Art Section 4

Question 1

Which was one of the latest ‘Non Western’ regions to have major impact on American art. A) Africa, B) Europe, C) South America, D) Asia, or E) The Moon?

Answer 1

D) Asia

Question 2

Who were the 4 Artists who started incorperating japanese influence into their culture around the Civil War?

Answer 2

James Abbott, McNeill Whistler, Lila Cabot Perry, and John LaFarge’

Question 3

Lila Perry made a painting of Mt. Fuji entitled “Mt. Fuji with _______”

Answer 3

Mt. Fuji With Gravestones

Question 4

“The Daibutsu, or Great Buddha, a fifty-foot-high bronze cast of The Buddha” was casted in what year?

Answer 4

1252

Question 5

What Impressionis painters took insperation from Eastern cultures?

Answer 5

Childe Hassam & William Merritt Chase

Question 6

On What Material was ‘Pink Azalea—Chinese Vase’ painted on?

Answer 6

Wood.

Question 7

About how many ‘still life’ paintings did William Merritt Chase’ paint?

Answer 7

120

Question 8

How tall is Ethiopia Awakening?

Answer 8

67 inches. or 5’2”

Question 9

When was ‘Meta Warrick Fuller’, painter of Etheopia Awakening, born

Answer 9

1877

Question 10

Between what years did Meta Warrick Fuller, painter of Etheopia Awakening, study sculpting in Paris?

Answer 10

1899 & 1903

Question 11

Inwhat museum are Auguste Rodin’s artworks stored to this day?

Answer 11

The Philidelphia Museum of Art

Question 12

Auguste Rodin expressed what through his sculptures?

Answer 12

human psychology

Question 13

Who did Meta Warrwic Fuller, Painter of Etheopia awakening, marry?

Answer 13

Solomon Fuller

Question 14

Where did Meta Warrwick Fuller move to after marriage

Answer 14

Framingham, Massachusets

Question 15

Name 2 reasons why Meta Warrwick Fuller, painter of Etheopia awakening, experianced the new-negro movement different from other black artists of the 1920s?

Answer 15

She was older than most She lived in a smlal city

Question 16

The Wretched, Is an expressionist paintig sculpted by Meta Warrwick Fuller. what does it depict?

Answer 16

Souls burning in Hell.

Question 17

“In Memory of Mary Turner As A Silent Protest Against Mob Violence” is an expressionis painting sculpted by Meta Warrwick Fuller. what does it depict?

Answer 17

“In Memory of Mary Turner As A Silent Protest Against Mob Violence” depicts a woman cradling an infant in her arms and leaning away from grasping hands and flames at the base

Question 18

When did Meta Warrwick Fuller die?

Answer 18

1968

Question 19

Meta Warrwick Fuller was friends with this famous Civil Rights person?

Answer 19

W.E.B. Du Bois

Question 20

Where was W.E.B. Du Bois burried

Answer 20

Ghana

Question 21

What did Pan-Africanism try to do?

Answer 21

Pan-Africanism sought to connect people from all over the Black Atlantic world,

Question 22

When did Pan-Africanism start to skyrocked in popularity?

Answer 22

Following WWI

Question 23

European & American artists were primarily Intersted in this type of African Art?

Answer 23

Sculpting, primarilly in masks

Question 24

Why were European artists interested in African styles of art?

Answer 24

It allowed for more radical abstraction

Question 25

Pablo Piscall differed from black artists because of how he used African & Oceanian culture in his art in the way he...

Answer 25

Didn't usethem for expression, but purely looks

Question 26

Palmer Hayden created a painting titled what, showing flowers & an afican sculptre on a table?

Answer 26

Fétiche et Fleurs

Question 27

Lois Mailou Jones, primarily painted with this material, because he thought it was more 'traditional'

Answer 27

Oils

Question 28

Mask, by Sargent Johnson, is made out of what material

Answer 28

Copper

Question 29

What foundation saved money to allow black-artists to visit Hati?

Answer 29

Rosenwald

Question 30

Prototyped for Etheopia Awakening tended to be around this tall.

Answer 30

What is 10-12 inches

Question 31

What was the estimated number of Americans living in Paris in 1924?

Answer 31

32000

Question 32

Where was Gerald Murphy born?

Answer 32

Boston, 1888

Question 33

Where did Gerald Murphy study?

