art 261, final exam name: _____________________________

I. ATTRIBUTION QUESTIONS (60 points possible in this section) For each slide, attribute it to a style period covered in class (choose from Impressionism, Fauvism, De Stijl, Dada, Pop, Minimalism). Support your attribution with reasons based on what you see in terms of subject matter, style, media and theory. Use and define key terms. Make sure to identify key characteristics for the style you have chosen. Be as specific as possible.

1.(left) style period:________________________________

characteristics of that style (list everything you can think of!) If you can, compare it to a work studied in class.

Key term & definition:

2.(right) style period: _____________________________ characteristics of that style: (make sure to list everything you can think of!) If you can, compare it to a work studied in class.

3.(left) style period: __________________________ characteristics of that style: (list everything you can think of!) If you can, compare it to a work studied in class.

Key term & definition:

4.(right) style period: ___________________________ characteristics of that style: (list everything you can think of) If you can, compare it to a work studied in class.

5.(left) style period: __________________________ characteristics of that style: (list everything you can think of!) If you can, compare it to a work studied in class.

Key term & definition:

6.(right) style period: _________________________ characteristics of that style: (list everything you can think of!) If you can, compare it to a work studied in class.

II. TERMS (5 POINTS EACH; do at least 3; extra credit possible)

7. passage

definition:

artist associated with this term:

8. combine

definition:

artist associated with this term:

9. synthetism

definition:

artist associated with this term:

10. cubism

definition:

artists (2) associated with this term:

11. suprematism

definition:

artist associated with this term:

III. SINGLE SLIDES (5 POINTS EACH; 30 points this section). Explain significance of the work in terms of style, subject matter, context/theory. Use and define key terms.

12. Seurat, Sunday Afternoon on the Grande Jatte, 1884-1886

style period:_______________

characteristics of style:

Three key terms & definitions:

a.

b.

c.

13. Goya, Third of May 1808, 1814

style period: ________________________

characteristics of style:

subject of this work:

14. Christo, Running Fence, 1972

style period: __________________________

description of work:

term & definition:

15. Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, 1872

style period: _____________

describe the controversy surrounding this work when it was first exhibited.

16. Beuys, Coyote - I like America and America likes Me, 1974

style period: __________________

describe the nature of this work, using key terms.

17. Dubuffet, Cow with the Subtile Nose, 1954

style period: ___________________________

describe the artist's beliefs about artistic training (whose work did he admire):

IV. SLIDE COMPARISON (15 points each; 45 points this section) Two slides will be shown at a time. They have been studied in the course and are identified for you. Discuss similarities and differences presented within each pair.

18.

• l. Courbet, Stonebreakers, 1850 - style period:
• r. Magritte, Time Transfixed, 1939 - style period:

19.

• l. Manet, Luncheon on the Grass, 1863 - style period:
• r. Kruger, We Won't Play Nature to Your Culture, 1983 - style period:

20.

• l. Kandinsky, Improvisation #30, 1913 - style period:
• r. Pollock, Autumn Rhythm, 1950 - style period: