AcDec Test Art Practice (25/26)

What term is best associated with Georgia O’Keeffe’s The Lawrence Tree?

biomorphic abstraction

What objects in Couple, Harlem contribute to the perception of sophistication and affluence in the photograph?

the sprezzatura of their poses, a limited-edition Cadillac, their racoon fur coats, and their fashionable hats.

The subject of Criss-Cross Conveyors illustrates:

a positive message on American ingenuity, crossed conveyors in the foreground, smokestacks as soaring verticals, possible religious symbolism

The textile blocks of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House allowed for what?

repeated pattern in a grid format

In this painting, Yasuo Kuniyoshi includes what formal quality?

isometric perspective

In this painting (I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold), “BILL” refers to

poet William Carlos William

The Chrysler Building is considered Art Deco in its design. What aspects seen here were common for this trend?

modern chrome and geometric pattern

What is one design element that borrows from Puebloan pottery tradition?

the shape of the bowl resembles older water jars

In this painting by Aaron Douglas, the kneeling figure in the light beam is

the Biblical Moses

In Florine Stettheimer’s painting, what positive shapes reveal negative spaces?

the red steps and the red curtain

Which artists helped to reframe the definition of “art” versus “craft” during the 1920s?

Maria Martinez

Pictorialism is associated with what medium?

photography

William Van Alen studied architecture at what notable school?

Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris

Imogen Cunningham’s Leaf Pattern and Man Ray’s Rayography pictured in the USAD Art Reproduction Booklet were produced with very different photographic techniques. Yet, both works demonstrate

an interest in formal qualities over subject matter

What design elements of Native American art appeared comparable to Art Deco design during the Jazz Age?

abstract geometric shapes

Major population shifts in he U.S. occurred during the 1920s. What factors contributed to these shifts?

the Great Migration of Blacks leaving the South, a general shift of people from rural to urban areas, new immigrants settled primarily in urban areas, first-generation children of immigrants settled in large cities.

Where did Ernest Blumenschein and Bert Geer Phillips initiate and artistic destination?

Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

Charles Sheeler’s Precisionist paintings were often based on

his photography

Which from the AcDec Art Curriculum was inspired by Pre-Columbian architecture?

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House

The terms hue, value, and intensity all have to do with

color properties

Rising real estate costs in urban areas made what building design idea practical?

skyscrapers

In 1927, General Motors successfully competed with Ford Motor Company by appealing to customers’ interest in

attractive, streamlined styling

In what way was Georgia ‘Keeffe inspired by Vasily Kandinsky?

He dropped recognizable subjects, using biomorphic form for expressive purposes.

Yasuo Kuniyoshi was a collector of what type of art?

American folk art

The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is an example of

early islamic architecture

An example of imagism in poetry as stated by the AcDec Art Curriculum is

William Carlos Willliams’ “The Great Figure”

Tina Modotti became increasingly interested in workers’ struggles, poverty, and Indigeneity during the 1920s while living in

Mexico

Egyptomania swept through Europe and America after which event?

discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of Kings

Archeological evidence emerging in the early 1920s challenged a long-held claim by European historians that

the ancient egyptians were white

Jacques Lous David’s Oath of the Horatii is an example of what art trend?

Neoclassicism

Who painted Woman on Sofa around 1922 to 1927?

Guy Pene Du Bois

Why did the NAACP refer to the summer of 1919 as the “Red Summer”?

Many died during race riots that summer.

The geometric abstraction of Charles Demuth’s I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold was most inspired by what earlier trend?

Cubism

The term “Lost Generation” refers to the

American artists and writers who lived abroad during the 1920s

Florine Stettheimer’s Spring Sale at Bedel’s reflects the 1920s boom in

the fashion industry and ready-made clothing

Artemisia Gentileschi, a rare Baroque woman artist, received artistic training

in her father’s studio, as an apprentice

Sfumato, a painting technique of soft shading and blurred outline can be seen is what famous painting as mentioned by the AcDec Art Curriculum?

Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa

With which printing process is the image initially drawn on a metal plate with a waxy pencil?

lithography

In Sumerian culture, what purpose did a ziggurat serve?

platform for a temple

The 1913 Armory Show in New York was the first major exhibition of

European Modernism in the U.S.

An example of Marcel Duchamp’s conceptual artworks is

Nude Descending a Staircase

Mosaic is a medium what was prominent in which culture?

Byzantine Empire

What geographic place became associated with the growing political and social strength of African-Americans during the early twentieth century?

Ethiopia

Aaron Douglas became one of the leading artists of

the Harlem Renaissance

The New Negro, an anthology describing an upwardly mobile, educated Black population, was written in 1925 by what author?

Alain Locke

What influenced Archibald Motley Jr. to paint scenes of nightclubs, dance, and music after and early career inspired by historic art

a trip to Paris with its Le Bal Negre nightclub

The Ashcan School focused on what aspect of American life?

everyday lives of working-class people in New York

Gerald Murphy’s Watch and Charles Sheeler’s Criss-Crossed Conveyors both express what theme?

a positive view of technology

Thomas Hart Benton devoted his artistic career to subjects that reflected

both America’s urban and rural life as “nationalist” art

What revealed in the sharp focus of Tina Modotti’s photograph Hands Resting on a Tool?

dry, worn skin of a hardworking laborer