Slide List, Terms, & Other Important Quiz Notes
Quiz 5
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The quiz will begin at the start of class. (You will have about 10 minutes to
complete it.)
You may not use notes or the book, or any other aides.
Prepare for the quiz by studying the slide listed below (in your book), and the
vocabulary, questions, and list appearing below. Check the Web site regularly to find
out what pages and/or chapters you should be reading.
Slides
Know last name of artist/creator if applicable, approximate year created {within 10}, and title of piece.
For the quiz, I will show you the following slide out of the book:
Liberty Leading the People
Delacroix
1830
(Page 55 – just one slide for this quiz)
List
Be able to list any four from the following list Themes of Art (from chapter 3).
 Arts of Daily Life
 The Sacred Realm
 Politics and the Social Order
 The Here and Now
 Invention and Fantasy
 Art and Nature
 Art and Art
Vocabulary & Short Answer
(Be able to define as used in class. Use a full sentence in your description, not just keywords.)
Video Art
Kinetic Art
Describe the work Damien Hirst’s Stalin (also known as Red Nose Stalin or Joseph Stalin by Damien
Hirst) that we viewed and discussed in class. What was Damien Hirst’s goal with the artwork?
Why did he paint the red dot on the painting? Was he critiquing something and/or poking fun at
anything?
Is The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living by Damien Hirst art? (This is the
big Tiger shark piece.) Describe it and explain why or why not the piece should be regarded as
art. Express your opinion!
Describe the work The Way Things Go by Fischli and Weiss that we viewed and discussed in class. What
is the content of the work (what is it about)? What key vocabulary word can we associate with
the artwork?
(Note: You must remain for the entire class to receive credit for the quizzes.)