CHAPTER 29 Test Bank

CHAPTER 29 – Test Bank

Multiple-Choice Questions

1. NEA stands for a. National Esthetic Association. b. National Endowment of Aesthetics. c. National Endowment for the Arts. d. National Efforts for Artists. Answer: c

2. In what city was a museum indicted for exhibiting Mapplethorpe’s photographs? a. Cleveland b. Cincinnati c. Chicago d. Washington, D.C. e. Philadelphia Answer: b

3. Which is LEAST true of Chuck Close’s work? a. He relies on photography. b. His main subject is portraiture. c. His favorite paint is acrylic. d. His most usual viewpoint is the close-up. Answer: c

4. Gilbert & George described themselves as a. performance artists. b. impresarios. c. video artists. d. living sculptures. Answer: d

5. Which of the following is NOT an appropriate match? a. Chicago’s The Dinner Party – Tintoretto’s Last Supper b. Close’s 1997 Self-Portrait – Mosaic tessera c. Smithson’s Spiral Jetty – Minimalism and Abstract Expressionism d. Estes’ Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – the Robie House Answer: d 6. Which of the following correctly matches artist(s) with work? a. the Christos – Wrapped Reichstag c. Frank Gehry – the Whitney Museum d. Buckminster Fuller – Lloyd’s Building e. I.M. Pei – Geodesic domes Answer: a

7. Which structure is NOT correctly matched with its location? a. the Whitney Museum – New York City b. Piazza d’Italia – New Orleans c. Lloyd’s Building – London d. Glass pyramid – Cairo e. the Frederick R. Wiseman Museum – Minneapolis Answer: d

8. Who was a graduate of the Bauhaus? a. Fuller b. Breuer c. Pei d. Rothenberg e. Nauman Answer: b

9. What is a fullerene? a. a building by Fuller b. a unit of a geodesic dome c. a Dymaxion d. a molecule e. an atom Answer: d

10. The large central space around which the new Lloyd’s building was wrapped is the a. atrium. b. courtyard. c. narthex. d. nave. Answer: a

11. Who of the following is NOT an environmental artist? a. Smithson b. Holt c. the Christos d. Smith Answer: d 12. Which of the following correctly matches an example of environmental art with its location. a. Spiral Jetty – Oregon b. Blue Umbrellas – California c. Long Division – New York City d. Stone Enclosure: Rock Rings – Washington, D.C. Answer: c

13. Which is LEAST true of the Christos? a. They are Conceptual artists. b. They recycle their materials. c. They accept no financial patronage. d. They raise money by selling drawings, collages and models. Answer: a

14. Which is NOT a reference in the iconography of The Dinner Party? a. Hatshepsut b. Virginia Woolf c. The Last Supper d. Stieglitz e. O’Keeffe Answer: d

15. Which of the following is an appropriate match of artist and artistic category? a. Smith – Body Art b. Basquiat – landscape c. Kiefer – Feminism d. Paik – environmental art Answer: a

16. Nauman prefers Man Ray to Duchamp because a. Man Ray is a greater artist. b. Man Ray is more unreasonable. c. Man Ray is more original. d. Man Ray is more Classical. e. Man Ray is a photographer. Answer: b

17. Sherman’s self-portrait as the figure in La Fornarina differs from La Fornarina in being a. more accurate because it is a photograph. b. more idealized. c. satirical. d. anti-women. Answer: c 18. The artist who developed a philosophy of cybernetics is a. Christo. b. Nauman. c. Lin. d. Paik. e. Kiefer. Answer: d

19. Whose artistic work was sometimes dismissed as kitsch? a. Mapplethorpe b. Paik c. Koons d. Sherman e. Fuller Answer: c

20. The artist whose imagery suggests graffiti is a. Sherman. b. Basquiat. c. Kiefer. d. Rothenberg. e. Jaudon. Answer: b