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Art Comp Knowledge Part 4

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following photographers has the CLOSEST links to the Great Migration?

a)

Imogen Cunningham

b)

James Van Der Zee

c)

Man Ray

d)

Charles Sheeler

2.

Which building BEST represents Romanesque architecture?

a)

Hagia Sophia

b)

Sainte-Chapelle

c)

Chartres Cathedral

d)

Saint-Sernin

3.

Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe portrays:

a)

nude women sitting alongside men in contemporary dress

b)

an idealized nude woman standing atop an open seashell

c)

a mid-Spring sunrise above the port of Le Havre

d)

a dark-skinned woman with a knife and potatoes

4.

Archibald Motley Sr. supported his family by working on:

a)

intercity trains

b)

ships

c)

subway cars

d)

automobiles

5.

Early photographic portraits often used props to showcase a subject’s:

a)

whimsy

b)

aesthetic refinement

c)

occupation

d)

national origin

6.

How did Meta Warrick Fuller’s inner social circle influence the development of Pan-Africanism?

a)

Aaron Douglas designed the first Pan-African poster.

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois organized the first Pan-African Congress.

c)

Nella Larsen wrote the first Pan-African novel, Quicksand.

d)

Madam C.J. Walker funded the first Pan-African Exposition.

7.

The field of aesthetics examines the nature of:

a)

color

b)

emotion

c)

attraction

d)

beauty

8.

In addition to the bronze version of Ethiopia Awakening, a version exists in:

a)

plaster

b)

marble

c)

steel

d)

soapstone

9.

Which of the following artists’ work raises the MOST questions about colorism?

a)

Aaron Douglas’s

b)

Meta Warrick Fuller’s

c)

James Van Der Zee’s

d)

Archibald Motley Jr.’s

10.

Elsie Driggs was a major figure of:

a)

Group f/64

b)

New Objectivity

c)

the Harlem Renaissance

d)

Precisionism

11.

Bootleggers is a 1927 painting by:

a)

Thomas Hart Benton

b)

Aaron Douglas

c)

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

d)

Charles Demuth

12.

How many tiers make up the crown of the Chrysler Building?

a)

seven

b)

nine

c)

eleven

d)

eight

13.

Which of the following cities had the LOWEST proportion of immigrants and children of immigrants in the 1910 United States Census?

a)

Chicago

b)

New Orleans

c)

Boston

d)

St. Louis

14.

Which artist's name did F. Scott Fitzgerald use as shorthand for a hair color in 'Gretchen's Forty Winks'?

a)

Donatello

b)

Raphael

c)

Titian

d)

El Greco

15.

Frank Lloyd Wright used the name Taliesin as an homage to his:

a)

wife

b)

adopted parents

c)

heritage

d)

education

16.

Why did Guy Pène du Bois frequently cross the Atlantic Ocean in the second half of the 1920s?

a)

He was an aviation pioneer who flew politicians and celebrities.

b)

He maintained an import and export business alongside his art career.

c)

He lived in France but his customers were mainly in the United States.

d)

He worked as an assistant to a United States Ambassador.

17.

Which of the following photographers was MOST closely associated with Group f/64?

a)

Russell Lee

b)

Ansel Adams

c)

Gordon Parks

d)

Dorothea Lange

18.

The Greeks determined that the ideal human height equaled the:

a)

width of three arm spans

b)

height of two and one-half torsos

c)

height of two and one-half legs

d)

height of seven and one-half heads

19.

Which of the following works MOST prominently reflects indigenismo?

a)

Couple, Harlem

b)

Hands Resting on a Tool

c)

Let My People Go

d)

Ethiopia Awakening

20.

Why did Maria Martinez not sign her pots until the 1920s?

a)

Her designs were thought to be 'signature' enough.

b)

Signing work was seen as boasting.

c)

The Martinezes did not see their work as art.

d)

She deferred to Julian as the artist.

21.

Which artwork contains a total of nine panels?

a)

the Isenheim Altarpiece

b)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

c)

The Birth of Venus

d)

the Sistine Madonna

22.

How did Henry Ford attract workers to his car assembly plant in the early 1910s?

a)

He sponsored immigration from Canada.

b)

He promised a new car after a year's service.

c)

He advertised heavily in majority Black communities.

d)

He offered double the prevailing daily wage.

23.

Spring Sale at Bendel's fits the definition of 'rococo' in that it:

a)

makes extensive reference to art of the Rococo period.

b)

pares back any sense of theatricality.

c)

is lighthearted and frivolous.

d)

explores the function of commerce.

24.

The New Objectivity art movement was a rebellion against then-prevailing German:

a)

Neoclassicism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Romanticism

d)

Surrealism

25.

Which of the following artists studied at the Art Students League?

a)

Archibald Motley Jr.

b)

Imogen Cunningham

c)

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

d)

Tina Modotti