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Q:
Romare Bearden, the artist of Three Folk Musicians, was particularly influenced by which of the following?
a. Minimalism, Polaroid cameras, and classical music
b. Cubism, African masks, and the Harlem Renaissance
c. the Italian Renaissance, yo-yos, and gardening magazines
d. Afro-Cuban dance, metal spatulas, and Where the Wild Things Are
e. none of the other answers
Q:
The Dura Europos synagogue is from this period.
a. Late Antiquity
b. Byzantine
c. Romanesque
d. Gothic
e. none of these answers
Q:
Brunelleschis design for the dome of Florence Cathedral was a triumph over adversity because ________.
a. it had to be made of wood
b. it was very small
c. there was plenty of space around the outside of the building
d. building such an enormous dome was a technological challenge
e. none of the other answers
Q:
Xenobia Bailey established herself as an artist by making ________.
a. stained-glass windows d. lemonade
b. crocheted hats e. all of the other answers
c. traditional paintings
Q:
The fresco panel in the Dura Europos synagogue depicting the biblical exodus of the Jews from Egypt (3.2.3) does so as a continuous narrative. Find another artwork in the book that tells a story, either another continuous narrative, or one that has separate scenes, or selects only a part of the story. How does each one communicate the events in the narrative to the viewer? Which do you think tells the story more effectively?
Q:
Masaccio used which of the following elements and principles in Tribute Money?
a. linear perspective d. continuous narrative
b. naturalism e. all of the other answers
c. atmospheric perspective
Q:
Xenobia Baileys (Re)Possessed was influenced by ________.
a. African, Hindu, and Chinese elements
b. Kandinskys, Rothkos, and Twomblys artworks
c. The Cosby Show
d. Orville and Wilbur Wright
e. Ruby Bridges and Rosa Parks
Q:
Giorgio Vasari wrote which of the following texts?
a. On Painting
b. Experiments with Colors
c. The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
d. Shadows and Light
e. He was an artist who never wrote any books
Q:
Andy Goldsworthys Japanese maple leaves is an example of the kind of earthwork that is so large it could not fit inside a typical gallery space.
Q:
Giorgio Vasari believed that ________.
a. artists needed to have intellectual ability
b. artists were elevated above the position of manual laborers
c. artists should be considered creative geniuses
d. an artists talent might be divinely inspired
e. all of the other answers
Q:
Which of the following statements is true?
a. Andy Goldsworthy makes temporary sculptures out of natural materials
b. Andy Goldsworthy makes permanent sculptures out of natural materials
c. Andy Goldsworthy makes temporary sculptures out of man-made materials
d. Andy Goldsworthy makes permanent materials out of man-made materials
e. Andy Goldsworthy does not make sculptures
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2: Art of the Middle Ages
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To make their artworks appear realistic, Renaissance artists sometimes distorted the way certain objects and elements looked.
Q:
Which of the following terms means rebirth and is used to describe an artistic movement characterized by renewed interest in the Classical world of Greece and Rome?
a. Renaissance d. Mannerism
b. Baroque e. none of the other answers
c. Enlightenment
Q:
Ana Mendieta uses ________ as an artistic medium in her work Untitled (3.9.11).
a. her body
b. dirt and flowers
c. natural elements
d. all of the previous answers
e. none of the previous answers
Q:
Which of the following terms refers to the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in Western Europe, a period when there was a general increase in motion and emotion in artworks?
a. Renaissance d. Mannerism
b. Baroque e. none of the other answers
c. Enlightenment
Q:
The main message in Ana Mendietas Untitled (3.9.11) is that womens bodies should only be passive receivers of the male gaze.
Q:
Which of the following terms is used to describe the mid- to late sixteenth-century style of art that elongated human figures and elevated grace as an ideal?
a. Renaissance d. Mannerism
b. Baroque e. none of the other answers
c. Enlightenment
Q:
What is the medium of Andy Goldsworthys Japanese Maple Leaves?
a. acrylic paint d. cherry blossoms and syrup
b. graphite and red paint e. the medium is unknown
c. color photography
Q:
Match the structure with the culture that made it: a. Egyptian d. Babylonian b. Minoan e. Greek c. Roman Ishtar Gate
Q:
Dan Flavins Untitled (1996) builds on ________.
a. Marcel Duchamps concept of readymades
b. Vasily Kandinskys concept of inner spiritual necessity
c. Pierre-Auguste Renoirs concept of pleasurable experiences
d. Louis Sullivans credo that form follows function
e. Albert Einsteins theory of relativity
Q:
Marcel Duchamps Fountain is an example of ________.
a. a silkscreen print d. a photomontage
b. an automatic drawing e. a readymade
c. a collage
Q:
Who is the artist of Untitled (After Marcel Duchamp, A.P.).
a. Marcel Duchamp d. Ana Mendieta
b. Jasper Johns e. Richard Prince
c. Sherrie Levine
Q:
Which earlier form of artwork is directly referenced in Untitled (After Marcel Duchamp, A.P.)?
a. kinetic sculpture d. performance
b. readymades e. none of the other answers
c. functional pottery
Q:
Conceptual art emphasizes ________.
a. the way the final artwork looks and exists in the world
b. the ideas behind the artwork over its realization
c. how many theories an artwork can reference
d. what is actually there over what we know to be there
e. all of the other answers
Q:
Joseph Kosuths One and Three Chairs consists of ________.
a. three chairs belonging to world leaders
b. one chair reflected in a three-way mirror
c. copies of chairs from three famous artworks
d. three things that a chair could be
e. three things that a chair could never be
Q:
Consider Mark Rothkos Untitled (3.9.3) and Donald Judds Untitled (3.9.6). Identify the stylistic movement to which each artwork belongs, and explain why each artist chose not to provide a narrative or descriptive title. Your answer should reflect both the intentions of the artist and the aims of the movement of which he was a part.
Q:
The Emperor Constantine Is triumphal arch ________. a. celebrated his forefathers b. proclaimed his place in history c. was a purely functional gateway to the city d. contained only Christian imagery e. none of the other answers
Q:
The medium of Dan Flavins 1996 Untitled installation is ________.
a. stainless steel and Plexiglass d. aluminum foil over wood
b. fluorescent light tubes e. video projection
c. polished brass and stone
Q:
Match the term with its definition: a. the practice of tattooing or permanently marking the skin b. feather cloaks used for physical and divine protection during war c. monolithic stone sculptures found throughout Polynesia, especially huge figures made from volcanic rock d. one of the spirits who taught humans to hunt and paint during an early era of the Dreaming e. a massive structure consisting of a single block of stone moai
Q:
The Pantheon uses which architectural order for its columns?
a. Corinthian d. all of the other answers
b. Doric e. none of the other answers
c. Ionic
Q:
Donald Judd ordered the boxes for his Untitled artwork, made in 1967, from a factory.
Q:
What is not true about the interior of the Pantheon?
a. it has a coffered dome
b. it has an oculus
c. it has a poor drainage system
d. all of these answers are true
e. none of these answers are true
Q:
Donald Judds Untitled (1967) is part of which movement?
a. Impressionism d. Minimalism
b. Cubism e. Arte Povera
c. Futurism
Q:
The Emperor Constantine I recycled sculpture from other monuments to use on his triumphal arch.
Q:
The cult houses of the Abelam of Papua New Guinea are used as part of the initiation cycle for male members of the community. These ceremonies take place over the course of ________.
a. twenty to thirty years
b. one calendar year
c. one day from sunrise to sunset
d. the same hour as the one when the initiate was born
e. none of the other answers
Q:
Pop art aimed to undermine the high art tendency to value only works that were original and unique. To what extent do you think it is important for artists to strive toward creating something new and original? How can such works as Andy Warhols Thirty Are Better than One, that reuse earlier art, also be seen as creative and valuable?
Q:
We have found that many Roman houses in Pompeii had ________ covering the walls.
a. marble panels d. silver leaf
b. high reliefs e. none of the other answers
c. fresco paintings
Q:
The cult houses of the Abelam of Papua New Guinea are designed to: a. self-destruct at sunset b. impress initiates with the power and complexity of their cultures deities and traditions c. be so confusing that they would weed out unprepared initiates d. look like they are under water e. mimic the spring located at the place where humans were believed to originate
Q:
The technique used by Roy Lichtenstein to show gradations in color in his Girl in Mirror was ________.
a. taught to him by Marcel Duchamp
b. borrowed from newspaper printing and comics
c. very subtle and hard to see
d. not at all what he intended in the first place
e. none of the other answers
Q:
Dionysus was the ancient Greek god of ________.
a. wine d. ecstasy
b. theatre e. all of the other answers
c. agriculture
Q:
Roy Lichtenstein challenged traditional notions of the subject matter and appearance of fine art painting by embracing everyday subjects.
Q:
Compare and contrast the depiction of drapery in the statue of a Roman with busts of his ancestors (3.1.32), and the Dionysiac frieze from Pompeii (3.1.33). How has each artist created the illusion of the weight and texture of draped material? In which medium, marble or fresco painting, do you think it is more difficult to create realistic drapery?
Q:
The work of Minimalist artists is generally made out of natural materials with an organic quality.
Q:
The volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE destroyed all of the art in Pompeii.
Q:
The moai of Easter Island represent:
a. animals at the top of the food chain
b. abstract designs based on the sea
c. deified ancestors who were chiefs
d. hieroglyphic texts with important historical information
e. none of the other answers
Q:
The formal element that Mark Rothko focused on is ________.
a. color d. time
b. line e. motion
c. texture
Q:
As ancient Greek sculpture developed, artists introduced more drama and movement into their figures.
Q:
The Easter Island moai figures are identical, with no unique individual features.
Q:
In his Untitled (1950), Mark Rothko wanted to emphasize ________.
a. a narrative story
b. a deep, almost religious experience
c. purely the color relationships
d. a popular icon of contemporary culture
e. all of the other answers
Q:
In black-figure painting on Greek pots, the background is ________.
a. black d. red
b. blue e. white
c. green
Q:
The technique used to make Andy Warhols Thirty Are Better than One is ________.
a. silkscreen d. photomontage
b. assemblage e. readymade
c. collage
Q:
From the paintings in the Tomb of the Leopards, we learn that the Etruscans:
a. buried leopards with rulers
b. held women in high regard
c. did not believe in an afterlife
d. did not bury family members in the same tomb
e. none of the other answers
Q:
The Abelam of Papua New Guinea hold festivals in which:
a. mummies are carried into the streets
b. water is collected for several months at a time
c. yams wear masks
d. dangerous spirits are called to dinner
e. none of the other answers
Q:
Andy Warhol used commercial processes to create many of his works because ________.
a. his professor in art school told him to
b. he wasnt an artist at all
c. he wanted his work to have a depersonalized and mass-produced quality
d. he wanted to be able to hide his work in a grocery store for safe keeping
e. all of the other answers
Q:
The statue of a Roman with busts of his ancestors (3.1.32) shows that:
a. Roman artists were able to make individualistic portraits
b. family members treasured portraits of their ancestors
c. important ancestors would reinforce a persons social status
d. all of the previous answers
e. none of the previous answers
Q:
For the Abelam of Papua New Guinea, the person who grows the largest yams:
a. gets to eat whatever he or she wants for an entire year
b. achieves higher social status and secures prosperity for the village
c. wins a vacation to the destination of his or her choice
d. is required to dance in the town center on festival night
e. none of the other answers
Q:
What kind of dialogue exists or is created when an artist appropriates an existing object or artwork? Consider the relationship between an appropriation and the original artwork it represents (for example Andy Warhols Thirty Are Better than One and Leonardos Mona Lisa). What are the aims of the artist for each artwork? How does the comparison impact your understanding of each artwork? How has your understanding of contemporary art changed as a result of making this comparison?
