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Final Exam 1020
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08/03/2015

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Term

From the title of one of his paintings (Impression: Sunrise), the name for the entire Impressionist movement received its name.

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A) Degas

B) Monet

C) Seurat

D) Cezanne

Definition
B) Monet
Term

This artist (many of whose works include spontaneous scenes from daily life, particularly situations involving mothers and children as seen below) encouraged American friends to purchase Impressionist works.


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A) Ingres

B) Cassatt

C) Seurat

D) Degas

Definition
B) Cassatt
Term

This composer's Symphony No. 6 in b minor is also known as the Pathétique Symphony.


A) Debussy

B) Mahler

C) Ravel

D) Tchaikovsky

Definition
D) Tchaikovsky
Term

One of this composer's most Impressionist pieces is La Mer.


A) Debussy

B) Tchaikovsky

C) Strauss

D) Ravel

Definition
A) Debussy
Term

Many of this author's works, including The Awakening, invoke delicacy and wry humor to examine the prison that marriage so often represents.


A) Ibsen

B) Chekhov

C) Dostoyevsky

D) Chopin

Definition
D) Chopin
Term

This composer's Rite of Spring, based on a Russian folk tale, describes a springtime ritual culminating in the sacrifice of a human victim.


A) Debussy

B) Stravinsky

C) Ravel

D) Schonberg

Definition
B) Stravinsky
Term

This artist painted a series of pastels known as "key-hole visions," often depicting women caught unawares in simple, natural poses.


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A) Seurat

B) Degas

C) Cassatt

D) Cezanne

Definition
B) Degas
Term

his author used irony and satire to show the passivity and emptiness of his characters, who are filled with a frustrated longing for action.


A) Dostoyevsky

B) Proust

C) Chekhov

D) Ibsen

Definition
C) Chekhov
Term

Perhaps one of Van Gogh's most iconic images, this work gives the impression of irresistible movement by his careful use of line and shape.


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A) The Kiss

B) View of Paris

C) The Starry Night

D) Mont Sainte-Victorie

Definition
C) The Starry Night
Term

In Remembrance of Things Past, this author creates a narrator who realizes that all of his experiences lie hidden inside him, and that the tiniest circumstances can trigger a chain of memory associations.


A) Dostoyevsky

B) Proust

C) Chekhov

D) Ibsen

Definition
B) Proust
Term

This composer enjoyed outstanding success with program music, which included an elaborate plot that the music then describes.


A) Debussy

B) Ravel

C) Tchaikovsky

D) Strauss

Definition
D) Strauss
Term

Which of these artists sculpted The Kiss?


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A) Rodin

B) Monet

C) Manet

D) Cassatt

Definition
A) Rodin
Term

This novel by Kate Chopin was condemned as immoral when it was first published in 1899.


A) The Awakening

B) A doll's House

C) Crime and Punishment

D) Remembrance of Things Past

Definition
A) The Awakening
Term

This literary piece earned Marcel Proust lasting fame


A) Remembrance of Things Past

B) A doll's House

C) The Lady with the Dog

D) Crime and Punishment

Definition
A) Remembrance of Things Past
Term

This musical composer created Bolero, a piece which enjoys popularity today.


A) Mahler

B) Stravinsky

C) Ravel

D) Debussy

Definition
C) Ravel
Term

Identify the other name by which the "Great War" of 1914-1918 is known.


A) The Crimean War

B) World War II

C) The Franco-Prussian War

D) World War I

Definition
D) World War I
Term

The Czech author Franz Kafka is best remembered for this work.


A) The Wasteland

B) The Catcher in the Rye

C) The Hollow Men

D) The Trial

Definition
D) The Trial
Term

Salvador Dalí's Persistence of Memory is an example of this type of painting style.


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A) Realism

B) Art Nouveau

C) Surrealist

D) Fauvism

Definition
C) Surrealist
Term

This is the author of Desire under the Elms.


A) Eugene O'Neill

B) Virginia Woolf

C) T.S. Eliot

D) James Joyce

Definition
A) Eugene O'Neill
Term

Duchamp's version of the Mona Lisa illustrates this modern movement's opposition to the past, logic, and good manners. 


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A) Dadaism

B) Classicism

C) Romanticism

D) Expressionism

Definition
A) Dadaism
Term

Eisenstein's effective use of montage is found in this film.


A) Triumph of the Will

B) Wild Strawberries

C) Birth of a Nation

D) Potemkin

Definition
D) Potemkin
Term

This was the first widely successful American opera.


