View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Irwin is told that Sartre dropped everything to learn about this philosophy, what did Irwin do?
(a) He did the opposite.
(b) He followed suit.
(c) He laughed, finding this ridiculous.
(d) He returned to painting.

2. Irwin ponders the possibility that the Whitney display may be what?
(a) His last foray into art.
(b) The end of an era.
(c) His last days in the U.S.
(d) The beginning of a new series of work.

3. Irwin feels that the most important result of his association with Dr. Wortz is what?
(a) Each man radically changed the life of the other forever.
(b) The art they made together.
(c) The discoveries they made as a team.
(d) The lessons they learned.

4. Between ___________ and 1970, Irwin's work can be chartered by time and focused progression.
(a) 1950.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1960.

5. Do many viewers "get it?"
(a) No.
(b) Yes, but very few.
(c) Yes, many.
(d) Yes, some.

6. Irwin's open-ended offer with an unknown cost was _________________ many curators.
(a) Intriguing to.
(b) Off-putting to.
(c) Exciting to.
(d) Somewhat interesting to.

7. In a 1976 display in Venice, he merely outlines with string a spot of tree-filtered light on the ground. What do some think?
(a) The trees are art.
(b) There is no art.
(c) The string is the art.
(d) The light is art.

8. What is one major difference between scientist and artist?
(a) A scientist will keep a record of his failures and successes while an artist just paints over his mistakes until he reaches the desired effect.
(b) A scientist is much more analytical than an artist.
(c) A scientist is not as creative as an artist.
(d) A scientist is required to attend college while an artist is not.

9. What three elements are equally positive?
(a) Viewer, window, disc.
(b) Wall, floor, ceiling.
(c) Wall, window, shadow.
(d) Wall, shadow and disc.

10. ___________ years after the Whitney opening, Irwin is busy with multiple proposals for projects for cities and universities.
(a) Ten.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

11. Irwin is intrigued by the concept of becoming ________________ which held the dual challenge of becoming responsible.
(a) Retrievable.
(b) Reasonable.
(c) Reversible.
(d) Reliable.

12. During this time period, Irwin works on __________ projects.
(a) Scrim.
(b) Dot.
(c) Line.
(d) Disc.

13. Art students where were particularly pleased to at last have exposure to modernism and minimalism from no less than one of art's masters?
(a) In the Midwest.
(b) In the Southwest.
(c) In the Pacific Northwest.
(d) In the South.

14. To Irwin it is a way of portraying perception as what?
(a) Only from his view.
(b) Secondary to light and shadow.
(c) What one must believe.
(d) The essential subject of art.

15. It is in ___________________ that the two disciplines, art and science, have grown separately.
(a) Ancient times.
(b) Lithographic times.
(c) Modern times.
(d) Prehistoric times.

Short Answer Questions

1. He adds a thick black tape to the floor to form what?

2. Irwin leaves others to interpret while he contemplates what?

3. In 1975, he participates in ______________________ show.

4. In recent works, Irwin has abandoned his principal mode of pursuit. What is this pursuit?

5. Irwin finds _______________ who creates perfect discs for him.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 536 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample