Art Section 1

What do prehistoric cave paintings predominantly feature?

• Cultivated gardens

• Towering mountains

• Animals

• Domestic homes

Which type of paintings became their own artistic genre from the seventeenth century onward in Europe and across the world?

• Roman mural paintings

• Chinese ink paintings

• Modern landscape paintings

• Prehistoric cave paintings

Which movement in Russia sought to merge art and life by applying abstract styles to everyday items?

• The Earthworks Movement

• The Constructivist Movement

• The Performance Art Movement

• The Roman Mural Movement

What new kind of artwork arose during the 1960s and 1970s, fusing art and human experience with environmental consciousness?

• Readymades

• Constructivism

• Earthworks

• Roman murals

Which of the following is an example of an Earthwork?

• A) Don Qichang’s Landscapes

• B) Chinese ink paintings

• C) Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty

• D) Traditional oil paintings

What is the main focus of contemporary eco art?

• A) Depicting real or imagined places

• B) Addressing issues of climate and ecology

• C) Following the tradition of landscape painting

• D) Creating works that can be moved and displayed in different environments

What does the body of contemporary artworks draw on?

• Modern technology

• Earlier interests of landscape painting, performance art, Readymades, and Earthworks

• Classical music

• Ancient sculptures

What is one of the goals of contemporary artworks mentioned in the text?

• To reject the art historical past

• To merge the human experience of environment with goals directly tied to the climate crisis

• To focus solely on technological advancements

• To ignore social and racial equity

What are the four major themes in recent environmental art mentioned in the text?

• Technology, music, literature, and dance

• Land use and land rights, pollution and extraction, ecological systems of knowledge, and the human experience of environment

• Politics, economics, history, and geography

• Fashion, architecture, cinema, and photography

What significant event in 1969 helped galvanize the environmental movement in the United States?

• The Vietnam War

• The moon landing

• The Santa Barbara oil spill

• The Woodstock Festival