Multiple Choice Q&A - Art History Exam

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Take a brief glimpse and record what they saw

What was the main goal of Impressionism?

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Using dramatic poses to reveal the inner feeling

What were Rodin's contributions to sculpting the human form?

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Pure, unmixed colour set in dots side-by-side that used optical mixing

What is pointillism?

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The retrospectives of Van Gogh, Gaugain, and Cezanne

What inspired Fauve artists' departure from tradition?

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Modern anguish with unequalled power

What did the artwork of Munch express?

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It shattered every precept of artistic convention

Why was the “Les Demoiselles D’Avignon” considered the first truly 20th century painting?

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They wanted to overthrow all authority and cultivate absurdity

Why did Dada artists use found objects in their art?

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He didn’t invent new forms to symbolise the unconscious

Why is Salvador Dali’s artwork different from Joan Miro’s?

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The beauty of speed

In his Manifesto what was Marinetti calling Futurist artists to celebrate?

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They challenged the concept of what art is

How did “Ready-Mades” open the flood gates for art that was purely imagination?

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So the viewers can be absorbed in the painting

Why are Colour Field paintings huge?

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To express their emotions in an abstract manner

What did Abstract Expressionism artists seek to do?

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He saw one of his paintings turned on its side

What accident inspired Kandinsky to abandon any reference to recognisable objects?

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To create sharply contoured simple forms that are cool and precise

What did Hard Edge painters seek to do?

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Combined colour and abstract patterns to produce optical illusions

What was the effect of Colour Op art?

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They adopted the flattening effect of a photograph

How were Photo-Realist painter’s works different from old master’s works?

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They were rejecting the elitist traditions that preceded them

Why did Pop artists depict images from advertisements and comic books?

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Conceptual Art

The dematerilisation of an object is an aspect of what?

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The artist’s body

What is the key element of a Performance artwork?

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Political issues and identity

What are Post-Modern artists more concerned with?

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