What is the year of creation for Alice Neel's painting 'The Pregnant Woman'?

Correct answer: 1971

Explanation

This is a quantitative question that requires identifying the date of a specific artwork, Alice Neel's 'The Pregnant Woman,' from its caption information.

Other questions

Question 1

What is the fundamental definition of a line as presented in the chapter's introduction?

Question 2

The idea that a line 'is a point set in motion' is attributed to which artist?

Question 3

What is meant by the term 'artistic shorthand' in the context of defining shape and form with lines?

Question 4

What does a cross contour line define?

Question 5

What is an implied line?

Question 6

What is a psychic line?

Question 7

In the analysis of Georges de La Tour’s painting 'The Fortune Teller', which of the following is identified as an example of an implied line?

Question 8

What does a horizontal line typically imply in a composition?

Question 9

Which type of line most strongly suggests motion and action?

Question 10

What is a contour drawing?

Question 11

Which of the following best describes a gesture drawing?

Question 12

Rembrandt’s 'Christ Carrying the Cross' is presented as an example of which type of drawing?

Question 13

How is the line quality in Susan Rothenberg's untitled drawing of a horse characterized?

Question 14

In the context of using lines to create dark and light, what is 'hatching'?

Question 15

What is the technique of 'cross-hatching'?

Question 16

In Alice Neel's painting 'The Pregnant Woman', how is line used as an important element?

Question 17

How does the treatment of hair in Roy Lichtenstein's 'Crying Girl' contrast with that in Botticelli's 'Venus'?

Question 18

In the context of the chapter, what is 'explicit line' in a painting?

Question 19

What is meant by the term 'lost-and-found contour'?

Question 20

Which artist's painting, 'Salome with the Head of John the Baptist', is used as a prime example of lost-and-found contour?

Question 21

What are the 'inherent lines' within a rectangular composition derived from?

Question 22

What does Sol Lewitt’s site-specific 'Wall Drawing 51' reveal?

Question 23

What is the date of George Bellows's painting 'Stag at Sharkey’s', which is dominated by diagonal lines?

Question 24

What medium did Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres use for his 1815 contour drawing 'Portrait of Mme. Hayard and Her Daughter Caroline'?

Question 25

What material is Deborah Butterfield's 1987 sculpture 'Tango' made from?

Question 26

In what year did Rembrandt create the etching 'The Three Trees', which is used as an example of cross-hatching?

Question 28

What are the approximate dimensions of Fernand Leger's 1950 oil on canvas, 'The Builders'?

Question 29

What is the approximate date for Caravaggio's 'Salome with the Head of John the Baptist'?

Question 30

In what month and year was Sol Lewitt's 'Wall Drawing 51' created?

Question 31

In a line drawing such as 'The Artist's Studio' by Raoul Dufy, what do the lines actually represent?

Question 32

How does a topographical map, such as the Grand Teton Quadrangle map, utilize the concept of cross contour lines?

Question 33

In Georges de La Tour’s 'The Fortune Teller', a psychic line is created by which specific action or element?

Question 34

How does the painting 'Evangeliste' by John Moore primarily achieve its calm serenity?

Question 35

What is a key difference between the lines in Ingres's precise contour drawing and the lines in Giacometti's self-portrait?

Question 36

What is the primary function of the varied line quality in Judy Pfaff's print 'Che Cosa è Acqua'?

Question 37

Besides drawings and prints, where else is the technique of using line to create value demonstrated, as shown in the example of a West African Kente cloth?

Question 38

Why is the use of a dark line in design sometimes described as a 'crutch'?

Question 39

In Karin Davie’s painting 'Between My Eye and Heart No. 12', how are the 'lines' that compose the work described?

Question 40

What is a characteristic of lost-and-found contour that makes it feel closer to our natural perception of things?

Question 41

According to the analysis in the 'Inherent Line' section, how is Picasso’s painting 'Harlequin' balanced?

Question 42

How are the lines in Richard Long's 'Five Paths' described in comparison to the lines in Picasso's 'Flashlight Centaur'?

Question 43

In the advertisement from the New York Times Supplement (Figure B, page 130), how are shapes and forms defined without the use of line drawings?

Question 44

How does the photograph of the suspension bridge (Figure A, page 132) illustrate an implied line?

Question 45

According to the section on line direction, what effect do horizontal and vertical lines have within a rectangular design?

Question 46

What aspect of a subject is a gesture drawing meant to capture, which is less important in a contour drawing?

Question 47

What kind of expression does the 'brutal line quality' in Susan Rothenberg's untitled drawing of a horse create?

Question 48

How does Pat Oliphant's cartoon (Figure A, page 140) demonstrate both hatching and cross-hatching?

Question 49

In Sophie Taeuber-Arp's white-on-white relief 'Parasols', which contours are considered 'lost'?

Question 50

What does the text suggest is a frequent outcome of a riveting composition?