Art Appreciation Quiz 7

The first national art museum opened in 1793. This museum, still in operation today, is:

Which art movement was directly influenced by Sigmund Freud's theories of the unconscious?

In their paintings, the Impressionists often focused on:

Eugène Delacroix was a leading practitioner of the:

A major influence upon European culture of the 19th century, one that gave rise to an expanding middle class, was:

Henri Matisse was told by Gustave Moreau, his teacher at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, "You were born to ________."

The manufacture of oil paint in tubes made it possible for 19th-century European artists to make painting a portable activity. The spontaneity and directness of painting outdoors is evident in works by ________ artists.

Which of the following is an American artist?

Marcel Duchamp created a new art form in which the artist makes nothing, but merely labels an object as art. He called this art form:

Paul Cézanne's emphasis on structure in painting was a direct influence in the development of:

Romantic art stresses:

Which of the following artists was a Realist?

The term Post-Impressionism refers to:

Pointillism is a technique developed by:

After the Russian Revolution of 1917, many artists believed that only the most revolutionary art could bring about a new movement, which was called:

If Fauvism's mission was to liberate color from its descriptive role, Cubism's initial aim was:

The term New York School refers to a postwar art movement that:

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is an example of:

The Guerrilla Girls use posters and onsite appearances to:

Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat:

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

Photorealism refers to:

A Neo-Dada artist who made art from "found" materials and images and named his new art form "combine paintings" is:

Appropriation contends that the meaning of a work of art:

A new art form known as "installation":

The artistic recycling of existing images is an aspect of:

Roy Lichtenstein often based his imagery on the:

Sol LeWitt's Wall Drawing #122 is an example of:

What type of material did Subodh Gupta use in making the work Dada?

The work Rosetta 2 was done by:

Refrigerator magnets depicting Michelangelo's David and Botticelli's Venus as jewelry are an example of:

The term postmodern was first used in reference to a certain style in:

Minimalism, a trend that coexisted with Pop, emphasized a continuation of the exploration of nonrepresentation and the idea that a painting or sculpture is primarily:

A good example of a Surrealist poetic object is:

Marcel Duchamp created a new art form in which the artist makes nothing, but merely labels an object as art. He called his art form:

How did Impressionism get its name?

Vasili Kandinsky became convinced that art should be free of representational subject matter when he:

The first art movement to be born in the 19th century was ___________, which arose as a reaction against Neoclassicism and Romanticism.

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

One of the ideas behind Postmodernism is pluralism, which proposes that art: