QUESTION 1
\nAccording to our reading, select the statements below that illustrate how Abstract Expressionism was not a unified \u2018school’ of art? (select all that apply)
\nThe artists didn’t know each other
\nThe artists varied between realism and abstraction
\nThe artists valued personal autonomy
\nThe artists rarely exhibited together
\nThe artists had different styles<\/p>\n
QUESTION 2
\nWhich of these artists were exhibited by Alfred Stieglitz at his 291 gallery?
\nGeorgia O’Keeffe
\nArthur Dove
\nRobert Henri
\nMax Weber<\/p>\n
QUESTION 3
\nNative American painting was informed by modern styles: what were some of the characteristics of these paintings? (select all that apply)
\nFlat outlines
\nMachine age technology
\nTraditional native symbols
\nAbstract and geometric designs<\/p>\n
QUESTION 4
\nImagine you are a museum tour and you are responsible for conducting an international tour of foreign visitors and students through a museum exhibit exploring Abstract Expressionism. In your own words, describe how you would define the movement and explain the style and meaning of Abstract Expressionism art. Your essay should be no less than two paragraphs.<\/p>\n
QUESTION 5
\n____________________ was the art movement with clean, sharp lines that focused on factories, buildings and American consumerist goods.
\nSouthwest Modernism
\nNew Negro Movement
\nPrecisionism
\nRegionalism<\/p>\n
QUESTION 6
\nThe widespread acclaim of Abstract Expressionism was responsible for this city becoming the center of the modern art world.<\/p>\n
QUESTION 7
\nSelect one artwork that reflects the downturn of the Great Depression. State the title, artist, date, and then provide a visual analysis of the work including a personal interpretation. Your essay should be no less than two paragraphs and should be written in your own words.<\/p>\n
QUESTION 8
\nWhich of these is NOT subject matter embraced by the Ashcan artists?
\nImmigration
\nUrban Life
\nOrdinary Americans
\nEuropean Abstraction<\/p>\n
QUESTION 9
\nWhich artist’s canvases of rectangles hover in fields of color to create a spiritual experience for the viewer?
\nWillem de Kooning
\nMark Rothko
\nRobert Motherwell
\nLouise Bourgeois<\/p>\n
QUESTION 10
\nWhich work of art was considered to be one of the most controversial pieces at the Armory Show?
\nDuchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase
\nHartley’s Portrait of a German Officer
\nDuchamp’s Fountain
\nSargent’s Mrs. Fiske Warren and Her Daughter Rachel<\/p>\n
QUESTION 11
\nWhich artist said “The modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in old forms of the Renaissance or of any other past culture. Each age finds its own technique”?
\nJackson Pollock
\nClement Greenberg
\nThomas Hart Benton
\nNorman Lewis<\/p>\n
QUESTION 12
\nWhose American Gothic exemplified the Regionalists’ interest in provincial America?
\nJacob Lawrence
\nDorothea Lange
\nGrant Wood
\nEdward Hopper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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