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Q:
What is the chief form of Islamic art?
a) abstractions of animals
b) figurative representation
c) calligraphy, the fine art of handwriting
d) conceptual art
e) monumental sculpture
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The figures from the AbuTemple represent worshippers from the complex society of:
a) Egypt.
b) Sumer.
c) Jericho.
d) atal Hyk.
Q:
One of the greatest of the early masters of the intaglio process was the artist:
a) Leonardo da Vinci.
b) Albrecht Drer.
c) Vincent van Gogh.
d) J. M. W. Turner.
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The terms naturalistic or realistic art are sometimes used to describe:
a) representational art .
b) abstract art.
c) nonrepresentational art.
d) folk art.
Q:
Nike of Samothrace is an outstanding example of:
a) Roman idealism.
b) Hellenistic realism.
c) the Minoan Snake Goddess.
d) the Egyptian canon of proportions.
Q:
Abstract art reduces the world to its _______ qualities.
a) bulk
b) exterior
c) structural
d) essential
Q:
Installation art is different from traditional media like painting and sculpture in that______.
a) it activates all the senses and allows an artist to manipulate whole spaces
b) it always includes the use of found objects
c) it is much more technologically advanced
d) a & b
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The stained-glass window from Chartres Cathedral is an excellent example of the use of iconography in art, which means_____________.
a) it is highly abstract and unintelligible to all but the artist and the clergy
b) it uses a system of symbols which is easily understandable to most Christians
c) that it is non-objective
d) it utilizes a system of symbols that is intelligible to no one but the artist
Q:
Which of these statements about drawing is NOT true?
a) It was historically used as a preliminary study for paintings or sculptures.
b) It is now, and always has been, exclusively, a means of pure representation.
c) In the late 15th/early 16th century, drawings began to be preserved by artists and collected by connoisseurs.
d) Because of its directness and accessibility, drawing is a quick means of expression.
Q:
Christian arts main purpose through the Middle Ages, like that of the stained-glass window from Chartres Cathedral, was __________.
a) to educate illiterate people in Christian doctrine
b) to glorify the patrons of the art
c) to distinguish Christianity from Islam and Buddhism
d) a & b
Q:
The earliest paper, made from the papyrus plant, was developed when and where? a) 5000 years ago in China b) 5000 years ago in Egypt c) 25,000 years ago in Egypt d) 500 years ago in Italy
Q:
Name two designers who were a major influence in American organic design.
Q:
To Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus school, ___________ was the ultimate creative activity.
a) painting
b) drawing
c) design
d) sculpture
Q:
Erna Motnas painting, Bushfire and Corroboree Dreaming, (p. 28) depicts the preparations for a corroboree, or:
a) a human sacrifice.
b) a funeral.
c) a ritual hunt.
d) a celebration ceremony.
Q:
While in prison, Howling Wolf made many drawings called _______ drawings because they were created on blank accounting notebooks.
a) scraffitti
b) ledger
c) office
d) calculated
Q:
Which of these statements best defines visual literacy?
a) the ability to construct an artificial 3-d environment
b) the ability to recognize, understand, and communicate the meaning of visual images
c) the ability to envision a theoretical concept
d) the ability to write about art
Q:
The word paper is derived from ____________.
a) Egyptian papyrus
b) Spanish papel
c) German papier
d) Greek xapti
Q:
The first fins to appear on an automobile were on the 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood. Its designer, Harley Earl, was inspired by:
a) designs he had seen coming out of the Bauhaus school.
b) Frank Lloyd Wright.
c) the design of the P-38 Lightning fighter plane he had seen during WW2.
d) art nouveau design.
Q:
Bierstadts picturesque view of the Rocky Mountains combines a representation of an American vista with his:
a) European experience.
b) World War I experience.
c) Polynesian heritage.
d) Alaskan expeditions.
Q:
What was early paper in the West made of?
a) hemp
b) cotton
c) papyrus
d) cloth rags
Q:
The designer of Does It Make Sense?, April Greiman, is a pioneer in the field of: a) automobile design. b) the use of traditional media in advertising. c) postmodern architecture. d) digital technology in advertising.
