Deck 29: The Modern Aesthetic: Realism to Expressionism

Question 1

Artwork in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries can be ________.

A) representational
B) abstract
C) non-objective
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Matisse used his cutouts ________.

A) as preparatory sketches, never as finished artworks
B) as finished artworks, never as preparatory sketches
C) sometimes like preparatory sketches, sometimes as finished artworks
D) Matisse only made cutouts
E) Matisse never made cutouts

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The technique used to make Glass and Bottle of Suze is ________.[MC L1]

A) silkscreen
B) assemblage
C) collage Box: Gertrude Stein as an Art Patron
D) photomontage
E) readymade

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon was revolutionary because:

A) it is not a naturalistic re-creation of the way we see the world
B) it includes simplified forms and bodies as geometric shapes
C) the space of the background and foreground meld together
D) it shows frontal and profile views at the same time
E) all of the other answers

Question 5

Twentieth-century artists continued the explorations in representation started by the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists.

Question 6

Matisse's working process was to go from simpler designs to more detailed depictions.

Question 7

Expressionism focuses on:

A) what is felt rather than what is seen
B) the subconscious mind and dream imagery
C) dynamic movement, progress, and modern technology
D) stripping away emotions and underlying meaning
E) complexity, ambiguity, and external references

Question 8

Which of the following tools or materials was the main one Matisse used to make his cutouts?

A) scissors
B) charcoal
C) oil paint
D) masking tape
E) hair clippers

Question 9

In Matisse's Joy of Life the artist is emphasizing ________.

A) the jarring nature of the social and political events of his day
B) his academic training in realistic representation
C) a leisurely day in a landscape with music and dancing
D) the darkness of the attic room of his childhood home
E) his favorite fishing hole and the scenery around it

Question 10

Matisse made Icarus ________.

A) when he was in grade school, before he became an artist
B) at the beginning of his career, when he was studying art
C) at the height of his career, when he was taking a break from painting and sculpture
D) later in his career, when he was learning to use photography
E) near the end of his career, when he was confined to a wheelchair

Question 11

Portrait of Gertrude Stein was made by which artist?

A) Henri Matisse
B) Georges Braque
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Georges Seurat
E) Marcel Duchamp

Question 12

How does Georges Braque's Houses at L'Estaque relate to the scene it represents?

A) it looks exactly like it
B) it is an abstraction based on nature
C) it looks nothing like it
D) there was no scene being represented
E) all of the other answers

Question 13

Picasso was influenced by art objects from ________ in his creation of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.

A) Africa
B) India
C) Australia
D) Austria
E) New York

Question 14

Matisse's The Red Studio includes:

A) a scene showing the artist's kitchen
B) a seaside view out of a window in Collioure
C) a café with a bar and pool table at night
D) paintings, sculptures, and ceramics the artist had made
E) all of the other answers

Question 15

Paula Modersohn-Becker's Self-Portrait with Camellia is part of which movement?

A) Fauvism
B) Expressionism
C) Cubism
D) Abstract Expressionism
E) all of the other answers

Question 16

Georges Braque's Houses at L'Estaque is part of which movement?

A) Expressionism
B) Futurism
C) Cubism
D) Minimalism
E) Postmodernism

Question 17

Consider the relationship between the collector and patron Gertrude Stein and the artists she knew, for example Picasso. How important a role did Stein have in the avant-garde art made in the twentieth century? Compare the patron-artist roles occupied by Stein and Picasso to those of a historical pairing, such as Philip IV of Spain and Velázquez, or Charles IV and Goya. For each pair, describe the balance of power and influence between patron and artist.

Question 18

Gertrude Stein held informal meetings in her apartment for artists and writers. These were known as ________.

A) salons
B) coffee mornings
C) gossip groups
D) Artists' Anonymous
E) Cubism Club

Question 19

The colors of the bodies and trees in Matisse's Joy of Life are ________.

A) completely naturalistic
B) based on what the artist saw, but exaggerated
C) strictly from the artist's dreams
D) based on a movie the artist saw
E) copied from another famous artwork

Question 20

Picasso's Glass and Bottle of Suze contains an actual ________ in the composition.

A) lemon
B) bottle label
C) table top
D) bottle cap
E) menu

Question 21

In her Self-Portrait with Camellia, Paula Modersohn-Becker used ________.

