chapters 24 & 25

Question 1

robert smithson, creator of “spiral jetty” was one of the founders of

Answer 1

earthworks

Question 2

true or false
the vietnam veteran memorial in washington, d.c. (also known as the wall) shows the influences of both japanese shinto shrines and indian stupas

Answer 2

false

Question 3

a reaction against the sterile anonymity of the international style led many architects to look once again at meaning, history, tradition , and context. their departure from architectural modernism was dubbed __________ in the late 1970s

Answer 3

postmodern

Question 4

true or false
in performance art, artists create a number of art pieces in the center of a work space while the audience is free to mill around and watch. afterward, these same pieces are available for purchase of a silent auction. usually to benefit a charitable organization

Answer 4

false

Question 5

site works are designed to interact with the environment whereas earthworks

Answer 5

merge with or complement the landscape

Question 6

robert rauschenberg created and coined a style known as “combine-paintings” which combines ordinary objects and collage materials to mark an unexpected, previously unthinkable new thing. his work “monogram,” a noteworthy example, includes

Answer 6

a stuffed long-haired angora goat with a tire

Question 7

_____ _______ is a postmodern artist of the 1970s who took black and white photographs of herself posing with props which depict stereotypical female characters from pop culture

Answer 7

cindy sherman

Question 8

______ _____’ early work was based on common graphic forms such as targets, maps, flags, and numbers

Answer 8

jasper johns

Question 9

____ ___ was a student at yale university when she designed the vietnam veteran’s memorial in washington, d.c. (aka the wall)

Answer 9

maya lin

Question 10

true or false
the work of andy warhol helped make people aware of taken for granted commercial images, which form a large part of american cuture, such as campbell’s soup

Answer 10

true

Question 11

______ is the most famous british street artist today

Answer 11

banksy

Question 12

true or false

minimalist sculpture is emotional and sensual

Answer 12

false

Question 13

______ _______ created “instrument implement: walla walla campanile”. it tracks environmental conditions in the nearby mill creek: water temp, flow level, and ammount of dissolved gases, all critical for the annual salmon migration. after a computer analyzes the data, the results are translated into musical notes and chines as an auditory update

Answer 13

buster simpson

Question 14

cooperative events in which viewers become active participants in partly planned, partly spontaneous performances that combine scripted scenarios with considerable improvisation are called

Answer 14

happenings

Question 15

true or false

donald judd was a leading artist and the major spokesman for the surrealist movement

Answer 15

false

Question 16

true or false

the new york school consisted of two movements, abstract expressionism and pop art

Answer 16

false

Question 17

mark rothko was a pioneer of a painting style characterized by images so huge, they engulfed the viewer. this style is known as

Answer 17

color field

Question 18

true or false
famous for saying “form ever follows function,” michael graves and his idea were the inspiration for the international style architects who built practical buildings that clearly showed structural supports and banished all ornament

Answer 18

false

Question 19

true or false

the artist christo has become known for manufacturing fabric of incredible lightness and beauty

Answer 19

false

Question 20

true or false
in the post-world war ii years, the western world embraced the international style as the leading edge of architecture. tits clean masses and sleek exteriors embodied efficiency, cosmopolitanism, and the future

Answer 20

true

Question 21

robert motherwell was a(n)

Answer 21

abstract expressionist

Question 22

true or false
architect teddy cruz calls his buildings manufactured sites to give credit for the inspiration he gets from the ingenuity of people on the lower end of the economic scale

Answer 22

true

Question 23

nikki de saint phalle’s works which she symbolically killed with nails, dirt,darts, or even gunshells showed the continuing influence of

Answer 23

dada

Question 24

postmodern german artist anseilm kiefer’s work is loaded with _________, _________, and ________ which tells powerful stories in dramatic composition

Answer 24

symbolism, mythology, and religion

Question 25

between 1965-1972, some japanese artists formed a radical group called gutai (embodiment) which rejected art’s very base. artists of this movement did NOT paint by

Answer 25

allowing paint dipped bugs crawl over paper