Feedback — Week 2 Quiz
Question 1
Which of the following artists was not an Independent Fantasist?
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
Salvador Dali belonged to the Surrealist movement.
Marc Chagall
Salvador Dali
✔
Giorgio de Chirico
Henri Rousseau
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Question 2
Which of the following statements is false?
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
Illusionists, also known as the Veristic Surrealists, believed in
a concrete representation of their subconscious rather than an
abstracted one. They utilized academic realism to convey their
vision with detail and precision.
Dadaists produced anti-art as
a way to react to the War World I.
✔
Illusionists found simplified
and abstracted art to be a crucial
part of their practice.
Independent Fantasists
investigated fantasy without
affiliating themselves with any
other movement.
Automatism was a way for
the Surrealists to explore their
subconscious through chance art.
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Question 3
Which of the following is not true about the Dada movement?
Your Answer
Dadaists
appreciated beauty in art
and were inspired by the
Impressionist
movement.
✔
Score
Explanation
1.00
Dadaists were against beauty in art and despised pleasing art movements
such as Impressionism, Expressionism, and even Cubism. Instead, they
embraced nihilistic art, or anti-art, that was a direct impact of World War
I. They valued spontaneous or accidental expression over an aesthetic
one. Dadaists' rhymes, protests, and visual experiments demonstrated
their frustration and disillusionment with war, art tradition, politics, and
society.
The movement
formed as a reaction to
the World War I.
It originated in
1916 in Zurich,
Switzerland.
In French, "dada"
translates to "a child's
hobby horse".
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Question 4
Which individual strove to cure the addictions, sexual drives, and disturbing fantasies that were brought on by the
terrors of war?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
Sigmund Freud, a Jewish-Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst, looked to cure
addictions, sexual drives, and disturbing memories that were brought on by World
War I. Andre Breton was a French writer and poet who became the Father of the
Surrealist movement; Dali was a Surrealist painter. Both of these men encouraged
people to embrace their fears and addictions in order to manifest them in art. Henri
Rousseau was an Independent Fantasist who passed away before the war.
Andre
Breton
Salvador
Dali
Henry
Rousseau
✔
Sigmund
Freud
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Question 5
Jackson Pollock belongs to which of the following movements?
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
Jackson Pollock belonged to Abstract Expressionism, which propagated
gesture, emotion, and energy. This movement lacked a common style, but
instead placed emphasis on the importance of personal expression without
formal representation.
Expressionism
Cubism
Abstract
Expressionism
✔
Impressionism
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Question 6
Which of the following artists utilized chance art?
Your
Answer
Jean
✔
Score
Explanation
1.00
Jean Arp was a Dadaist who was fascinated by chance art. He created many collages
in which he dropped cutout or torn shapes of paper whose landing decided the
outcome of the artwork. Collage with Squares Arranged According to the Laws of
Chance (1916-17) is just one of the examples. Giorgio de Chirico and Marc Chagall
were Independent Fantasists whose artwork was based on their personal vision rather
than chance. Dali was a Veristic Surrealist whose style was highly representational
and academic.
Arp
Marc
Chagall
Salvador
Dali
Giorgio de
Chirico
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Question 7
Who created this example of Fantastic Art?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
Marc
Chagall
Marcel
Duchamp
✔
1.00
Giorgio de
Chirico
The title of this piece is Love Song. Created in 1914, it is one of Giorgio de Chirico’s
most famous pieces and pre-dates both the Dada and Surrealist movements. The
artist juxtaposed in his metaphysical paintings, ancient arcades, Greek sculptures,
and symbols of modernity such as the train in the background and the red rubber
glove in the foreground.
Henri
Rousseau
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Question 8
Who created this example of Surrealist Art?
Your
Answer
✔
Score
Explanation
1.00
It is entitled The Transparent Simulacrum of the Feigned Image. Bright exaggerated
colors used in this barren fantastic landscape with a strange piece of cloth in the
foreground representative of Dali’s self-portrait are a reoccurring motif in the artist’s
work.
Salvador
Dali
Max
Ernst
Jean
Arp
Joan
Miro
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Question 9
Who created this example of Fantastic Art?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
Bottle Rack (1914) is one of Duchamp's many Readymades that he created as a
reaction to World War I. To Duchamp, art was more about the concept than its
appearance. Proclaiming a found object as art was his way of challenging the very
definition of handmade fine art.
