Deck 18: From Modernism to Postmodernism and Beyond

Question 1

New York's It's Alright to be a Woman Theatre is an example of __________ theatre.

A) alternative lifestyle
B) alternative social
C) modernist
D) absurdist
E) aleatory

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty was most concerned with the __________.

A) permant
B) personal
C) ephemeral
D) literary
E) pleasurable

Answer 2

C

Question 3

__________ is the idea that beliefs must be judged within their own social context .

A) Quantum mechanics
B) Pluralism
C) Ethnocentrism
D) Cultural relativism
E) Primitivism

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The sculptor __________ is known for thin,elongated human figures that suggest emotional torture and isolation.

A) Alberto Giacometti
B) David Smith
C) Tony Smith
D) Pablo Picasso
E) Isamu Noguchi

Question 5

The common ground of twentieth century architecture could be described as __________.

A) revisionism
B) symbolism
C) rectangularization
D) human-scale
E) practicality

Question 6

Tom Stoppard's play The Coast of Utopia deals with the intellectual forebears of the __________.

A) American Revolution
B) French Revolution
C) Russian Revolution
D) Weimar Republic
E) Algerian War of Independence

Question 7

__________ documented Native American life in his watercolor paintings.

A) Thomas Joshua Cooper
B) Kerry James Marshall
C) Francesco Clemente
D) Harrison Begay
E) Bill Viola

Question 8

Postmodern architecture focuses on meaning and symbolism,and embraces __________.

A) function
B) history
C) unity
D) traditionalism
E) universalism

Question 9

Julian Bleecker's WiFI Bedouin is an example of __________.

A) neo-expressionism
B) feminist art
C) installation
D) minimalism
E) new media

Question 10

Judy Pfaff's Dragon is an example of __________.

A) installation
B) neo-expressionism
C) new media
D) feminist art
E) pluralism

Question 11

Abstract expressionism emphasizes __________.

A) political engagement
B) traditional content
C) subjective emotions
D) careful planning
E) recognizable imagery

Question 12

__________ used everyday objects as models for his sculpture.

A) David Smith
B) Donald Judd
C) Alexander Calder
D) Claes Oldenburg
E) Isamu Noguchi

Question 13

The American composer Ned Rorem is associated with __________.

A) traditionalism
B) sound liberation
C) pluralism
D) serialism
E) minimalism

Question 14

The central character of Philip Glass's opera Akhnaten is a(n)__________.

A) Hebrew prophet
B) Egyptian priest
C) Egyptian Pharaoh
D) mythical deity
E) Palestinian leader

Question 15

The plays of Tennessee Williams are classified as __________.

A) absurdism
B) modern realism
C) expressionism
D) serialism
E) magical realism

Question 16

Donald Judd's Untitled is most concerned with __________.?A)personal expression
B) consumer culture
C) open-ended meaning
D) throwaway materials
E) social alienation

Question 17

Architecture that stretches engineering to the limits of building materials is called __________ architecture.

A) expansive
B) postmodern
C) spansion
D) vernacular
E) limit

Question 18

Musique actuelle is characterized by a tendency toward __________.

A) humor
B) melancholy
C) nostalgia
D) seriousness
E) rationality

Question 19

The work of __________ required an advanced aerospace computer in order to be built.

A) Ricardo Bofill
B) Frank Gehry
C) Le Corbusier
D) Frank Lloyd Wright
E) Raymond Hood

Question 20

Color-field painting is associated with the artist __________.

A) Mark Rothko
B) Jackson Pollock
C) Willem de Kooning
D) Barnett Newman
E) David Smith

Question 21

The use of surprisingly diverse media,such as film,video,sculpture,and installation is a trademark of the director __________.

A) Les Blair
B) Nancy Savoca
C) Tim Chey
D) Beth B
E) Ingmar Bergman

Question 22

Postmodernism grew out of modernism,beginning roughly around the year __________.

Question 23

__________ is the musician who developed bebop.

A) Thelonius Monk
B) John Coltrane
C) Cecil Taylor
D) Charlie "Bird" Parker
E) Louis Armstrong

Question 24

The composer __________ employed serial technique in his Philomel.

Question 25

The __________ in Paris has no fixed interior walls and its ducts,pipes,and elevators are color-coded and on the outside of the building.

Question 26

Postmodernist writers tend to view language as __________.

A) a means of revealing absolute truth
B) a tool for dealing with philosophical origins
C) a way of ending class exploitation
D) a persuasive power that is open to contest
E) a straightforward way to tell a story

Question 27

The novels of __________ are particularly concerned with the rights of African-Americans and women.

A) Gayl Jones
B) Alice Walker
C) Toni Morrison
D) Paula Gunn Allen
E) Beth B

Question 28

Vladimir Nabokov's __________ parodies literary scholarship.

