Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Sculpture

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This sculpture is an example of what artistic movement?

Futurism

Fauvism

Cubism

Abstract Expressionism

Surrealism

Explanation

While it may bear some similar principles to movements like Surrealism and Cubism, the sculpture's emphasis on the energy of a body in motion is a prime example of Futurism, of which Boccioni was a leading artist. Fauvism is not applicable to sculpture, dealing instead with the color palette of paintings, and Abstract Expressionism largely did away with representational figures, even somewhat abstracted ones like the sculpture in question.

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This sculpture is an example of what artistic movement?

Futurism

Fauvism

Cubism

Abstract Expressionism

Surrealism

Explanation

While it may bear some similar principles to movements like Surrealism and Cubism, the sculpture's emphasis on the energy of a body in motion is a prime example of Futurism, of which Boccioni was a leading artist. Fauvism is not applicable to sculpture, dealing instead with the color palette of paintings, and Abstract Expressionism largely did away with representational figures, even somewhat abstracted ones like the sculpture in question.

Image is in the public domain: http://www.wikiart.org/en/umberto-boccioni/unique-forms-of-continuity-in-space-1913

3

Which twentieth-century artist is responsible for the 1917 sculpture Fountain, which features a urinal?

Marcel Duchamp

Reginald Mutt

Pablo Picasso

Man Ray

Francis Picabia

Explanation

Duchamp is responsible for this three-dimensional art piece. The piece was signed "R. Mutt," but the origin of this signature is still debated, though it is said to stand for Richard Mutt.

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In his Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture, Boccioni proclaimed the abolition of                                     .

definite lines

the palpable extension of objects in space

round shapes

spiraling momentum

striding figures

Explanation

The answer is "defining lines," of which there are none in this sculpture. All of the other answers are key features of both Futurism and this sculpture.

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Which twentieth-century artist is responsible for the 1917 sculpture Fountain, which features a urinal?

Marcel Duchamp

Reginald Mutt

Pablo Picasso

Man Ray

Francis Picabia

Explanation

Duchamp is responsible for this three-dimensional art piece. The piece was signed "R. Mutt," but the origin of this signature is still debated, though it is said to stand for Richard Mutt.

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In his Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture, Boccioni proclaimed the abolition of                                     .

definite lines

the palpable extension of objects in space

round shapes

spiraling momentum

striding figures

Explanation

The answer is "defining lines," of which there are none in this sculpture. All of the other answers are key features of both Futurism and this sculpture.

Image is in the public domain: http://www.wikiart.org/en/umberto-boccioni/unique-forms-of-continuity-in-space-1913

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All of the following are qualities of the figure except                               .

weight

speed

momentum

muscularity

impetuosity

Explanation

The figure demonstrates momentum and speed in the way Boccioni has conveyed his forward movement. Impetuosity is an emotional quality we can infer from the speed and momentum. Though it lacks defined muscles in a naturalistic way, the sculpture also conveys a sense of muscularity through the unique rendering of his body parts. Of all these qualities, and in spite of this being a bronze sculpture, weight is not a fitting description for a figure that has muscularity but also a significant lightness to it.

Image is in the public domain: http://www.wikiart.org/en/umberto-boccioni/unique-forms-of-continuity-in-space-1913

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All of the following are qualities of the figure except                               .

weight

speed

momentum

muscularity

impetuosity

Explanation

The figure demonstrates momentum and speed in the way Boccioni has conveyed his forward movement. Impetuosity is an emotional quality we can infer from the speed and momentum. Though it lacks defined muscles in a naturalistic way, the sculpture also conveys a sense of muscularity through the unique rendering of his body parts. Of all these qualities, and in spite of this being a bronze sculpture, weight is not a fitting description for a figure that has muscularity but also a significant lightness to it.

Image is in the public domain: http://www.wikiart.org/en/umberto-boccioni/unique-forms-of-continuity-in-space-1913

9

Where was Christo and Jeanne-Claude's installation art piece The Gates located when installed?

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New York's Central Park

Los Angeles's Griffith Park

London's Hyde Park

New York's Union Square Park

Chicago's Millenium Park

Explanation

Christo and Jeanne-Claude's installation art piece The Gates was set up in 2005.

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Where was Christo and Jeanne-Claude's installation art piece The Gates located when installed?

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New York's Central Park

Los Angeles's Griffith Park

London's Hyde Park

New York's Union Square Park

Chicago's Millenium Park

Explanation

Christo and Jeanne-Claude's installation art piece The Gates was set up in 2005.

Image accessed through Wikipedia Media Commons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Gates#/media/File:Gates\_a.jpg

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