Study guides
Chapter 24 Study Guide (Titles of art pieces will not be asked in the exam, even though they appear in the study guides for reference)
1) Throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, American society underwent a shift in attitude and structure largely as a result of major catalysts for change. Name them:
2) What did postmodernism intended to represent a break from?
3) Define Semiotics
4) Define deconstruction
5) __________ photographed herself in a variety of “self-portraits,” whose variety and artificiality serve to announce that the “self” is a fictionalized construction.
6) Who created the sculptural installation, The Dinner Party, which the individual place settings were set for women this artist considered the most important women in Western art and history?
7) __________ is the focus of the Guerilla Girls.
8) Who created the following drawing titled Being Antinova? Also know that this artist is known for her series of personae
9) Who achieved notoriety as “Samo,” a grafitti artist writing on walls in Soho and Tribeca?
10) Who created this work and who does it pays homage to?
11) Who is the artist directing and facilitating the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural which begun in 1976? Why is the collaborative mural process important according to the artist?
Detail (whole mural over a mile long)
12) Name an artist who has painted a large number of canvases devoted to the traditions and beliefs of Native Americans and is the creator of the Ghost Dancers Ascending :
13) Who designed the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Washington, DC?
14) Name the artist whose art consist of contrast between aspects of the traditional religions of Buddhism and Shintoism combined with the most modern technology.
15) What technique is employed in this installation by Dale Chihuly?
16) What is the medium employed in this composition by Jane Dickson?
17) The approach to culture called Structuralism was developed by __________.
18) Adrienne Rich is an important spokesperson for the __________ ____________.
19) The stories of Maxine Hong Kingston’s Woman Warrior derive from the Chinese “talk story,” a Cantonese tradition that is __________.
20) The literature works of ____________ celebrate double perspective of seeing life through the lenses of two cultures and languages.
21) The works of ________________ where among the first by a native American to garner a wide audience.
22) What is globalization?
23) How are the world’s cultures being brought closer together?
24) Who is the architect of the Guggenhein Museum Bilbao in Spain ?
25) Why was this building controversial at first? Where is it located and who is the architect?
26) Who combined science and art while creating the Drop ?