Deck 27: Mid-Century Abstraction

Question 1

The two leading art critics of Abstract Expressionism were

A)Bloomberg and Rosenberg.
B)Steinberg and Bloomberg.
C)Greenberg and Wölfflin.
D)Worringer and Wölfflin.
E)Greenberg and Rosenberg.

Answer 1

E

Question 2

In this chapter,the artist who made furniture,playgrounds,and public sculpture gardens was

A)Smith.
B)Nevelson.
C)Kline.
D)Noguchi.
E)Bacon.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Homage to the Square is

A)a series of paintings by Hofmann.
B)a book by Albers.
C)a manifesto written by Kelly.
D)a series of paintings by Albers.
E)a painting by Hofmann.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Who of the following is NOT an action painter?

A)Albers
B)Gorky
C)Pollock
D)de Kooning

Question 5

Who of the following is NOT a Color Field painter?

A)Mondrian
B)Rothko
C)Kelly
D)Stella

Question 6

Which artist often depicted biomorphic shapes?

A)de Kooning
B)Noguchi
C)Gorky
D)both Noguchi and Gorky
E)All these answers are correct.

Question 7

In 1942,Peggy Guggenheim opened

A)the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
B)the Paris Museum of Modern Art.
C)the Art of This Century Gallery.
D)the Venice Guggenheim.

Question 8

Which of the following correctly matches artist with country of birth?

A)de Kooning - Germany
B)Stella - Italy
C)Gorky - Armenia
D)Rothko - the United States
E)Noguchi - China

Question 9

Who used acrylic to "stain" the canvas?

A)Frankenthaler
B)Rothko
C)Gorky
D)Smith
E)Noguchi

Question 10

What artist was best known for his/her use of the drip technique?

A)Frankenthaler
B)de Kooning
C)Gorky
D)Pollock
E)Hofmann

Question 11

Which of the following correctly matches artist with work?

A)Diebenkorn - The Artist and His Mother
B)Kelly - Ocean Park No.129
C)Noguchi - Kouros
D)Nevelson - the Cubi Series
E)Gorky - Homage to the Square

Question 12

Which is NOT true of acrylic?

A)It is water-based.
B)It can be used on paper but not canvas.
C)It comes in bright colors.
D)It dries quickly and does not fade.
E)It can be poured, dripped, or splattered.

Question 13

Which is LEAST true of Dubuffet?

A)He collected non-Western art.
B)He was a monochromatic painter.
C)He liked textured surfaces.
D)He was a figurative abstractionist.
E)He was French.

Question 14

Hitler's exhibition of "degenerate art" consisted mainly of

A)Classical statues.
B)avant-garde art.
C)photography.
D)lithography.
E)Surrealism.

Question 15

Navajo sand painting inspired which artist?

A)Rothko
B)Ernst
C)Pollock
D)Frankenthaler
E)Noguchi

Question 16

The painter who was most instrumental in creating a transition from European to American Abstract Expressionism was

A)Mark Rothko.
B)Willem de Kooning.
C)Jackson Pollock.
D)Arshile Gorky.
E)Franz Kline.

Question 17

Which is true?

A)Albers taught at Black Mountain College in South Carolina.
B)Hofmann taught at Yale.
C)Hofmann taught at Black Mountain College in South Carolina.
D)Albers taught at Yale.
E)Albers taught at the Art Students' League and in North Carolina.

Question 18

The term Abstract Expressionism was first used to define the style of

A)Pollock.
B)Kandinsky.
C)Albers.
D)de Kooning.
E)Frankenthaler.