AP Art History : Twentieth and Twenty-First-Century 2D Art

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for AP Art History

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Example Questions

Example Question #111 : Twentieth And Twenty First Century 2 D Art

What was the difference between the Los Angeles and New York Pop Art Movements?

Possible Answers:

The Los Angeles Movement focused on objects found in cities: cars, buildings, people; the New York Movement focused on objects found in nature

The Los Angeles Movement relied on reviews from critics as success; the New York Movement relied on feedback from everyday individuals

The New York Movement was more relaxed and rejected feedback from critics; the Los Angeles Movement strictly followed the norms from the New York Movement

The New York Movement was more rigid and controlled; the Los Angeles Movement was more relaxed 

Correct answer:

The New York Movement was more rigid and controlled; the Los Angeles Movement was more relaxed 

Explanation:

Compared to the scene in New York, the Pop Art Movement in Los Angeles was much more relaxed due to the absence of galleries and critics of the East coast. This relaxed idea was reflected in the styles of the LA artists. The NY Movement was much more rigid and controlled and relied heavily on feedback from art critics to succeed. 

Example Question #445 : 2 D Art

________________ was the name for the Pop Art Movement in France.

Possible Answers:

Décollage

Capital Realists 

Neo-Pop

Nouveau Réalisme

Correct answer:

Nouveau Réalisme

Explanation:

The French referred to their Pop Art Movement as Nouveau Réalisme. This term means "a new way of perceiving the real." Although the movement had similarities to the American Pop Art Movement, the French focused more on objects than paintings.

Example Question #75 : Identifying Artists, Works, Or Schools Of Twentieth And Twenty First Century 2 D Art

What artist was NOT a member of the global pop art movement? 

Possible Answers:

Robert Dowd

Gerhard Richter

Gustav Klimt

Yves Klein

Correct answer:

Gustav Klimt

Explanation:

All artists but Klimt were members of the global Pop Art Movement. Yves Klein was a member of the French movement, Gerhard Richter of the German movement, and Robert Down of the Los Angeles movement. 

Example Question #447 : 2 D Art

______________ is the Pop artist most well known for his use of repetition.

Possible Answers:

Claes Oldenburg

Andy Warhol

Jasper Johns

Robert Rauschenberg

Correct answer:

Andy Warhol

Explanation:

Andy Warhol is the Pop Artist best known for his use of repetition. Some of his most famous uses of repetition include prints of the Campbell's soup can and his vividly colored portraits of celebrities.

Example Question #81 : Identifying Artists, Works, Or Schools Of Twentieth And Twenty First Century 2 D Art

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The image above is part of a series of paintings called Water Lilies.

The series includes over 200 oil paintings and was created by which artist?

Possible Answers:

Claude Monet

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Camille Pissarro

Paul Cézanne

Vincent van Gogh

Correct answer:

Claude Monet

Explanation:

This was the work of Monet, and is one of his most well-known collections.

All the painters listed, other than Renoir, died before most of the paintings in the series were created.

Van Gogh was listed due to the similar themes of nature, and the similar brushstrokes often employed by both.

Image is in the public domain, accessed through Wikipedia Media Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claude_Monet_-_The_Water_Lilies_-_The_Clouds_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

Example Question #112 : Twentieth And Twenty First Century 2 D Art

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The artist of the given piece was the first president of what artistic movement?

Possible Answers:

Vienna Secession

Glasgow School

Berlin Secession

Nazarene Movement

Chelsea Arts Club

Correct answer:

Vienna Secession

Explanation:

While all of the answers are artists groups, it was the Vienna Secession that Klimt helped found in 1897. The group's members broke from the Association of Austrian Artists as a protest of that group's conservatism.

Work is in the public domain, image accessed through WikiArt: http://www.wikiart.org/en/gustav-klimt/portrait-of-adele-bloch-bauer-i-1907-1

Example Question #1 : Answering Other Questions About Twentieth Century 2 D Art

The pop artist who often use images of the American flag in his work was __________.

Possible Answers:

Andy Warhol

Roy Lichtenstein

Robert Rauschenberg

Jasper Johns

Correct answer:

Jasper Johns

Explanation:

Like many other pop artists, Jasper Johns (b. 1930) used familiar symbols in odd or surprising ways to invert the expectations and conventions of high vs. low art. Instead of utilizing commercial products or elements of low culture, however, Johns preferred images of Americana, like the American flag. Johns' series of paintings on the American flag include an all-white flag, a pastiche of multiple sized flags, and flags where the colors are smudged and running into each other.

Example Question #2 : Answering Other Questions About Twentieth Century 2 D Art

Picasso's massive painting Guernica commemorates an event in __________.

Possible Answers:

the Spanish Civil War

the Spanish-American War

World War II

World War I

Correct answer:

the Spanish Civil War

Explanation:

During the Spanish Civil War, Francisco Franco's nationalist troops destroyed the Basque city of Guernica in a massive bombing campaign assisted by Nazi German and Italian Fascist troops. The painter Pablo Picasso made a massive black and white painting depicting the event in cubist and abstract imagery conveying sorrow and devastation. After Franco took over the reins of state in Spain in 1938, Picasso was not allowed in his native Spain.

Example Question #3 : Answering Other Questions About Twentieth Century 2 D Art

The Virgin of Guadalupe is a popular folk-art image in __________.

Possible Answers:

Belize

Nicaragua

El Salvador

Mexico

Correct answer:

Mexico

Explanation:

The Virgin of Guadalupe was an apparition of The Virgin Mary, which appeared to an indigenous Mexican named Juan Diego, in 1531. This was widely promulgated as the impetus for mass conversions among native Mexicans, and it became a national symbol of Mexico. The Virgin of Guadalupe, identifiable through her blue cloak, pose in prayer, and the light emanating around her, is one of the most widely used images in Mexican folk art.

Example Question #4 : Answering Other Questions About Twentieth Century 2 D Art

The artist who had a studio called “The Factory,” which produced multiple kinds of artwork was __________.

Possible Answers:

Salvador Dali

Henri Matisse

Andy Warhol

Pablo Picasso

Correct answer:

Andy Warhol

Explanation:

"The Factory" became known in the 1960s for the parties thrown there by its owner, Andy Warhol, but in all of its locations in Manhattan, Warhol used it as a working art studio. Due to Warhol's fascination with screen printing and other mechanical forms of reproduction, the name was fitting, as it featured many apprentices making various works. Warhol also gathered a variety of people there to make art in a variety of types.

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