Chapter 14 Flashcards
Protest songs were written in response to
a. The Vietnam War.
The artist who chose collage to portray a three generational family was
c. Bearden.
This type of art used optical patterns.
b. Op Art.
The artist who did art that looked like comic book images was
d. Lichenstein.
The artist whose style was Cubism, but whose colors were Expressionism was
c. Leger.
The art that had a total emphasis on the artistic concept was
a. Conceptual Art.
The artist who splashed and dripped paint in “action painting” was
a. Pollock.
After 1945, what was formerly peculiar and exclusive to the people of a certain nation or culture has
c. Spread worldwide.
“Action art” is a synonym for
c. Abstract Expressionism.
Symbols adopted across all cultures is exemplified by
a. Coca-cola.
The art that is opposed to the so-called “fine arts” is
b. Pop Art.
The art that is sourced in popular culture is
c. Pop Art.
The artist who depersonalized humanity was
a. Johns.
This type of art was often painted from a projected photograph.
b. Photo-Realism.
Artists responding to war and terrorism is exemplified by
d. Penderecki’s Threnody.
This artist used black and white undulating stripes.
a. Riley.
A type of art that would combine other types (painting, collage, photography, sculpture, etc.) is called
a. Hybrid art.
The artist who abandoned all reference to objects was
a. Rothko.
The artist whose work is a review of passing events and symbols that affected Americans at a particular moment is
d. Rauschenberg.
The artist that glorified the skyscraper was
Leger
The artist who became famous for his portrayal of green Coca-Cola Bottles is
Warhol
The arts after 1945 had their roots in
d. Art of the late 19th and early 20th century.
The artist who distorted the reality of every object he portrayed was
a. Oldenberg.
The art that reproduced reality with eerie accuracy was
a. Photo Realism.
The African-American artist for whom people were of central importance was
b. Lawrence.
The artist who used violent stripes if colors, angrily applied was
d. de Kooning.
This type of art moved and sometimes made sound.
a. Kinetic Art.
The artist whose work is a commentary on the American dream of winning is
d. Indiana.
The art that emphasizes mass-produced objects and the symbols of mass media is
b. Pop Art.
The two main goals in designing and building the Thorncrown Chapel were
b. To minimally impact the environment. d. The needed materials could be transported by two men.
This type of art is also called “Primary Structures.”
a. Minimal Art.
Which word best describe architecture in this time period?
e. Functional.
This artist’s Venus is a lot like Venus of Willendorf.
c. de Saint Phalle
This type of art penetrated our space.
d. Minimal Art.
The architecture designed by Frank Gehry i
d. The Frederick R Weisman Art Museum.
This artist is known for sculpture with African-American subjects and issues.
c. Catlett.
This artist created sculptural “cells” that juxtapose objects with seemingly incongruous qualities.
d. Bourgeois.
This artist was known for environmental art in the Great Salt Lake.
b. Smithson.
Which type of architecture is a symbol of 20th century economic life?
c. The Skyscraper.
This artist created Nanas, brightly colored, decoratively adorned female figures in whimsical poses.
c. de Saint Phalle.
This type of art used primary, 3 dimensional forms.
b. Minimal Art.
The sculpture was firmly rooted in Constructivism, and in some ways was also Minimalist.
d. Cubi X.
This artist is known for non-permanent wrappings.
b. Christo.
The architecture that obviously departs from “form follows function” is
d. The Frederick R Weisman Art Museum.
This artist used primitive, almost organic shapes.
c. Hepworth.
This architecture sought to retain the “openness” of the original drive-in theater.
b. Crystal Cathedral.
This work of art exemplifies Environmental Art in a Minimalist style.
c. Spiral Jetty.
This artist is known for mixed media sculpture sculptures of human figures.
a. Marisol.
This sculpture is of human figures created with mixed media.
b. La Vista.
This artist involved participants in “shooting art” or happenings.
a. de Saint Phalle.
This artist was an active, contemporary, experimentalist.
a. de Saint Phalle.
A composer who wrote minimalist music was
a. Philip Glass.
The early “King of Rock” was
b. Elvis Presley.
Music that features the repetition of brief patterns within slowly changing textures is
d. Minimalist.
A popular jazz trumpeter was
b. Maynard Ferguson.
Which type of popular music has lyrics of vulgar protest?
c. Rap.
A popular rock group that was interested in and influenced by Eastern philosophies was
c. The Beatles.
Which word or words best describe rock music?
a. Loud. d. Defiant.
Who do many consider to be rock’s greatest guitarist?
d. Jimi Hendrix.
The musical composition that consisted of whatever sounds were made while the performer sat silently for almost 5 minutes was written by
b. John Cage.
A popular big band leader was
d. Duke Ellington.
A musical composition that consisted of 19 fragments of music on a large piece of cardboard was an example of
a. Aleatoric music.
Painter Paul Klee was an inspiration for which composer?
c. Gunther Schuller.
A popular group whose music combined the influences of rock, jazz, and African music was
b. Blood, Sweat, and Tears.
An American composer who used total serialism was
d. Milton Babbit.
A rock group know for their violent and emotional rock music, “acid rock,” was
d. The Grateful Dead.
Popular musical styles are dominated by
b. Strong rhythms.
A composer who was inspired by Hiroshima was
b. Krzysztof Penderecki.
A deeply religious composer who used bird calls and bird songs as the basis for his music w
b. Olivier Messiaen.
A famous composer who wrote aleatoric music for 12 radios was
b. John Cage.
A work for the stage that incorporated the rock idiom was
c. Jesus Christ Superstar.
A classical composer who wrote successfully for the dance (or ballet) i
c. Aaron Copland.
What is a key feature that separates “classical” music from “popular” music?
a. Classical music is notated.
The first international rock stars (from England) were
c. The Beatles.
A classical and popular composer who wrote successfully for the stage was
c. Leonard Bernstein.
A composer who wrote music of an aleatoric nature in memory of Hiroshima was
b. Krzysztof Penderecki.
Aleatoric music is
c. Chance music.
The group that introduced the world to Rock and Rock was
b. Bill Haley and the Comets.
The most popular pop-rock artist of the 80’s was
c. Madonna.
A popular jazz bassist was
b. Jaco Pastorius.
A popular artist whose music combined jazz, blues, and reggae was
d. Bob Marley.
Which two art movements influenced groups like the Rolling Stones?
c. Surrealism.
d. Dada.
During the latter half of the 20th century, the 12-tone technique
a. Was increasingly abandoned.
