EMGM 106 FINAL EXAM 2026 UPDATE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW VISION)
1.T/F Rodin used an indirect process called casting to create this work, "Burghers of
Calaise". Casting, in this case, involved building a clay model, creating a mold of that
clay model and then removing the clay and pouring a molten metal into the mold. Artists
could, in this way, create multiple statues/sculptures from one mold. - ANS-1. True
2. T/F Michaelangelo, when working as a sculptor, used a stone carving technique
where he would draw the figure on the outside of the block and then work his way in,
liberating the figure from the stone. - ANS-2. True
3. T/F In class we explored various ways that artists use photography. We looked at
Cindy Sherman as an artist who used the camera (and props, stage make-up,
costumes) to create a fictional narrative, through which she explores images of women
in popular culture. - ANS-3. True
4. T/F In class we looked at photographers like Andrew Goldsworthy who employed
many people to work with him, special effects and intensive digital post production of his
images of natural forms. - ANS-4. False
5. T/F In lecture we looked at artists who find abstraction through the lens of a camera.
and we looked at the work of Minor White, a major figure in American photography,
whose writing about Photography and leadership in co-founding Aperture magazine was
as significant as his photographs. - ANS-5. True
Graciela Iturbide is a photographer we looked at in class. She uses her camera to...
capture and preserve aspects of Mexican Culture.
explore her own identity as a resident of Oaxaca, Mexico
capture something intangible and almost spiritual in her subjects
All of the above - ANS-capture and preserve aspects of Mexican Culture.
explore her own identity as a resident of Oaxaca, Mexico
capture something intangible and almost spiritual in her subjects
All of the above
6. T/F In class we looked at artists exploring identity and challenging the dominant
paradigm and hegemonic views in their work. This exploration and presentation of views
that differ from the dominant paradigm happened in the Modernist Era. - ANS-6. False
7. T/F David Hammons, in this installation "Whose Ice is Colder?", metaphorically
challenged minority groups in NY burroughs to examine why and how minority groups
are divided by those in power. He suggests that they ask "Who actually has the power?"
, and to examine the fact that those divided minority groups have more in common than
they think. - ANS-7. True
8. T/F When artists who are not a part of the hegemonic group explore identity, they are
often shining a light on a part of history in need of deeper examination or illumination.
This acknowledgement of historical fact that differs, sometimes greatly, from the
hegemonic picture (that has often been accepted as history...as a part of the dominant
paradigm) is part of what Post Modernism has brought to light. - ANS-8. True
9. T/F With Post Modernism we saw the blossoming of new voices in critical race
theory, queer theory, feminist theory, all intent on reminding the broader culture of those
who had previously been written out of history. These areas of research have fed many
contemporary artists' work. - ANS-9. True
10. T/F Felix Gonzalez-Torres explored issues of both his personal identity as a gay
man living with AIDS and also more universal notions of mortality (a memento mori) in
his works that included light bulbs that expire, things that diminish or disappear. - ANS-
10. True
11. T/F Kehinde Wiley's paintings seen in class are predominantly portraits of
contemporary black and brown men posed in positions that mimic art historical
masterworks. In doing this Kehinde Wiley is positioning himself in the tradition of art
historically great portrait painters and lifting the young men/his models up to noble
status. - ANS-11. True
Gordon Parks created this image and titled it American Gothic... - ANS-While working
in Washington DC
After experiencing a great deal of racism himself, as a Black man, in the in what
should have been the seat of freedom.
intentionally referencing the Grant Wood painting that was considered classic
Americana.
to show the nobility of often overlooked people like Ella Watson, the custodian in
his office building.
All of the above are correct
In this piece, a page showing the "Flight into Egypt," from the Hours of Marguerite de
Froix, Gothic, 15th c., there is a shift from previous illuminated manuscripts... - ANS-
The text is separated from the image and placed in boxes due to the invention of
the printing press.
The image is dominant here, the primary focus and the text is secondary.
The text and the image are still compatible and supporting one another, but are
separate.