Q:
Beatriz Milhazes Carambola (fig. 34, p. 30) is based on ___________.
a) the shapes, forms, and bright colors of Brazilian culture
b) the art of the ancient Maya culture
c) the purely formalist work of Kasmir Malevich
d) a & c
Q:
What is the chief advantage of oilstick over pastels?
a) they are water soluble
b) oilsticks allow the artist more gestural freedom and a sense of direct engagement
c) they are non-toxic
d) they are easier to erase
Q:
When a work of art such as Kasimir Malevichs Suprematist Painting, Black Rectangle, Blue Triangle (p. 29) shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is usually called:
a) stylized.
b) simplistic.
c) communistic.
d) nonrepresentational.
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Constructivism was a ___________ design movement that dreamed of uniting art and everyday life through mass-production and industry.
a) German
b) United States
c) Russian
d) English
Q:
In The Treason of Images, the artist combines awareness, creativity, and communication by encouraging the viewer to look closely at an object. The artist is:
a) Lorna Simpson.
b) Duane Michaels.
c) Ren Magritte.
d) John Ahearn.
Q:
The longest continuously practiced (from 40,000 years ago to present) artistic tradition in the world comes from _____________.
a) Australian Aborigines
b) African Yoruban-speaking peoples
c) Mesoamerica
d) Ancient Egypt
Q:
Alexander Rodchenko used simple rectangular forms on the cover of the catalogue (p. 394) for the Russian exhibit at the 1925 Paris Exposition. Why?
a) Simple geometric forms were the basis of Constructivism.
b) The rectangles echoed part of the interior design of the Soviet exhibit.
c) They echoed the simplicity of standardization.
d) All of the above.
Q:
In 1919, in Weimar, Germany, ________ founded the influential design school Bauhaus.
a) Le Corbusier
b) Walter Gropius
c) Alexander Rodchenko
d) Frank Lloyd Wright
Q:
How did Christo and Jeanne-Claude execute their project The Gates? How do the gates themselves relate to the history and geography of their location? What did the gates evoke for Japanese viewers?
Q:
Jan van Eycks Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami depicts many objects that have symbolic meaning. The use or study of these symbols is called:
a) content.
b) iconography.
c) form.
d) aesthetics.
Q:
A popular drawing medium during the Renaissance consisted of a stylus of gold, silver, or other metal that was dragged across a prepared ground of lead white, bone, and water (p. 176). This process was called:
a) conte crayon.
b) terazzii.
c) graphite drawing.
d) metalpoint.
Q:
When did artists in the Western world first have ready access to paper?
a) in the time of Caesar Augustus in Rome
b) in Italy in the early Renaissance
c) 5000 years ago in Egypt
d) 200 years ago in Philadelphia
Q:
The Bauhaus (p. 396):
a) was designed by Le Corbusier.
b) was designed by Mies van der Rohe.
c) was an influential design school in Germany.
d) was the name of a Dutch architecture style in the 1930s.
Q:
The artist who felt that a cut line made with scissors could acquire more feeling than a pencil or charcoal was:
a) Vincent van Gogh.
b) Henri Matisse.
c) Paul Czanne.
d) Paul Gauguin.
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What were the visual characteristics of art and design produced by the Dutch art group known as De Stijl (p. 392)?
a) They eliminated all colors except primaries and black and white.
b) There were no straight lines in their work.
c) They made only political art.
d) They made conceptual works only.
Q:
When ink is diluted with water and applied in broad flat areas, the result is called a:
a) sketch.
b) cartoon.
c) wash.
d) sinopie.
Q:
The Arts and Crafts Movement (pp. 384-388) was started in England by:
a) Louis Comfort Tiffany.
b) William Morris.
c) Henri Toulouse-Lautrec.
d) A. W. N. Pugin.
Q:
In the West, when we see objects made in African, Oceanic, Native American, or Asian cultures in museums, we see them as works of art. Why is this problematic? How were many of these objects originally used?
