24.4 Modern Ideas and Uncertainity

What did Monet, van Gogh, Picasso, and Kandinsky have in common?

• They believed that art should not represent visual reality.

• They believed that art should explain reality.

• They believed that art should be created outdoors.

• They believed that all art should be functional.

About which of the following statements would Newton and Einstein disagree?

• Radium gives off energy.

• Past experiences influence human behavior.

• Social progress comes when the strong advance.

• Objective realities exist without an observer.

Einstein's theories led to the conclusion that

• gene manipulation is possible.

• matter is made up of solid atoms.

• matter is equivalent to energy.

• time and space are absolute.

What impact did photography have on artists?

• They became more interested in representing visual reality.

• They became less interested in representing visual reality.

• They became less interested in personal expression.

• They became interested in becoming photographers.

Extreme nationalists used the theory of Social Darwinism to

• justify war.

• explain natural selection.

• defend relativity.

• encourage immigration.

The movement that rebelled against traditional styles is called

• realism.

• nationalism.

• modernism.

• industrialization.

Sigmund Freud believed psychoanalysis helped people

• get in touch with their relatives.

• explore the unconscious.

• understand the rules of physics.

• learn to become therapists.

Which of the following people proposed significant scientific theories in the late 1800s?

• Newton, Curie, Einstein

• Freud, Curie, Wright

• Picasso, Monet, Stravinsky

• Curie, Einstein, Freud

The Dreyfus Affair in France illustrated the

• positive effects of Social Darwinism.

• efficiency of existing governments.

• growth of anti-Semitism.

• need for social equality

The United States was a leader in new architecture that used

• excessive ornamentation to create a personal style.

• new materials such as concrete blocks to build buildings.

• vibrant colors to attract attention to the buildings.

• light and color to represent the natural world.