Final

Question 1

Man, Controller of the Universe

Answer 1

Title: Man, Controller of the Universe
Artist: Diego Rivera
Style: Mexican Muralist
Medium: Fresco
Date Range: 1934

Question 2

Cycle

Answer 2

a group of artworks about a central theme or figure

Question 3

Horror vacui

Answer 3

in visual art, it is the “fear of the empty”, where the artist fills the entire surface of an artwork with detail

Question 4

Unititled

Answer 4

Title: Untitled
Artist: Donald Judd
Style: Minimalism
Medium: Brass and colored fluorescent plexiglass on steel brackets
Date Range: 1969

Question 5

Objecthood

Answer 5

term developed by critic Michael Fried to differentiate Minimalist works from actual “art”. They were nothing more than objects

Question 6

Campbell’s Soup Cans

Answer 6

Title: Campbell's Soup Cans
Artist: Andy Warhol
Style: Pop Art
Medium: Synthetic polymer paint on 32 canvases
Date Range: 1962

Question 7

The Dinner Party

Answer 7

Title: The Dinner Party
Artist: Judy Chicago
Style: Feminist Art
Medium: multimedia, including ceramics and stitchery
Date Range: 1979

Question 8

Spiral Jetty

Answer 8

Title: Spiral Jetty
Artist: Robert Smithson
Style: Land Art
Medium: Great Salt Lake, Utah
Date Range: 1970

Question 9

Male gaze

Answer 9

the objectification of women through visual representations where the audience is place into the perspective of a heterosexual male

Question 10

One and Three Chairs

Answer 10

Title: One and Three Chairs
Artist: Joseph Kosuth
Style: Conceptual Art
Medium: wood folding chair, mounted photograph of chair, mounted photograph of dictionary definition of chair
Date Range: 1965

Question 11

The Temple of Confessions

Answer 11

Title: The Temple of Confessions
Artist: Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Roberto Sifuentes
Style: Performance Art and Installation Art
Medium: Mixed Media
Date Range: 1994

Question 12

Vietnam Veteran Memorial

Answer 12

Title: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Artist: Maya Lin
Style: Site specific art
Medium: Washington DC
Date Range: 1982

Question 13

Site works

Answer 13

outdoor sculptural works that take into consideration the site and physical contexts in which they are placed

Question 14

Phenomenology

Answer 14

the study of structures of consciousness (different sensations) as experienced from the first person point of view

Question 15

Street Art

Answer 15

visual art created in public locations. It can take on a variety of forms and it can be sanctioned of unsanctioned

Question 16

Grafitti

Answer 16

illegal writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed on walls or other surfaces in a public place. It can be territorial

Question 17

Robbo Incorporated

Answer 17

Title: Robbo Incorporated
Artist: King Robbo
Style: Graffiti
Medium:Acrylic spray paint, Regent's Canal, London
Date Range: 1985

Question 18

Flower Thrower

Answer 18

Title: Flower Thrower
Artist: Banksy
Style: Street Art
Medium: Stencil and spray paint, Palestine
Date Range:2003

Question 19

history painting

Answer 19

Large scale painting depicting a mythological scene, biblical scene or historical event

Question 20

avant garde

Answer 20

an innovative group of artists who generally reject traditional approaches in favor of a more experimental techniques