Art Questionnaire Research Paper Assignment

Art Questionnaire Research Paper Assignment

 
QUESTION 1 1. Darwin contributed to the study of biology chiefly by developing the heliocentric theory. developing the theory of natural selection. discovering bacteria. inventing the telescope. 2 points QUESTION 2 1. J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, and Thomas Cole were all noted painters of native peoples. natural landscapes. heroic actions. historical events. 2 points QUESTION 3 1. Romanticism might be said to have rebelled against all of the following EXCEPT religious authority. reason. industrialization. individualism. 2 points QUESTION 4 1. The independent art song originated by Franz Schubert that united music and poetry was called the idée fixe. arpeggio. lied. scherzo. 2 points QUESTION 5 1. His "back to nature" philosophy motivated romantic artists and authors: Kant Descartes Rousseau Winckelmann 2 points QUESTION 6 1. In Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People, the artist featured: the aristocracy sympathetic to the cause. an allegorical figure of liberty. members of the middle and working classes. All of these answers. 2 points QUESTION 7 1. Whose “Ode on a Grecian Urn” concludes that “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”? Shelley Keats Emerson Wordsworth 2 points QUESTION 8 1. A major factor in bringing non-Western cultures to the attention of Europeans was advancing colonialism. The construction of the Eiffel Tower documentary photography. The development of portrait photography. 2 points QUESTION 9 1. Which of the following authors was credited with inventing the modern novel with his work Madame Bovary? Dickens Flaubert Tolstoy Zola 2 points QUESTION 10 1. Non-western art from Africa and Oceania was of great interest to late nineteenth century artists due to the powerful, abstract forms seen in objects from these regions. “Oceania” refers to the: islands off the coast of Greece. islands of the South and Central Pacific Ocean. Canary Islands. islands of the Caribbean. 2 points QUESTION 11 1. The music of Debussy was heavily influenced by the Symbolists and Impressionists. was deeply inspired by Beethoven's symphonies. imitates the clarity of the classical sonata form. is essentially program music. 2 points QUESTION 12 1. For their subject matter, the Impressionist painters drew largely on the contemporary urban environment. religious themes. historical events. aristocratic commissions. 2 points QUESTION 13 1. Nietzsche called for a new morality that reinforced the social contract. privileged the "superman." rejected colonialism. advanced Christian ideals. 2 points QUESTION 14 1. Paxton's Crystal Palace impressed people because it was constructed of prefabricated cast iron and glass, and took ______________ to build: Over fifty years Over ten years It was never finished Less than a year 2 points QUESTION 15 1. Characteristic of the music of Debussy is the use of shifting harmonies. Serialism and atonal music. dramatic contrasts of loud and soft. All these answers are correct. 2 points QUESTION 16 1. “Whatever is, is right” reflects the philosophic optimism of Swift. Voltaire. Hogarth. Pope. 2 points QUESTION 17 1. Thomas Jefferson created Monticello in the Neoclassic style. True False 2 points QUESTION 18 1. Which of the following men was NOT a significant figure in the movement known as the Scientific Revolution? Copernicus Hogarth Galileo Newton 2 points QUESTION 19 1. Diderot’s Encyclopedia was was written entirely by Diderot himself. the largest compendium of knowledge produced in the West. an attempt to limit access to technical knowledge and philosophical truth. All these answers are correct. 2 points QUESTION 20 1. One reason that both Protestants and Catholics opposed the heliocentric theory was that it had no empirical basis. contradicted Scripture. was introduced to Europe by Muslim astronomers. All these answers are correct. 2 points QUESTION 21 1. Which figure famously recanted his scientific discoveries about heliocentric theory in 1633 after having been put on trial for heresy? Galileo Newton Copernicus Descartes 2 points QUESTION 22 1. The Dada movement began in this country: England Germany Switzerland France 2 points QUESTION 23 1. Which artistic movement thrived on irrationalism? Cubism Dada Futurism Fauvism 2 points QUESTION 24 1. Dorothea Lange's photography focused on American high society. True False 2 points QUESTION 25 1. According to Marcel Duchamp and other Dada figures, artists should be political advocates. be the conscience of the nation. serve as witness to contemporary atrocities. challenge tradition. 2 points QUESTION 26 1. Leopold Bloom is the central figure in James Joyce’s landmark work, Metamorphosis. The Waste Land. The Search for Lost Time. Ulysses. 2 points QUESTION 27 1. Frank Lloyd Wright’s house, “Fallingwater,” depended on the inventive use of the cantilever. the Roman arch. sheet glass. ribbon windows. 2 points QUESTION 28 1. Picasso looked to art from Africa and other non-Western cultures during the development of: Futurism Impressionism Pointillism Cubism 2 points QUESTION 29 1. Vaslav Nijinksy is associated with the twelve-tone system in music. the birth of nonobjective art. method acting. Russian dance. 2 points QUESTION 30 1. A major component of jazz music is improvisation. syncopation. the blues motif. All these answers are correct. 2 points QUESTION 31 1. Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending the Staircase, No. 2 was exhibited at the Armory Show in 1913 in this city. New York London Berlin Paris 2 points QUESTION 32 1. The effort on the part of contemporary physicists to achieve a “theory of everything” is evident in Language Theory. String Theory. Postmodernism. deconstructionism. 2 points QUESTION 33 1. Arguably the most radical development in music in the last fifty years, as seen in synthesizers and sampling, has been the impact of electronic technology. influence of non-Western music. application of the twelve-tone system. explosion in international dance. 2 points QUESTION 34 1. Minimalism and geometric abstraction have this in common: they they are forms of land art. they are largely nonrepresentational. they are highly representational with naturalistic forms they usually depend on electronic power. 2 points QUESTION 35 1. Giacometti created sculptures of figures with attenuated limbs and thin bodies, suggesting a feeling of _____________________ prevalent in post-World War II European culture. Impressionism Enthusiam Existentialism Pluraity 2 points QUESTION 36 1. Cindy Sherman used her art to criticize this modern phenomenon: Urbanization AIDS Fast foods Representation of women in media 2 points QUESTION 37 1. This artist, who was a prominent Abstract Expressionist Color Field painter, claimed, "there is no such thing as a good painting about nothing:" Pollock Cage Warhol Rothko 2 points QUESTION 38 1. He created art called "combines" from discarded material: Rothko Rauschenberg Pollock Newman 2 points QUESTION 39 1. This event caused many European artists to immigrate to the United States: World War II The Great Depression The Armory Show The French Revolution 2 points QUESTION 40 1. The aesthetic, production, and materials of minimalist artworks are inspired by commercial advertising. computer digitalization. industrial technology. environmental reform.