Deck 34: The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World

Question 1

Guillaume Apollinaire arranged the words of his calligramme poem "Il Pleut" in vertical columns to

A) mimic musical notation.
B) imitate Chinese script.
C) create a verbal picture.
D) defy traditional form.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The chief theme of Wassily Kandinsky's Composition VII is

A) a great deluge.
B) the biblical apocalypse.
C) the Russian Revolution.
D) the Passion of Christ.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Wassily Kandinsky obsessed with color,because he believed it to

A) imitate the divinity of nature.
B) create the most rational paintings.
C) directly influence the soul.
D) enabled him to alter reality.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is inspired largely by all of the following artists EXCEPT

A) Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
B) Vincent van Gogh.
C) Paul Cézanne.
D) Édouard Manet.

Question 5

Georges Braque and Picasso Picasso began pasting paper,fabric,rope,and other objects to their canvases to

A) cover flaws made in early stages of the works.
B) challenge the space between life and art.
C) save money.
D) find more effective surfaces onto which paint could adhere.

Question 6

Which work seems to evoke the ancient sculpture Nike of Samothrace?

A) Carlo Carrà's Interventionist Demonstration
B) Umberto Boccioni's Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
C) Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's Self-Portrait with Model
D) Gabriele Münter's The Blue Gable

Question 7

Who developed Imagist poetry?

A) Guillaume Apollinaire
B) Gertrude Stein
C) Alice B. Toklas
D) Ezra Pound

Question 8

In his Les Demoiselles d'Avignon,Pablo Picasso demonstrates an affinity with Paul Gauguin in his

A) discovery of the "primitive."
B) penchant for angularity.
C) use of Barcelona street life as a motif.
D) Interest in African masks.

Question 9

In Cubist paintings such as Picasso Picasso's Violin,the spiral has the special significance of serving as

A) an interplay between two and three dimensions.
B) a cipher of past traditions.
C) a connection between spiritual and physical.
D) a continual change of the universe.

Question 10

Arnold Schoenberg created his 12-tone system to

A) abandon the home-key idea of tonality.
B) show that every tone was equal to every other.
C) give his Sprechstimme (speech-song) a wider range.
D) reflect song with more explosive force.

Question 11

Franz Marc was especially fond of painting animals,because he believed them to

A) symbolize human nature at a remove.
B) possess elemental energies.
C) have forms that embodied universal ratios.
D) be the only vehicles capable of showing nature's purest colors.

Question 12

The relationship between Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse can best be described as one of mutual

A) detest.
B) competitiveness.
C) warmth.
D) Indifference.

Question 13

Pablo Picasso's portrait of Gertrude Stein represents a shift in art form

A) the literal to the conceptual.
B) the conceptual to the symbolic.
C) the symbolic to the abstract.
D) the abstract to the surreal.

Question 14

The Fauves were especially known for the

A) juxtaposition of strong lights and darks.
B) use of geometric shapes and fragmented objects
C) use of pasted objects.
D) bold application of unnatural color.

Question 15

The German Die Brücke artists are associated with

A) jarring color contrasts and jagged, linear compositions.
B) heavily political content.
C) frequent use of collage.
D) juxtapositions of traditional scenes with violent images.

Question 16

In Composition VII,Wassily Kandinsky represents the social middle class with green,because they are

A) the dominant living force.
B) calm in the storm of blue.
C) smug and immovable.
D) fertile and vibrant.

Question 17

Why did Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre de printemps (The Rite of Spring)earn boos and hisses from the opening-night Parisian audience?

A) Stravinsky was Russian.
B) The dancers were nude.
C) The play was violent.
D) The radical music was jarring.

Question 18

Which artist most inspired Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso in their development of Cubism?

A) Édouard Manet
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Paul Cézanne
D) Paul Gauguin

Question 19

According to the Futurists,the defining characteristic of modern urban life is

A) politics.
B) art.
C) war .
D) speed.

Question 20

The leader of the Fauves was

A) Umberto Boccioni.
B) Georges Braque.
C) Henri Matisse.
D) Pablo Picasso.

Question 21

Using The Birth of a Nation as the extended example,describe three film techniques that D.W.Griffith introduced to motion pictures.Next,identify three current films that use one or more of these techniques.

Question 22

Eadweard Muybridge photographed a trotting horse in rapid succession to

A) analyze the optimal positioning of a jockey.
B) determine if all four feet ever are off the ground.
C) study the length of the horse's stride.
D) create a series of frames for a motion picture.

Question 23

Why were Thomas Edison's early films for the Kinetoscope rather limited?

A) Only one person at a time could view them.
B) The price to view them was too much for the working class.
C) Lapses between slides made the films long.
D) Only black-and-white images showed up on film.

Question 24

The Birth of a Nation established director D.W.Griffith as a film master because of the

A) invention of intertitles.
B) adept use of music.
C) sophisticated plot.
D) use of cinematic space.

Question 25

List and explain three reasons early motion pictures appealed to people.

Question 26

Compare Georges Braque's Violin and Palette to Pablo Picasso's Violin,focusing on the portrayal of the violins,the other objects pictured with the violins,and the meaning expressed by the two works.

Question 27

Explain the German Der Blaue Reiter's obsession with color,identifying specifically two works that depend on their "spirituality of color."

Question 28

Which American poet did Ezra Pound grudgingly admit influenced his work?

A) Emily Dickinson
B) Edgar Allen Poe
C) Walt Whitman
D) Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question 29

Identify and explain two ways Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon shows the influence of Paul Cézanne's work.

Question 30

Identify and explain the three characteristics of Imagist poetry.

Question 31

Define and compare Cubism and Fauvism,illustrating your points with specific works.

Question 32

Identify and explain three specific examples for motion being a defining characteristic of early-twentieth-century art.

Question 33

Identify and define two characteristics of the Futurists,supporting your definitions with specifics about the artists and art of that group.

Question 34

Why can Pablo Picasso's Bottle of Suze be viewed as a political statement about the first Balkan War?

A) The map shows the Balkans.
B) A gun rests beside the bottle.
C) Suze is a Balkan aperitif.
D) The newspaper describes a battle.

Question 35

Which of the following is NOT one of critic F.S.Flint's "rules" for an Imagist poem?

A) The subject must involve something beautiful.
B) There must be direct treatment of the "thing."
C) Every word must contribute to the presentation.
D) The rhythm must be in sequence of the musical phrase.

Question 36

Compare Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring to Puccini's Madame Butterfly,describing the plots,the music,and the presentation of the two performances.

Question 37

Describe Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon,and analyze the tremendous influence this work exerted on the other art movements discussed in the chapter.

Question 38

Early silent films appealed especially to working-class,immigrant audiences

A) The films included intertitles.
B) The films featured working-class actors.
C) The audience did not need to understand English.
D) Most of the films were set in exotic locales.