Art History S2: Art in the 20th Centuryh

Which architect designed prairie style houses, which blended in with the prairie landscape?

• Dankmar Adler

• Frank Furness

• Frank Lloyd Wright

Louis Sullivan designed skyscrapers with three functions, or sections. What was the second section used for?

• public activity

• offices

• storage

Skyscrapers were conceptualized to accommodate the growing population. Which architect explained his theory in his essay "The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered"?

• Louis Sullivan

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• William Le Baron Jenney

Which structure, originally Wright’s winter home, later became the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, a school for architects?

• Taliesin West in Arizona

• Price Tower in Oklahoma

• Guggenheim Museum in New York

Graphic design includes typefaces, page layouts, corporate logos, and product packaging. Which modern graphic designer was best known for his corporate logos, such as the innovative IBM logo?

• Paul Rand

• Piet Mondrian

• Theo Ballmer

Isamu Noguchi strove to create harmony between opposing concepts in his designs. Which two materials did he blend to create his innovative coffee table?

• glass and steel

• steel and wood

• wood and glass

Modern graphic design can be seen in product packaging, magazine layouts, and typeface styles. Which modern graphic designer was also a leading de Stijl artist?

• Theo Ballmer

• Piet Mondrian

• Adrian Frutiger

Modern designers incorporated new materials like plastic and steel into their work. Which modern interior designer’s bicycle inspired him to use tubular steel in furniture designs?

• Marcel Breuer

• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

• Isamu Noguchi

Which of the following best describes abstract expressionist paintings?

• pure expression of emotion and visual communication

• representation of the horrors of World War II

• satire on mass culture

The technique of action painting was used by artists of which post–World War II art movement?

• pop art

• abstract expressionism

• conceptual art