CHAPTER 1

TAKE HOME EXAM (this will count as 10points as a Quiz Grade)

MUST BE COMPLETED BY CLASS TIME ON FRIDAY 8-30-13
PLEASE BRING #2 PENCIL WITH YOU TO CLASS
1. How are Beatrice Woods Chalice and Felix Gonzalez Torress Untitled (Death by
Gun) alike?
a. They are made with nontraditional media.
b. They communicate a critical message about society.
c. They are by untrained artists.
d. They encourage viewer interaction.
2. Why do children often become less creative as they get older?
a. They interpret things more personally.
b. They use intuitive skills in drawing and composition.
c. They are afraid of failure.
d. They rely on symbolic imagery to communicate ideas.
3. All of the following are features shared by creative individuals EXCEPT:
a. persistence to work toward a goal
b. curiosity and a sense of wonder
c. willingness to take risks
d. intellectual aptitude
4. What personal experience is the basis for Yung Soon Mins Dwelling?
a. her familys relocation to the United States
b. her love of Korean poetry
c. her rejection of American popular culture
d. her concerns about Koreans political situation
5. How does Rembrandt van Rijns Self-Portrait exemplify art made for personal expression?
a. It provides critical commentary on society.
b. It gives insight into the artists personality and feelings.
c. It uses realism to depict the human figure.
d. It conveys the artists alienation due to living in a foreign country.
6. Which artwork employs text in a way that reveals the artists interest in advertising?
a. Lauren Greenfield, The View North, Toward Burj Dubai
b. Flix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Death by Gun)
c. Yong Soon Min, Dwelling
d. Chaz Maviyane-Davies, Global Warning!

7. Why is Anna Zemankova considered an outsider artist?

a. She has had no formal training in art.
b. Her art developed through her own vision and imagination.
c. Her abstract imagery has no basis in nature.
d. both A & B

8. __________ stated that he needed the public to complete his work.

a. Rembrandt van Rijn
b. Francisco Goya
c. Sabatino Simon Rodia
d. Felix Gonzlez-Torres
9. The urge to create is learned and is not an inborn distinctly human need.
a. True
b. False
10. What term describes the glazed mosaic tiles used in the Decorative Panel from the
Alhambra ?
a. femmage
b. propaganda
c. outsider art
d. medium
11. _________ is inspired by a spiny cactus putting down roots in search of water in the desert.
a. Romare Beardens Prevalance of Ritual: Tidings
b. Chaz Maviyane-Davies Global Warning
c. Janet Echelmans Her Secret is Patience
d. Lauren Greenfields The View North, toward Burj Dubai
12. The terms outsider art and folk art can be used interchangeably.
a. True
b. False
13. __________ is known for collages that deal with the African-American experience.
a. Beatrice Wood
b. Romare Bearden
c. Stephen Cox
d. James Hampton
14. How does Robin Rhodes He Got Game encourage viewers to be creative?
a. Viewers may take the photographs home to share with their friends.
b. Viewers must reorganize the multiple photographs to understand the meaning.
c. Viewers participated in the making of the photograph.
d. Viewers must alter their habitual way of looking to understand the photograph.
15. Which of the following is referenced in Miriam Schapiros use of the term femmage to
describe her mixed-media collages such as Heartland
a. art forms and practices traditionally associated with women
b. a graphic design technique associated with advertising
c. the abstract patterns and decoration made from mixing materials
d. a mathematical formula used to generate abstract imagery