All of the above are correct
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW VISION)
1.T/F Rodin used an indirect process called casting to create this work, "Burghers of
Calaise". Casting, in this case, involved building a clay model, creating a mold of that
clay model and then removing the clay and pouring a molten metal into the mold. Artists
could, in this way, create multiple statues/sculptures from one mold. - ANS-1. True
2. T/F Michaelangelo, when working as a sculptor, used a stone carving technique
where he would draw the figure on the outside of the block and then work his way in,
liberating the figure from the stone. - ANS-2. True
3. T/F In class we explored various ways that artists use photography. We looked at
Cindy Sherman as an artist who used the camera (and props, stage make-up,
costumes) to create a fictional narrative, through which she explores images of women
in popular culture. - ANS-3. True
4. T/F In class we looked at photographers like Andrew Goldsworthy who employed
many people to work with him, special effects and intensive digital post production of his
images of natural forms. - ANS-4. False
5. T/F In lecture we looked at artists who find abstraction through the lens of a camera.
and we looked at the work of Minor White, a major figure in American photography,
whose writing about Photography and leadership in co-founding Aperture magazine was
as significant as his photographs. - ANS-5. True
Graciela Iturbide is a photographer we looked at in class. She uses her camera to...
capture and preserve aspects of Mexican Culture.
explore her own identity as a resident of Oaxaca, Mexico
capture something intangible and almost spiritual in her subjects
All of the above - ANS-capture and preserve aspects of Mexican Culture.
explore her own identity as a resident of Oaxaca, Mexico
capture something intangible and almost spiritual in her subjects
All of the above
6. T/F In class we looked at artists exploring identity and challenging the dominant
paradigm and hegemonic views in their work. This exploration and presentation of views
that differ from the dominant paradigm happened in the Modernist Era. - ANS-6. False
7. T/F David Hammons, in this installation "Whose Ice is Colder?", metaphorically
challenged minority groups in NY burroughs to examine why and how minority groups
are divided by those in power. He suggests that they ask "Who actually has the power?"
, and to examine the fact that those divided minority groups have more in common than
they think. - ANS-7. True
8. T/F When artists who are not a part of the hegemonic group explore identity, they are
often shining a light on a part of history in need of deeper examination or illumination.
This acknowledgement of historical fact that differs, sometimes greatly, from the
hegemonic picture (that has often been accepted as history...as a part of the dominant
paradigm) is part of what Post Modernism has brought to light. - ANS-8. True
9. T/F With Post Modernism we saw the blossoming of new voices in critical race
theory, queer theory, feminist theory, all intent on reminding the broader culture of those
who had previously been written out of history. These areas of research have fed many
contemporary artists' work. - ANS-9. True
10. T/F Felix Gonzalez-Torres explored issues of both his personal identity as a gay
man living with AIDS and also more universal notions of mortality (a memento mori) in
his works that included light bulbs that expire, things that diminish or disappear. - ANS-
10. True
11. T/F Kehinde Wiley's paintings seen in class are predominantly portraits of
contemporary black and brown men posed in positions that mimic art historical
masterworks. In doing this Kehinde Wiley is positioning himself in the tradition of art
historically great portrait painters and lifting the young men/his models up to noble
status. - ANS-11. True
Gordon Parks created this image and titled it American Gothic... - ANS-While working
in Washington DC
After experiencing a great deal of racism himself, as a Black man, in the in what
should have been the seat of freedom.
intentionally referencing the Grant Wood painting that was considered classic
Americana.
to show the nobility of often overlooked people like Ella Watson, the custodian in
his office building.
All of the above are correct
In this piece, a page showing the "Flight into Egypt," from the Hours of Marguerite de
Froix, Gothic, 15th c., there is a shift from previous illuminated manuscripts... - ANS-
The text is separated from the image and placed in boxes due to the invention of
the printing press.
The image is dominant here, the primary focus and the text is secondary.
The text and the image are still compatible and supporting one another, but are
separate.
All of the above are correct
