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UNITED STATES ACADEMIC DECATHLON®
ART
LEVEL TEST 3: HARD DIFFICULTY LEVEL
2016-2017
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INSTRUCTIONS: On your answer sheet, mark the lettered space (a, b, c, d, or e) corresponding to the answer that
BEST completes or answers each of the following test items.
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1.
What was found to be the most successful method of selecting an architect for the Memorial to the
Murdered Jews of Europe?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
You found a work in a poster shop advertising beer that included leaves and flowers drawn with flowing,
sinuous lines. It is most probably a work in the style called
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
3.
Minimalism
Pop Art
Art Deco
Art Nouveau
Impressionism
Hitler was preparing a winter military parade at the Zeppelinfeld to show off his latest weapons. When
would Speer most likely recommend that he schedule it?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
4.
a competition open to all
an invitation-only competition to architects and sculptors
the selection of an architect by popular vote
the commissioning of a single architect from the outset
the selection from a group of promising graduate students
on a Sunday morning
at noon on a weekday
at 10 am on a weekday
at 3 pm on a Saturday
at 9 pm on a Friday
Why might the Entartate Kunst exhibition be considered a failure in terms of its propaganda value?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Its organizers could not find enough suitable artworks.
It showed many works but only by a few artists.
It did not reach the ambitiously projected audience numbers.
It interested viewers more than officially sanctioned art.
It was organized in a dull, conservative fashion.
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5.
What type of music would CoBrA artists MOST likely respond to?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
6.
You are building a house that is filled with ornamented forms. You choose appropriate columns for it
which are
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
7.
They felt it was too conservative.
They felt it was too strong politically.
They condemned its style.
They strongly supported it.
They gave her little recognition.
The 1980s were known for creating “art stars.” What were celebrated architects called during this period?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
10.
They wanted a secret language of their own.
They found English to be too limited a language.
They wanted to help to reconnect humanity.
They did not know how to speak other languages.
They wanted to use a language never used before.
What did the Soviet government think of Mukhina’s work?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
9.
Egyptian
Doric
Ionic
Minoan
Corinthian
Why would the Abstract Expressionists be in favor of using Esperanto, a constructed international
language?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
8.
Baroque chamber music
Improvisational jazz
Marching band songs
Romantic symphonies
Medieval church music
architecture stars
techartstars
starchitects
builderstars
celestialarchs
If I wanted a realistic yet flattering portrait done of President Roosevelt, I would commission
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Chagall
Fougasse
Moore
Rockwell
Giacometti
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11.
I want to make a drawing of thin, light lines. I should use a(n)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
12.
Who would Sartre MOST likely commission to do his portrait in a style that captured his philosophy?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
13.
political rallies
protest demonstrations
presidential inaugurations
picnicking and frisbees
private viewing of nature
All of the following adjectives describe Hofmann’s Golden Wall EXCEPT
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
17.
Picasso
Calder
Ferber
Duchamp
Mukhina
The design of the National Mall allows for all of the following EXCEPT
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
16.
hero worship of Hitler
sense of superiority over Hitler
unrealistic sense of his own power
lack of understanding of propaganda
fear of Hitler’s power
An artist displayed a shovel in a gallery as a work of art. This artist was MOST likely
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
15.
Chagall
Fougasse
Moore
Rockwell
Giacometti
Placing his image as an equal of Hitler on the 1941 postage stamp revealed Mussolini’s
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
14.
oil stick
soft pencil
pen and ink
hard pencil
pastel stick
dynamic
lively
static
expressive
abstract
Which artist was MOST associated with commercial art?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Moore
Mukhina
Giacometti
Fougasse
Chagall
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18.
A crowd gathers before a golden-toned landscape where colors blend and blur in a beautiful example of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
19.
Moore makes his figures easy to relate to by
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
20.
Ancient Egyptian
Gothic
Baroque
Neo-classical
Impressionist
Hitler’s propaganda methods were all of the following EXCEPT
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
23.
joyful
puzzling
beautiful
conservative
graceful
A fragment of a mural discovered in a museum storeroom of a man with its head in profile, its torso in
frontal view, and its feet in profile is MOST probably
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
22.
carefully depicting their individual features
dressing them in the latest 1940s fashions
generalizing them and making them timeless
modeling them on members of his own family
modeling them after contemporary famous figures
What adjective BEST describes the images in Blind Man’s Buff?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
21.
surrealism
sinopia
sgraffito
sfumato
stippling
emotional
intimidating
rational
inflammatory
radical
Chagall’s White Crucifixion calls our attention to the plight of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Christian martyrs
European Jews
immigrants to America
animals facing extinction
abstract artists
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24.
In a museum, you come upon a brightly colored abstract work in which the colors seem to move forward
and backward in space. The work is MOST probably by
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
25.
