe

The Renaissance

The 17th and 18th Centuries

Arts of Islam and of Africa

Arts of East Asia - India, China, and Japan

Arts of the Pacific and of the Americas

The Modern World, 1800-1945

Opening up to the World

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Exam 22: From Modern to Postmodern

The term action painting refers to the fact that this new type of painting:

The artistic recycling of existing images is an aspect of:

Consider LeWitt's Wall Drawing #122. How has this artist used the wall in his work? Why is this work considered to be conceptual art? What concepts are communicated through its design and creation?

A new art form known as "installation":

How have contemporary artists explored cultural identity? Discuss works in which artists explore pluralism and identity through their use of images, actions, and materials.

Jasper Johns chose familiar images for his subject matter so that he could then concentrate on all of the following EXCEPT:

Allan Kaprow took art in a new direction with "happenings." His primary claim was that:

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is an example of:

Consider the following works: Rothko's Orange and Yellow, De Kooning's Woman IV, and Johns' Target with Four Faces. Associate each artist or his/her work with the style it most closely represents. How do these works approach issues of representation, content, media, and abstraction?

Photorealism refers to:

Roy Lichtenstein often based his imagery on the:

Explain several different ways in which artists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries have referred to the work of earlier artists in their own works. Mention specific works and artists to illustrate your points.

Early Conceptualists reacted to the burgeoning art market by:

Living With Art

What Is Art

Themes of Art

The Visual Elements

Principles of Design

Drawing

Painting

Prints

Camera and Computer Arts

Graphic Design

Sculpture and Installation

Arts of Ritual and Daily Life

Architecture

Ancient Mediterranean Worlds

Christianity and the Formation of Europe

The Renaissance

The 17th and 18th Centuries

Arts of Islam and of Africa

Arts of East Asia - India, China, and Japan

Arts of the Pacific and of the Americas

The Modern World, 1800-1945

Opening up to the World

Filters

Explain several different ways in which artists of the late 20^th and early 21^st centuries have referred to the work of earlier artists in their own works. Mention specific works and artists to illustrate your points.