Q:
_______ is a form of soft carbon discovered in England in 1564 (p. 178); it became the medium in one of the most common drawing toolsthe pencil.
a) Metalpoint
b) Charcoal
c) Conte
d) Graphite
Q:
Le Corbusier was an architect and designer who prioritized:
a) the handmade and organic.
b) the manufactured and modular.
c) custom designs for wealthy patrons.
d) a & b
Q:
Discuss the creative process of Picassos Demoiselles dAvignon. What transformations took place in the early sketches and how does the final product differ from the artists initial sketch?
Q:
Beverly Buchanans drawings and sculptures (pp. 184-185) were inspired by:
a) the desert of the Southwest.
b) hand-built shacks of the rural South.
c) the New York skyline.
d) ocean waves.
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Where did Marjane Satrapi draw the title of her graphic novel Persepolis?
a) from the present-day capital of Iran
b) from the ceremonial capital of ancient Persia under Cyrus and Darius
c) from the comic book name for New York City
d) from her imagination
Q:
PlayPump looks like a typical playground merry-go-round, but is actually an ingenious functional design. What does it do?
a) it pumps water from the ground when kids play on it
b) it generates electricity when kids play on it
c) it is tied into the internet and automatically sends information on its use back to its designers
d) a & b
Q:
Gerrit Rietvelds famous Red and Blue Chair is a summation of _______ design principles.
a) Art Nouveau
b) Bauhaus
c) De Stijl
d) Arts and Crafts
Q:
The Karaori Kimono is more an aesthetic object that a functional one. Why?
Q:
Give an example from the textbook of an artwork used for political purposes.
Q:
Dry drawing media consists of coloring agents, which are mixed with _______ that hold them together (p. 176).
a) binders
b) pigments
c) grouts
d) media
Q:
How did David Hammons draw his piece, Out of Bounds?
a) with charcoal
b) by bouncing a dirty basketball on the paper
c) with a pencil
d) with human ashes
Q:
Charles and Ray Eames Side chair, model DCM demonstrates the more _______ design style of the 1940s and 1950s.
a) streamlined
b) curvilinear
c) architectural
d) Constructivist
Q:
There are two basic steps to seeing. The first is physical; the second is .
Q:
What was David Hammons trying to communicate with his sculptures Higher Goals?
a) that basketball would be really difficult if we were much shorter
b) that basketball offers most inner-city African-American kids a legitimate future
c) they are anti-basketball sculptures, meant to remind us that the sport only rewards, financially, a very few elite players and that education should take priority over basketball for most kids
Q:
Jan Toorops poster for Delftsche Slaolie displays the style of Art Nouveau in Vienna, where it was known as:
a) De Stijl.
b) streamlined.
c) Jugendstil.
d) Art Deco.
Q:
Do you consider the critique of The Gates as a violation of the natural landscape to be valid? Why, why not? What did Christo have to say about this criticism?
Q:
Leonardo da Vinci made a drawing, Madonna and Child with St. Anne and Infant St. John the Baptist, for a fresco of the same title (p. 172). This type of drawing is called:
a) a wash.
b) a cartoon.
c) dry media.
d) an edition.
Q:
The page opening of The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Newly Augmented was designed by:
a) Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
b) Frank Lloyd Wright.
c) Jan Toorop.
d) William Morris.
Q:
Why might Japanese visitors to The Gates interpret it differently than others?
Q:
Vija Celmins drawing of the ocean (p. 179) is an example of a highly developed photorealist _______ drawing on paper.
a) conte crayon
b) pastel
c) ink
d) pencil
Q:
Cassandres Dubonnet advertisement is a good example of ____________design.
a) Art Nouveau
b) Constructivist
c) Bauhaus
d) De Stijl
Q:
American glassmaker Louis Comfort Tiffany inspired the design movement called:
a) Art Nouveau.
b) De Stijl.
c) Art Deco.
d) Constructivism.
Q:
What is the primary role or function of the artist that Christo and Jean-Claude generally take in their work?