A) flattened forms
B) solid geometry
C) heavy outlines
D) reduced details
E) all of the other answers

Question 22

The medium of Kazimir Malevich's Suprematist Painting (Eight Red Rectangles) is:

A) bronze sculpture
B) collaged paper
C) oil on canvas
D) painted wood relief
E) none of the other answers

Question 23

The Dada performance of "Karawane" doesn't make sense because ________.

A) the artist's original intentions were never recorded
B) it was part of a movement that devalued logical thinking
C) there were too many artists involved in one artwork
D) multiple copies have been made and no one knows for sure which one is real
E) none of the other answers

Question 24

The collection of items in the 1936 assemblage entitled Object ________.

A) has a clearly identifiable meaning
B) refers to magic
C) is the result of the artist's afternoon in a toy 
store
D) tells a tale of a Nordic watchman
E) is ultimately mysterious

Question 25

The Dada performance of "Karawane" was:

A) a serious elegy on the death and destruction of the war
B) a harsh indictment of hatred, injustice, and oppression
C) a lively, theatrical performance of nonsense words and sounds
D) a lazy attempt to make an artwork by reciting poetry
E) none of the other answers

Question 26

The work of Giorgio De Chirico is characteristically ambiguous. Choose one of his paintings, either the example in the textbook or another you can find, and suggest an explanation for what he has depicted. Consider the motivations of any figures in the piece, but also suggest how the artist's use of the elements and principles of art may give clues about meaning to the viewer. Remember, art is subjective, so also think about what the symbols in the piece say to you. 36. Max Ernst used different methods to ________. 
[MC L2]

A) make the most expensive art he could
B) liberate the human imagination
C) balance musical composition and visual art perfectly
D) be able to sleep and make art at the same time
E) none of the other answers

Question 27

The artist who created the 1936 assemblage entitled Object is ________.

A) Max Ernst
B) Marcel Duchamp
C) Jackson Pollock
D) Joan Miró
E) Joseph Cornell

Question 28

Vasily Kandinsky's Improvisation #30 (Cannons) was inspired by ________.

A) talk of war just before World War I began
B) cannons firing during World War II
C) the bombing of the Twin Towers on September 11
D) thoughts of all the future wars that might occur
E) the desire to wreak havoc on all of the institutions of the art world

Question 29

John Heartfield's Have No Fear, He's a Vegetarian is an example of ________.

A) silkscreen
B) assemblage
C) collage
D) photomontage
E) readymade

Question 30

Which of the following statements best relates to Max Ernst's Surrealism and Painting?

A) strongly detailed realism is the most rewarding possibility as a means for making art
B) it can be liberating when the imagination wanders in the mysterious realm of creativity
C) the less abstract the better when it comes to depictions of artists in their studio
D) it is important for every artwork one makes to have a clearly identifiable meaning
E) all of the other answers

Question 31

What innovation in art was Marcel Duchamp not responsible for?

A) readymades
B) Conceptual art
C) photomontage
D) kinetic sculptures
E) none of the other answers

Question 32

The medium of Umberto Boccioni's Unique Forms of Continuity in Space is ________.

A) plaster
B) bronze
C) gold
D) copper
E) marble

Question 33

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's Street Berlin is part of the ________ movement as seen ________.

A) Cubist . . . in the painting's geometric treatment of forms
B) Expressionist . . . in the painting's intentionally raw and aggressive intensity
C) Dada . . . in the painting's use of found objects
D) Conceptual . . . in the artist's burning of the painting at its first exhibition
E) Pop art . . . in the painting's use of commercial imagery

Question 34

A dreamlike environment is created in Giorgio De Chirico's The Melancholy and Mystery of the Street by:

A) the unclear narrative
B) the looming shadow around the corner
C) the gradations of colors in the sky
D) the fact that the girl in the foreground is herself is a shadow
E) all of the other answers

Question 35

Vasily Kandinsky, the artist of Improvisation #30 (Cannons), believed ________.

A) all art museums and libraries should be destroyed
B) artists took themselves too seriously
C) emphasis on an artist's creativity should be minimized
D) art should express an inner spiritual necessity
E) everyone should be required to serve their country

Question 36

Marcel Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel is an example of ________.

