Question 1

When and where was the artist of Olympia working?

Accepted Answer

A)   prehistoric Europe
B)   sixteenth-century Italy
C)   nineteenth-century France
D)   twentieth-century Japan
E)   twenty-first-century America

Question 2

Why does the figure in Branded look like it does?

Accepted Answer

A)   because it is idealized and perfect, like a Greek goddess
B)   because it confronts, even exaggerates, the imperfections of reality
C)   because the woman in the picture ate nothing but jelly donuts for a year
D)   because the artist was a medical student
E)   because the artist's favorite color is blue

Question 3

Spencer Tunick considers his artworks to be ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   performances
B)   photographs
C)   installations
D)   drawings
E)   priceless

Question 4

The artist ORLAN is known for her ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   large oil paintings
B)   abstract public sculptures
C)   unconventional performances
D)   awkward interviews
E)   none of the other answers

Question 5

The Woman from Willendorf is made from which medium?

Accepted Answer

A)   woven reeds
B)   limestone
C)   fired ceramic
D)   marble
E)   oil on canvas

Question 6

The date of Willem de Kooning's painting Woman I is:

Accepted Answer

A)   24,000-22,000 BCE
B)   545-500 BCE
C)   1100-1200 CE
D)   1950-1952 CE
E)   the date is not known

Question 7

What is believed to be the purpose of the Woman from Willendorf?

Accepted Answer

A)   it is a portable doorstop
B)   it is a deadly weapon
C)   it is an ancient piggy bank
D)   it is the first garden gnome
E)   none of the other answers

Question 8

Compare Yves Klein's Anthropométries de l'époque bleue (4.9.11a)with Loving Care by Janine Antoni (4.9.12).Briefly describe what each one looks like,in terms of materials used,shape,size,and so on,concentrating on the most noticeable similarities and differences.What are the artist's intentions for each artwork? What does comparing the artworks in this way reveal that you had not thought of before making the comparison?

Accepted Answer

Yves Klein's Anthropométries de l'époque...

Question 9

Who is the artist of Branded?

Accepted Answer

A)   Willem Dekooning
B)   Yves Klein
C)   Janine Antoni
D)   Jenny Saville
E)   ORLAN

Question 10

Auguste Rodin made which of the following artworks?

Accepted Answer

A)   Man Pointing
B)   Recumbent Figure
C)   Blue Nude II
D)   Walking Man
E)   Discus Thrower

Question 11

Compare Myron's Discus Thrower (4.9.4)with Alberto Giacometti's Man Pointing (4.9.16).Which of the artworks is more realistic? Which one is more abstract? What does each of the artworks reveal to you about the human body? Does the medium used affect the way you view each artwork? Give your reasons why,or why not.

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Myron's Discus Thrower and Alberto Giaco...

Question 12

The form of the goddess's figure in The Birth of Venus was based on ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Classical Greek sculptures
B)   prehistoric goddess figurines
C)   Romanesque tapestries
D)   photographs made during Venus's lifetime
E)   all of the other answers

Question 13

Consider the following statement by Matisse:
"These drawings sum up,in my opinion,observations that I have made for many years about the character of drawing,a character that does not depend on forms being copied exactly as they are in nature,or on the patient assembling of exact details,but on the profound feeling of the artist before the objects that he has chosen,on which his attention is focused,and whose spirit he has penetrated . . . Exactitude is not truth." (Gateways to Art,p.671)
What is your response to this statement? Do you agree or disagree with Matisse? Give an example of an artwork that supports your opinion and discuss it in relation to Matisse's statement.

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Question 14

How were Icarus and Blue Nude II made?

Accepted Answer

A)   using cast bronze
B)   using stained glass
C)   using painted paper cutouts
D)   using dried fruit
E)   using crumpled bed sheets

Question 15

Who is the artist of The Birth of Venus?

Accepted Answer

A)   Leonardo da Vinci
B)   Sandro Botticelli
C)   Titian
D)   Édouard Manet
E)   no one knows for sure who the artist was

Question 16

What was the artist of Olympia trying to do?

Accepted Answer

A)   persuade the gods to bestow good fortune on the community
B)   convince viewers that a fictional figure actually existed
C)   pretend that his walls were actually windows onto a beautiful garden
D)   update a Classical subject for his own time
E)   all of the other answers

Question 17

Willem de Kooning intended his painting Woman I to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   emphasize elements of female anatomy
B)   convey the inherent abilities of women to give and protect life
C)   reflect universal ideas of powerful women
D)   refer to images of women made throughout the history of art
E)   all of the other answers

Question 18

What is the date of Alberto Giacometti's Man Pointing?

Accepted Answer

A)   1890-95
B)   1938
C)   1947
D)   1952
E)   1963

Question 19

Menkaure and His Wife,Queen Khamerernebty was made by sculptors from which culture?

Accepted Answer

A)   Egyptian
B)   Sumerian
C)   Greek
D)   Roman
E)   Dutch

Question 20

Kaigetsudô Dohan was an artist from which culture?

Accepted Answer

A)   African
B)   Japanese
C)   Italian
D)   Mexican
E)   Indian

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