Answer 33

Yale University. He graduated in 1912 with a degree in literature

Question 34

What store did Murphy's family own?

Answer 34

Mark Cross; a luxury leather store

Question 35

Where did Murphy and his family settle in after moving to Europe in 1921?

Answer 35

They first settled in Paris and then purchased a villa in Cap d'Antibes on the French Riviera

Question 36

What magazine talked about the Murphys' and their parties?

Answer 36

The New Yorker

Question 37

How many paintings did Murphy paint during his time in France, and how many exist till this day?

Answer 37

He painted 16 paintins but only 8 still exist today

Question 38

What was the original meaning of the "Lost Generation"?

Answer 38

It reffered to young men's feelings of ambivalence and uncertainty after the First World War

Question 39

What famous American figures were friends of the Murphys?

Answer 39

Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, Drothy Parker, Cole Porter, and Man Ray

Question 40

What was the Murphys' villa by the beach called by their friends?

Answer 40

Villa America

Question 41

What character by Fitzgerald was inspired by Murphy's glamorous persona?

Answer 41

Dick Diver in Tender if the Night (1934)

Question 42

Who was Murphy's greatest influence?

Answer 42

Fernand Léger, whose style was known as Purism

Question 43

What is a Puritism art style?

Answer 43

A postwar return to basics in art: primary colors, simple shapes, and solid forms

Question 44

What was a constant topic in Murphy's work?

Answer 44

Technology. It was present in Watch (1925), Razor (1924), Cocktail (1927), and Boat Deck (1923)

Question 45

How tall is Murphy's painting Watch?

Answer 45

Six and hald a feet square

Question 46

What makes watch to appear "to be made by a machine"?

Answer 46

Its extremely sharp lines, invisible brushstrokes, and precision of geometry

Question 47

What colors is the watch in Watch outlined?

Answer 47

Yellow and brown

Question 48

What small detail can be found above one of the main large central cogs?

Answer 48

The serial number

Question 49

Why is Murphy's representation of technology different from the ones seen in films like Metropolis (1927)?

Answer 49

The watch's energy is not threatening but instead appears orderly, balanced, and harmonious

Question 50

What caused Murphy to abandon painting?

Answer 50

His father's death and the Great Depression

Question 51

When did Murphy pass away?

Answer 51

1964

Question 52

Etheopia Awakening is made of Bronze, But the plaster prototypes are painted,

Answer 52

Black

Question 53

Why did Meta Warrwick Fuller not use the Traditional White marble for her sculpture?

Answer 53

It does not work well for prtraying peole in darker skin

Question 54

Etheopia Awakening was commisioned by who, for the NAACP

Answer 54

James Weldon Johnson

Question 55

Etheopia Awakening was first dispayed at what exibit

Answer 55

America's making exibit

Question 56

The America's Making Exibit showcased how many immagrant groups?

Answer 56

33

Question 57

Which artwork was the centerpiece for the Black-American portion of the America's Making Exibit?

Answer 57

Etheopia Awakening

Question 58

Why is the lower half of Etheopia Awakening strapped in bandages?

Answer 58

to mimic the process of mumification

Question 59

In Etheopia awakening, what is her right hand holding

Answer 59

bandages

Question 60

The Sculpture of Etheopia Awakening shows her wearing a folded headdress, popular in depictions of pharohs. what is this particular headdress called?

Answer 60

a nemes

Question 61

What important New Negro magazing, had published articles on Egypt Archeological digs?

Answer 61

Crisis

Question 62

When Meta Warrwick Fuller said her sculpture Etheopia Awakens was connected to the 'Negro Kings', she likely is reffering to which pharohs?

Answer 62

The Kushite Pharohs

Question 63

why is Meta Warrwick Fuller's sculpture called Etheopia Awakening

Answer 63

“Here was a group who had once made history and now after a long sleep was awakening, gradually unwinding the bandage of its mummified past.”

Question 64

Why were Etheopia & Egypt used interchangable in the 19th & 20th centuries?

Answer 64

The Bible, specifically Psalm 68:31 where it uses both cuntries as 1 nation

Question 65

Why is Etheopia considered a symbol of resiliance?

Answer 65

it kept its independence through the scramble of Africa, fighting against Europeans

Question 66

Who is the artist who painted the selected work Boy Stealing Fruit (1923)?

