Final Exam Study Guide

DATE: DEC 12, 2o12  WED.

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HUMANITIES 31 – FINAL EXAM

STUDY NOTES 

• Chapters 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 (Enlightenment to Globalism)

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• True or False

1) Abstract Expressionism is the first American modern art movement.

2) The Bicycle Wheel by Marcel Duchamp was a “ready-made.”

3) Most practices of Modernism drew inspiration from Freud’s study of psychology.

4) Stravinsky was one of the “Five” Russian composers.

5) Diderot was a fan of Boucher’s paintings.

6) Napoleon Bonaparte’s slogan was Liberty, Equality, Fraternity or Death.

7) The Paris Opera House was built by raising the area of the French commune.

8) H.G. Wells’ “War Of The Worlds” was appropriated by Orson Welles in his famous 1938 radio broadcast that created panic in the U.S.

9) Samuel Johnson published the first Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

10) The Fauves looked to primitive art for new expression.

11) Saul Bass and Paul Rand are among the most influential graphic designer in the U.S.

12) Miles Davis’ “Kind Of Blue” was a masterpiece recorded during the makings of the hard-bop / cool jazz period in American music.

13) Tchaikovksy collaborated with ballet dancer Nijinsky.

14) Rene Descartes’ philosophy was based on probabilities not particular truths.

15) Robert Adam’s principle of architecture was “movements.”

16) Jacques Louis David’s “Death Of Marat” is an example of tableau vivant.

17) Jack Kerouac’s “On The Road” was typed on a long roll of paper.

18) Benny Goodman is a be-bop musician

19) Pointillism is a new study of medicine.

20) Gauguin and Van Gogh seeked rural lands for new utopia

21) “Ukiyoe” is a term describing the “floating world”

22) The Surrealists’ interest was the functioning of thought and welcomed irrational endeavors.

23) A daguerrotype is a photo-process developed by Joseph Nicéphone Niépce.

24) Alexander Pope was known for his use of “heroic couplets.”

25) Jackson Pollock’s paintings were known as “all over compositions.”

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• Multiple Choice

1) Billie Holiday’s

a) nickname was “Lady Day”
b) song of protest is “Strange Fruit.”
c) contribution to jazz was ragtime
d) A + B

2) Félix Fénéon’s coined term”distanced creations” were

a) funeral processions
b) paintings from the Romantic period
c) vacation homes of the Pope of Rome
d) the works of the Post-Impressionists

3) Which of the following are Japanese woodblock artists?

a) Ando Hiroshige
b) Katsushika Hokusai
c) Suzuki Harunobu
d) all of the above

4) Moulin Rouge was

a) a famous cabaret during the Belle Epoque period in France
b) Beethoven’s teacher
c)  a friend of Mozart
d) all of above

5) “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” was

a) a French expression of the good life
b) René Magrittes surrealist painting
c) a quote from Napoleon
d) none of the above

6) Jacques Louis David

a) is a fish monger on the river Seine
b) was Napoleon’s favorite cocktail
c) created the Statue Of Liberty
d) was an influential painter during the periods before and after the French revolution

7) “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” is 

a) an example of the “spoken word”
b) recording by Gil Scott-Heron
c) a popular TV series from the 1950s
d) A + B

8) Which of these is associated with the “Occupy” movement?

a) “We are the 99%”
b) democratic awakening
c) It was inspired by the Arab Spring, especially the protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square
d) all of the above

9) The catastrophic two world wars

a) set the mood for post-modernism
b) actualized the possibility of mass annihilation
c) were bred from the increasing friction of the leading European nations and emerging countries of power
d) all of the above

10) “A Trip To The Moon”

a) was a silent film by Georges Méliès
b) was an early form of the science-fiction film genre
c) was an highly influential film of techniques and narratives
d) all of the above

11) “L.H.O.O.Q.”

a) is Descartes’ famous expression
b) a self help book by Thomas Hobbes
c) is a punchline title of Marcel Duchamp’s painting of a moustache on the “Mona Lisa”
d) is pronounced as “LOOK”

12) Russian Constructivists 

a) set themselves forward applying art practices in politics
b) is the formula for “Force = mass x acceleration”
c) theory is “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”
d) all of the above

13) Le Corbusier

a) was a Bauhaus designer
b) though monarchy and absolutism was a good idea
c) created the Villa Savoie
d) A + C

14) Examples of “Art Deco” are

a) Arc de Triomphe
b) Rockefeller Center in New York City
c) birthday cakes with roses
d) Impressionist paintings

15) Denis Diderot was

a) a Romantic poet
b) a major contributor to the Encyclopedia
c) a supporter of Boucher’s paintings
d) a military general

16) Diego Rivera’s “Man At The Crossroads”

a) created outrage with the presses in New York
b) was Diego’s image of the modern man placed between the choice of capitalism and socialism
c) was a social realist mural
d) all of the above

17) Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec

a) is a French revolutionist
b) one of the first influential poster designers of the 20th century
c) is a Romantic painter
d) 18th century French philosopher

