Art 315 - World Perspectives in Art History » Fall 2019 » Quiz Chapter 11 Social Protest

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Question #1
Kollwitz's The Outbreak is a depiction of the following: _______________________.
A.   an uprising in World War II.
B.   an uprising of citizens during the French Revolution.
C.   a protest to the horrors of the Spanish Civil War.
D.   an uprising in the 16th c. Peasant War in Germany.
E.   none of the above.
Question #2
Francisco Goya's The Executions of May 3rd, 1808 documents the following:
A.   The citizens of Madrid executing French soldiers.
B.   An uprising of Napoleonic soldiers in France.
C.   Depicts the heroism of French soldiers during their occupation.
D.   The execution of Spanish citizens by French Soldiers during the Napoleonic occupation in Madrid.
Question #3
Coatlicue is an Aztec sculpture of a deity who represents sacrificial death as well as the potential for new life. 
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Arneson's Portrait of George?
A.   It is a bronze portrait head of a political leader.
B.   A yellow phallic Twinkies snack cake is prominent on the sculpture.
C.   It was made for a new civic center in San Francisco.
D.   It was a memorial monument for the assassinated mayor of San Francisco.
E.   It is irreverent, colorful, and very large.
Question #5
This artist uses LED electronic signboards to stream messages in public spaces. 
A.   Jenny Holzer
B.   Kara Walker
C.   William Kentridge
D.   Magdalena Abakanowicz
Question #6
Yinka Shonibare creates life-size cut-out silhouettes based on racist imagery to bring attention to the atrocities of the past.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #7
Jacob Lawrence made several narrative paintings about Harriet Tubman and John Brown to tell the stories of the oppression of African Americans in the United States.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #8
Tomatsu Shomei's photographs are of victims of ___________.
A.   torture
B.   the atomic bomb
C.   the plague
D.   the tsunami
Question #9
Much of John Heartfield’s art protested against _________________.
A.   colonialism in Africa
B.   the rise of Nazi Germany
C.   the rise of Fascist Italy
D.   the rise of Communist Russia
Question #10
Robert Motherwell believed that abstraction was the best way to communicate in universal terms, the struggle between life and death and freedom and oppression.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE

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