Deck 30: Art and Community

Question 1

Community art may ________.

A) be made by numerous people
B) be made for large numbers of viewers
C) be situated in public places
D) represent the common interests of a group
E) all of the other answers

Answer 1

E

Question 2

In order for The Gates to be made,________,amongst others,had to get involved.

A) artists, engineers, politicians, and security guards
B) artists, curators, and wealthy patrons
C) artists, gardeners, TV crews, and prison guards
D) historians, an airplane pilot, lifeguards, and random people in the community
E) Christo and Jeanne-Claude alone made the piece

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The ziggurat at Ur was dedicated to:

A) Muhammad
B) Shamash
C) Anu
D) Nanna
E) Jesus Christ

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Where is Monks Mound located?

A) present-day Iraq
B) Lintong, China
C) near present-day St. Louis
D) beneath what is now Mexico City
E) on the Giza Plateau in Egypt

Question 5

The AT&T Stadium is noteworthy in the study of art and architecture because ________.

A) it is home to the Dallas Cowboys
B) it is the largest stadium since the Colosseum
C) is the world's largest domed structure without interior columns
D) it is only important in the world of sports
E) it was designed by Brunelleschi

Question 6

A visitor to a Gothic cathedral would have found him or herself surrounded by:

A) cement and barbed wire
B) darkened passageways and smoke from torches
C) soaring height and spiritual light
D) traffic in the market square
E) all of the other answers

Question 7

People who gathered at Stonehenge on the summer solstice would have seen:

A) a herd of wildebeest on their way to pasture
B) the religious figures of their hometown having a debate
C) the results of the annual harvest on display
D) the sun rise over the Heelstone
E) all of their professors wearing togas

Question 8

The Guggenheim Museum in New York City was designed to:

A) look exactly like the ziggurats in the ancient Near East
B) teach young architects all the skills they would need
C) house Christian relics for safe keeping
D) be a temple of spirit, a monument
E) none of the other answers

Question 9

The Gates remains intact,while Stonehenge has had to be dismantled because it has eroded over the years and become a health-and-safety hazard.

Question 10

Holy relics located in churches ________.

A) taught people about the stories of the Koran
B) inspired people to make pilgrimages to see them
C) fooled people into believing in ghosts
D) are proof that gladiator fights happened
E) holy relics were never kept in churches

Question 11

Ancient Near Eastern ziggurats served as ________.

A) places of burial
B) temples and civic centers
C) palaces
D) movie theatres
E) all of the other answers

Question 12

The Guggenheim Museum in New York City was designed by:

A) Frank Lloyd Wright
B) Frank Gehry
C) Christo and Jeanne-Claude
D) Louis Sullivan
E) all of the other answers

Question 13

Even though it has not been maintained over the years,Monks Mound looks very much as it did when it was built.

Question 14

One important similarity between Stonehenge and The Gates is that ________.

A) they are both located in England
B) both structures have exactly the same dimensions
C) it took a highly organized team to construct them
D) only one person could experience them at a time
E) all of the other answers

Question 15

The AT&T Stadium also houses an art collection,with artworks commissioned from eighteen contemporary artists.

Question 16

Ziggurats were made of what material?

A) marble
B) reinforced concrete
C) mud-brick
D) sticks
E) glass

Question 17

Amongst other entertainments,Roman citizens watched ________ in the Colosseum.

A) synchronized swimming
B) mock sea battles
C) football games
D) scholarly debates
E) art competitions

Question 18

The Colosseum is known for being:

A) one of the first Christian churches ever built
B) one of the first and largest public libraries in history
C) built as a private residence for the emperor
D) able to hold up to 55,000 people
E) none of the other answers

Question 19

Masses of people came inside Notre Dame Cathedral to worship the goddess Athena.

Question 20

Art can only be made by a single individual.

Question 21

Gèlèdé masquerades give communities the opportunity to:

A) communicate with the spirit realm
B) reinforce their cultural beliefs
C) combine costumes, music, and dance
D) celebrate female power
E) all of the other answers

Question 22

Krzysztof Wodiczko makes video installations that comment on ________ all over the world.

A) energy crises
B) animal cruelty
C) disregard for art
D) social injustice
E) festivals and celebrations

Question 23

Krzysztof Wodiczko uses the medium of video projection so that masses of people can experience his artwork and its message.

Question 24

Wenda Gu makes artwork that can only be understood by viewers fluent in Chinese.

Question 25

Which of the following artworks did Diego Rivera make?

A) Templo Mayor
B) Tilted Arc
C) Man at the Crossroads Looking with Hope and High Vision to the Choosing of a New and Better Future
D) The Two Fridas
E) none of the other answers

Question 26

What is the primary medium of Wenda Gu's United Nations-China Monument?

A) human hair
B) concrete
C) sand
D) stone
E) various textiles

Question 27

What was the medium of Tilted Arc?

A) Cor-ten steel
B) salvaged plastic
C) marble
D) bronze
E) none of the other answers

Question 28

People shown in Tijuana Projection share what common experience?

A) working in the maquiladora industry
B) being imprisoned
C) escaping as refugees
D) being granted US citizenship
E) they share no common experience

Question 29

What is the intended message of Wenda Gu's United Nations-China Monument?

A) China deserves to be a world power
B) connections between cultures are important
C) even ephemeral artworks matter
D) the gods are always watching
E) there is no underlying message

Question 30

Consider the following statement by Richard Serra:
"My sculptures are not objects for the viewer to stop and stare at.The historical purpose of placing sculpture on a pedestal was to establish a separation between the sculpture and the viewer.I am interested in creating a behavioural space in which the viewer interacts with the sculpture in its context." (Gateways to Art,p.570)
What does Serra mean by this statement? What kind of experience might such a sculpture inspire? How might art made in this way be used in public spaces?

Question 31

Choose three examples of community art from this Chapter.Consider the imagery,the media used,and the relationship to the communities of which they were part.How are they similar? How are they different? What does community mean to you? How has your definition changed as a result of studying community art in this Chapter?

Question 32

Why was Tilted Arc controversial?

A) because some people did not want to walk around it
B) because some people thought it was ugly
C) because some people thought it would encourage criminal activity
D) because the artist made it for a specific place and moving it was the equivalent of destroying it
E) all of the other answers

Question 33

Gèlèdé rituals are practiced by which people?

A) the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia
B) the Navajo of New Mexico
C) the Yoruba of Nigeria
D) the elves of the North Pole
E) none of the other answers

Question 34

Who was the artist of Tilted Arc?

A) Diego Rivera
B) Christo and Jeanne-Claude
C) Richard Serra
D) Donald Judd
E) none of the other answers

Question 35

Diego Rivera was so angry that his mural in Rockefeller Center was destroyed that he never re-created it.

Question 36

Which cultural practices are highlighted in Wenda Gu's United Nations-China Monument?

A) Buddhist tea ceremony
B) Chinese brush painting
C) Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, and Latin alphabets
D) all of the other answers
E) none of the other answers

Question 37

Why was Diego Rivera's mural for the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center controversial?

A) because the artist was inspired by Mexican murals
B) because the artist offered to add a picture of Abraham Lincoln
C) because the artist got paid without ever finishing the mural
D) because the artist included elements inspired by his communist beliefs
E) all of the other answers