A) Einstein on the Beach

B) Porgy and Bess

C) Walden

D) The Three-Penny Opera

Definition
B) Porgy and Bess
Term

This is the author of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.


A) James Joyce

B) T.S. Eliot

C) Virginia Woolf

D) Sigmund Freud

Definition
A) James Joyce
Term

This musician composed Rhapsody in Blue.


A) Duke Ellington

B) Igor Stravinsky

C) Benny Goodman

D) George Gershwin

Definition
D) George Gershwin
Term

This is the author of The Waste Land.


A) T.S. Eliot

B) James Joyce

C) Virginia Woolf

D) Sigmund Freud

Definition
A) T.S. Eliot
Term

This is the author of The Interpretation of Dreams.


A) Sigmund Freud

B) James Joyce

C) T.S. Eliot

D) Virginia Woolf

Definition
A) Sigmund Freud
Term

This Russian-born impresario founded a dance company called the Ballet Russe.


A) Igor Stravinsky

B) Serge Diaghilev

C) Sergei Eisenstein

D) Andre Breton

Definition
B) Serge Diaghilev
Term

The poses in this artist's famous work echo Classical sculpture on the left to increasingly fragmented and distorted figures on the right.


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A) Chagall

B) Duchamp

C) Magritte

D) Picasso

Definition
D) Picasso
Term

In which European city did Serge Diaghilev establish the dance company known as Ballet Russe?


A) London

B) Berlin

C) Moscow

D) Paris

Definition
D) Paris
Term

The action of Sergei Eisenstein's Potemkin is set in which country?


A) Great Britain

B) Russia

C) Israel

D) France

Definition
B) Russia
Term

The patronage of this American art collector was crucial to the "Americanization" of modern art.


A) O'Keefe

B) Steiglitz

C) Guggenheim

D) Hofman

Definition
C) Guggenheim
Term

This is the author of Death of a Salesman.


A) J.D. Salinger

B) William Faulkner

C) Arthur Miller

D) Samuel Beckett

Definition
C) Arthur Miller
Term

The work of this American artist, as illustrated in one of his most iconic paintings, depicts his interest in human isolation and loneliness.


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A) Edward Hopper

B) Helen Frankenthaler

C) Andy Warhol

D) Elsworth Kelly

Definition
A) Edward Hopper
Term

This is the author of Invisible Man.


A) Alice Walker

B) Ralph Ellison

C) Richard Wright

D) William Faulkner

Definition
B) Ralph Ellison
Term

This artist is best associated with sculpture that moves (kinetic art or "mobiles").


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A) Segal

B) Hanson

C) Calder

D) Oldenburg

Definition
C) Calder
Term

This is the author of Waiting for Godot.


A) Willaim Faulkner

B) Arthur Miller

C) J.D. Salinger

D) Samuel Beckett

Definition
D) Samuel Beckett
Term

The most important philosophy in Western Europe after World War II was:


A) Dadaism

B) nihilism

C) existentialism

D) fascism

Definition
C) existentialism
Term

This is the author of Native Son.


A) William Faulkner

B) Ralph Ellison

C) Richard Wright

D) Alice Walker

Definition
C) Richard Wright
Term

Since the 1940s, the city that has replaced Paris as the center of modern art is:


A) London

B) New York

C) Rome

D) San Francisco

Definition
B) New York
Term

This is the author of The Color Purple.


A) Ralph Ellison

B) Richard Wright

C) William Faulkner

D) Alice Walker

Definition
D) Alice Walker
Term

This postwar writer best articulated existentialism both as a philosophy and lifestyle.


A) Kafka

B) Sartre

C) Rilke

D) Nietzsche

Definition
B) Sartre
Term

This 19th-century Danish theologian influenced existentialism.


A) Heidegger

B) Kierkegaard

C) Hegel

D) Nietzsche

Definition
B) Kierkegaard
Term

This playwright wrote for the existential theatre.


A) George Orwell

B) Samuel Beckett

C) Toni Morrison

D) William Faulkner

Definition
B) Samuel Beckett
Term

This artist experimented with what he called "combine paintings."


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A) Robert Rauschenberg

B) Jackson Pollock

C) Edward Hopper

D) Andy Warhol

Definition
A) Robert Rauschenberg
Term

This composer, influenced by Zen philosophy, tried to reflect random chaos of the world in his compositions


A) Cage

B) Ellington

C) Shostakovich

D) Camus

Definition
A) Cage
Term

As a child, Van Gogh learned his first lessons in art from his mother, but it wasn't until he was a teen when he went to work in this prominent art gallery located in Hague, owned by his uncle, that his true passion for art was ignited.


A) The Louvre

B) Sotheby's

C) Goupil and Co.

D) Harrods

Definition
C) Goupil and Co.
Term

Van Gogh's interest in theological studies led him to later reject ordination in favor of ministering to this impoverished group 
of laborers in the southern region of Belgium, and would influence the artist's portrayal of the harsh realities of rural life.

 
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A)

Farmers

B)

Factory workers

C)

Coal miners

D)

Fisherman

Definition
C) Coal Miners
Term

At the age of 27, Vincent dedicated himself to art as his foremost calling in life. Who encouraged the artist him at this time, and who would remain his most ardent supporter throughout his tragic and turbulent career?

 

 
Question options:
 

his brother Theo

 

his mother

 

fellow artisit Paul Gauguin

 

Monet

Definition
his brother Theo
Term

in Paris, Van Gogh experienced the visual force of color that would come to affect his own style, as illustrated in the artworks of the impressionist artistic movement.

 
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Definition
True
Term

What originally motivated Vincent to move to the southern town of Arles, France?

 
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to work for the church

 

to be closer to his brother Theo

 

to pursue greater opportunities to sell his paintings

 

he believed that the sunlight resembled that of Japan

Definition
He believed that the sunlight resembled that of Japan
Term

In Arles, Van Gogh dreams of developing an artist's community, where painters could live and work together. This residence came to be known as "the little yellow house."

 
Question options:
 
 
Definition
True
Term

Van Gogh's disturbing behavior reached its most bizarre level when he cut off part of his ear. What precipitated this event?

 
Question options:
 

his consistent bout with alcohol

 

the death of his mother

 

an argument with fellow artisit Paul Gauguin

 

when the people of Arles made him leave

Definition
An argument with fellow artist Paul Gaugin
Term

After leaving Arles, Vincent spends his days in an asylum in Saint-Remy to help counter the effects of his worsening psychosis. What famous iconic work did he send, along with Irises, to Brussels to be featured in a show with other leading painters of the day?

 
Question options:
 

The Potato Eaters

 

Starry Night

 

Sunflowers

 

Self portrait

Definition
Starry Night
Term

Of his nearly 900 paintings, the only one to be sold in his lifetime was _________________.

 
Question options:
 

Starry Night

 

Sunflowers

 

The Little Yellow House

 

The Red Vineyard

Definition
The Red Vineyard
Term

According to the article, Generalissimo Francisco Franco, in contradiction his promises, delivered what results to the people of the Basque region?

 
Question options:
 

health and prosperity

 

death and destruction

 

economic stability

 

cultural patronage

 
 
Definition
Death and Destruction
Term

What two European leaders agreed to support Franco in return for large quantities of iron ore, copper, and other raw materials that they intended to use for their growing war machine?

 
Question options:
 

Stalin and Mussolini

 

Hitler and Hirohito

 

Chamberline and Churchill

 

Hitler and Mussolini

Definition
Hitler and Mussolini
Term

Identify the name given to the bombers and fighters that Hitler pledged to Franco.

 
Question options:
 

Foreign Legion

 

Eagle Spirit

 

Condor Legion

 

Bomb Squad

 
Definition
Condor Legion
Term

The commander of Hitler’s bombers and fighters was Lt. Colonel Wolfram von Richthofen, who was the cousin of Manfred von Richthofen. By what nickname was Manfred known?

 
Question options:
 

The Black Condor

 

The Red Baron

 

The Black Hawk

 

The Dark Prince

Definition
The Red Baron
Term

On the centenary of Picasso's birth, October 25th, 1981, Spain's new Republic carries out the best commemoration possible: the return of Guernica to Picasso's native soil in a testimony of national reconciliation

 
Question options:
 
 
Definition
True
Term

Nineteenth century capitalism and the revolution in industry created two social classes: the upper class, known as the bourgeoisie, and lower working ranks called the ______________.

 
Question options:
 

market laborers

 

disenfranchised

 

industrial proletariat

 

union

Definition
Industrial Proletariat
Term

The beginnings of realism were seen in the literary and visual arts in France during what time period?

 
Question options:
 

1780-1820

 

1840-1880

 

1880-1920

 

1900-1940

Definition
1840-1880
Term

As a reaction to the Romanticism that characterized the previous generation, writers and artists of realism created heroes and heroines out of common working class people with lives that portrayed daily struggles and seemingly insurmountable miseries.