Salvador
Dali
Man
Ray
Andre
Breton
Marcel
Duchamp
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Question 10
Which Fantastic artist created this painting?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
Joan Miro painted this Dutch Interior II (Int'rieur hollandais II) in 1928. Flat
colors and biomorphic shapes were a signature of his automatist style, which
distinctly differs from the styles of Ernst, Duchamp and Arp.
Marcel
Duchamp
Joan
✔
Miro
Jean Arp
Max
Ernst
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Feedback — Week 3 Quiz
Question 1
Who created this example of mail art?
Your
Answer
Vincent
Van Gogh
Score
Explanation
Ray
Johnson
✔
1.00
Ray Johnson titled this work Carole Bombard. Notice Johnson’s famous bunny
caricature on the left of the mail artwork which often reoccurs in his images and
serves as his personal signature, or self-portrait.
Eleanor
Antin
Ryosuke
Cohen
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Question 2
Who created this example of mail art?
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
This is Ryosuke Cohen's Braincell 358. Similar to other Braincell artworks in the
Brain Cell Project, this collage demonstrates the collective collaboration of people
from all over the world.
Eleanor
Antin
Vincent
Van Gogh
Ray
Johnson
Ryosuke
Cohen
✔
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Question 3
Who created this example of Mail Art?
Your Answer
Eleanor
✔
Score
Explanation
1.00
This is Eleanor Antin's 100 Boots Turn the Corner. Part of Antin’s 100 Boots
series, this postcard depicts another day in the adventures of 100 boots.
Antin
Ryosuke
Cohen
Vincent
Van Gogh
Ray
Johnson
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Question 4
Who created this example of Mail Art?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
This mail art is a collage or motico created by Ray Johnson in 1981. It is
called Untitled (Lucky Strike Underwear). In its lines and shapes on the right, it
somewhat resembles his bunny drawing and the lucky strike sticker is a direct
reference to the Pop Art culture.
William
Mulready
Ryosuke
Cohen
Ray
Johnson
✔
Rowland Hill
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Question 5
Who created this example of Mail Art?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
This piece is a Brain Cell, part of Ryosuke Cohen’s Brain Cell Project that
encouraged community mail art. Artists from different backgrounds and trained by
different approaches created this collaborative work by corresponding with one
another and altering the surface of this collage. Note Ray Johnson’s portrait in the
top right corner.
Rowland
Hill
Ray
Johnson
William
Mulready
✔
Ryosuke
Cohen
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Question 6
Which of the following is false about this mail art?
Your Answer
The artist used miniature boots
that were installed in different
settings with the aid of Photoshop.
✔
Score
Explanation
1.00
In 100 Boots on the March, the artist utilized life-size army
boots that were personally installed in different locations in
order to narrate their adventurous travels. The artist did not
employ Photoshop.
The artist purchased only 100
army boots for her series of mail art.
The unusual placement of
boots made the work appear Surreal
or out of this world.
The boots were only
photographed in black and white.
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Question 7
Which of the following statements is false about Rowland Hill?
Your Answer
He invented the first postal stamp called
the "Penny Black".
He founded the postal system in 1840,
which allowed for an established prepaid rate
for each letter mailed within the boundaries
Score
Explanation
of Britain.
He was an English educator and social
reformer.
He designed the "Mulready Envelopes".
Total
✔
1.00
Rowland Hill never designed the Mulready
Envelopes. Instead, he proposed their development
and hired an English artist, William Mulready, to
realize his concept.
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Question 8
What was Ryosuke Cohen's mail art called?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
Ryosuke Cohen’s mail art was called Brain Cells and took part of the Brain cell
series, or project. Moticos were Ray Johnson’s mail artwork, Penny Black was the
name of the first postage and Mulready was the name of the first prepaid envelopes.
Penny
Black
Mulready
Brain
Cells
✔
Moticos
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Question 9
Which artist drew a mustache and a goatee on a postcard depicting Mona Lisa?
Your
Answer
Marcel
Duchamp
Ray
Johnson
Eleanor
Antin
Vincent
Van Gogh
✔
Score
Explanation
1.00
Dada artist Marcel Duchamp drew a mustache and a goatee on a postcard depicting
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. This piece was one of his many approaches to
creating anti-art; he called it a Readymade. By changing the appearance of one of the
world’s most enigmatic and prized paintings, he was poking fun at the history and
tradition of art. While Duchamp preceded the Mail Art movement of 1950, his
postcard was a great influence for the artists to come.
