Week 15; ART

Timothy O'Sullivan's famous photograph of dead bodies on a deserted battlefield was taken during which war? Select one: a. Crimean War b. World War I c. American Civil War d. French Revolution

What does the layout of The Dinner Party allude to? Select one: a. All of the other answers b. the Last Supper c. an ancient sign for woman d. a coven of witches

True or false: Emil Nolde's Crucifixion was admired by Adolf Hitler.

Auguste Rodin made which of the following artworks? Select one: a. Recumbent Figure b. Blue Nude II c. Walking Man d. Man Pointing

What kind of artworks do the Guerilla Girls make? Select one: a. Classically inspired sculptures b. documentary films c. feminist posters and pamphlets d. dynamic multimedia installations

Why were some against Maya Lin's design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial? Select one: a. it descended into the ground b. all of the other answers c. it wasn't a traditional monument with figures d. it was black stone

What is the medium of Henry Moore's Recumbent Figure? Select one: a. wax b. clay c. stone d. bronze

What medium is Kahinde Wiley's Portrait Bust of Cardinal Richelieu? Select one: a. fiber art b. painting c. sculpture d. photography

What movement influenced the Untitled Film Stills series? Select one: a. Voting rights b. Suffragism c. Feminism d. Civil Rights

When and where was the artist of Olympia working? Select one: a. Nineteenth-century France b. Twentieth-century Japan c. prehistoric Europe d. sixteenth-century Italy

Which artwork did Carrie Mae Weems make? Select one: a. Hip Hop Project b. "Melissa and Lake, Durham, North Carolina" c. "You Became a Scientific Profile" d. Untitled Film Stills

What element is part of the 9/11 Memorial in New York City?

What does Francisco Goya's Second of May, 1808 depict? Select one: a. a horse race b. the coronation of Napoleon c. the execution of Spanish rebels d. Spanish civilians attacking French soldier

What is the subject matter of Myron's Discus Thrower? Select one: a. A Greek Athlete b. a prehistoric stonemason c. An Egyptian pharaoh d. A Roman circus performer

Which of these artists created a war artwork that was an interactive performance? Select one: a. Nick Ut b. Anselm Kiefer c. Wafaa Bilal d. Otto Dix

Menkaure and His Wife, Queen Khamerernebty was made by sculptors from which culture? Select one: a. Greek b. Egyptian c. Roman d. Sumerian

What does Theodore Gericault's painting Raft of the Medusa depict? Select one: a. the mythological monster Medusa destroying ships b. a rescue on the English Channel c. French colonists waiting on the beach for supplies d. the results of a shipwreck off the coast of West Africa

Why did Mary Richardson attack the Rokeby Venus in 1914? Select one: a. she thought the painting set unrealistic beauty standards b. she thought the painting was ugly c. she wanted more rights for women d. she hated the National Gallery in London

What does Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe convey? Select one: a. a close friend's view of the artist after he left the hospital b. the agitation of the artist's internal reality through his painting c. exactly what the artist saw when he looked in the mirror d. a completely abstract interpretation of what the artist felt

What happened to the woman featured in Migrant Mother after Dorothea Lange photographed her? Select one: a. she and the photographer became lifelong friends b. she was paid royalties for the photograph c. she was ashamed of the photograph d. the government provided food and assistance to her and her family