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

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
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.

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
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.

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

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

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

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?

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