MATCHING. Match the artist on the left with the descriptive phrase on the right.
1. Magdalena Abakanowicz
2. Laurie Anderson
3. Francis Bacon
4. Larry Bell
5. Judy Chicago
6. Christo
7. Richard Diebenkorn
8. Helen Frankenthaler
9. Jean-Luc Godard
10. Cement Greenberg
11. Richard Hamilton
12. Allan Kaprow
13. Kienholz
14. Robert Motherwell
15. Manuel Neri
16. Louise Nevelson
17. Frei Otto
18. I.M.Pei
19. Nam June Paik
20. Jackson Pollock
21. Robert Rauschenberg
22. Nicholas Schoffer
23. David Smith
24. Robert Smithson
25. Andy Warhol
A. a founder of Abstract Expressionism
B. sculptor who assembled wooden forms into objects forming walls
C. artist who developed a technique called "soak-stain"
D. was a member of the Bay Area Figurative Painters
E. sculptor who said "The equipment I use . . . duplicates as nearly as possible
the production equipment used in making a locomotive"
F. created large expressive pieces using fiber materials
G. British Pop artist
H. sculptor who worked with glass coated with various materials to create spatial
illusions
I. created the Spatio-dynamic Tower in Liege, Belgium
J. famous for his "Happenings"
K. creator of New Wave Films
L. Post-modernist performance artist
M. organized The Dinner Party, which used traditional craft techniques
N. created giant earth works, including Spiral Jetty
O. interested in the relationship between art, the environment, and political
action, he created large temporary installations
P. used found objects to create tableaus expressing empathy for ordinary people
Q. designed the roof of the Olympic Stadium, Munich
R. experimental video artist
S. computer artist who combined images from electronic cameras with those
created by hand
T. American Pop artist who used subjects from mass media
U. combined art reproductions, newspaper clippings, and Abstract Expressionist
techniques in works called "combines"
V. created and painted sculptures of nudes that combined classicism and
expressionism
W. creator of tortured expressionist figural paintings
X. art critic who named "Post-Painterly Abstraction"
Y. designed addition to National Gallery,
Washington
Z. designed Guggenheim Museum
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS. Select the response that best answers the
question or completes the statement.
26. When did the center of Westem art shift from Europe to the United States?
a. With the Armory Show of 1913 b. During World War I c. During World War II
d. During the 1960s
27. What was the main content of the work of the Post-War New York School? a.
life on the streets b. optical phenomena c. the act of painting itself d. Post
Modem appropriation of early material
28. The terms "gestural abstraction" and Action painting" are most appropriate
for the work of
a. JacksonPollock b. Robert Motherwell
c. Ellsworth Kelly d. Bamett Newman
29. The New York artist who was most famous for his great black shapes on a
white ground was
a. JacksonPollock b. Franz Kline
c. Mark Rothko d. WillemdeKooning
30. The painter who divided his single color fields with bands he called "zips"
was a. Bamett Newman b. Franz Kline c. Francis Bacon d. Ellsworth Kelly
31. The source(s) for Pollock's Abstract Expressionist art include a. Indiansand
painting b. Surrealist psychic automatism c. the work of Francis Bacon d. both a
and b
32. The abstract Expressionist artist who created mysterious clouds of color that
seem to float on an ambiguous background was a. WillemdeKooning b. Bamett
Newman c. David Smith d. Mark Rothko
33. The sculptor who believed that "the only stable thing is movement" was a.
DonaldJudd b. David Smith c. Jean Tinguely d. Claes Oldenburg
34. A great distrust of the Western ideas of progress and objective truth, as well
as the view that all cultures are equally valid, is typical of the general movement
known as a. Constructivism b. Postmodemism c. Social Realism d. the
International Style
35. The paintings and prints of Vasarely are characterized by a . a deep sense of
human tragedy b. three-dimensional illusions created by mathematical
perspective patterns c. post-modem iconographic riddles d. the use of rich colors
achieved by the soakstain method
36. Artists working in the Post-Painterly Abstractionist style
a. believed that the Abstract b. believed that their works should contain
Expressionists had gone too far in no reference to the world outside their own
removing social references from works compositions
of art
c. wanted to express religious feelings d. were deeply influenced by the work of
through their simple forms African and pre-Columbian cultures
37. A good example of Post-Modemist architecture is a . Guggenheim Museum,
New York b. Pompidou Center, or Beaubourg, Paris c. Notre Dame du Haut,
Ronchamp d. Seagram Building, New York
38. The artist who said she wanted her pieces to be "non-art, nonconnotive,
non-anthropomorphic, non-geometric no, nothing, everything, but of another
kind, vision, sort" was a. Helen Frankenthaler b. Judy Chicago c. Sonia Sheridan
d. Eva Hesse
39. Pop Art, and art that utilized the techniques of advertising, industrial design,
and Hollywood movies was at its height during the a. 1950s b. 1960s c. 1970s d.