18) Jackson Pollock

a) lived as a recluse
b) dripped paint
c) danced around the canvas to create rhythm in painting
d) all of the above

19) Who were the members of the Miles Davis Quintet when recording “Kind Of Blue”?

a) Art Blakey on drums
b) John Coltrane on tenor saxophone
c) Ornette Coleman on alto saxophone
d) Thelonious Monk on piano

20) Pablo Picasso

a) painted “Guernica”
b) was one of the founders of Cubism
c) daughter is Paloma Picasso
d) all of the above

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• Music recognition

-Write the number of the tune in order of play next to the correlating title-

Jimi Hendrix – The Star Spangled Banner (Woodstock 1969)

Alan Parsons Project – I Robot

Brian Eno – Music For Airports

Rei Harakami – Come Here Go There (contemporary 2001)

Franz Schubert – Trout Quintet in A Major (1819)

Franz Joseph Haydn – Farewell Symphony (1772)

Gil Sccott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1971)

Tchaikovsky : The Nutcracker

Yvette Guilbert – Quand on vous aime comme ça

Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird

Claude Debussy – La Mer

Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata

Edgar Varése: Poème électronique (1958)

John Cage – Sonata II For Prepared Piano

So What’” Miles Davis Quintet 

“Haitian FIght Song’” Charles Mingus

“Strange Fruit” Billie Holiday

“Salt Peanuts” Dizzy Gillespie 1947

In The Mood” Benny Goodman

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• Art recognition

-Write the number of the image in order of view next to the correlating title-

Pilgrimage from Cythera or
Departure from the Island of Cythera
(1717)
Oil on canvas. 4ft.3in. x 6ft. 4in.
Louvre, Paris

“The Pilgrimage from Cythera” (1717) by Antoine Watteau  (Late Baroque)

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Death Of Marat (1793)

“Death Of Marat” (1793) by Jacques Louis David (Neoclassicism)

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The Bath Of Venus (1751) Oil on Canvas 3ft 4in x 2ft 9in

“The Bath Of Venus” 1751 by Francois Boucher (Rococo)

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Arc De Triomphe

“Arc de Triomphe” (Neo-Classicism)

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“Liberty Leading The People” (1830) by Eugène Delacroix (Romanticism)

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“Boulevard du Temple”, taken by Daguerre in 1838 in Paris, includes the earliest known photograph of a person. The image shows a street, but because of the over ten minute exposure time the moving traffic does not appear. At the lower left, however, a man apparently having his boots polished, and the bootblack polishing them, were motionless enough for their images to be captured.

“Boulevard De Temple” by Louis Daguerre (early Photography)

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A Burial At Ornans (French: Un enterrement à Ornans, also known as A Funeral At Ornans) 1849-1850

A Burial At Ornans (French: Un enterrement à Ornans, also known as A Funeral At Ornans) 1849-1850 by Gustave Courbet (Realism)

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53 Stations of Tokaido “Kanagawa” by Ando Hiroshige

53 Stations  Of Tokaido “Kanagawa” by Ando Hiroshige (Ukiyoe)

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Luncheon of the Boating Party (1880-1881)

“Luncheon of the Boating Party” by Pierre Auguste Renoir (Impressionism)

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“Water Lillies (Nympheas)” by Claude Monet (Impressionism)

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“Sunday On La Grande Jatte” Georges Seurat (1884)

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” by Georges Seurat (Post-Impressionism)

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“Moulin Rouge” Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864)

“Moulin Rouge”  by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Post-Impressionism)

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“Vision After The Sermon” Paul Gauguin (1888)

“Vision After The Sermon” by Paul Gaugun (Post-Impressionism)

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detail of “Beethoven Frieze” Gustav Klimt (1902)

“The Beethoven Frieze” by Gustav Klimt (Secessionist)

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“The Dessert Harmony In Red” Henri Matisse (1908)

“The Dessert Harmony in Red” by Henri Matisse (Fauvism)

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“Les Demoiselles D’Avignon” Pablo Picasso (1907)

“Les Demoiselles D’Avignon” by Pablo Picasso (early Cubism)

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“Fountain” Marcel Duchamp 1917

“Fountain” by Marcel Duchamp (Dada)

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“The Persistence Of Memory” Salvador Dalí 1931

“The Persistent Of Memory” by Salvador Dalí (Surrealism)

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“Lavender Mist” Jackson Pollock 1950

“Lavender Mist” by Jackson Pollock (Abstract Expressionism)

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• Essay  Choices

A) Pick a time period or a movement (…ism)of your choice that you like. Make a comparison with the time that we live in and evaluate any influences it has upon us and our lifestyle.

B) Pick a work of art or music and write your review about it.  Please give me the title and creator of the piece. Provide me with an image if you can.

* This needs to be beyond the basic remarks of “It’s nice…” , “Pretty good…” ” I just like it…”

Please give me a more deeper sense that you are relating to these works.

Look, listen, meditate and take notes and listen to what you feel. Be candid and introspective. That is where the answers are.

*** and last but not least, please give me your feedback about the class. I’d like to know your experience.

Good Luck and please ask if you have any questions.

See you Wednesday.