A) Lolita
B) Gravity's Rainbow
C) One Hundred Years of Solitude
D) Lord Weary's Castle
E) Pale Fire

Question 29

Philip Glass is usually considered a __________ composer.

Question 30

__________ theatre proliferated during the 1970s,responding to women's subordinate position within society.

Question 31

A close associate of John Cage,the dancer __________ incorporated chance,or aleatory,elements into his work.

Question 32

"Free jazz" relies on original compositions and creative __________.

Question 33

Roberto Rossellini's film Rome,Open City helped develop a style of film known as __________.

A) absurdism
B) pastiche
C) neo-realism
D) expanded
E) structural

Question 34

"Fusion" is characterized by __________.

A) a combination of classical and jazz elements
B) an interest in opera
C) a combination of rock and jazz elements
D) the near total absence of percussion
E) complex form and surprising harmony

Question 35

Sylvia Plath is associated with __________ poetry.

A) magic realism
B) concrete
C) confessional
D) surrealist
E) realist

Question 36

__________ wrote the novel Beloved,which tells the story of Sethe,a former slave,and the spirit of her dead child,named Beloved.

A) Flannery O'Connor
B) Toni Morrison
C) Alice Walker
D) William Faulkner
E) Gayl Jones

Question 37

Postwar decolonization began in the late __________.

Question 38

House Made of Dawn,a novel dealing with the experiences of a Tano Indian named Abel after serving in World War II,was written by __________.

A) N. Scott Momaday
B) Paula Gunn Allen
C) Sherman Alexie
D) Zabyah Khamis
E) Leslie Marmon Silko

Question 39

Absolute freedom and individuality were assumptions of __________ painters in the postwar period.

Question 40

Alexander Calder's __________ put abstract sculpture into motion.

Question 41

What was Helen Frankenthaler's signature painting process called?

Question 42

The novels of __________ reflect black vernacular culture and deal with sexual violence.

Question 43

What is the name of Keith O'Derek's independent documentary on West Coast rap music?

Question 44

The __________ were an important collective of experimentalists involved with the development of postmodern dance in the 1960s.

Question 45

Cuban-American theatre has dealt with the topics of exile and nostalgia.

Question 46

Arab nationalism intensified after the loss of the 1967 __________ War.

Question 47

Modernism,Postmodernism,Pluralism,and Traditional are each separate,bounded categories of postwar music.

Question 48

Vladimir Nabokov's novel __________ utilizes an antihero.

Question 49

Modernism ended in 1945 with the closing of World War II.

Question 50

What is the name of Ricardo Bofill's well-known postmodern public housing development?

Question 51

Nam June Paik's Danger Music for Dick Higgins was never intended to be played.

Question 52

What is the name of the program created at the California Institute of Arts in response to the difficulties of women within the art world,including art schools?

Question 53

Reading concrete poetry aloud misses the point; it relies on visual imagery.

Question 54

The plays of Arthur Miller are representative of postmodern theatre.

Question 55

Pop art is universally considered critical of consumer culture.

Question 56

The independent filmmaker Nancy Savoca is best known for her film __________,which centers on a multicultural marriage.

Question 57

Some examples of Native American ritual performance and theatre last for a hundred hours.

Question 58

Postmodernism embraces metanarratives.

Question 59

Ballet does not fit easily into categories like modern,postmodern,or traditional.

Question 60

Garland Anderson's 1925 Appearances was the first black play to open on Broadway.

Question 61

You may have noticed that Chapter Seventeen includes an unusually diverse array of arts,ranging from pottery to robotic art installations! Are there any similarities across all of these works? Do you think there can be a meaningful definition of "art" that can include them all? Is this confusing for art audiences today,or does the wide-range of arts make it easier to enjoy them because there's "something for everybody"? If this diversity is a good thing,do you think it is possible to assess the "quality" of such a wide range of arts-how can anything be "good" or "bad"?

Question 62

Choose a postmodernist work of any medium.Discuss how it continues with earlier modernist techniques and concerns,as well as how it relates to the descriptions of postmodernism given in Chapter 17.Which features are specifically postmodern? How would you classify the piece if it includes both modernist and postmodernist elements?

Question 63

Various notions of "liberation" or resistance are prominent in postwar art forms,a legacy of prewar Dada,in particular.Using one or more examples of postwar art,analyze how the work proposes a target for resistance (male domination,racial inequality,even "restrictive" traditional musical conventions)and how it critiques it.Be sure to include both artistic form (such as design and composition)and content (the overall "meaning" or meanings conveyed by the piece)in your analysis.

Question 64

Which of Tony Kushner's plays uses AIDS as a metaphor for the decay and salvation of America?