Deck 23: Postwar Modern Movements in the West

Question 1

Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary was at the center of a heated censorship battle between the Brooklyn Museum and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. The work was included in the exhibition titled:

A) Sensation
B) Shock of the New
C) Recent American Art
D) Art and Religion

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What medium does the artist James Turrell use in his installation titled Amba?

Answer 2

not answered

Question 3

Site works differ from earthworks in that site works are designed to interact with the environment, whereas earthworks:

A) do not; they just sit there
B) are made of sculptural material
C) merge with the landscape
D) permanently alter the land

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Define "Minimalism" and provide an example from the chapter that best represents this type of art.

Question 5

The works of Joseph Beuys, Ana Mendieta, and Guillermo Gomez-Pena are examples of:

A) photorealism
B) earthworks
C) minimalist
D) performance art

Question 6

The large installation The Dinner Party, by artist Judy Chicago, illustrates the importance of _______ in) art, which is considered to be a vital force in the 1970s.

A) feminism
B) happenings
C) installations
D) site-specific

Question 7

Identify the influence for Pop artists?

Question 8

Define "Earthwork" and provide an example from the chapter that best exemplifies this type of art.
Essay Questions

Question 9

Niki de Saint Phalle's works, which she "killed" with nails, dirt, darts, etc., show the continuing influence of:

A) Surrealism
B) Dada
C) Post-Impressionism
D) Futurism

Question 10

Identify the name of Robert Rauschenberg's recent ongoing project that promotes understanding of cultural diversity through collaboration?

Question 11

What do you think of Frank Stella's non-rectangular canvas? Is he blurring the distinction between painting and sculpture? Is he a Minimalist? Why or why not?

Question 12

Explain the ways American and European paintings differed just after World War II and suggest reasons for the differences.

Question 13

List two Pop characteristics identified by Richard Hamilton.

Question 14

As Minimalism and hard-edge developed, paintings came to be seen as objects themselves, rather than as:

A) colorful and linear arrangements
B) representations of other things
C) environments
D) two-dimensional sculptures

Question 15

Performance art has its roots in Dada and what other artistic movement?

Question 16

Why do you think Le Corbusier changed his architectural approach so radically? What could have accounted for such a dramatic stylistic turnabout? Which do you prefer: his International Style, or his later sculptural style? Why?

Question 17

Cooperative events, in which viewers participate with principals in loosely scripted scenarios, are called:

A) dramas
B) playlets
C) theater of life
D) happenings

Question 18

In his work called Monogram, Robert Rauschenberg put everyday objects together with collage and Expressionist paintings to form what is called:

A) an installation
B) combine painting
C) site-specific art
D) action painting

Question 19

One and Three Chairs by artist Joseph Kosuth is a good example of _______ art.

A) performance
B) photorealist
C) Conceptual
D) Minimalist

Question 20

Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm is an excellent example of:

A) Conceptual Art
B) Minimal Art
C) Pop Art
D) Abstract Expressionism

Question 21

Discuss the growth of Earth art in the 1960s and 1970s. What were Earth artists attempting to express with their works?

Question 22

How does the work of Andy Warhol best express the characteristics of Pop Art?

Question 23

What are some ways artists have integrated art with everyday life?

Question 24

Discuss the growth of the feminist movement in 20^th century. How and why did it get started? Who were some of the influential figures, and what did they do? Pick one example of a feminist work and describe it, mentioning the title and artist's name.

Question 25

How has censorship become an issue in the art world? Is it justified? Why or why not?