Deck 24: Turn of the Century: Early Picasso, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Matisse

Question 1

Worringer is the author of

A)Abstraction and Empathy.
B)The Principles of Art History.
C)Die Brücke.
D)Der Blaue Reiter.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Matisse worked toward ________ in his art.

A)balance
B)purity
C)serenity
D)All these answers are correct.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Matisse's arabesques refer to

A)dancers.
B)musicians.
C)a kind of black curve.
D)bright colors.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which is not a reason that African sculptures influenced European artists in the early 20th century?

A)They are geometric.
B)They are abstract.
C)They are naturalistic.
D)They are magical.

Question 5

The Oba was a

A)tribal magician.
B)divine king.
C)Benin shaman.
D)Fang god.

Question 6

1917 marks the

A)beginning of World War I.
B)onset of the Russian Revolution.
C)first year of the Great Depression.
D)rise of National Socialism.

Question 7

Kirchner was influenced by

A)African sculpture.
B)medieval woodcuts.
C)the city and its crowd.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 8

The Green Line is a painting of

A)Madame Matisse.
B)a Paris street.
C)Horses.
D)Icarus.
E)a still life.

Question 9

Which is true of Franz Marc's views of color?

A)yellow was sunny and cheerful
B)blue was depressive
C)red was aggressive
D)gray was reserved for trees

Question 10

Matisse's Jazz imagery is an example of

A)Symbolism.
B)Fauvism.
C)découpage.
D)Cubism.
E)the Blue Rider.

Question 11

Matisse's Decorative Figure in an Oriental Setting is set in

A)Morocco.
B)the Far East.
C)Easter Island.
D)Oceania.
E)Tahiti.

Question 12

Which is NOT true of Kollwitz?

A)she came from a financially comfortable family
B)she thought of herself as an Expressionist
C)she depicted the problems of the working classes
D)she sympathized with German peasants
E)her textures tend to be harsh

Question 13

What was the most striking quality of Fauvism?

A)line
B)abstraction
C)light
D)color
E)jungle subject matter

Question 14

Nolde's style is best described as

A)Fauve.
B)Cubist.
C)Symbolist.
D)Expressionist.

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a correct match?

A)Ife - Nigeria
B)Baule - Benin
C)Fang - Gabon
D)Bakota - Ivory Coast
E)Bambara - Mali

Question 16

Die Brücke refers to

A)a German painting of a bridge.
B)a German painting of a street.
C)a German art movement.
D)a German artist.

Question 17

The term "avant-garde" refers to

A)newness.
B)advancing troops in World War I.
C)the technological changes that led to urbanization.
D)the turn-of-the-century art dealers.

Question 18

Picasso's earliest distinctive style is referred to as

A)Surrealist.
B)Rose Period.
C)Cubist.
D)Blue Period.
E)Fauve.

Question 19

Fauve artists looked to

A)Polynesian and African sculpture.
B)the colors of Gauguin and van Gogh.
C)folk textiles and ceramics.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 20

As far as joy and spontaneity,________'s art followed its own muses.

A)Barlach
B)Tatlin
C)Matisse
D)Picasso

Question 21

The "Punitive Expedition" sent to Benin was

A)Portuguese.
B)French.
C)Dutch.
D)British.
E)Nigerian.

Question 22

The first Fauve exhibit was held in

A)1905.
B)1906.
C)1900.
D)1910.

Question 23

Which artist is correctly matched with his work?

A)Kirchner - Large Blue Horses
B)Matisse - Jeannette V
C)Kandinsky - Notre-Dame in the Late Afternoon
D)Picasso - Still Life with Masks
E)Gauguin - Five Women in the Street

Question 24

1914-1918 are the dates of

A)World War II.
B)the American Civil War.
C)the Russian Revolution.
D)World War I.
E)the Franco-Prussian War.

Question 25

Which artist is correctly matched with his or her nationality?

A)Marc - French
B)Matisse - Moroccan
C)Kandinsky - Russian
D)Nolde - Dutch
E)Picasso - French

Question 26

________ admired animals and celebrated them in his work in Der Blaue Reiter.

A)Ernest Barlach
B)Paul Gauguin
C)Wassily Kandinsky
D)Franz Marc

Question 27

As far as one can tell,the first completely non-figurative painter was

A)Kandinsky.
B)Marc.
C)Matisse.
D)Picasso.
E)Nolde.