Deck 37: Art of Social Conscience

Question 1

Critics of the sculpture Falling Woman said that it was irrelevant to the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, and did not capture any of the pain and emotion of that day.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

"Iconoclasm" means the destruction of religious images.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The figures in Picasso's Guernica are:

A) thinking about making a counter-attack
B) participating in a folk dance
C) quietly grieving
D) distorted and in anguish
E) none of the other answers

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In Jacques-Louis David's painting of him, Jean-Paul Marat is portrayed as:

A) a martyr
B) a villain
C) an orator
D) a king
E) none of the other answers

Question 5

Who destroyed the tallest statue of Buddha in the world?

A) Napoleon
B) Genghis Khan
C) the Taliban
D) Hitler
E) Mary Richardson

Question 6

Match the artwork with the issue or incident to which it refers:

Question 7

Picasso was particularly affected by the horrors of an attack on the small Spanish town of Guernica because he was living there at the time.

Question 8

The colossal Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan, which the Taliban destroyed, were:

A) made from ivory and gold
B) carved into a cliff face
C) made from bronze
D) situated on top of a huge temple
E) limestone carvings

Question 9

The medium of film can be used to:

A) raise awareness of social and political issues
B) make the unimaginable vividly real
C) inspire activism against atrocities
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Question 10

Dan Tague's artworks made from dollar bills send the message that:

A) in a capitalist society, cash rules
B) action needed to be taken to rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
C) the government failed to provide enough money to rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Question 11

Which of these artworks was not intentionally damaged or destroyed?

A) the Rokeby Venus
B) the Buddhas of Bamiyan
C) Guernica
D) all of the other answers
E) none of the other answers

Question 12

Amidst the death and despair in Théodore Géricault's Raft of the Medusa, the artist imbued his figures with a sense of nobility.

Question 13

The film Hotel Rwanda is ________.

A) a documentary filmed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda
B) based on a true story of one man's protection of vulnerable Tutsi people during the Rwandan genocide
C) a made-up story following what might have happened if Western countries had intervened in the Rwandan genocide
D) a controversial propaganda film made by the Hutu militia
E) none of the other answers

Question 14

Mary Richardson, the attacker of the Rokeby Venus in 1914, compared the physical beauty of the woman in the painting to the beautiful character of:

A) Rosa Parks
B) Marie Antoinette
C) the director of the National Gallery in London
(e) Emmeline Pankhurst
E) Florence Nightingale

Question 15

Items that were saved from the Byzantine Empire's iconoclastic controversy were protected in:

A) Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
B) the Bamiyan valley in Afghanistan
C) the National Gallery in London
D) the monastery of St. Catherine on Mt. Sinai
E) the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem

Question 16

Mary Richardson, the attacker of the Rokeby Venus in 1914, did so because:

A) she wanted more rights for women
B) she thought the painting was ugly
C) she hated the National Gallery in London
D) she was a performance artist and it was part of her piece
E) she was protesting about war

Question 17

The artist of the sculpture Falling Woman is:

A) Diego Velázquez
B) an unknown ancient sculptor
C) Terry George
D) Eric Fischl
E) Jacques-Louis David

Question 18

Which of the following artworks does not address social class:

A) Raft of the Medusa
B) Migrant Mother
C) Unite NOLA
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Question 19

J. M. W. Turner's painting Slave Ship uses pale colors and smooth brushstrokes to depict the serenity of life at sea.

Question 20

Théodore Géricault's painting Raft of the Medusa depicts:

A) the results of a shipwreck off the coast of West Africa
B) the mythological monster Medusa destroying ships
C) French people relaxing on the Riviera
D) a boat race across the English Channel
E) none of the other answers

Question 21

What was the solution to the discontent over Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.?

A) it was knocked down
B) veterans were allowed to paint over it with their own designs
C) it was covered over with a layer of white marble
D) it was moved somewhere less prominent
E) a more traditional memorial statue was created and placed nearby it

Question 22

What medium was used in the making of Wenda Gu's United Nations-China Monument: Temple of Heaven?

A) black granite
B) white marble
C) human hair
D) felled trees
E) terracotta

Question 23

Jean-Paul Marat was a:

A) French painter
B) member of the French royal family
C) secret agent for the French government
D) French revolutionary
E) none of the other answers

Question 24

Why were some veterans offended by Maya Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.?

A) it descended into the earth
B) it was white
C) it had carvings condemning war
D) Lin was a famous anti-war protester
E) none of the other answers

Question 25

Wenda Gu made United Nations-China Monument: Temple of Heaven in his native country to convey his belief in the superiority of the Chinese.

Question 26

Match the artwork with its reception: