Deck 27: Toward Abstraction: the Modernist Revolution, 1905-1914

Question 1

Pablo Picasso worked only in as a painter of two-dimensional works of art.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

What were many of the Russian artists were calling themselves by 1913?

A) Cubo-Futurists
B) Cubic Expressionists
C) neo Cubists
D) anti Cubists

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which style was practiced by artists who embraced the dynamism, speed and noise of modern life?

A) Cubism
B) Fauvism
C) Futurism
D) Suprematism

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What does the term Fauve mean?

A) artificial
B) flower
C) wild beast
D) brilliant color

Question 5

Umberto Boccioni, an artist, also authored the Manifesto of Futurism.

Question 6

The two forms of Cubism are called Analytic and:

A) Synthetic
B) Expressionistic
C) Futurist
D) Artificial

Question 7

Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque experimented with collage on canvas during the period in which they were developing Cubism.

Question 8

Two groups of German Expressionist artists were Die Brücke and:

A) Der Blaue Reiter
B) Die Rote Blume
C) Das Grüne Blatt
D) Die Gelbe Sonne

Question 9

At the Salon d'Automne of 1905, the works exhibited were so shocking that the artists Matisse and others were described as

A) wild beasts
B) insolent children
C) rude artists
D) greedy painters

Question 10

An important source of inspiration for the Fauves was the artist:

A) Chagall
B) Gauguin
C) Duchamp
D) Dove

Question 11

What was the name of Alfred Stieglitz's New York gallery?

A) New York Collects
B) The Photography Gallery
C) Stieglitz Gallery
D) "291" Gallery

Question 12

Who was a forerunner to Surrealism, often painting foreboding images as though from a nightmare?

A) Malevich
B) De Chirico
C) Chagall
D) Duchamp

Question 13

Brancusi designed not only his abstract sculptures, but also:

A) The pedestals on which they stand
B) The rooms in which they were seen
C) The lights by which they were illuminated
D) The music which played in the space they inhabited

Question 14

What is the title of the first Cubist painting?

A) Guernica
B) A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
C) The Red Studio
D) Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

Question 15

The paintings of Lyubov Popova combine the fracturing of cubism and the energy and movement of:

A) Futurism
B) Fauvism
C) Realism
D) German Expressionism

Question 16

Who produced nonobjective geometric paintings?

A) Matisse
B) Malevich
C) Kokoschka
D) De Chirico

Question 17

Close collaborators in the development of Cubism were Pablo Picasso and:

A) Georges Braque
B) André Breton
C) Henri Matisse
D) Auguste Rodin

Question 18

Which sculptor reduced form to its absolute elemental basic essence, minimizing surface decoration?

A) Duchamp
B) Duchamp-Villon
C) Brancusi
D) De Chirico

Question 19

Who was a major source of inspiration for Cubism?

A) Cézanne
B) Kirchner
C) Matisse
D) Paxton

Question 20

Bruno Taut's Glass Pavilion reflects the architect's:

A) Belief in the mystical properties of crystal
B) Support of iron frame construction
C) Interest in nature
D) Participation in the Prairie Architecture movement

Question 21

Discuss how Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon both reflects and shatters artistic tradition. Be sure to include references to specific works of art in your answer.

Question 22

Constantin Brancusi's Newborn of 1915 is a completely non-objective work of modernist sculpture.

Question 23

Describe Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer's Fagus Factory and Bruno Taut's Glass Pavilion, then discuss the different architectural forms and emphases of these two architects.

Question 24

The 1913 Armory Show was instrumental in introducing modernist art to Parisian culture.

Question 25

Select two examples of expressionist art and compare and contrast the artists' intentions behind these works.

Question 26

Describe the influence of the Post-Impressionist painters on early twentieth century painting. Cite at least two examples of Post-Impressionist art and two examples of early twentieth century art in your answer.

Question 27

Using Kandinsky's Sketch I and Brancusi's Bird in Space, discuss the differences between non-objective and abstract art.

Question 28

Describe the impact of the Armory Show and of Stieglitz's "291" Gallery on the development of Modernism in the United States.

Question 29

Describe and discuss the differences between analytic and synthetic cubism.