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Question 10
Which 1960's art movement employed mail art to share artistic ideas?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
The Fluxus movement used mail art as a catalyst for artistic expression for artists
from all over the world. It originated in 1960's Germany and spread all over the
world, inviting artists of different backgrounds and trained by different approaches to
collaborate. Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism originated long before the 1960's.
Surrealism
Cubism
Fluxus
✔
Dada
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Feedback — Week 4 Quiz
Question 1
Who took this photograph?
Your
Answer
✔
Dorothea
Lange
Score
Explanation
1.00
Dorothea Lange shot Young migratory mother, originally from Texas in 1940. It was
part of her documentation of the struggling community in California. Her goal was
to convey the hardships that the poor families were experiencing and to create
awareness among the public and the government.
Sebastiao
Salgado
Alfred
Stieglitz
Cindy
Sherman
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Question 2
Who took this photograph?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
This is Steiglitz’ In The New York Central Yards from 1907. Created in Pictorialist
Style, this black and white photograph may be compared to a painting or a pastel
drawing due to its delicate and smoky values. Stieglitz captured the raising smoke in
time, manipulating the image instead of leaving it in its original untouched state. At
that time the Pictorialists strove to show that portraiture was an equal of painting and
drawing. They were influenced by the Impressionist movement that utilized
expressive strokes and blurry edges.
Walker
Evans
Alfred
Stieglitz
Dorothea
Lange
Julia
Margaret
✔
Cameron
Total
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Question 3
Who took this photograph?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
This is another of Dorothea Lange’s powerful portrait photographs, Roadside Family.
During the late 1930’s, Lange captured the desperation and plight of people caught in
Great Depression-era poverty, particularly of migrant farm families such as this one.
Alfred
Stieglitz
Sebastiao
Salgado
✔
Dorothea
Lange
Cindy
Sherman
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Question 4
Who took this photograph?
Your
Answer
Alfred
Stieglitz
✔
Score
Explanation
1.00
This is one of the many photographs of Georgia O’Keeffe shot by her admirer and
later husband, Alfred Stieglitz in 1918. As with many other images of O’Keeffe,
Stieglitz conveys his passion and even obsession with his model and muse.
Sebastiao
Salgado
Cindy
Sherman
Dorothea
Lange
Total
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Question 5
Who took this photograph?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
This photograph was taken by an American photographer and filmmaker, Cindy
Sherman. Similar to many of her other film-stills, in this Untitled Filmstill #3 (1997),
the artist takes on a new identity. Sherman transforms into a sexy housewife,
challenging the feminine stereotype and luring us into her staged world. It is similar to
Sherman's Untitled Filmstill #13 where she disguises herself as a seductive librarian.
Alfred
Stieglitz
Dorothea
Lange
Cindy
Sherman
✔
Georgia
O’Keeffe
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Question 6
What kind of portraiture did postmortem photographs depict?
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
In the 19th century, postmortem photographs depicted the dead. It was common
to photograph a family member right after their death, dressing them in their best
clothes, and posing them in front of the camera in order to capture their lifelike
appearance and as a reminder of their accomplishments in life.
Portraits of
political
officials
Portraits of
the celebrities
Portraits of
the dead
✔
Portraits of
occupations
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Question 7
Which of the following statements is not true?
Your Answer
The soft strokes and
blurry edges of the Pictorialist
style were inspired by the
Expressionist movement in
Europe.
✔
Score
Explanation
1.00
The Impressionist movement in Europe, not the Expressionist one,
inspired the Pictorialists to create soft strokes and blurry edges in
their work. Pictorialists admired the delicate and energetic quality
of Impressionist art that focused on important parts of an image
while leaving other areas unfocused (similar to the way the human
eye works).
Pictorialists used a
camera as a tool to capture the
fleeting moment of life.
In Pictorialism, painterly
techniques were applied to
photographs to make them
resemble paintings.
Alfred Stieglitz was the
leader of the movement
known as Pictorialism.
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Question 8
Which artist stated the following to describe his/her relationship with the camera and photography: “You put your
camera around your neck along with putting on your shoes, and there it is, an appendage of the body that shares
your life with you. The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
Dorothea Lange viewed her camera as an extension of her body. She brought
it with her on many travels, witnessing and capturing the hardships of
humanity.
