Art 105, Chapter 16 quiz – Flashcards
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How does Faith Ringgold address issues of gender and racism in her work?
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By using incisive commentary and fabrics
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The Chinese-born Xu Bing created A Book from the Sky in 1987. This huge work creates an environment in the gallery and is known as this type of art:
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Installation
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This building by Frank Gehry has been likened to a "metallic flower":
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Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
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The stylistic label that best describes Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial is ________________
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Minimalist
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Matthew Barney created this complex multimedia installation, using drawings, photographs, sculptures, videos and film:
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Cremaster cycle
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This type of architecture strives to disrupt conventional expectations and challenge the viewer's assumptions about architectural form as it relates to function
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Deconstructivist Architecture
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These two women artists use unflattering depictions of the human body to comment on social issues:
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Jenny Saville and Kiki Smith
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This married couple is famous for wrapping buildings, draping Central Park in fabric "gates," and surrounding islands with millions of square feet of pink cloth
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
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This work is a tribute to the South African Black Liberation Movement leader who was killed by authorities while in their custody:
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Homage to Steve Biko
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This artist's openly homosexual images were at the center of a huge controversy in the 1980's involving the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA):
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Robert Mapplethorpe
