Question 1

Early Conceptualists reacted to the burgeoning art market by:

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A)   co-opting the system by flooding the market with bad art.
B)   bringing trash bags to art receptions and taking all the food home.
C)   attempting to eliminate the art object.
D)   emphasizing the material value of art.
E)   imitating the mass-produced objects of popular culture.F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 2

The term action painting refers to the fact that this new type of painting:

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A)   emphasized figures and subject matter in strong action.
B)   traced the actions of the painter.
C)   actually moved.
D)   referred to political issues, calling people to action.
E)   depicted simple diagrams of mechanical actions.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Allan Kaprow took art in a new direction with "happenings." His primary claim was that:

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A)   art should be a permanent physical record of an event.
B)   art should concentrate on its basic forms of sculpture and painting.
C)   artists had to have credentials and advanced training.
D)   American art was not meeting the desires of the general public.
E)   art was most like life itself.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Consider LeWitt's Wall Drawing #122. How has this artist used the wall in his work? Why is this work considered to be conceptual art? What concepts are communicated through its design and creation?

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Question 5

Photorealism refers to:

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A)   a movement in photography that explores various levels of representation.
B)   a movement in sculpture that uses actual objects.
C)   a movement in art that rejects the camera as a viable art tool.
D)   a movement in painting that explores the way a camera "sees."
E)   a movement that involves documentation in film.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 6

Explain several different ways in which artists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries have referred to the work of earlier artists in their own works. Mention specific works and artists to illustrate your points.

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Question 7

How have contemporary artists explored cultural identity? Discuss works in which artists explore pluralism and identity through their use of images, actions, and materials.

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Question 8

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is an example of:

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A)   land art.
B)   feminist art.
C)   Neo-Expressionism.
D)   performance art.
E)   Neo-Dada art.F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 9

Roy Lichtenstein often based his imagery on the:

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A)   Bible.
B)   current popular products.
C)   figure.
D)   comic book.
E)   work of earlier artists.F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 10

A new art form known as "installation":

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A)   gives credit to the work done by installers, people who hang other people's art.
B)   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.
E)   predominantly focuses on film.F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 11

The artistic recycling of existing images is an aspect of:

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A)   Pop art.
B)   Conceptual art.
C)   Postmodernism.
D)   Feminist art.
E)   Minimalism.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 12

Consider the following works: Rothko's Orange and Yellow, De Kooning's Woman IV, and Johns' Target with Four Faces. Associate each artist or his/her work with the style it most closely represents. How do these works approach issues of representation, content, media, and abstraction?

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Question 13

Jasper Johns chose familiar images for his subject matter so that he could then concentrate on all of the following EXCEPT:

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A)   the relationship between image and object.
B)   the ability to reproduce an image.
C)   the impact of symbols.
D)   the psychological use of color.
E)   paradoxes.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

Making references to the works of specific artists, discuss representations and interpretations of the human body from De Kooning to the present. Analyze a selection of works with a variety of representations of the body. Explore an artist or work that you consider particularly interesting or compelling, analyzing why you feel this way.

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