Julia
Margaret
Cameron
Georgia
O’Keeffe
Alfred
Stieglitz
Dorothea
Lange
Total
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Question 9
Which of the following describes silhouette portraits?
Your Answer
Caricature
drawings
Miniature
paintings rendered
with enamel on
ivory
Straight
photographs
Score
Explanation
✔
Black paper
profile cut outs
Total
1.00
In the 18th century, silhouette portraits became an inexpensive and widely
accessible way for the public to obtain their portraits. This technique was
invented by E'tienne de Silhouette (1709-67), a French finance minister. They
were crafted by projecting bright light behind a sheet of white paper and
carefully tracing the cast profile of the sitter. The final outline was then
minimized, cut out of black paper, and pasted onto a small card.
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Question 10
Which of the following is not true about straight photography?
Your Answer
It required subtle
drama in the sitters' facial
expression.
✔
Score
Explanation
1.00
Dramatic facial expressions were likely to be found in the Pictorialist
works, while Straight photographers propagated against images that
were changed or manipulated in any way. They searched for true and
natural facial expressions.
It explored the
essence of the subject.
It emphasized the
importance of untouched
images.
It stressed truthful
representation.
Total
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Feedback — Week 5 Quiz
You submitted this quiz on Mon 24 Jun 2013 6:24 PM MSK (UTC +0400). You got a score of 10.00 out of 10.00.
Question 1
Who created this environmental installation?
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
This is an untitled work from Mendieta's Silueta Series in Iowa where she
explores the relationship between women and nature. Notice the imprint of her
Walter
De Maria
Rachel
Whiteread
Ana
Correct
Mendieta
body, or silhouette, in the sand surrounded with a frame of grass. The artist
invites us to witness a private ritual. The trace of Mendieta's body becomes
part of the landscape, but eventually disappears. This photograph documents
the ephemeral quality of the artist's work.
Andy
Goldsworthy
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Question 2
Who created this environmental installation?
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
This is Andy Goldsworthy’s Torn Lines through Elm Leaves Held to Stone
with Water, a private examination of nature's fleeting moments. Fascinated
with nature's spontaneity and magic, Goldsworthy captures the interaction
between natural elements and forces through the medium of photography.
The artist stages large and small scale environmental installations and
records their interaction. In this case, a small yellow quilt of elm leaves
clings to a rock like a protective layer of skin. Through this quiet and
intimate performance the artist reminds us of life's beauty and transience.
Ana
Mendieta
Andy
Goldsworthy
Correct
Walter De
Maria
Christo
and JeanneClaude
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Question 3
Who created this environmental installation?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
Walter
De Maria
Ana
Mendieta
Christo
and JeanneClaude
Correct
1.00
This is Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Valley Curtain that was installed in Rifle,
Colorado in the early 1970's. It is one among many monumental environmental
installations that were created by the couple. Similar to their other works, Valley
Curtain shocks the viewers with its vibrancy and scale. It may be compared to a
fantastic breathing organism that looks shocking, but at the same time quite
fitting in the surrounding Colorado landscape. It is a theatrical performance that
interacts with the viewers as well as with natural forces, pulsating and moving in
the sun, rain and wind.
Andy
Goldsworthy
Total
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Question 4
Who created this installation art?
Your Answer
Rachel
Whiteread
Correct
Score
Explanation
1.00
British sculptor Rachel Whiteread created this Untitled (Paperbacks), (1997).
Similar to her other installation work, the artist examines the visible and the
invisible presence of memories within a space. Here she made a negative
plaster cast of the books on shelves. This work is similar to her House of
1993.
Christo
and Jeanne
Claude
Anish
Kapoor
Ana
Mendieta
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Question 5
Who created this installation art?
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
American Pop artist, Claes Oldenburg, created this Spoonbridge and
Cherry (1985-88) out of aluminum, stainless steel and paint. This installation
sculpture is located at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis and measures 29
ft. 6 in. x 51 ft. 6 in. x 13 ft. 6 in. It is part of the many other large-scale
projects that challenged the scale of everyday small objects.
Andy
Goldsworthy
Rachel
Whiteread
Christo
and Jeanne
Claude
Claes
Oldenburg
Correct
Total
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Question 6
Who created this environmental installation?
