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Question #1
Kollwitz's The Outbreak is a depiction of the following: _______________________.
A.
a protest to the horrors of the Spanish Civil War.
B.
an uprising in World War II.
C.
an uprising in the 16th c. Peasant War in Germany.
D.
an uprising of citizens during the French Revolution.
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.
Depicts the heroism of French soldiers during their occupation.
C.
An uprising of Napoleonic soldiers in France.
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.
It was made for a new civic center in San Francisco.
C.
A yellow phallic Twinkies snack cake is prominent on the sculpture.
D.
It is irreverent, colorful, and very large.
E.
It was a memorial monument for the assassinated mayor of San Francisco.
Question #5
This artist uses LED electronic signboards to stream messages in public spaces.
A.
Kara Walker
B.
Jenny Holzer
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.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
Question #8
Tomatsu Shomei's photographs are of victims of ___________.
A.
the atomic bomb
B.
the tsunami
C.
the plague
D.
torture
Question #9
Much of John Heartfield’s art protested against _________________.
A.
the rise of Fascist Italy
B.
colonialism in Africa
C.
the rise of Nazi Germany
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.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
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