How Is Robert Smithson's Tatey Different From Traditional Landscapes?
Chapter 1 – A World of Art
Multiple Choice Questions with Slides
1. (Slide: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Umbrellas, Japan and United States) (figs. 1-2; pp. 9-10)
The Umbrella Project is a typical artwork by the collaborative team:
a) Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt
b) Christo and Jeanne-Claude
c) Herbert and Dorothy Vogel
d) Ron and Nancy Howard
Answer: (b)
2. (Slide: Albert Bierdstadt’s Rocky Mountains) (fig. 3; p. 11)
Bierdstadt’s picturesque view of the Rocky Mountains combines a representation of an American vista with his:
a) European experience
b) World War I experience
c) Polynesian heritage
d) Alaskan Expeditions
Answer: (a)
3. (Slide: Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty) (fig. 6; p. 15)
This work is/was in:
a) …show more content…
Part of Albert Bierstadt’s influence for his painting The Rocky Mountains came from a very different source. What was it?
14. Why was Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty different from traditional landscapes?
15. Give an example from the textbook of an artwork used for political purposes.
16. There are two basic steps to seeing. The first is physical; the second is ___ __.
17. In Christo and Jeanne Claude’s Umbrella Project, what two factors connect the two different sets of umbrellas to their locations? _______ and _______.
18. What aspect of ancient Australian ideology did Erna Motna include in his painting, Bushfire and Corroboree Dreaming?
19. Wu Chen’s landscape, The Central Mountains, raises an ordinary landscape scene to a higher level of beauty, what the Chinese call _______.
Essay Questions
20. How did Christo and Jeanne-Claude conceive the Umbrella Project? What was the intended symbolism of the umbrellas themselves? The color? Geographic location?
21. Using the works of Erna Motna and Wu Chen, discuss the various ways in which artists describe their world.
22. There are four roles that artists play that have not changed over the centuries. What are these roles and cite examples from Chapter 1 for each
Multiple Choice Questions with Slides
1. (Slide: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Umbrellas, Japan and United States) (figs. 1-2; pp. 9-10)
The Umbrella Project is a typical artwork by the collaborative team:
a) Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt
b) Christo and Jeanne-Claude
c) Herbert and Dorothy Vogel
d) Ron and Nancy Howard
Answer: (b)
2. (Slide: Albert Bierdstadt’s Rocky Mountains) (fig. 3; p. 11)
Bierdstadt’s picturesque view of the Rocky Mountains combines a representation of an American vista with his:
a) European experience
b) World War I experience
c) Polynesian heritage
d) Alaskan Expeditions
Answer: (a)
3. (Slide: Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty) (fig. 6; p. 15)
This work is/was in:
a) …show more content…
Part of Albert Bierstadt’s influence for his painting The Rocky Mountains came from a very different source. What was it?
14. Why was Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty different from traditional landscapes?
15. Give an example from the textbook of an artwork used for political purposes.
16. There are two basic steps to seeing. The first is physical; the second is ___ __.
17. In Christo and Jeanne Claude’s Umbrella Project, what two factors connect the two different sets of umbrellas to their locations? _______ and _______.
18. What aspect of ancient Australian ideology did Erna Motna include in his painting, Bushfire and Corroboree Dreaming?
19. Wu Chen’s landscape, The Central Mountains, raises an ordinary landscape scene to a higher level of beauty, what the Chinese call _______.
Essay Questions
20. How did Christo and Jeanne-Claude conceive the Umbrella Project? What was the intended symbolism of the umbrellas themselves? The color? Geographic location?
21. Using the works of Erna Motna and Wu Chen, discuss the various ways in which artists describe their world.
22. There are four roles that artists play that have not changed over the centuries. What are these roles and cite examples from Chapter 1 for each