Q:
What is the importance of the construction method for Hawaiian feather cloaks?
a. knots reflect metaphorical binding between humans and gods
b. hanging a textile in a tree is a sign of good luck
c. working underwater was difficult and made them more valuable
d. digital printing is a quick and efficient process
e. the construction method used to make the cloaks is not important
Q:
The way that Jackson Pollock painted focused on the process of making art.
Q:
The Hellenistic sculpture Laocon and his Sons depicts an ideal young athlete.
Q:
Artwork in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries can be ________.
a. representational d. all of the previous answers
b. abstract e. none of the previous answers
c. non-objective
Q:
Archaic statues of males and females were always nude.
Q:
The most prized feather cloaks made by Hawaiians are ________ in color.
a. red d. indigo
b. yellow e. white
c. blue
Q:
Jackson Pollock made paintings by:
a. flinging paint from a pinwheel onto canvases hanging in his studio
b. spitting glitter through a straw onto a plaster wall
c. dripping paint onto a canvas on the floor
d. dancing on ceramic tiles with paint on the bottom of his feet
e. spilling paint onto a dust sheet while painting his living room
Q:
Who developed a canon of harmonious proportions to be used for the portrayal of the ideal human body in sculpture?
a. Andokides d. Doryphoros
b. Nebamun e. none of the other answers
c. Polykleitos
Q:
Hawaiian feather cloaks could be:
a. passed from generation to generation
b. collected by enemies as war trophies
c. presented as political gifts
d. all of the previous answers
e. none of the previous answers
Q:
Jackson Pollocks Number 1A is ________.
a. so small it has to be looked at with a microscope
b. small enough to be held in a persons hand
c. as big as the page of a book so it can sit on a tabletop
d. the same size as human being
e. so large that it dominates the viewers field of vision
Q:
Polykleitoss statue Doryphoros, or Spear Bearer, demonstrates a new naturalistic stance called contrapposto.
Q:
The objects made by the Pacific Island cultures often have both ________.
a. practical usefulness and sacred significance
b. medical and political power
c. landscapes and sea monsters depicted on them
d. purple and gold on them
e. all of the other answers
Q:
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) paid such artists as Aaron Douglas to make art.
Q:
The metopes on the south side of the Parthenon depict a battle between Lapiths and ________.
a. sphinxes d. centaurs
b. lions e. Trojans
c. Persians
Q:
The tattooed facial designs of the Maori were so distinctive and specific to an individual that at times they have been used as a form of legal signature.
Q:
An amphora is the name for any female Greek goddess.
Q:
Mimis in Australian rock art represent:
a. kangaroos d. spirits
b. houses e. bus drivers
c. grandmothers
Q:
An Archaic Greek sculpture portraying a nude male is called ________.
a. a doryphoros d. a kouros
b. an amphora e. none of the other answers
c. a contrapposto
Q:
Figures in Australian rock art are only ever depicted in outline.
Q:
Aaron Douglas, the artist of Aspects of Negro American Life: From Slavery to Reconstruction, was particularly influenced by which of the following?
a. Minimalism, Polaroid cameras, and classical music
b. Art Deco, Egyptian wall painting, African art, and Modernist abstraction
c. Italian Renaissance art, yo-yos, and gardening magazines
d. Afro-Cuban dance, metal spatulas, and Where the Wild Things Are
e. none of the other answers
Q:
Carvings of acanthus leaves are found on the top of which kind of columns?
a. Corinthian d. all of the other answers
b. Doric e. none of the other answers
c. Ionic
Q:
Aaron Douglass Aspects of Negro American Life: From Slavery to Reconstruction includes:
a. readymades d. jazz music
b. silhouettes e. none of the other answers
c. collage