ARH 151 FINAL EXAM 2022 LATEST UPDATE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Realism - answerThis is "Tenant Farmer's Wife, Hale County, Alabama," 1936, by Walker Evans.
What art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of this work?
contextualism (institutional) - answerWhat art criteria would be most appropriate for a
discussion/evaluation of this work?
formalism - answerWhat art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of this
work?
surrealism - answerWhat art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of this
work?
realism - answerWhat art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of this
work?
formalism - answerWhat art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of this
work?
contextualism (feminism)
contextualism (instrumental) - answerThis is "After Walker Evans," 1981, by Sherry Levine. What
art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of this work?
surrealism - answerWhat art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of this
work?
expressionsim - answerWhat art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of
,this work?
the region of modern-day Mexico and Central America - answerMesoamerican art was made in
________.
Australia - answerThe indigenous civilization on this continent, had a culture that remained
unchanged for tens of thousands of years. They believe they can contact their ancestors in the
Dreamtime, where spirits dwell.
European colonization - answerMany world cultures (including most native American cultures)
changed dramatically starting in the 15th century because of what?
the Aztecs - answerThis literate warrior society dominated central Mexico until the arrival of
Cortez and the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century.
Mississippian - answerThis Native American culture left large mounds that once supported
buildings and burial sites in what is now Moundville, Alabama. At one time it had one of the
largest city populations in North America.
True - answerAbstract designs and patterns can convey information that is as important,
recognizable, and specific as both representational and narrative imagery.
United States - answerThe northern tip of Polynesia connects to what country. (This might be a
trick question.)
True - answerAztec civilization came after the Olmec, Teotihuacano, and Maya societies.
totem - answerThese carved wood artifacts from the northwest coast of North America, signified a
clan's mythological past, connecting them to the powers of animals such as bears and eagles.
, the Maya - answerThis Mesoamerican culture flourished for over 2500 years (1100 BC to 1500 BC)
in the Yucatan area of what is now Mexico.
Pre-Columbian - answerArt from the Central and South Americas that dates back to before the
16th century is known as ________.
Machu Picchu - answerThe Inka (Inca) civilization was conquered by the Spanish in the 16th
century, but this site in the the Andes mountains, in what is now Peru, escaped destruction.
an Islamic mosque - answerThe largest adobe (mud brick) structure in the world, in Djenne, Mali,
in northwest Africa, is what kind of structure?
Olmecs - answerThis ancient culture, considered the "mother civilization" of Mesoamerica, left us
17 monumental stone heads, some weighing as much as 20 tons.
A.
South America (Paracas)
B.
Mesoamerica (Olmec)
C.
Africa (nkisi)
D.
Australia (bark painting)
E.
North America (the plains) - answer
gouache - answerWhat do we call watercolor, mixed with a white pigment like chalk, creating an
opaque medium with rich, strong colors?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Realism - answerThis is "Tenant Farmer's Wife, Hale County, Alabama," 1936, by Walker Evans.
What art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of this work?
contextualism (institutional) - answerWhat art criteria would be most appropriate for a
discussion/evaluation of this work?
formalism - answerWhat art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of this
work?
surrealism - answerWhat art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of this
work?
realism - answerWhat art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of this
work?
formalism - answerWhat art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of this
work?
contextualism (feminism)
contextualism (instrumental) - answerThis is "After Walker Evans," 1981, by Sherry Levine. What
art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of this work?
surrealism - answerWhat art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of this
work?
expressionsim - answerWhat art criteria would be most appropriate for a discussion/evaluation of
,this work?
the region of modern-day Mexico and Central America - answerMesoamerican art was made in
________.
Australia - answerThe indigenous civilization on this continent, had a culture that remained
unchanged for tens of thousands of years. They believe they can contact their ancestors in the
Dreamtime, where spirits dwell.
European colonization - answerMany world cultures (including most native American cultures)
changed dramatically starting in the 15th century because of what?
the Aztecs - answerThis literate warrior society dominated central Mexico until the arrival of
Cortez and the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century.
Mississippian - answerThis Native American culture left large mounds that once supported
buildings and burial sites in what is now Moundville, Alabama. At one time it had one of the
largest city populations in North America.
True - answerAbstract designs and patterns can convey information that is as important,
recognizable, and specific as both representational and narrative imagery.
United States - answerThe northern tip of Polynesia connects to what country. (This might be a
trick question.)
True - answerAztec civilization came after the Olmec, Teotihuacano, and Maya societies.
totem - answerThese carved wood artifacts from the northwest coast of North America, signified a
clan's mythological past, connecting them to the powers of animals such as bears and eagles.
, the Maya - answerThis Mesoamerican culture flourished for over 2500 years (1100 BC to 1500 BC)
in the Yucatan area of what is now Mexico.
Pre-Columbian - answerArt from the Central and South Americas that dates back to before the
16th century is known as ________.
Machu Picchu - answerThe Inka (Inca) civilization was conquered by the Spanish in the 16th
century, but this site in the the Andes mountains, in what is now Peru, escaped destruction.
an Islamic mosque - answerThe largest adobe (mud brick) structure in the world, in Djenne, Mali,
in northwest Africa, is what kind of structure?
Olmecs - answerThis ancient culture, considered the "mother civilization" of Mesoamerica, left us
17 monumental stone heads, some weighing as much as 20 tons.
A.
South America (Paracas)
B.
Mesoamerica (Olmec)
C.
Africa (nkisi)
D.
Australia (bark painting)
E.
North America (the plains) - answer
gouache - answerWhat do we call watercolor, mixed with a white pigment like chalk, creating an
opaque medium with rich, strong colors?