A) a silkscreen print
B) an automatic drawing
C) a collage
D) a photomontage
E) a readymade

Question 37

Street Berlin was made by Vasily Kandinsky.

Question 38

Marcel Duchamp's original Bicycle Wheel was lost, which ________.

A) was devastating because it had belonged to the artist's grandfather
B) was shocking because it was so carefully 
guarded
C) was a relief because the artist himself had 
stolen it
D) was fine because the artist could just buy another one
E) none of the other answers

Question 39

John Heartfield, the artist of Have No Fear, He's a Vegetarian, ________.

A) had to flee Germany to escape arrest and persecution
B) remained anonymous due to the political nature of his work
C) worked hard as a Nazi supporter
D) was a good friend of Hitler and a practical joker
E) none of the other answers

Question 40

Giorgio De Chirico was one of the younger members of the Surrealist movement.

Question 41

James Hampton's The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly was made using ________.

A) discarded chewing gum that the artist collected from movie theater seats
B) artworks created by other people, on top of which the artist painted his own work
C) fine gold and silver jewelry that the artist melted down
D) found objects that the artist transformed
E) none of the other answers

Question 42

How does Constantin Brancusi's Bird in Space distill the vital qualities of a bird?

A) by showing a flock of birds flying south for the winter
B) because the artist covered its surface with feathers
C) by reminding us of bird or feather shapes or the soaring quality of flight
D) by floating above the viewer
E) because it is accompanied by an audio recording of bird song

Question 43

Theo van Doesburg was a founder of which movement?

A) Cubism
B) Suprematism
C) De Stijl
D) Constructivism
E) Minimalism

Question 44

Romare Bearden, the artist of Three Folk Musicians, was particularly influenced by which of the following?

A) Minimalism, Polaroid cameras, and classical music
B) Cubism, African masks, and the Harlem Renaissance
C) the Italian Renaissance, yo-yos, and gardening magazines
D) Afro-Cuban dance, metal spatulas, and Where the Wild Things Are
E) none of the other answers

Question 45

Donald Judd ordered the boxes for his 1967 Untitled artwork from a factory.

Question 46

Theo van Doesburg wanted to make artwork that appealed to ________.

A) the mind
B) the senses
C) the masses
D) the market
E) all of the other answers

Question 47

In his Untitled (1949), Mark Rothko wanted to emphasize ________.

A) a narrative story
B) a deep, almost religious experience
C) purely the color relationships
D) a popular icon of contemporary culture
E) all of the other answers

Question 48

Andy Warhol used commercial processes to create many of his works because ________.

A) his professor in art school told him to
B) he wasn't an artist at all
C) he wanted his work to have a depersonalized and mass-produced quality
D) he wanted to be able to hide his work in a grocery store for safe keeping
E) all of the other answers

Question 49

The technique used to make Andy Warhol's Thirty Are Better Than One is ________.

A) silkscreen
B) assemblage
C) collage
D) photomontage
E) readymade

Question 50

The title of Constantin Brancusi's Bird in Space is a visual description of the sculpture, which looks exactly like a bird in space.

Question 51

The formal element that Mark Rothko focused on is ________.

A) color
B) line
C) texture
D) time
E) motion

Question 52

What is the medium of Romare Bearden's Three Folk Musicians?

A) silkscreen
B) assemblage
C) collage
D) photomontage
E) readymade

Question 53

The work of Minimalist artists is generally made out of natural materials with an organic quality.

Question 54

Roy Lichtenstein challenged traditional notions of the subject matter and appearance of fine art painting by embracing everyday subjects.

Question 55

Jackson Pollock's Mural is ________.

A) so small it has to be looked at with a microscope
B) small enough to be held in a person's hand
C) as big as the page of a book so it can sit on a tabletop
D) the same size as human being
E) so large that it dominates the viewer's field of vision

Question 56

The way that Jackson Pollock painted focused on the process of making art.

Question 57

Jackson Pollock made paintings by:

A) flinging paint from a pinwheel onto canvases hanging in his studio
B) spitting glitter through a straw onto a plaster wall
C) dripping paint onto a canvas on the floor
D) dancing on ceramic tiles with paint on the bottom of his feet
E) spilling paint onto a dust sheet while painting his living room

Question 58

The technique used by Roy Lichtenstein to show gradations in color in his Girl with Mirror was ________.