 
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Definition
True
Term

What was the “war cry” of the realist movement?

 
Question options:
 

"The artist creates from the imagination"

 

"Crush the infamous thing"

 

"Libert and equality"

 

“The artist should be of his time”

Definition
The artist should be of his time
Term

What French novelist was considered the “father of literary realism?”

 
Question options:
 

Balzac

 

Zola

 

Flaubert

 

Millet

Definition
Balzac
Term

What French writer is considered the founder of the movement called ‘naturalism,’ which combined scientific advances in methods of study with Darwinian notions of evolution and adaptability?

 
Question options:
 

Zola

 

Balzac

 

Daumier

 

Courbet

Definition
Zola
Term

Along with Anton Chekhov, these two important Russian writers represented realism in their stark portrayal of death in their novels and short stories.

 
Question options:
 

Tolstoy and Marx

 

Ibsen and Trotsky

 

Tolstoy and Dostoevsky

 

Lenin and Stalin

Definition
Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
Term

Born and raised in America, in what prominent European city did Eliot make his home at the outbreak of WW I?

 
Question options:
 

Paris

 

Berlin

 

London

 

Vienna

Definition
London
Term

In 1922 what magazine did Eliot launch, and publish for seventeen years?

 
Question options:
 

Criterion

 

Wasteland

 

Prufrock

 

Modernist

Definition
Criterion
Term

One of his most complex and influential poems, 'The Wasteland' incorporates a sophisticated style built of historical and literary allusions and quotations.

 
Question options:
 
 
Definition
True
Term

After the publishing of “The Hollow Men,” to what do critics generally credit for Eliot’s turn in poetic style to a more narrative structure and spiritual tone?

 
Question options:
 

He moved back to America

 

His marriage to Vivian

 

The end of the war

 

He joined the Anglican Church

Definition
He joined the Anglican Church
Term

In what prominent American city in the 1940’s did a new form of abstract painting, known as “abstract expressionism,” emerge?

 
Question options:
 

St. Louois

 

San Francisco

 

Chicago

 

New York

Definition
New York
Term

What term was coined to describe the process that painters like Jackson Pollock used to create their works of art?

 
Question options:
 

deliberate chaos

 

random creativity

 

action painting

 

drip technique

Definition
action painting
Term

Abstract artist Mark Rothko created works known as ______________ paintings.

 
Question options:
 

minimalist

 

color field

 

monochromatic

 

synthetic color

Definition
Color Field
Term

“Bauhaus” is a German word meaning what?

 
Question options:
 

a simple design

 

a complex house

 

a house for building

 

a religious place

Definition
A house for building
Term

The German architect, Walter Gropius, was a leading figure in the early Bauhaus movement’s emphasis on bringing what two elements together?

 
Question options:
 

craftsmanship and industry

 

design and emotion

 

reason and art

 

nature and structure

Definition
Craftsmanship and industry
Term

The Bauhaus School developed concurrently with the Weimar Republic and shared the belief that “art could be used to change society.”

 
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Definition
True
Term

An influential artist, and important teacher in the Bauhaus school, Johannes Itten rejected rationalism and aimed to make  ___________ an integral part of his method. 

 
Question options:
 

reason

 

writing

 

religion

 

intuition

Definition
Intuition
Term

Joining the Bauhaus school in 1922, this artist was a pivotal representative of abstract art, and held the belief that colors had determinate effects in accordance with their relationship to shapes.

 
Question options:
 

Paul Klee

 

Wassily Kandinski

 

Marcel Duchamp

 

Jackson Pollock

Definition
Wassily Kandinski
Term

The Bauhaus School concept of 'practical work being introduced as a basis for education' has become a standard function of modern day educational models.

 
Question options:
 
 
Definition
True
Term

The industrialization of the Bauhaus School turned the emphasis from unique craftsmanship to a more cerebral functionalism that was most clearly illustrated in the production of ______________ .

 
Question options:
 

paintings

 

architecture

 

textiles

 

furniture

Definition
Furniture
Term

The Bauhaus influence on housing architecture was seen in flat roofs, cubic design, and an uncluttered appearance, was warmly accepted and celebrated by the mass public.

 
Question options:
 
 
Definition
False
Term

In 1925 the Bauhaus changed its mission to the principles of “constructivism” and concentrated primarily on the large-scale production of  ________________ .

 
Question options:
 

architecture

 

painting

 

political theory

 

natural landscapes

Definition
Architecture
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