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
British artist, Andy Goldsworthy, assembled Overcast, occasional
rain (1987) out of torn grass blades. Through his site-specific environmental
installations, Goldsworthy examines the transitory effects of nature. All of
his tools and materials are products of nature. Stone, sand, twigs, leaves,
water, feathers, sheep's wool and dirt are just some of them. Each piece is a
Christo
and JeanneClaude
Walter De
Maria
Ana
Mendieta
Andy
Goldsworthy
Correct
surreal phenomenon, striking in its simplicity, placement, color and texture.
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Question 7
Which of the following was a reoccurring medium used in Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
Christo and Jeanne-Claude employed different types of fiber in their
environmental installations to wrap, surround or in some way emphasize the
beauty of the selected environment.
Metal
Natural
materials
Paper
Fiber
Total
Correct
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Question 8
Which concept was not addressed in Ana Mendieta’s Silueta Series?
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
Mendieta did not explore masculinity in her Silueta Series. Instead, her
Cuban heritage, the feeling of displacement and the bond between woman
and nature were closely reexamined.
Cuban
heritage
Masculinity
Correct
Woman and
nature
Displacement
Total
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Question 9
This artist(s) was one of the first to inspire the contemporary Installation Art movement of 1970’s.
Your Answer
Christo
and JeanneClaude
Man Ray
Score
Explanation
Marcel
Duchamp
Correct
1.00
Marcel Duchamp had a great impact on Installation Art with his
Readymades. The way he presented his assembled, purchased, or found
objects resembled small environments. Christo and Jeanne-Claude and Andy
Goldsworthy have made great contributions to the growth and development
of environmental installation art, but were not the first to inspire it. Man Ray
was a Dadaist who experimented with camera-less photography and had
nothing to do with the contemporary Installation Art movement.
Andy
Goldsworthy
Total
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Question 10
Which of the following is not true about Walter De Maria’s Lightning Field?
Your Answer
Its durability
and placement
prevent the piece
from ever changing.
Correct
Score
Explanation
1.00
What makes Walter De Maria’s Lightning Field so unique is its
constant transformation. The stainless rods and space around them
react to the surrounding environment. The viewers are meant to enjoy
this Land Art for an entire day, closely observing its changes and
reactions to nature's forces. For instance, during sunrise or sunset the
stainless steel rods glisten in the sun, glowing brightly as though they
are on fire. However, they are most incredible during a thunderstorm
when lightning hits the metal rods, resulting in a bright web of
electricity.
It is located in
the southwestern
New Mexico.
It examines
physical and
psychological
attributes of natural
space.
It consists of
400 stainless steel
rods.
Total
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Feedback — Week 6 Quiz
You submitted this quiz on Tue 2 Jul 2013 10:29 AM MSK (UTC +0400). You got a score of 10.00 out of 10.00.
Question 1
Who created this artwork?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
American artist Joseph Cornell created this small cabinet of curiosities
titled Fortune Telling Parrot (Parrot Music Box), 1937-38. Similar to his other
assemblages such as Untitled (Butterfly Habitat) of 1940, this piece demonstrated
the artist’s interest in Surrealism and childhood. Each cabinet tells its own story
with its highly imaginative and personal juxtapositions of bizarre objects.
Mark
Dion
Andy
Warhol
Correct
Joseph
Cornell
Charles
Wilson
Peale
Total
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Question 2
This grass snake with coin from 1660 is most likely to be part of which collection?
Your Answer
The King’s
Kunstkammern
Correct
Score
Explanation
1.00
This unique item is part of The King’s Kunstkammern. It is a
great example of the bizarre finds that were displayed in the
cabinets and rooms of curiosities. Its date is another clue that
gives away its age and value. Andy Warhol’s Capsules are more
likely to contain bills, mail and everyday objects. Contemporary
Cabinets of Curiosities are handmade sculptures and assemblages
that demonstrate the artists’ multi-disciplinary and personal
interpretation of the cabinets. Finally, Mark Dion’s New England
Digs contained domestic and industrial items.
Andy Warhol’s
“Capsules”
Mark Dion’s “New
England Digs”
Contemporary
Cabinets of Curiosities (a
collaboration between the
Wood Turning Center and
The Furniture Society)
Total
Question 3
Who created this artwork?
