Question 1

"Homage to the Square" is

Accepted Answer

A)   a series of paintings by Hofmann
B)   a book by Albers
C)   a manifesto written by Kelly
D)   a series of paintings by Albers
E)   a painting by Hofmann D

Question 2

The artist in this chapter who made furniture,playgrounds,and public sculpture gardens was

Accepted Answer

A)   Smith
B)   Nevelson
C)   Kline
D)   Noguchi
E)   Bacon D

Question 3

In 1942,Peggy Guggenheim opened

Accepted Answer

A)   the Museum of Modern art in New York
B)   the Paris Museum of Modern Art
C)   the Art of This Century Gallery
D)   the Venice Guggenheim C

Question 4

Navajo sand painting inspired which artist?

Accepted Answer

A)   Rothko
B)   Ernst
C)   Pollock
D)   Frankenthaler
E)   Noguchi

Question 5

The term Abstract Expressionism was first used to define the style of

Accepted Answer

A)   Pollock
B)   Kandinsky
C)   Albers
D)   de Kooning
E)   Frankenthaler

Question 6

Who of the following is not an action painter?

Accepted Answer

A)   Albers
B)   Gorky
C)   Pollock
D)   de Kooning

Question 7

Match the artist with the correct country of birth.

Accepted Answer

A)   de Kooning -- Germany
B)   Stella -- Italy
C)   Gorky -- Armenia
D)   Rothko -- the United States
E)   Noguchi -- China

Question 8

Who of the following is not a Color Field painter?

Accepted Answer

A)   Mondrian
B)   Rothko
C)   Kelly
D)   Reinhardt
E)   Stella

Question 9

The two leading art critics of Abstract Expressionism were

Accepted Answer

A)   Bloomberg and Rosenberg
B)   Steinberg and Bloomberg
C)   Greenberg and Wölfflin
D)   Worringer and Wölfflin
E)   Greenberg and Rosenberg

Question 10

Hitler's exhibition of "degenerate art" consisted mainly of

Accepted Answer

A)   Classical statues
B)   avant-garde art
C)   photography
D)   lithography
E)   Surrealism

Question 11

Which artist is correctly matched with his or her work?

Accepted Answer

A)   Diebenkorn -- The Artist and his Mother
B)   Kelly -- Ocean Park No.129
C)   Noguchi -- Kouros
D)   Nevelson -- the Cubi Series
E)   Gorky -- Homage to the Square

Question 12

Which is not true of acrylic?

Accepted Answer

A)   it is water-based
B)   it can be used on paper but not canvas
C)   it comes in bright colors
D)   it dries quickly and does not fade
E)   it can be poured, dripped, or splattered

Question 13

Which is least true of Dubuffet?

Accepted Answer

A)   he collected non-Western art
B)   he was a monochromatic painter
C)   he liked textured surfaces
D)   he was a figurative abstractionist
E)   he was French

Question 14

Which artist most often depicted biomorphic shapes?

Accepted Answer

A)   de Kooning
B)   Noguchi
C)   Gorky
D)   Smith
E)   Noguchi and Gorky

Question 15

Which is true?

Accepted Answer

A)   Albers taught at Black Mountain College in South Carolina
B)   Hofmann taught at Yale
C)   Hofmann taught at Black Mountain College in South Carolina
D)   Albers taught at Yale
E)   Albers taught at the Art Students' League and in North Carolina

Question 16

Match the author with the correct work.

Accepted Answer

A)   James Baldwin -- The Double Helix
B)   Albert Camus -- Waiting for Godot
C)   Graham Greene -- To the Finland Station
D)   Jean-Paul Sartre -- Being and Nothingness
E)   Ingmar Bergman -- Lolita

Question 17

Who of the following predominately used acrylic?

Accepted Answer

A)   Frankenthaler
B)   Rothko
C)   Gorky
D)   Smith
E)   Noguchi

Question 18

"Jack the Dripper" referred to

Accepted Answer

A)   Frankenthaler
B)   de Kooning
C)   Gorky
D)   Pollock
E)   Hofmann

Exam 27: Abstract Expressionism