The following summarizes what a student should have learned from reading each chapter of A History of Western Art.

It is assumed that students can identify all works by title, artist (if known), culture (or nationality) and time period, medium, and style. It is also assumed that students will look up and be able to define the bolded glossary terms. In addition, further examples of what a student should be familiar with are listed below.

After reading chapter 29, you should be able to:

1. describe the nature of the New York School and its relationship to political developments in Europe.
2. understand the motives for non-figuration.
3. compare Action Painting with Color Field.
4. compare different approaches to technique and brushwork among the Abstract Expressionist painters.
5. discuss Pollock's relationship to sand painting.
6. compare the early and late styles of Gorky.
7. describe the use of image magic in Navajo sand painting.
8. compare acrylic with oil painting.
9. give examples of traditional art-historical themes and previous styles that influenced Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting.
10. compare Noguchi's Kouros with the Archaic New York Kouros.
11. describe the Abstract Expressionist character of sculptures by Noguchi, David Smith, and Nevelson.
12. discuss the influence of Cubism and Surrealism on Abstract Expressionism.