Answer 66

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Question 67

When and where was Tasuo Kuniyoshi, the artist of the selected work Boy Stealing Fruit (1923), born?

Answer 67

Okayama, Japan, in 1889

Question 68

At what age did Yasuo Kuniyoshi, the artist of the selected work Boy Stealing Fruit (1923), come to the United States? With whom did he come with?

Answer 68

he came at 16 years old on his own

Question 69

What were the interests of the collector Hamilton Easter Field?

Answer 69

Asian art and American folk art

Question 70

When Yasuo Kuniyoshi, the artist of the selected work Boy Stealing Fruit, came to the United States on his own, where did he end up settling in 1910?

Answer 70

New York

Question 71

In New York, where did Yasuo Kuniyoshi, the artist of the selected work Boy Stealing Fruit (1923), study and with whom?

Answer 71

he studied with Kenneth Hayes Miller at the Art Students League

Question 72

What collector did Yasuo Kuniyoshi, the artist of the selected work Boy Stealing Fruit (1923), attract the notice of while in New York studying at the Art Students League?

Answer 72

Hamilton Easter Field

Question 73

When did Yasuo Kuniyoshi, the artist of the selected work Boy Stealing Fruit, have his first solo show?

Answer 73

in 1922 in N.Y.

Question 74

True or False? The selected work Boy Stealing Fruit is NOT a typical example of Yasuo Kuniyoshi's work from the 1920s.

Question 75

In the selected artwork Boy Stealing Fruit by Yasuo Kanushi, what type of clothes is the young boy wearing?

Answer 75

overalls

Question 76

In the selected artwork Boy Stealing Fruit by Yasuo Kanushi, what is the young boy wearing overalls doing with his hands?

Answer 76

holding a banana in one hand while he grabs for a peach sitting on a solver tray with the other hand

Question 77

True or False? The composition of the selected work The Boy Stealing Fruit by Yasuo Kanushi is simplee?

Answer 77

True; as there only a few elements that take up most of the canvas

Question 78

How does the large, pale yellow-brown tabletop appear as it slants away from the viewer in the selected artwork Boy Stealing Fruit by Yasuo Kanushi?

Answer 78

it appears to be balancing on one corner

Question 79

How are the exaggerated pitch of the table and tray heightened in the selected artwork Boy Stealing Fruit by Yasuo Kanushi?

Answer 79

by the fact that the viewer cannot see the boy's feet or much of the table's support (the figures' relation to imagined "real" space is unsteady

Question 80

What is Frank Lloyd Wright known for?

Answer 80

His incredible output of buildings spanning from the 1890s to the 1950s and pioneering several different architectural styles in his career.

Question 81

Where was Frank Lloyd Wright born?

Answer 81

He was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, in 1867.

Question 82

Why was Frank Lloyd Wright fired from the firm of Adler and Sullivan?

Answer 82

He violated the terms of his employment agreement by designing houses for wealthy clients while he was an apprentice.

Question 83

What unique building style did Wright create, and how was it unique?

Answer 83

Wright created the "Prairie Style", this style was characterized by dedication to local materials, large overhanging roofs, and floor plans that lacked strong divisions between rooms, creating an organic flow of interior spaces.

Question 84

Wright named his studio and training facility in Spring Green, Wisconsin, Taliesin. What is he referring to?

Answer 84

His Welsh heritage

Question 85

Where did Wright open his winter studio in 1938?

Answer 85

Outside Scottsdale, Arizona, he named it the "Taliesin West".

Question 86

What inspirations were used in Wrights important buildings in Los Angeles?

Answer 86

He used inspirtation from Pre-Colombian architecture of Mesoarmerica and Latin America

Question 87

Wright created The Ennis House using innovative modern materials. He also made references to what?

Answer 87

He made references to ancient pyramids and jungles.

Question 88

What was the primary material of The Ennis House and the three others alike?

Answer 88

He primarily used reinforced concrete.

Question 89

What technique is used to make concrete stronger and more flexible.

Answer 89

Using wire mesh or metal bars to give it more flexibillity and strength.

Question 90

Where was the Unity Temple located?

Answer 90

Oak Park, Illinois

Question 91

Wright invented textile blocks, what are textile blocks.

Answer 91

Molded tiles formed from concrete made of crushed stone or sand taken from each building site. They are sixteen inches square and three and a half inches thick.