Deck 36: Art, War, and Revolution

Question 1

Chris Burden is condemning the use of submarines in warfare in All the Submarines of the United States of America.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

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

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Anselm Kiefer's Breaking of the Vessels refers to:

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

Question 5

Timothy O'Sullivan's famous photograph of dead bodies on a deserted battlefield (4.102) 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 6

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 7

Otto Dix's The War is a ________.

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

Question 8

A painting can never powerfully capture the horror of war.

Question 9

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.

Question 10

Ernest Meissonier's painting Remembrance of Civil War was removed by the French government from the 1850 Salon exhibition because:

A) it was not very good
B) the abstract style was not in fashion
C) it was thought to misrepresent what had really happened
D) it was too powerful a reminder of recent events
E) none of the other answers

Question 11

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 12

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 13

Storm and Stone depicts the coming of ________.

A) an air attack
B) a rescue helicopter
C) a violent thunderstorm
D) reinforcements
E) a fleet of ships

Question 14

Michael Fay's Storm and Stone was inspired by his experiences as a Marine in:

A) Afghanistan
B) Iran
C) Iraq
D) Serbia
E) training

Question 15

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

A) Wafaa Bilal
B) Anselm Kiefer
C) Otto Dix
D) Michael Fay
E) Nick Ut

Question 16

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 17

Chris Burden's work All the Submarines of the United States of America is ________.

A) a readymade
B) an installation
C) a computer-generated video
D) an oil painting
E) none of the other answers

Question 18

The Tula warrior columns (4.108) once supported an Aztec temple.

Question 19

The Bayeux Tapestry was embroidered by women.

Question 20

The composition of the Alexander Mosaic is designed to convey:

A) nervousness and anticipation
B) excitement and happiness
C) calm and tranquillity
D) action and emotion
E) none of the other answers

Question 21

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