Jackson Pollock was inspired by the _____.

a. Surrealists, especially their use of automatic picturemaking
b. the rationality of the Bauhaus forms
c. Fauves, especially their use of bright colors
d. work of Vasily Kandinsky, especially his use of nonrepresentational images
e. work of Georgia O’Keeffe, especially her use of organic forms


a. Surrealists, especially their use of automatic picturemaking

a. Correct. The Surrealists, and especially their use of automatic picturemaking, inspired Pollock and his painting method.
b. Incorrect. Pollock’s images do not rely on ideas of rationality.
c. Incorrect. Pollock did not rely on the color theories of the Fauves.
d. Incorrect. Pollock was not inspired by the nonrepresentational works of Kandinsky.
e. Incorrect. O’Keefe’s organic forms did not inspire Pollock.

Art & Culture

You might also like to view...

Costume and set designers demonstrating their renderings and explaining visual concepts can be best described as what?

a. First company meeting b. Intensives c. Show and tell d. Fittings

Art & Culture

Which architectural order has fluted columns without bases and unadorned capitals?

a. Ionic b. Corinthian c. Tuscan d. Doric

Art & Culture

What is Prior's first indication that he has AIDS?

A. He discovers a purple lesion on his arm. B. He is vomiting and had dizzy spells. C. He has a cold that would not go away. D. He is extremely fatigued and anemic.

Art & Culture

The first synthesizers were

A) very small and could only produce two tones. B) easily transported C) very large and had to be programmed D) useful in live recordings E) All of the possible answers a-d are correct

Art & Culture