1. Diebenkorn'sOcean Park series is
A. a preservation of the view of a castle for apartment dwellers.
B. handcrafted sculpture that resembles a cornucopia.
C. a study of radiant Southern California light.
D. an integration of new technologies.
2. The Bauhaus was a prime example of _______ Style.
A. American
B. De Stijl
C. International
D. Classical
3. _______ was the artist who used a "drip technique."
A. Willem de Kooning
B. Jackson Pollock
C. Pablo Picasso
D. Robert Rauschenberg
4. During the 1940s and 1950s, the center of Western art was
A. Arles.
B. Paris.
C. New York City.
D. Munich.
5. The sculpture created by which of the following Minimalist artists is best described as controlled and logical?
A. Donald Judd
B. Claes Oldenburg
C. Pablo Picasso
D. Alberto Giacometti
6. It would be virtually impossible to mount a traveling exhibition of the works of which of the following artists?
A. Mark Rothko
B. Roy Lichtenstein
C. Christo and Jeanne-Claude
D. Claes Oldenburg
7. With Tim Hawkinson'sÜberorgan, a work of art the size of a football field, one can say that it's
A. installation art controlled by a computer.
B. artwork that is difficult to categorize.
C. a rare performance piece.
D. "sound" art.
8. Which one of the following artists was described as one of the fathers of straight photography?
A. William Henry Fox Talbot
B. Edward Steichen
C. Edward Weston
D. Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
9. When Vasily Kandinsky composed a painting, his aim was the expression of
A. line.
B. pathos.
C. shape.
D. energy.
10. Which of the following artists invented collage?
A. Georgia O'Keefe
B. Jackson Pollock
C. Pablo Picasso
D. Willem de Kooning
11. Which of these art forms is not associated with the work of Georgia O'Keeffe?
A. Still life
B. City nightscape
C. Abstract painting
D. Nature photograph
12. Which of the following artists created paintings in which no one part or section dominated the others or could be called the subject, in which everything was intended to be equal in impact?
A. Hans Hofmann
B. Jackson Pollock
C. Helen Frankenthaler
D. Willem de Kooning
13. Like freestanding sculpture, such as Gianlorenzo Bernini's Apollo and Daphne, twentieth-century kinetic sculpture, such as Alexander Calder's La Grande Vitessein the Vandenberg Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan,
A. can be appreciated aesthetically from multiple perspectives.
B. is usually made of marble or alabaster.
C. is made entirely by hand, except for the pediment.
D. is intended to be touched by the spectator, who remains stationary.
14. Which of the following statements is an accurate description of Pop Art?
A. Art that combines the potent psychological content of Expressionism with an abandonment of any clear reference to the visual
world
B. Art created by artists who believe that no kind of subject matter is more important than any other and who attempt to all but
eliminate personal involvement
C. Painting and sculpture that is self-sufficient and has no subject matter, content, or meaning beyond its presence as an object in
space
D. Art created by artists who are interested in rediscovering the past, not rejecting it, and who aim to speak in clearer images
and see history as a vast menu from which to select
15. Who created art out of platinum, diamonds, and human teeth?
A. Damien Hirst
B. Takashi Murakami
C. Matthew Barney
D. YinkaShonibare
16. Andy Warhol's studio in New York City was known as the
A. Machine.
B. Mansion.
C. Garage.
D. Factory.
17. The vigorous brushstrokes and emotion-laden imagery in the paintings of Anselm Kiefer are reminiscent of the paintings of
A. Realism.
B. Neoclassicism.
C. Superrealism.
D. Expressionism.
18. Giuseppe Penone'sCedre de Versailles reveals
A. a landscape from the distant past.
B. African-American ritual objects.
C. shredded body parts.
D. the original slender tree from which a great cedar had grown.
19. Which of the following artists incorporated a Super Mario Bros. game into his/her work?
A. Cory Arcangel
B. Matthew Barney
C. Nam June Paik
D. Damien Hirst
20. Of the following, who was the most famous Pop artist?
A. Claes Oldenburg
B. Roy Lichtenstein
C. Robert Rauschenberg
D. Andy Warhol