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Art Final Flashcards

1
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From which language does the word “propaganda” come?

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Latin

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2
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Why did Fourgasse use a penname?

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Punch already had a cartoonist with his given last name.

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3
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During World War II, the center of modern art moved to

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New York

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4
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The earliest form of prints were produced using

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Engraving

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5
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Existentialist philosophy sees the world as

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Meaningless

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6
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What element of the London Underground was introduced earliest?

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Electric trains

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7
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Marc Chagall and Hans Hofmann both

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fled to the United States during World War II

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8
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Joan Mitchell would have found most inspiration in a

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Lake

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9
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Whose sculpture was depicted on a 100 Franc note issued by Switzerland?

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Alberto Giacometti’s

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10
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Which artist sculpted a gun with a twisted barrel?

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Carl Fredrik Reutersward

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11
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Why did “The Night Watch” prove harmful to Rembrandt van Rijn’s career?

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He broke conventions for portraying patrons

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12
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“Field of Stelae” stands at the

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Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

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13
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Adolf Hitler felt most connected to Albert Speer in their shared

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Interest in art

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14
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True or False: The Nazis discouraged modern art by demolishing the old Reichstag.

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False.

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15
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“Crime and Punishment” and “Man Pointing” both portray

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Existentialist figures

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16
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How did the Nazi Party attempt to gain power in 1923?

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Carrying out a putsch

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17
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What artistic movement preceded Impressionism?

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Realism

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18
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The Japanese surrender came immediately after

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the dropping of the atomic bomb

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19
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Which state’s party had the slogan “Believe, Obey, Fight”?

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Italy

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20
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What element of “Shelterers in the Tube” creates an impression of receding figures?

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Cool colors

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21
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The “Third Section” of Russia’s Imperial Chancery served to

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disseminate propaganda

22
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What happened to the Japanese emperor after World War II?

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His political powers were removed

23
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On which element does “White Crucifixion” center?

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Christ

24
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For how many years was the Nazi-Soviet Pact to last?

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10 years

25
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How did Norman Rockwell’s career at “The Saturday Evening Post” most hinder him?

A

By preventing the fine arts world from taking him seriously

26
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Which technique makes faraway objects lighter in color?

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Aerial perspective

27
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The poem “Domination of Black” inspired

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“Hemlock”

28
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True or False: Henry Moore had financial difficulties because he was drafted by the British army.

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False

29
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The “Great German Art Exhibition” would have been least likely to show a painting that depicted a

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woman and man holding a sickle and hammer

30
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Rachel Whiteread designed the

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“Nameless Library”

31
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Modernist artistic movements are primarily characterized by a

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lack of realism

32
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True or False: The artwork “Questioning Children” dates from the year in which The Club formed?

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True

33
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For what reason did the Soviet government choose to display Vera Mukhina’s work at the World Fair?

A

Her work fit in well with the architectural design

34
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Unlike Germany’s, the United State’s media in World War II

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was privately controlled

35
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Abstract Expressionism is to Clyfford Still as Impressionism is to

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Edouard Manet

36
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True or False: Vera Mukhina studied under Auguste Rodin.

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False

37
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In “Blind Man’s Buff,” the main figure in the right panel holds a

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Candle

38
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True or False: Christo and Jeanne-Claude created Earthworks.

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True

39
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Egyptian grave markers demonstrate the durability of

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encaustic paints

40
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Someone who studies how newspaper articles influence the public’s view of art most likely works in the field of

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Art criticism

41
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How did ready-mades contradict traditional ideas about art?

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They challenged the requirements of creating art

42
Q

“Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe”’s Information Center is located

A

Underground

43
Q

“Venus de Milo” and Michelangelo’s “Pieta” are

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Freestanding sculptures

44
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True or False: Wassily Kandinsky painted non-objective works.

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True

45
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True or False: Max Beckmann was included in the “Entartete Kunst” exhibition.

A

True

46
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True or False: Brussels is one of the words contained in the abbreviation CoBrA.

A

True

47
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As which type of sculpture did Michelangelo create “David”?

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Freestanding

48
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What item appears on each pillar in the United States National World War II Memorial?

A

Bronze wreath

49
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Which work’s artist influenced Herbert Ferber’s sculptures?

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“Shelterers in the Tube”

50
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Who proposed the idea of the “collective unconscious:”?

A

Carl Jung

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