Art Final

Question 1

From which language does the word “propaganda” come?

Answer 1

Latin

Question 2

Why did Fourgasse use a penname?

Answer 2

Punch already had a cartoonist with his given last name.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

New York

Question 4

The earliest form of prints were produced using

Answer 4

Engraving

Question 5

Existentialist philosophy sees the world as

Answer 5

Meaningless

Question 6

What element of the London Underground was introduced earliest?

Answer 6

Electric trains

Question 7

Marc Chagall and Hans Hofmann both

Answer 7

fled to the United States during World War II

Question 8

Joan Mitchell would have found most inspiration in a

Answer 8

Lake

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Alberto Giacometti’s

Question 10

Which artist sculpted a gun with a twisted barrel?

Answer 10

Carl Fredrik Reutersward

Question 11

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

Answer 11

He broke conventions for portraying patrons

Question 12

“Field of Stelae” stands at the

Answer 12

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Question 13

Adolf Hitler felt most connected to Albert Speer in their shared

Answer 13

Interest in art

Question 14

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

Answer 14

False.

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Existentialist figures

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Carrying out a putsch

Question 17

What artistic movement preceded Impressionism?

Answer 17

Realism

Question 18

The Japanese surrender came immediately after

Answer 18

the dropping of the atomic bomb

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Italy

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Cool colors

Question 21

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

Answer 21

disseminate propaganda

Question 22

What happened to the Japanese emperor after World War II?

Answer 22

His political powers were removed

Question 23

On which element does “White Crucifixion” center?

Answer 23

Christ

Question 24

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

Answer 24

10 years

Question 25

How did Norman Rockwell's career at "The Saturday Evening Post" most hinder him?

Answer 25

By preventing the fine arts world from taking him seriously

Question 26

Which technique makes faraway objects lighter in color?

Answer 26

Aerial perspective

Question 27

The poem "Domination of Black" inspired

Answer 27

"Hemlock"

Question 28

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

Answer 28

False

Question 29

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

Answer 29

woman and man holding a sickle and hammer

Question 30

Rachel Whiteread designed the

Answer 30

"Nameless Library"

Question 31

Modernist artistic movements are primarily characterized by a

Answer 31

lack of realism

Question 32

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

Answer 32

True

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Her work fit in well with the architectural design

Question 34

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

Answer 34

was privately controlled

Question 35

Abstract Expressionism is to Clyfford Still as Impressionism is to

Answer 35

Edouard Manet

Question 36

True or False: Vera Mukhina studied under Auguste Rodin.

Answer 36

False

Question 37

In "Blind Man's Buff," the main figure in the right panel holds a

Answer 37

Candle

Question 38

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

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Egyptian grave markers demonstrate the durability of

Answer 39

encaustic paints

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Art criticism

Question 41

How did ready-mades contradict traditional ideas about art?

Answer 41

They challenged the requirements of creating art

Question 42

"Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe"'s Information Center is located

Answer 42

Underground

Question 43

"Venus de Milo" and Michelangelo's "Pieta" are

Answer 43

Freestanding sculptures

Question 44

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

Answer 44

True

Question 45

True or False: Max Beckmann was included in the "Entartete Kunst" exhibition.

Answer 45

True

Question 46

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

Answer 46

True

Question 47

As which type of sculpture did Michelangelo create "David"?

Answer 47

Freestanding

Question 48

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

Answer 48

Bronze wreath

Question 49

Which work's artist influenced Herbert Ferber's sculptures?

Answer 49

"Shelterers in the Tube"

Question 50

Who proposed the idea of the "collective unconscious:"?

Answer 50

Carl Jung