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AcDec Art Section III-IV

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the main characteristics of Modernism?

a)

Visible brushstrokes

b)

Unnatural colors

c)

Fragmented 3D forms

d)

Politically correct subjects

2.

Who made "Composition"?

a)

Alberto Burri

b)

Edward Steichen

c)

Gerard Laing

d)

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi

3.

What was "Composition" made of?

a)

Burlap sacks

b)

War bandages

c)

Gold

d)

Glue

4.

Why did Alberto Burri go to Texas?

a)

as a prisoner of war

b)

to treat wounded soldiers

c)

to join the US military

d)

to escape Italy

5.

What was the most common association for critics with "Composition"?

a)

the Cold War binary

b)

postwar trauma

c)

Burri's mental health issues

d)

the nuclear arms race

6.

Who made "The Artist in 1950"?

a)

Hans Namuth

b)

Fyodor Shurpin

c)

Stalin himself

d)

Sigmar Polke

7.

What was "The Artist in 1950"?

a)

Collage

b)

Photograph

c)

Painting

d)

Poster

8.

Who is shown in "The Artist of 1950"?

a)

Jackson Pollock

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Kazuo Shiraga

d)

Michael Tapie

9.

What was the official Soviet art style called?

a)

Abstract Expressionism

b)

Neomodernism

c)

Cubism

d)

Socialist Realism

10.

What was "formalism"?

a)

art based on realistic principles

b)

individualistic art

c)

art with political themes

d)

art that showed real people

11.

When was the Union of Soviet Writers created?

a)

1920

b)

1934

c)

1960

d)

1968

12.

Who created "The Dawn of Our Fatherland"?

a)

Fyodor Shurpin

b)

Kazuo Shiraga

c)

Vitaly Komar

d)

Cildo Meireles

13.

Why was "The Dawn of Our Fatherland" created?

a)

For propoganda purposes

b)

Stalin's 70th birthday

c)

Celebrating the construction of the Berlin Wall

d)

Stalin's 65th birthday

14.

What symbols of modernization are visible in "The Dawn of Our Fatherland"?

a)

Factories and electricity

b)

Tractors

c)

Nuclear weapons

d)

Cars

15.

What year was "The Dawn of Our Fatherland" created?

a)

1940

b)

1945

c)

1950

d)

1949

16.

When did Abstract Expressionism first appear in Japan?

a)

1940

b)

1941

c)

1950

d)

1951

17.

Where in Japan was the Gutai Art Association founded?

a)

Tokyo

b)

Osaka

c)

Kyoto

d)

Hiroshima

18.

What was Kazuo Shiraga's signature painting technique?

a)

Painting with the soles of his feet

b)

Throwing paint on a canvas

c)

Finger painting

d)

Using bold lines

19.

How did critics respond to Gutai art?

a)

They dismissed it

b)

They loved it

c)

They tried to reproduce it

d)

They mocked it

20.

When was the US introduced to Gutai art?

a)

1960

b)

1930

c)

1958

d)

1981

21.

What is the English name/subtitle for "Der Wurstesser"?

a)

Sausage-Eating Man

b)

The Sausage Eater

c)

Man Eats Sausages

d)

Chain of Sausages

22.

Who painted "Der Wurstesser (The Sausage Eater)"?

a)

Sigmar Polke

b)

Komar Vitaly

c)

Fyodor Shurpin

d)

Edward Steichen

23.

What idea does "Der Wurstesser (The Sausage Eater)" parody?

a)

The idea that all art had to be realistic

b)

The idea that all art had to have a clear message

c)

The idea that art had to appeal itself to the masses

d)

The idea that all art had to be inspirational

24.

How does the humor in "Der Wurtstesser (The Sausage Eater)" serve as a form of rebellion?

a)

It doesn't take a side in Cold War politics

b)

It takes an anti-war stance

c)

It sidesteps politics to just make art

d)

It mocks the use of propoganda on both sides

25.

When was "Der Wurstesser (The Sausage Eater)" created?

a)

1960

b)

1963

c)

1979

d)

1970

26.

When did Sir Eduardo Paolozzi paint "It's a Psychological Fact Pleasure Helps Your Disposition"?

a)

1948

b)

1940

c)

1950

d)

1955

27.

Who painted "It's a Psychological Fact Pleasure Helps Your Disposition"?

a)

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi

b)

Edward Steichen

c)

Sigmar Polke

d)

Cildo Meireles

28.