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Where did Picasso draw inspiration for the faces of the female figures on the right side of the composition of Les Demoiselles dAvignon?
a) Classical Greek sculpture
b) African ritual masks
c) Renaissance painting
d)careful observation of live models
Q:
By the end of the 15th century, artists and collectors such as Vasari had come to recognize that drawings could:
a) be made just as quickly as prints.
b) replace fresco painting.
c) sell for as much as paintings.
d) embody the artists creative genius.
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Famous for paintings of flowers, the artist of Banana Flower is:
a) Edgar Degas.
b) Georgia OKeeffe.
c) Piet Mondrian.
d) Henri Matisse.
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In The Language of Art, what, according to Nelson Goodman (p. 16), selects, rejects, organizes, discriminates, associates, classifies, analyzes, and constructs?
a) the museum curator
b) the Quantel Program
c) the artist Jasper Johns
d) the eye
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In Kthe Kollwitzs Self-Portrait, Drawing, the artist has revealed the expressive capabilities of _______ as a medium.
a) fresco
b) pen and ink
c) charcoal
d) the computer
Q:
Where did the court painters for the 16th century Mughul ruler, Akbar, draw inspiration for their illuminated manuscripts?
a) Japanese Ukiyo-e prints
b) Greek marble statues
c) African ritual masks
d) Western paintings and prints
Q:
Caf Concert is a work by the artist:
a) Georgia OKeeffe.
b) Georges Seurat.
c) Jennifer Bartlett.
d) Walter De Maria.
Q:
Which of these statements apply to the remarkable 16th century Mughal ruler, Akbar?
a) he promoted religious tolerance, inviting followers of many different religions to participate in his court
b) he expanded his empire at the turn of the first millennium CE to include all of the Mediterranean and most of modern Europe
c) he helped promote the spread of Buddhism from India, across China, and eventually to Japan
d) he established early trade routes across the Atlantic Ocean to North America
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According to Sayre, Jean Dubuffets Corps de Dame can be read as:
a) an attack on academic figure drawing.
b) an appreciation of the female nude.
c) a depiction of a femme fatale.
d) None of the above.
Q:
Where does Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama draw inspiration for her work?
a) careful observation of her surroundings
b) art history
c) from very personal visual and existential experiences of her surroundings
d) her desire to express her subconscious
Q:
Which of these best describes the Australian Mimis and kangaroo rock art?
a) they were done by Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, probably to amuse and entertain themselves and each other
b) they are layered images, done many years apart, with the kangaroos on the top layer executed in the X-ray style.
c) they are images of ancestral spirits that were drawn over 9000 years ago and kangaroos that were probably done within the last couple of hundred years
d) b & c
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When and where was the use of the arch in Western architecture perfected? a) in Greece around 500 B.C.E. b) in Egypt around 1000 B.C.E. c) in Rome around the 1st century B.C.E. d) in Rome around 410 C.E.
Q:
Sayre states that he believes that all people are creative, but artists possess qualities that most dont. Which of the following best describes these qualities?
a) artists must be willing to buck the system
b) artists are critical thinkers, meaning they question assumptions and explore new directions
c) they must look like artists, dress in turtle-necks and berets or have lots of tattoos
d)artists are always outsiders, meaning they stand in opposition to the dominant paradigms of their day
Q:
What might have affected Pablo Picassos severe style of representation seen in The Women of Avignon (pp. 13-15)?
a) African masks he saw at a Paris museum
b) Native American sites he visited
c) his collection of Asian ceramics
d) the imagery on Korean tapestries
Q:
Whitfield Lovells Whispers from the Walls is an example of ___________.
a) traditional painting
b) traditional sculpture
c) printmaking
d) installation art
Q:
Where did Christo and Jean-Claude locate their temporary installation, The Gates?
a) In northern California
b) In the Great Salt Lake, Utah
c) New Yorks Central Park
d) On the Arkansas River in Colorado
e) At the Reichstag in Germany
Q:
Which nineteenth-century building by Joseph Paxton could be considered an early example of the relationship between new technology and architecture?
a) the Red House.
b) the Palais Stoclet.
c) the Houses of Parliament.
d) the CrystalPalace.
Q:
Objects that are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be _______ rather than functional.
a) utilitarian
b) aesthetic
c) objective
d) iconographic