Question 1

Allan Kaprow and Yves Klein were both associated with __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Happenings
B)   Postwar photography
C)   Neo-Expressionism
D)   Arte MinimalismE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 2

How are Assemblages and Happenings related?

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Assemblages and Happenings are both arti...

Question 3

Many feminist artists embraced craft media because _________________.

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A)   these techniques required less demanding physical skills
B)   its marginalization by the art establishment had suppressed women's accomplishments.
C)   of the domestic function of most craft objects
D)   all of the aboveE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

What is Performance Art?

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Question 5

Using examples from each of the last four decades, write an essay comparing how contemporary artists have addressed the issue of identity. Consider their varied strategies, media, and aesthetics, as well as how their interests have been altered by cultural changes over the last 40 years.

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Over the past four decades, contemporary...

Question 6

Joseph Beuys developed a ______________ in performances to explain the inexplicable.

Accepted Answer

A)   shamanistic personality
B)   theatrical setting
C)   complete environment
D)   light show with silhouettesE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 7

How did Carolee Schneemann's performances challenge the traditional role of women as subjects in art?

Accepted Answer

A)   She dictated the terms of the viewer's experience.
B)   She refused to perform nude.
C)   She used only male performers.
D)   She assumed roles that challenged female stereotypes.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

________________ is the term for artists' use of actions, movements, and gestures of their own bodies.

Accepted Answer

A)   Process art
B)   Pop art
C)   Feminist art
D)   HappeningsE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

What are the origins of Pop Art?

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Pop Art is an art movement that emerged ...

Question 10

_______________ was the logical extension of the Minimalist move away from the handcrafted object.

Accepted Answer

A)   Graffiti art
B)   Conceptual art
C)   Earth art
D)   Traditional forms of artE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

The works of Joseph Beuys and ____________ inspired Ana Mendieta.

Accepted Answer

A)   minimalism
B)   feminist artists
C)   Kosuth
D)   santíeraE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

What are some of the issues New Media artists address in their art?

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New Media artists often address a wide r...

Question 13

Saarinen wanted to evoke the excitement of air travel in his expressive and swooping design for a/an __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   art museum
B)   skyscraper
C)   airport terminal
D)   houseE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

Chris Ofili's painting The Holy Virgin Mary was at the center of a controversy about public __________ in the arts.

Accepted Answer

A)   history
B)   funding
C)   access
D)   communicationE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

How did the Conceptual artists eliminate the art object?

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Conceptual artists, emerging during the ...

Question 16

In the 1950s and 1960s several artists argued that ______________was just as important as a finished art object.

Accepted Answer

A)   the readymade
B)   the artist's idea
C)   the creative process
D)   reproductions of artE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Mendieta's Tree of Life celebrates the notion that women ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)   have a deeper identification with nature than men
B)   reproduce life
C)   are more intellectual than men
D)   have great physical strengthE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 18

A major aim of first-generation feminist artists was _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)   increasing recognition for women's artistic accomplishments and practices
B)   deconstructing the art historical canon by exposing patriarchal biases in society
C)   challenging traditional gender divisions through postmodern strategies
D)   all of the aboveE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Why did the Minimal artists eliminate personal feeling and social references from their work?

Accepted Answer

Minimalist artists sought to eliminate p...

Question 20

What term is related to the wide range of artistic styles, interests, and cultural meanings that developed during the Postmodern period in art?

Accepted Answer

A)   appropriation
B)   post-colonialism
C)   pluralism
D)   historicismE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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