Deck 31: Continuity, Innovation, and Globalization

Question 1

Kara Walker addresses the history of blacks in America primarily through what medium?

A) performance art
B) landscapes
C) sculptures
D) silhouettes

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which artist injected elements of Dada and Surrealism into abstract forms based on Native American objects and rituals in works such as Morphose?

A) Lin
B) Kiefer
C) Graves
D) Chicago

Answer 2

Graves

Question 3

Who created the Super-Realist sculpture Mask II (2001)?

A) Constantin Brancusi
B) Matthew Barney
C) Elizabeth Murray
D) Ron Mueck

Answer 3

Ron Mueck

Question 4

Which African American, who died an early death, addressed contemporary racial issues and questions of racial identity through works such as his Crucifixion (1963-1964), the composition of which was inspired by a painting of the same name by Cranach (1503)?

A) Bearden
B) Thompson
C) Fuller
D) Basquiat

Question 5

Which artist created the installation Long Division for New York's 23^rd Street and Park Avenue subway station?

A) Sherman
B) Jaudon
C) Kiefer
D) Rothenberg

Question 6

Which artist used collage and diagonals to capture Bessie Smith's dynamism in a portrait of the singer entitled Empress of the Blues?

A) Thompson
B) Bearden
C) Walker
D) Hanson

Question 7

Who plays with concepts of race, gender, and nationality in works such as Self-Portrait (Actress)/White Marilyn?

A) Walker
B) Sherman
C) Nauman
D) Morimura

Question 8

Which artist alludes to Duchamp in his Self-Portrait as a Fountain?

A) Man Ray
B) Nauman
C) Viola
D) Close

Question 9

Which student of Beuys protested the persecution of artists and all forms of tyrant through the somber colors, harsh textures, and aggressive lines of To the Unknown Painter (1983)?

A) Rothenberg
B) Smith
C) Kiefer
D) Close

Question 10

Which video artist developed a philosophy of cybernetics in works such as Manifestos (1966)?

A) Christo
B) Nauman
C) Lin
D) Paik

Question 11

Which artist exploits the aesthetic of urban graffiti in works such as CARBON/OXYGEN?

A) Walker
B) Chicago
C) Basquiat
D) Serrano

Question 12

Holzer's installations such as Laments and The Survival Series are primarily concerned with what theme?

A) body parts and sexuality
B) the transient quality of nature and art
C) the power of words and texts
D) the presence of objects and spaces "hidden" in plain view

Question 13

Who created the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at The Mall in Washington,D.C.?

A) Kiefer
B) Lin
C) Sherman
D) Morimura

Question 14

Whose Piazza d'Italia, New Orleans, combines old architectural styles with modern innovations like neon lights?

A) Buckminster Fuller
B) Michael Graves
C) I. M. Pei
D) Charles Moore

Question 15

Which artist, influenced by Eastern religions and interested in the relationship of light and color to form, presented the video installation The Crossing?

A) Kiefer
B) Viola
C) Nauman
D) Close

Question 16

Through works such as The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1979), Richard Estes is associated with

A) Super-Realism.
B) Environmental Art.
C) installations.
D) video art.

Question 17

Chuck Close is the first artist in history to

A) produce a large body of work consisting of portraits of artists.
B) produce an entire body of work entirely from computer-generated imagery.
C) create installations featuring living human beings in mundane settings.
D) combine computer-generated images with traditionally painted ones for a major exhibit.

Question 18

Through works such as The Cowboy, Duane Hanson is associated with

A) video art.
B) installations.
C) Super-Realist sculpture.
D) environmental art.

Question 19

How does Neshat depict social- and gender-based divisions through her art?

A) by mixing painted works with monumental installations
B) by depicting human bodies with provocative mutations
C) by incorporating live performances with inanimate objects
D) by projecting videos on opposing screens

Question 20

Sherman's self-portrait as Raphael's Fornarina (Untitled, 1989) differs from Raphael's The Fornarina in being

A) more accurate because it is a photograph.
B) more idealized.
C) more satirical.
D) imbued with symbolic meaning.

Question 21

The primary theme of Goldsworthy's environmental art might be said to be

A) the changing character and vitality of nature.
B) the ineffaceable connection between human beings and the natural world.
C) the immutable permanence of both nature and art.
D) the celebration of humankind's mastery over the natural world.

Question 22

Robert Smithson's monumental earthworks are all made from degradable materials, ensuring that they would not be permanent creations.

