Question 1

Whose American Gothic exemplified the Regionalists' interest in provincial America?

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A)   Lange
B)   Wood
C)   Lawrence
D)   Hopper

Question 2

The defining characteristic of Surrealism is its

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A)   deliberate rejection of meaning.
B)   rejection of any concept of a higher reality than the material world.
C)   interest in myths, dreams, and the subconscious.
D)   abandonment of representational imagery.

Question 3

Who among the following was involved in the Harlem Renaissance?

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A)   Lange
B)   VanDerZee
C)   Man Ray
D)   Hopper

Question 4

The Dada movement began during World War I among artists who gathered at the Cabaret Voltaire in what city?

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A)   London
B)   Paris
C)   Zurich
D)   Munich C

Question 5

Which of the following famous works of art is an example of a "ready-made"?

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A)   Fountain
B)   Collage Arranged According to the Laws of Chance
C)   The Persistence of Memory
D)   Thinking about Death A

Question 6

All the following traits characterized the Dada movement EXCEPT

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A)   a set of easily recognizable shared formal qualities.
B)   a sense of despair and a nihilist philosophy of negation.
C)   challenges to traditional assumptions about art.
D)   a taste for playfulness and experimentation. A

Question 7

In works like Time Transfixed (1938) , Magritte created dreamlike imagery by

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A)   distorting the forms of familiar images.
B)   juxtaposing familiar objects in inexplicable ways.
C)   suggesting images through vibrant biomorphic shapes.
D)   rendering landscapes in unusual colors with unusual forms.

Question 8

Duchamp signed his Fountain "I. P. Freely."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Whose reworked photograph Le Violon d'Ingres exhibits Surrealist imagery with Dada wordplay?

Accepted Answer

A)   Miró
B)   Dal'
C)   Arp
D)   Man Ray

Question 10

American Regionalism was strongly influenced by the contemporary European avant-garde.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Duchamp created a female alter ego whom he named Rose Sélavy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Mobiles like Big Red (1959) were set in motion by hidden electric motors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Who is famous for mobiles such as Big Red (1959) ?

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A)   Klee
B)   Giacometti
C)   Calder
D)   Magritte

Question 14

Whose Blest (1941)  exemplifies the Transcendental style?

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A)   Stieglitz
B)   Pelton
C)   Duchamp
D)   Moore

Question 15

Who took photographs of impoverished rural men and women for the Farm Security Administration?

Accepted Answer

A)   Wood
B)   Lawrence
C)   Hopper
D)   Lange

Question 16

Discuss the influence of Freud's discovery of the unconscious mind on Dada and Surrealism.

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Question 17

As exemplified in his Spanish Dancer (1945) , Miró's paintings exhibit all the following characteristics EXCEPT

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A)   illusionistic imagery.
B)   sexually suggestive forms.
C)   primary colors.
D)   vigorous linear movement.

Question 18

Compare the ways that Mexican artists approached social issues with how American artists did. How were their approaches similar and how did they differ?

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Question 19

As revealed in his History of Mexico murals, Rivera was

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A)   a Dadaist.
B)   a Marxist.
C)   a fascist.
D)   an anarchist.

Question 20

Both Lange and Rivera received funds from their respective governments to complete works of art.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 28: Dada, Surrealism, Social Realism, Regionalism, and Abstraction

Whose American Gothic exemplified the Regionalists' interest in provincial America?

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The defining characteristic of Surrealism is its

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Who among the following was involved in the Harlem Renaissance?

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The Dada movement began during World War I among artists who gathered at the Cabaret Voltaire in what city?

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Duchamp signed his Fountain "I. P. Freely."

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American Regionalism was strongly influenced by the contemporary European avant-garde.

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Duchamp created a female alter ego whom he named Rose Sélavy.

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Mobiles like Big Red (1959) were set in motion by hidden electric motors.

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Whose Blest (1941) exemplifies the Transcendental style?

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Who took photographs of impoverished rural men and women for the Farm Security Administration?

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