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Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
American installation artist Mark Dion created The Allegory of History in
2003. As seen in his New England Digs (2001), Dion presents his versatile
collection in a traditional cabinet.
Andy
Warhol
Mark
Correct
Dion
Karsten Bott
Joseph
Cornell
Total
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Question 4
Who created this artwork?
Your
Answer
Joseph
Correct
Score
Explanation
1.00
This is a typical Joseph Cornell collection. This one is Untitled (Solar Set) from
the late 1950’s. Similar to his other box assemblages, Cornell creates a small
microcosm or environment to reminisce on his childhood and explore the
unexpected. His particular selection and placement of unrelated object tells a
private story and may be compared to the works of the Surrealists whose work
consisted of bizarre juxtapositions.
Cornell
Andy
Warhol
John
Tradescant
Mark
Dion
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Question 5
Who created this artwork?
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
This is Dion’s Landfill (1999-2000), a striking presentation of landfill within a
wooden cabinet with glass sliding door. In his work, Mark Dion takes on a role
of an archeologist, excavating meaningful and historical sites. By classifying and
displaying his collected finds in unlikely ways, Dion challenges the
classification system of modern day institutions such as natural history and art
museums. He breaks the conventional display tactics, following in the Cabinets
of Curiosities tradition. The artist finds beauty and wonder in discarded things
and showcases them within traditional cabinets, rooms and laboratories.
Andy
Warhol
John
Tradescant
Joseph
Cornell
Mark
Dion
Correct
Total
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Question 6
Which of the following does not reflect Mark Dion’s reasons for collecting?
Your Answer
To mimic
traditional taxonomy
of educational
institutions
Correct
Score
Explanation
1.00
American installation artist Mark Dion set out to change and transform
the traditional taxonomy of educational institutions by creating his own
classifications to reflect his personal vision. His multi-disciplinary
approach to combining and organizing found objects in unexpected
ways demonstrated the creativity and risk taking of an artist, collector,
and performer.
To take on an
archeologist’s
identity
To invent new
classifications of
found matter
To explore the
definition of
collecting
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Question 7
During late 16th and early 17th centuries, this commoner collected an amazing array of curiosities which he allowed
the public to view for a small fee.
Your
Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
Despite his rank on the social ladder, John Tradescant Sr. owned a spectacular
collection of curiosities. His priceless finds were later acquired by an antiquary
named Elias Ashmole who showcased them in 1675 at one of Oxford's
buildings, which came to be known as The Ashmolean Museum. Ole Worm
was Tradescant’s contemporary, a Danish physician, writer and professor of
medicine. His thorough documenting of his collection became known as The
Museum Wormianum or History of Rare Things (1655). Frederick III was the
King of Denmark and Norway who reigned from 1648 to1670. Ole Worm’s
collection was added to Frederick’s Royal Kunstkammer after Worm’s death.
Alias
Ashmole
Ole
Worm
King
Frederick III
John
Tradescant
Sr.
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Question 8
Kunstkammern translates to which of the following?
Your Answer
Room of
Curiosities
Correct
Score
Explanation
1.00
During the 16th and 17th centuries, Kunstkammern were rooms of curiosities
that housed bizarre collections usually owned by wealthy individuals. The
purpose of these rooms was to obtain the most fantastic and rare finds in order
to gain a better understanding of life's mysteries and to demonstrate the
wonderful creations of man and nature.
Curious
Place
Installation of
Wonder
Cabinet
of Curiosities
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Question 9
Which statement is untrue about the Peale Museum?
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
1.00
The Peale Museum was organized in such a manner that the
audience started their tour with more familiar information and
advanced into less familiar displays, thus learning through the
progression and accumulation of information. Many other
museums followed this tactic, showcasing their collections in a
similar approach.
It served as a model
for the museums to come.
It introduced to the
visitors the unfamiliar,
followed by more
recognizable specimen.
Correct
It was open to
everyone.
It was one of the
earliest museums.
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Question 10
This artist’s work was inspired by the collages of Surrealist artist Max Ernst.
Your
Answer
Mark
Dion
Score
Explanation
Yayoi
Kusama
Andy
Warhol
Joseph
Cornell
Total
Correct
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Joseph Cornell’s collages and assemblages were inspired by Max Ernst’s
collages. He was fascinated by Surrealism whose fantastic undertones are
clearly seen in the artist’s work.