The Jazz Age and the Great Depression" Exam

Question 1: Cultural primitivism enforces nostalgic ideas about returning to an untouched nature, spiritual purity, and cultural traditions. Many of the artists associated with Southwest Modernism displayed this ideal in their work. Give an example of one of these paintings and how it expresses cultural primitivism. (87-90)

QUESTION 2: Which Modern artist creates empty and lonely compositions, with a few sparse individuals in lonely and bleak city locations?

QUESTION 3: According to our text, what was the key difference in terms of the artists who were exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art versus the Museum of Modern Art?

QUESTION 4: What three personal and social values were listed in our text as embraced by the Regionalist painters?

QUESTION 5: The writer and philosopher coined the term ‘New Negro'.

QUESTION 6: Native American painting was informed by modern styles: what were some of the characteristics of these paintings? (select all that apply)

A. 3-Dimensional shading

B. Flat outlines

C. Machine age technology

D. Traditional native symbols

E. Abstract and geometric designs

QUESTION 7: Select one artwork that reflects that downturn of the Great Depression. State the name, artist and date, and then give a two paragraph analysis of the work including a personal interpretation.

QUESTION 8: Understanding the different ideologies of these artists, describe the philosophical difference between Thomas Hart Benton's City Building (pg. 110) and Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Mural (pg. 82)?

QUESTION 9: Between 1935 and 1943, the New Deal supplied emergency funding to employ American artists through what agency?

QUESTION 10: This painting represents one of the two distinct styles of Abstraction Expressionism called _______________.

QUESTION 11: Imagine you are a docent or visitor's guide at an art museum. You are responsible for conducting an international tour of foreign visitors and students through a museum exhibit exploring American Abstract Expressionism. Write a minimum two paragraph summary of what you would say to them about the overall movement and artworks of American Expressionism.

QUESTION 12: What were some of the adjectives that Robert Motherwell used to describe Abstract Expressionist painting?

QUESTION 13: Native American painting was informed by modern styles: what were some of the characteristics of these paintings?

A. Bright colors

B. Flat outlines

C. Machine age technology

D. Traditional native symbols

QUESTION 14: Diego Rivera, a Socialist Realist, often included political imagery in his work. His mural for the Rockefeller Center was destroyed when he included a depiction of this revolutionary:

QUESTION 15: Give a brief description of Clement Greenberg's critical idea of ‘formalism'?

QUESTION 16: The widespread acclaim of Abstract Expressionism was responsible for this city becoming the center of the modern art world.

QUESTION 17: Give the title, artist and date of this work.

QUESTION 18: In this week's readings, was the art movement with clean, sharp lines that focused on factories, buildings and American consumerist goods.