Question: Who made photographs of national parks to increase public awareness of the beauty of nature?
Answer Options:
Ansel Adams
Margaret Bourke-White
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Alfred Stieglitz
Answer: Ansel Adams
Question: In a fresco, the pigments, combined with water, are applied to
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canvas
wood
paper
wet plaster
Answer: wet plaster
Question: Places to see art collections include churches, temples, synagogues, and mosques
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True
False
Answer: True
Question: ___ is an African American artist who creates life-size, cutout silhouette figures based on racist imagery of the slave era in the United States.
Answer Options:
Kara Walker
Robert Motherwell
George Grosz
Jenny Holzer
Answer: Kara Walker
Question: Extra Credit: Art protesting a particular war was first seen ____.
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in the twentieth century
about fifty years ago
about two hundred years ago
in ancient times
Answer: in ancient times
Question: Robert Motherwell believed that abstraction communicated best ___.
Answer Options:
the objects of life
the struggle between life and death
the beginning of life in the womb
the life of the spirit
Answer: the life of the spirit
Question: Extra Credit: After Christianity became the official state religion of Rome, how was Christ shown?
Answer Options:
As a king or ruler
As a shepherd of the flock
As a studious child
As a miracle worker
Answer: As a shepherd of the flock
Question: Eadweard Muybridge’s use of sequential images is responsible for…
Answer Options:
Relational Aesthetics
Temporary Art
Propaganda
Motion Pictures
Answer: Motion Pictures
Question: Extra Credit: Sixteenth-century Spanish conquerors intentionally destroyed many Aztec works of art.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: To be a ceramist, one must
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make porcelain
work with clay
use a kiln
make pots
Answer: work with clay
Question: The works of Joseph Beuys and Marina Abramovic are examples of
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Minimalism
Abstract Expressionism
Photorealism
Performance art
Answer: Performance art
Question: Extra Credit: Francisco Goya’s The Executions of May 3, 1808, sympathize with _____.
Answer Options:
the Americans
the Germans
the Spaniards
the Mexicans
Answer: the Spaniards