1.
The idea that art can be interpreted in many ways simultaneously, with each interpretation being equally valid is referred to as
a) Pluralism
Dualism
c) Expressionism
d) Abstractionism
2.
Which artist often based his imagery on comic books?
a) Mark Rothko
Andy Warhol
c) Jasper Johns
d) Roy Lichtenstein
3.
The artistic recycling of existing images is an aspect of
a) Pop Art
Conceptual Art.
c) Postmodernism
d) Feminist Art
4. Why did Willem de Kooning's series "Women" shocked the art world?
a) The women were powerless and cold
They were seen as shocking and brutal
c) this was the first time he moved away from an abstract style
d) The works were extremely realistic
5. Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty is an example of
a) Land art
feminist art
c) Neo-expressionism
d) Performance art
6. Which group of artists used ready-mades in their creation of art?
a) Surrealists
Dadaist
C) Impressionists
d) Expressionists
7. Jasper Johns chose familiar images for his subject matter so that he could then concentrate on all of the following EXCEPT
a) the relationship between image and object
the ability to reproduce an image
c) the impact of symbols
d) the psychological use of color.
8. A new art form known as “installation”
a) gives credit to the work done by installers, people who hang other people’s art.
forces the viewer to create the art in his or her mind based on verbal description.
c) has again flattened the art object to two dimensions.
d) creates an environment for the viewer to enter and experience
9. The term action painting refers to the fact that this new type of painting
a) emphasized figures and subject matter in strong action
traced the actions of the painter
c) actually moved
d) referred to political issues, calling people to action.
10. The term New York School refers to a postwar art movement that
a) developed from graduates of the New York School.
went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world outside of New York.
c) was a convenient way to lump together the abstract expressionists.
d) completely rejected the ideas of surrealism
This post was edited by Stolem on Jul 26 2015 03:27pm