Question 23

Frank Gehry designed the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in such a way as to create

A) an impression of animation.
B) an aura of stolidity.
C) an effacement into the architectural landscape.
D) a sense of orderliness and regularity.

Question 24

In works such as his Self-Portrait, Chuck Close paints images to look as if they were photographed or computer-generated.

Question 25

Although many observers have detected social and political themes in Laurie Anderson's performance art, Anderson herself insists on leaving the meaning ambiguous rather than telegraphing it through explicit commentary.

Question 26

Which of the following effects does Michael Graves accomplish in his Portland Building?

A) assimilating the building into its architectural surroundings by conforming its structure to those of neighboring buildings
B) unifying the building with its natural surroundings through its color scheme
C) enclosing the maximum volume per unit of surface area through the use of several staggered domes
D) enlivening the exterior of the structure through the adoption of irregularly-shaped protrusions at seemingly random spots

Question 27

Whose monumental Dinner Party consists of thirty-nine place settings for famous historical women arranged along a triangle, which recalls the Trinity and other numerological aspects of Christianity?

A) Chicago
B) Serrano
C) Murray
D) Smith

Question 28

Which artist who created the Nomads series of photographs of homeless Americans also faced controversy for his so-called Piss Christ piece?

A) Basquiat
B) Serrano
C) Nauman
D) Kiefer

Question 29

Which of the following statements about the Christos and their art is most accurate?

A) The Christos' reliance on public funds to complete their works has made them highly controversial.
B) Unlike many environmental artists, the Christos envision their works as permanent fixtures.
C) The Christos' proposal for The Gates was first proposed a quarter of a century before the work was finally erected.
D) The Christos object to the use of film or photography to record their work, since they believe the work can only be appreciated through personal observation.

Question 30

What Etruscan architectural feature did Richard Rogers revive for the new Lloyd's of London building he was commissioned to design in the 1970s?

A) compluvium
B) portico
C) voussoir
D) atrium

Question 31

The Body Art of Kiki Smith (for example, her Mary Magdalene) attempts to revive Classical appreciation of the female form as an object of beauty.

Question 32

In such works as The Crossing, Viola explicitly depicts the permanence of the human form and celebrates its creation.

Question 33

The form of the Guggenheim Museum in New York follows its function of exhibiting art.

Question 34

In works like The Singing Sculpture, the artistic team of Gilbert and George create sculpture primarily from

A) video sets.
B) their own bodies.
C) found objects.
D) fiberglass.

Question 35

Which architect has achieved a reputation as a "Descontructivist" for such buildings as the Internationale Bauausstellung housing complex in Berlin?

A) Frank Gehry
B) I. M. Pei
C) Robert Smithson
D) Zaha Hadid

Question 36

The glass and steel pyramid that I. M. Pei designed for the Louvre in Paris aroused a good deal of controversy when it was first unveiled.

Question 37

In works such as The Lowdown, Elizabeth Murray combines biomorphic and angular shapes, and abstract and figurative imagery, to create a cut-out quality.

Question 38

Indicative of his emphasis on sexuality and the human figure, Barney's Cremaster Cycle

Question 39

Buckminster Fuller's architectural ideas defined the stylistic mainstream of late twentieth-century architecture.

Question 40

All the following statements about Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome are true EXCEPT that

A) it encloses the maximum volume per unit of surface space.
B) the strength of its framework increases logarithmically in proportion to its size.
C) it is prohibitively difficult to put together.
D) it can be constructed of any material at low cost.

Question 41

Why have some artists returned to realistic styles of figurative art? How does their work differ from realistic representational works from earlier periods?

Question 42

What artistic themes do performing artists explore?

Question 43

What issues are raised by the use of federal grants to promote the creation and exhibition of art? As the "patrons" of such art, should the American people be allowed to dictate style, tone, and content, or must such matters be left to the artists?

Question 44

What are the chief characteristics of environmental art? What unique challenges do they present to artists and audiences alike?

Question 45

How have artists in recent years approached questions of sexuality, gender, and race? How have they adopted traditional themes, subjects, and images to address those subjects?

Question 46

What are the characteristics of Post-Modern architecture? What has it borrowed from the past, and what innovations has it added?

Question 47

Compare the notions of self-portraiture expressed by Close, Mapplethorpe, Morimura, and Sherman. What common themes do they explore, and what idiosyncratic qualities does each add?