Chapter 10: Site-Specific Art

Question 1

Site-specific art is produced for many locations and—in theory, at least—is meant to be relocated.

a. True
b. False

Answer 1

b. False

Question 2

Some site-specific artists return to the land or earth as a way of returning to the 1st principles in art and also to call attention to ________________ concerns.

a. ecological
b. political
c. religious
d. aesthetic

Answer 2

a. ecological

Question 3

___________________________’s best-known sculptural material is earth, as seen in his work Spiral Jetty.

a. Pablo Picasso
b. Robert Smithson
c. Maya Lin
d. Michelangelo

Answer 3

b. Robert Smithson

Question 4

In _____or Land Art large amounts of earth or land are shaped into sculpture.

Answer 4

earthworks

Question 5

____________________’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial is an example of Site Specific Art, sculpture, and Polished Black Granite.

a. Pablo Picasso
b. Robert Smithson
c. Maya Lin
d. Michelangelo

Answer 5

c. Maya Lin