Deck 36: Art, War, and Revolution

Question 1

The Tula warrior columns (4.7.9)once supported an Aztec temple.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Perform a thorough formal analysis of the Palette of Narmer.Describe the ways in which the power of the ruler is represented.What is the overall message of the artwork and how does the artist convey this message?

Answer 2

Answers will vary.

Question 3

The fact that Goya's paintings The Second of May,1808 and The Third of May,1808 portray different sides committing acts of violence shows that Goya was condemning war in general.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Timothy O'Sullivan's famous photograph of dead bodies on a deserted battlefield (4.7.1)was taken during ________.

A) the American Civil War
B) the French Revolution
C) World War I
D) World War II
E) the Spanish War of Independence

Question 5

Timothy O'Sullivan was a photographer whose images were the result of random snapshots.

Question 6

The Bayeux Tapestry is approximately ________ long.

A) 5 feet
B) 60 feet
C) 290 feet
D) 500 feet
E) 1,000 feet

Question 7

The Japanese scroll painting of the Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace shows a raid by samurai warriors during which they kidnapped the Emperor Nijo from his palace.

Question 8

Perform a thorough formal analysis of Picasso's Guernica,including a composition diagram.Then explain specifically how the artist used the elements and principles of art to convey a message of terror.

Question 9

The Bayeux Tapestry was embroidered by women.

Question 10

The ruler in Palette of Narmer is identified using hierarchical scale.

Question 11

The Tula warrior columns (4.7.9)were made by the Toltec people of Mexico,a civilization which came after the Aztecs.

Question 12

Otto Dix's The War is a ________.

A) triptych
B) tondo
C) icon
D) diptych
E) none of the other answers

Question 13

Nick Ut's photographs of the Vietnam War are brutally truthful,but he was not an impartial photographer.

Question 14

An oba is the name for a jaguar in Benin culture.

Question 15

Pablo Picasso would not let Guernica be seen by the public until Adolf Hitler was out of power.

Question 16

Nick Ut never found out what happened to the Vietnamese girl he photographed running away after a napalm attack in which she had been burned.

Question 17

Compare and contrast Timothy O'Sullivan's Harvest of Death (4.7.1)and Nick Ut's Vietnamese Girl Kim Phuc Running after Napalm Attack (4.7.2).Do a full visual analysis of each artwork.Explain how each artist creates emotion in their artworks.

Question 18

Pablo Picasso's Guenica was an invented vision he made to express the terror he felt after waking from a nightmare.

Question 19

Francisco Goya's The Second of May,1808 depicts:

A) the coronation of Napoleon
B) the execution of Spanish rebels
C) Spanish civilians attacking French soldiers
D) a horse race
E) none of the other answers

Question 20

Which of the following artworks depict in great detail the specific wardrobe of warriors?

A) the Tula warrior columns
B) the Bayeux Tapestry
C) Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Question 21

Research Wafaa Bilal's Domestic Tension at http://bit.ly/1DOhMcF.Write an essay that addresses whether you think Bilal's artwork makes viewers more aware of Iraq's recent history.

Question 22

Anselm Kiefer's own experiences and his German nationality have affected the way he interprets war in his artworks.

Question 23

Consider the evolution of Ganzeer's Tanks vs.Bike (4.7.13).Discuss the reasons Ganzeer created the work.Then analyse why you think other artists were inspired to add on to his work rather than creating their own.

Question 24

In The War,Otto Dix paints a soldier lying in a trench in the ________ section of his artwork.

A) predella
B) central panel
C) archivolt
D) tympanum
E) none of the other answers

Question 25

Which of these artists created a war artwork that was an interactive performance?

A) Wafaa Bilal
B) Anselm Kiefer
C) Otto Dix
D) Nick Ut
E) unknown tapestry weavers

Question 26

The 9/11 Memorial has been achieved without any controversy over its final design.

Question 27

Which elements are part of the 9/11 Memorial in New York City?

A) steel
B) water
C) squares
D) all of the other answers
E) none of the other answers

Question 28

In Ganzeer's Tank vs.Bike,a team of understudies created the tank and Ganzeer painted his signature panda himself.

Question 29

Why were some against Maya Lin's design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?

A) it was black
B) it descended into the ground
C) they wanted a more traditional monument with figures
D) all of the other answers
E) none of the other answers

Question 30

What is not true about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?

A) the names of the dead are carved into the wall alphabetically
B) it aligns with two other American monuments
C) the wall is reflective
D) it was designed by a student
E) all of the other answers are true

Question 31

Anselm Kiefer's Breaking of the Vessels refers to:

A) Kristallnacht
B) the Kabbalah
C) the Holocaust
D) all of the other answers
E) none of the other answers