1980s
40. Which artist often collaborated with the composer John Cage? a . Robert
Rauschenberg b. Jasper Johns c. Claes Oldenburg d. Eva Hesse
41. Which of the following did not create photoscreen prints? a. Andy Warhol b.
EdwardRuscha c. RobertRauschenberg d. David Smith
42. Jean Tinguely and Nicholas Schoffer were both concemed with a. creating
elegant machine-tooled b. mathematical perspective devices forms c. criticism of
contemporary social d. movement used to interpret space-time conditions
concepts
43. Which of following was most deeply involved in the use of computer
technology for the creation of art? a. Louise Bourgeois b. Eva Hesse c. Sonia
Sheridan d. Marisol
44. Among contemporary conceptual artists are a. Judd and Smith b. Nevelson
and Abakanowicz c. Johns and Kaprow d. Hamilton and Pollock
45. The British artist who is famous for his photomontages that deal with the
relationship between perception and representation, as well as his paintings and
prints is a . Francis Bacon b. Jasper Johns c. David Hockney d. Richard
Hamilton
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS.
46. Name two sculptors who created simple stainless steel machine-tooled
forms.
47. Describe the type of art created by Allan Kaprow.
48. How did New Wave cinema differ from traditional movies?
49. What was the purpose of Judy Chicago's Dinner Party?
50. Which artist created massive temporary sites that consisted of wrapped
buildings, or in one case, eleven small islands?
51. Name three Abstract Expressionist artists.
52. Which artist designed a series of giant monuments based on simple
everyday objects?
53. What is meant by Minimalism and name one artist who practiced it.
54. What was the name of the African-American artist who created assemblages
dealing with Black stereotypes?
55. In what sort of work did the American sculptor Douglas Hollis specialize?
SAMPLE ESSAY QUESTIONS.
56. How did the principles and the techniques of the Minimalists differ from those
of the Abstract Expressionists? Use specific works to illustrate your discussion.
57. Discuss the utilization of modern technologies in the arts of the twentieth
century.
58. Compare Post-Modern architecture with that of the International Style. How
do they differ and what are the philosophical underpinnings of each?
59. Discuss the development of process and conceptual art in the twentieth
century.
MULTIPLE-CHOICE SLIDE RESPONSES. Select the answer that best suits the
image on the screen.
60. a. JosephBeuys b. Douglas Hollis
c. William Walker d. Christo
61. a. JacksonPollock b. Franz Kline
c. Nicholas de Stael d. Mark Rothko
62. a. Sam Gilliam b. Richard Diebenkorn
c. Helen Frankenthaler d. WillemdeKooning
63. a . Donald Judd b. Eva Hesse
c. David Smith d. Robert Smithson
64. a. Judy Pfaff b. Allan Kaprow
c. Judy Chicago d. Jasper Johns
65. a . Eduardo Paolozzi b. Louise Nevelson
c. LouiseBourgeois d. Sonia Sheridan
66. a. Richard Hamilton b. Edward Ruscha
c. Robert Rauschenberg d. Mel Bochner
67. a. Frei Otto b. I. M. Pei
c. John Portman d. Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano
68. a. Claes Oldenburg b. Jean Tinguely
c. JasperJohns d. Larry Bell
69. a. Pop Art b. Minimal Art
c. Post-Painterly Abstractionism d. Abstract Expressionism
70. a. Eva Hesse b. PeterCampus
c. Sonia Sheridan d. Margaret Benyon
SLIDE QUESTIONS.
71. Who designed each of these buildings, what was the purpose of each, and
what different
structural principals did each use?
72. Who painted this work and to what do the forms refer?
73. Who created this sculpture and what emotions does it evoke in many
viewers?
74. Compare these two paintings of clerics and note how each is related to the
period in which it was painted.
75. Who did each of these works depicting women embodying society's image of
the goddess of love? Who is represented in each and when was each done?
76. Who created each of these works, when, and in what way can their purposes
be related?
UNKNOWN IMAGES. Short Essays.
77-80. Attribute the images on the screen to an artist and a stylistic grouping.
Give the reasons for your attributions, using complete sentences and referring to
specific works that you know.