What art styles were Sir Eduardo Paolozzi influenced by?

a)

Cubism

b)

Impressionism

c)

Surrealism

d)

Realism

29.

What art group did Sir Eduardo Paolozzi help form?

a)

Gutai Art Association

b)

Independent Group at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)

c)

Soviet Union of Writers

d)

Lenin Pioneer Organization for Youth

30.

What gesture was credited as the birth of Pop Art?

a)

The introduction of Gutai art in America

b)

Sigmar Polke painting "The Sausage Eater"

c)

Kazuo Shiraga painting with his feet

d)

Paolozzi displaying cut-out ads without commentary at an ICA meeting

31.

When did Pop Art rise to prominence?

a)

1950s

b)

1960s

c)

1970s

d)

1980s

32.

"It's a Psychological Fact Pleasure Helps Your Disposition" is a part of which collage series?

a)

Bunk

b)

Clunk

c)

Junk

d)

Skunk

33.

What idea does the title of "It's a Psychological Fact Pleasure Helps Your Disposition" hint at?

a)

The contrast between American individualism and Soviet collectivism

b)

How consumer goods haven't made people happier

c)

The rise of the American middle class

d)

How the rise of technology has made families happier

34.

What theme did "It's a Psychological Fact Pleasure Helps Your Disposition" explore?

a)

the Cold War binary

b)

the human-machine relationship

c)

The nuclear arms race

d)

The rise of the nuclear family

35.

Which of these paintings is an example of Pop Art?

a)

"Untitled"

b)

"It's a Psychological Fact Pleasure Helps Your Disposition"

c)

"Black Square"

d)

"Our Goal is Communism"

36.

Which of these paintings is an example of Sots Art?

a)

"The Family of Man"

b)

"Cut Piece"

c)

"NO+"

d)

"Our Goal is Communism!"

37.

Which of these paintings is an example of Conceptual Art?

a)

"Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Coca-Cola Project"

b)

"Souvenir (of the Cuban Missile Crisis)"

c)

"The Dawn of our Fatherland"

d)

"Der Wurstesser (The Sausage Eater)'

38.

What are samizdat editions?

a)

self-published art magazines

b)

Soviet art galleries

c)

underground art societies

d)

Soviet art that criticizes communism

39.

What was the purpose of Sots Art?

a)

Appropriating Communist elements

b)

Criticizing subjects of Socialist Realism

c)

showing the function of art in a capitalistic society

d)

Criticizing Western individualism

40.

Which Russian city did Komar and Melamid study & graduate from?

a)

Leningrad

b)

Volgograd

c)

St. Petersburg

d)

Moscow

41.

Why did Komar and Melamid create "Our Goal is Communism!" in 1972?

a)

To celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the Lenin Pioneer Organization for youth

b)

To commemorate the Four Power Agreement on Berlin in 1971

c)

To celebrate Khruschev's 60th birthday

d)

Just for propoganda purposes

42.

What was "Insertions Into Ideological Circuits"?

a)

A series of art exhibitions in Brazil

b)

A dramatic performance in the streets of Brazil

c)

An underground art group

d)

A series of actions in Brazil using circuits of circulation

43.

Who created "Insertions Into Ideological Circuits: Coca-Cola Project"?

a)

Cildo Meireles

b)

Ana Mendieta

c)

Martha Rosler

d)

Nam June Paik

44.

What was happening in 1970 in Brazil?

a)

Civil War

b)

The most violent phase of the US-backed dictatorship

c)

A US invasion

d)

A US-USSR proxy war

45.

What did Meireles aim to do, along with many other similar artists?

a)

making a political statement

b)

involving the viewer in his artwork

c)

inspiring Brazilians to revolt against the dictatorship

d)

protesting against capitalism

46.

What did the Coca-Cola Project symbolize?

a)

The human-machine relationship

b)

The Cold War binary

c)

The rise of middle class consumerism

d)

the function of art in capitalistic societies

47.

Why did Komar and Melamid sign their own names on Lenin's quote?

a)

To suggest that it isn't the only possible ideology

b)

To emphasize their support for Leninism

c)

To mock him

d)

To protest political censorship in the USSR

48.

Shurpin's painting shows which Soviet leader?

a)

Trotsky

b)

Khrushchev

c)

Stalin

d)

Lenin

49.

Where did Meireles create his artwork?

a)

Cuba

b)

Brazil

c)

Mexico

d)

America

50.

The author of the quote "Our Goal is Communism!" is

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Stalin

c)

Lenin

d)

Gorbachev