1. Please give your interpretation of President Lyndon Johnson'sstatement at the founding of the National Endowment for the Arts(NEA) in 1965. Based on your reading of the \"Introduction,\" whatwould you say are the basic functions of art? Basically, what isthe impact of art on our lives?
3. On which mystical site does Mexico City stand today?
4. Describe El Castillo, the ancient Maya city.
5. What are pictographs?
6. What is America's largest Native population?
7. Name two contemporary artists who have used iconic signs andsymbols excerpted from Amerind art.
8. Name the most widely recognized and foremost portrait artistof the new nation.
9. Describe Edward Savage's The Washington Family, now in theNational Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
10. Who is Frances K. Pohl? Extra Credit (1 point each)
11. The biggest and most nefarious art heist in American historytook place at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in1990. Robert K. Wittman, a former F.B.I. agent and author ofPriceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's StolenTreasures released in 2010 by Crown Publishers, said \"Art thievessteal more than beautiful objects, they steal memories andidentity, they steal history.\" If you were searching for stolenart, what sources would be most helpful to you in retrieving artand why?http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/arts/design/07wittman.html?_r=0
