Deck 18: The Real World on Trial: the Early Twentieth Century

Question 1

A major influence on Surrealism was _________.

A)the invention of the automobile
B)Sigmund Freud's Interpretation of Dreams
C)Paul Cézanne
D)World War II
E)all of these are correct

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The aim of the Expressionists was to _________.

A)make inner feelings visible
B)create a better world
C)reveal the subconscious mind
D)imitate historical references
E)be dramatic

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The Dada artists waged war on ________.

A)themselves
B)the old museums and libraries
C)the conventional way of thinking
D)reality
E)the subconscious mind

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What was Edvard Munch trying to depict in his lithograph The Scream?

A)the feeling of being a social outcast
B)the fear of abandonment
C)the feeling of hearing a loud, piercing shriek from nature
D)a man emitting a loud shriek
E)none of these are correct

Question 5

What did Brancusi mean by the statement "the sculptor is a thinker, not a photographer"?

A)Photography merely captures the external world.
B)The external form of things is not essentially real.
C)That the artist should discover the essence of things.
D)All of these are correct.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 6

In Olowe of Ise's Veranda Post of Enthroned King and Senior Wife, the senior wife is depicted as the largest figure in the sculpture because _______.

A)the wife was a key supporter of the king as well as being a pillar of strength in the community
B)the wife's power in the community exceeded the authority and power of the king
C)the wife was older than the king, therefore larger in size
D)females are much more visually interesting than males, so there is more detail to depict
E)women in Yoruban society are physically stronger and are generally larger in size than men

Question 7

According to the Futurist manifesto, a(n) __________ is more beautiful than the Greek sculpture Victory of Samothrace.

A)newborn baby
B)airplane
C)speeding car
D)modern dancer
E)fired weapon

Question 8

How did Henri Matisse use color in his painting Red Room (Harmony in Red)?

A)to generate an emotion in the viewer
B)to mimic Rubens
C)he thought color could balance a composition
D)both a and c are correct
E)none of these are correct

Question 9

Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase was compared to ________ by a critic.

A)the flight of birds
B)an explosion in a shingle factory
C)the ticking of a clock
D)a robot
E)a filmstrip

Question 10

Which is NOT true of the Eiffel Tower?

A)It was an emblem of modernism.
B)It changed the way people saw reality.
C)It represented Eiffel's distaste for French history.
D)It was a demonstration of France's industrial power.
E)It offered a view of Paris that had rarely been seen before.

Question 11

Why did Emil Nolde think that color was the gateway to our inner nature?

A)because every color harbors its own soul
B)because nature is colorful
C)because they affect us in different ways
D)all of these are correct
E)none of these are correct

Question 12

The word fauve means ______.

A)the bridge
B)the blue rider
C)nothing
D)wild beast
E)bright colors

Question 13

One characteristic of Analytical Cubism was _______.

A)showing inner feeling
B)using bright, wild colors
C)depicting speed and movement
D)a limited use of color
E)the incorporation of nonsensical elements

Question 14

Picasso's work Still Life with Chair Caning was the first ________.

A)work of modern art
B)Cubist collage
C)painting to incorporate African masks
D)collaboration between Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso
E)nonrepresentational sculpture

Question 15

Duchamp selected an ordinary object that was mass produced and asserted it as art, something he called _______.

A)an appropriation
B)a pictograph
C)a ready-made
D)an assemblage
E)a photomontage

Question 16

Giorgio de Chirico called his works ___________.

A)metaphysical pictures
B)ready-mades
C)Dada inspirations
D)Freudian images
E)Renaissance revivals

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT true of artist networks?

A)They were first developed in the twentieth century.
B)They resist the notion that artists do not collaborate.
C)They have always played a key role in art making.
D)They encourage the exchange of ideas.
E)They are limited to artists working at the same time.

Question 18

Picasso was most inspired by French artist ________, whom Picasso referred to as "the father of us all."

A)Monet
B)Gauguin
C)Cézanne
D)Courbet
E)Manet

Question 19

The Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi apprenticed for a short time in France under ______.

A)Emmanuel Fremiet
B)Marcel Duchamp
C)Pablo Picasso
D)Auguste Rodin
E)Henry Moore

Question 20

The Surrealist who wanted to make the viewer conscious of the limitations of signs and language was ______.

A)Meret Oppenheim
B)Salvador Dalí
C)Rene Magritte
D)Giorgio de Chirico
E)Joan Miró

Question 21

Why didn't Emil Nolde like Impressionism?

Question 22

Explain how Freud's theories influenced the Surrealists.

Question 23

What did color mean to the Fauve artists?

Question 24

What is the difference between an assemblage and a collage?

Question 25

How did the Surrealists employ the use of "illogical juxtaposition?" Cite two Surrealist works in your response.

Question 26

What is the difference between Analytical Cubism and Synthetic Cubism?

Question 27

Why was the Eiffel Tower seen as a symbol of Modernism?

Question 28

Explain how modern artists used space and perspective in their paintings.Refer to two early twentieth-century paintings in your discussion.

Question 29

Explain what the Armory Show was and its influence on the direction of art in the United States.

Question 30

How was the New Objectivity different in appearance and intention than German Expressionism? Compare and contrast one work from each.