The style of the Jackson Pollock sculpture may be based on
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
26.
nostalgic remembrance of those who perished
modest attempt to remember six million lives
conceptual attempt to create a visceral experience
reconstruction of a classical tomb
massive reuse of a bombed-out site
What did Appel consider a “gust of fresh air”?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
29.
soft and pleasant
pastel and cheerful
calm and soothing
aggressive and powerful
vibrant and energizing
Eisenman’s Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe can BEST be described as a
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
28.
Pollock’s purportedly violent working style
Pollock’s violent death in a car crash
Pollock’s militaristic feelings about war
Ferber’s intense dislike for Pollock
the fact that it was damaged in a fire
Still’s palette can BEST be described as
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
27.
Beckmann
Hofmann
Still
Mitchell
Reinhardt
his training in Paris
children’s drawings
a visit to America
the end of World War II
the teachings of Hofmann
While many Jews were denied access to the United States because of the overwhelming demand for entry,
the Chagall family was helped to enter the country
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
because of their wealth
due to their connection to Russia
as a result of their connection to France
with the help of a museum director
because of their training as doctors
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30.
All of the following described Beckmann’s art before World War I EXCEPT it was
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
31.
Critic Clemente Greenberg
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
32.
pacifism
isolationism
aggression
internationalism
totalitarianism
Speer
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
35.
Heizer
Smithson
Oldenburg
Christo
Hanson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s rhetoric in outlining the ideals of the Four Freedoms was designed to
overcome the United States’ tendency toward
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
34.
disliked all Abstract Expressionist art
never cared for Abstract Expressionist sculpture
shared Reinhardt view’s about Abstract Expressionist sculpture
turned away from Abstract Expressionist sculpture in his later years
appreciated Abstract Expressionist sculpture more in his later writings
You come upon a building wrapped in cloth. A passerby tells you that it is not a construction site but an art
work by
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
33.
conservative in style
traditional in subject matter
similar to his style after the war
accepted by his peers
influenced by earlier artists
was attracted to architecture as a young child
fell in love with an architect and changed majors in college
came from a family of architects
studied art when he first went to college
was a mediocre student who barely finished high school
If you came upon a huge black and white canvas with bold brush strokes, you would MOST probably think
that the work was by
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Rothko
Newman
Gottlieb
Still
Kline
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36.
You find yourself in the midst of a large grouping of concrete slabs in a memorial by
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
37.
You have inherited your grandfather’s studio which is filled with flat stones. You know he was not a
sculptor. What kind of artist might he have been?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
38.
did not believe in doing preparatory work
did preparatory sketches to work out ornate details
only did preparatory work if he was paid to do so
did preparatory work to simplify his drawings
kept all his preparatory work to donate it to Britain
The Ten Lire Postage Stamp was included in the Study Guide because
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
41.
rational
jumbled
joyful
calm
orderly
Fougasse
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
40.
an etcher
a collage maker
a tempera painter
a lithographer
an engraver
Chagall’s composition in White Crucifixion can BEST be described as
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
39.
Eisenman
Graves
Meier
Millet
Libeskind
it sold at auction for a great deal of money
it was Mussolini’s favorite
it shows how art can rise above politics
it tells a complex political story
Hitler was renowned for his stamp collection
Giacometti
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
retrieved Pointing Man from storage to ship to New York
worked on Pointing Man slowly and carefully
was not satisfied with Pointing Man until the last minute
tried to hide the hand-work in Pointing Man as best he could
insisted on casting Pointing Man himself in his studio
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42.
The occupation of Japan after World War II was designed to stabilize it economically and
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
43.
What artist would most likely have created a small circus with figures that moved with changing air
currents?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
44.
Moore
Mukhina
Appel
Giacometti
Ferber
If you wanted to create a building that focused on rational design, you would most probably design it in the
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
47.
It was applauded for its modernism.
It was ignored but allowed to continue.
It was criticized and condemned.
It was encouraged for its innovation.
It was tolerated equally with other art.
Which artist thought of his/her work as a form of “sculptural poster”?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
46.
Calder
Heizer
Smithson
Hanson
Close
How was avant-garde art treated in Germany and Italy during World War II?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
45.
enable it to build up its military gradually
encourage it to become a colony of Taiwan
strengthen the Emperor’s status
neutralize its military structure
keep it economically dependent on the west
Gothic style
Baroque style
Rococo style
Neoclassical style
Post-Modern style
Which artist would be delighted if you confused his/her artwork with a child’s artwork?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Moore
Mukhina
Appel
Giacometti
Ferber
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48.
You are a curator of ancient art who has come across a portrait with features that look like they have
melted. The portrait was probably done with a type of paint called
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
49.
Mussolini gave himself the title Duce because
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
50.
acrylic
oil
encaustic
tempera
glaze
it had never been used by anyone before
he knew his father would appreciate it
it aligned him with ancient military leaders
it demonstrated that he was a learned man
he wanted a name that sounded gentle
The message of the World War II memorial can be BEST described as
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
overwhelming grief and anguish
the power of a unified nation
the triumph of military might
derision of one’s enemies
the need for negotiation
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