Question 1

Leonard Bernstein was successful at popularizing not only classical music, but also at classicizing popular music.

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Leonard Bernstein was a conductor, composer, and pianist who was successful at bridging the gap between classical music and popular music. He popularized classical music through his accessible conducting and interpretation style, and classicized popular music by incorporating elements of jazz and Broadway into his compositions.

Question 2

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett portrays two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, and draws heavily on the farcical gestures of vaudeville performers and circus clowns.

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This statement is true. The play Waiting for Godot incorporates elements of absurdist and existentialist philosophy, as well as drawing on the physical comedy of vaudeville and circus performers.

Question 3

In Learning from Las Vegas, the architect Robert Venturi suggests that the eclectic rearrangement of a variety of styles, signs, and symbols composes a new kind of unity.

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In Learning from Las Vegas, Venturi argues that the eclectic mixture of architectural styles and signage in Las Vegas creates a new sense of unity and meaning. He calls this approach "decorated shed" architecture, where a simple, functional building is decorated with symbolic and ornamental elements that add to its overall meaning and appeal. This approach challenges the traditional notion that architectural form should directly reflect its function, and instead embraces the idea that ornament and decoration can enhance a building's meaning and symbolism.

Question 4

Describe the variety of musical forms that were popularized after World War II.

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Question 5

What are the major principles of the Bauhaus?

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Question 6

How do Jean-Paul Sartre's, Simone de Beauvoir's and Søren Kierkegaard's philosophical views of Existentialism differ?

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Question 7

Compare and contrast the Guggenheim Museum to the Center National d'Art et Culture Georges Pompidou.

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Question 8

Le Corbusier is the nickname of the sculptor Alexander Calder.

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Le Corbusier is actually the nickname of the architect and designer Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, not Alexander Calder who is a sculptor known for his mobiles and stabiles.

Question 9

What was the most significant effect of World War II and why?

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Question 10

Mark Rothko was an Abstract Expressionist artist.

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Mark Rothko is considered to be one of the leading figures of Abstract Expressionism, an art movement that emerged in the United States in the years following World War II. His large, brightly colored paintings are known for their emotional intensity and visual impact, and they have been widely influential in shaping the direction of modern art.

Question 11

Explain the importance of coffee to a variety of world cultures.

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Question 12

Marisol Escobar's work is created in the Minimalist style.

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Marisol Escobar's work is not created in the Minimalist style. Her sculptures are typically figurative and contain elements of Pop Art and Surrealism.

Question 13

Examine the idea behind the "Theater of the Absurd."

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Question 14

Sol LeWitt is classified as a Pop art sculptor.

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Sol LeWitt is not classified as a Pop art sculptor. He is widely regarded as a pioneer of Minimalism and Conceptual art movements.

Question 15

Who were the Gutai artists and what influenced their art production?

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Question 16

Benton and DiYanni assert that "as consumerism increasingly preoccupied American life, artists and intellectuals turned their attention to the cycle of production, consumption, and waste that defined experience." Select at least three works of art, music, and literature to respond to this statement.

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Question 17

Compare Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm: Number 30 and Helen Frankenthaler's Mauve District to explain what unified the diverse works of the Abstract Expressionists.

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Question 18

What was the impact of existentialist thought on twentieth-century art and literature in America
and Europe?

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Question 19

What elements of society did the Beat generation of writers critique? Give an example of a Beat work.

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Question 20

How should one define the International Style of architecture and which work serves as the paradigm of this style?

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Quiz 11: Mid-Twentieth Century and Later