A) taught to him by Marcel Duchamp
B) borrowed from newspaper printing and comics
C) very subtle and hard to see
D) not at all what he intended in the first place
E) none of the other answers

Question 59

James Hampton is considered a ________.

A) Renaissance master
B) non-objective painter
C) visionary artist
D) late bloomer
E) all of the other answers

Question 60

Most of Kazimir Malevich's Suprematist works look like paintings, but they are actually Cubist collages.

Question 61

The main message in Ana Mendieta's Imagen de Yagul is that women's bodies should only be the passive receiver of the male gaze.

Question 62

Xenobia Bailey's (Re)Possessed was influenced by ________.

A) African, Hindu, and Chinese elements
B) Kandinsky's, Rothko's, and Twombly's artworks
C) The Cosby Show
D) Orville and Wilbur Wright
E) Ruby Bridges and Rosa Parks

Question 63

Conceptual art emphasizes ________.

A) the way the final artwork looks and exists in the world
B) the ideas behind the artwork over its realization
C) how many theories an artwork can reference
D) what is actually there over what we know to be there
E) all of the other answers

Question 64

Carrie Mae Weems integrates into her work references to:

A) the impact of the contemporary world on her Kiowa heritage
B) the collective African-American experience that is rooted in slavery
C) neoclassical architecture, and archaeological excavations at Pompeii
D) feminist critiques of international corporations' business practices
E) cooking shows and cult films

Question 65

Gerrit Rietveld's Schröder House is an example of ________ architecture.

A) Cubist
B) Modernist
C) Postmodernist
D) ancient
E) none of the other answers

Question 66

Xenobia Bailey established herself as an artist by making ________.

A) stained-glass windows
B) crocheted hats
C) traditional paintings
D) lemonade
E) all of the other answers

Question 67

The medium of Dan Flavin's 1996 Untitled installation is ________.

A) stainless steel and Plexiglass
B) fluorescent light tubes
C) polished brass and stone
D) aluminum foil over wood
E) video projection

Question 68

The medium of Matthew Barney's Cremaster 5 is ________.

A) silkscreen print
B) installation
C) collage
D) film
E) readymade

Question 69

Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Chairs consists of ________.

A) three chairs belonging to world leaders
B) one chair reflected in a three-way mirror
C) copies of chairs from three famous artworks
D) three things that a chair could be
E) three things that a chair could never be

Question 70

Postmodernist architect Michael Graves incorporated diverse ideas and inspirations into his design for the Portland Public Services Building.

Question 71

Ana Mendieta uses ________ as an artistic medium in her work Imagen de Yagul.

A) her body
B) dirt and flowers
C) natural elements
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Question 72

Carrie Mae Weems's pieces You Became a Scientific Profile & A Photographic Subject include ________.

A) pictures of masquerades
B) Doric columns
C) statistics about women in positions of power
D) nineteenth-century photographs of African 
slaves
E) all of the other answers

Question 73

Shirin Neshat's Rapture is a film that separates ________ onto different screens.

A) the colors of red and green
B) a street scene and a garden
C) men and women
D) all of the other answers
E) none of the other answers

Question 74

Design features of the Portland Public Services Building include:

A) drab colors
B) circular windows
C) huge flowers on the facade
D) a mural
E) none of the other answers

Question 75

Jolene Rickard builds on her ________ heritage in her work.

A) African-American
B) Iranian
C) native American
D) Swiss
E) British

Question 76

Shirin Neshat builds on her ________ heritage in her work.

A) African-American
B) Iranian
C) native American
D) Swiss
E) British

Question 77

Michael Graves's Portland Public Services Building is an example of ________ architecture.

A) Cubist
B) Modernist
C) Postmodernist
D) ancient
E) all of the other answers

Question 78

Donald Judd's Untitled (1967) is part of which movement?

A) Impressionism
B) Cubism
C) Futurism
D) Minimalism
E) Arte Povera

Question 79

Jolene Rickard's Corn Blue Room is an example of ________.

A) a silkscreen print
B) installation art
C) collage
D) photomontage
E) a readymade

Question 80

Designer Gerrit Rietveld preferred a limited color palette of ________.

A) red only
B) pastel hues
C) violet and green
D) black and white only
E) black, white, and primary colors