AP Art History Social Realism

The work exemplifies the artist's primary interest in

• classical mythology

• African American history and culture

• the harmony between humanity and nature

• the revival of Romantic idealism

The work was painted by

• Fernand Leger

• Georgia O'Keeffe

• Diane Arbus

• Jacob Lawrence

In the mural Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Park, Diego Rivera included figures that spanned four centuries most probably to convey the idea that

• artists and writers have played a critical role in Mexico’s history

• all Mexicans are a part of the country’s rich, ongoing history

• Mexicans suffered for years under the rule of dictators

• the Mexican Revolution was the beginning of a glorious new era

In this particular painting from the series, the artist intended to convey the

• consequences of the ways in which urban settings broke down tight-knit rural communities

• poor conditions among the lower class in modern, everyday life in the United States

• separation of slaves and slaveholders in the United States

• conditions of discrimination that African Americans found in the United States

The painting is from the series The Migration, which was a response to which of the following historic events?

• The forced immigration of Africans to the United States through the Atlantic slave trade

• The influx of immigrants from Europe to the United States in the early twentieth century

• The mass movement of African Americans out of the rural southern United States

• The relocation of Native Americans from their indigenous lands to designated territories