Quiz 16: Contemporary Art Worldwide
Gardner's Art Through the Ages
History
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Questions
Deconstructivist architecture is associated with the writings of ____.
Why did Barbara Kruger adopt the slick design of contemporary advertising?
How does Faith Ringgold address issues of gender and racism in her work?
Which of the following movements distrusts ideas of progress and objective truth, and views all cultures as equally valid?
A good example of Postmodernist architecture is the ____.
How does Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, embody the ideas of Deconstructivist architecture?
Why does Barbara Kruger intersperse text throughout her works of art?
Describe the subject of Faith Ringgold's work Who's Afraid of Aunt Jemima?
Discuss the various influences on Jean-Michel Basquiat's style and choice of subject matter.
Discuss why Norman Foster's Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank is considered "High-Tech" architecture.
Why was Rachel Whiteread's Holocaust Memorial so controversial?
Who is the figure in the center of this image and why is this significant?
Attribute the images on the screen to a culture and give an approximate date. Give the reasons for your attributions, using complete sentences and referring to specific works discussed in class.
The stylistic label that best describes Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial is ____.
Jaune Quick-To-See-Smith's work deals largely with her identity as a/an ____ artist.
____ deals with the erosion of boundaries between high and popular culture.
Which artist's work led to an important court case in Cincinnati about freedom of expression for artists.
An important U.S. agency that distributes government funding to the arts is the:
By using ____, Faith Ringgold's art makes direct reference to the domestic sphere.
Jean-Michel Basquiat is often incorrectly described as a/an ____.
What highly unusual material did Chris Ofili use on his painting The Holy Virgin Mary
Shirin Neshat often poses in her photographs wearing a ____, which for her is a symbol of the repression of Muslim Women
Jenny Saville is best known for her large-scale, unidealized ____.
The harnessing of solar energy as a power source is a key, defining feature of ____.
Maya Lin's Vietnam War memorial is inscribed with:
Surrounded Islands by Christo and Jeanne-Claude was installed for a period of:
The photographs of Andreas Gursky draw inspiration from:
The title of Matthew Barney's Cremaster series references:
What architect is a pioneer in the field of green architecture?
Rachel Whiteread's Holocaust Memorial is located in:
