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Q: Cezannes The Basket of Apples is full of what appear to be mistakes but are actually________. a) attempts to animate the picture plane b) ways to make the composition more dynamic c) artistic choices meant to engage the imagination of the viewer d) all of the above

Q: What is the binder in encaustic painting? a) lime water b) oil c) egg yolk d) wax

Q: In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong, from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century, the peacock symbolizes: a) the non-Chinese invading army. b) the reality inside the mind. c) the dichotomy of the northern and southern schools of Chinese painting. d) the Chinese emperor.

Q: Hung Lius paintings, such as Three Fujins (p. 69), rely on contrasts between two very important elements: a) yin and yang. b) her love of Maos Cultural Revolution and her need to paint. c) carefully drawn structural lines and uncontrolled drip lines d) All of the above.

Q: What is generally the preferred medium of Andy Goldsworthy? a) oil paint b) bronze c) clay d) natural materials found on-site

Q: The _____________is the substance in paint that holds the particles of pigment together and often defines the characteristics of the various painting media. a) pumice b) binder c) ground d) support

Q: The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St. Theresa, a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome. It is typical of which style? a) Baroque b) Renaissance c) Rococo d) Mannerist

Q: The organization of visual elements in an artwork is called: a) an outline. b) a still life. c) a retrospective. d) a composition.

Q: Which of these visual elements is most obvious in Andy Goldsworthys Hazel Leaves? a) line b) shape c) texture d) space

Q: True fresco painting can best be described as: a) expressive use of enamel. b) working with pigment directly into fresh plaster. c) a quick process of sketching from observation. d) having more naturalistic capabilities than oil paint.

Q: The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual. The artist is: a) Michelangelo. b) El Greco. c) Bronzino. d) Albrecht Drer.

Q: Lines that create a sense of movement and direction are called: a) continuous line. b) contour lines. c) implied lines. d) construction lines.

Q: Line can define space by _____________. a) creating texture b) indicating the edge of a 2-d shape or 3-d form c) creating value d) all of the above

Q: What is the chief advantage of acrylic paint over oil paint? a) it dries slower so artists can work more realistically b) it is a quick, immediate process c) it is more expressive d) it is non-toxic

Q: Which of these is an example of High Renaissance painting? a) The Limbourg Brothers October b) Masaccios The Tribute Money c) Botticellis The Birth of Venus d) Raphaels School of Athens e) Tintorettos The Miracle of the Slave

Q: In House (p.57), how does Jaune Quick-to-See Smith evoke the simplicity of traditional Native American lifestyles that have disappeared? a) complex metaphors and dynamic lines b) simple black outlines and ironic messages c) kinetic forms and gestural brushstrokes d) political activism and romantic imagery

Q: Whose David was the first life-size nude sculpture since antiquity? a) Michelangelos. b) Donatellos. c) Raphaels. d) Leonardo da Vincis.

Q: What cultural conventions (p. 74) did Robert Mapplethorpe challenge in his photographic portrait of female bodybuilder, Lisa Lyon? a) the role of religion in art b) the use of classical models in modern photography c) the belief that line is the most important element in art d) the traditional representation of the female nude

Q: Sandro Botticellis paintings, such as The Birth of Venus, reflect his interest in a philosophy called _______. a) Neoplatonism b) Enlightenment c) Neoclassicism d) Romanticism

Q: Hung Liu studied and taught to paint with a strict classical line that is associated with the style of: a) the expressionists. b) abstract expressionism. c) post-impressionism. d) Russian Social Realism.

Q: Leonardo da Vincis Mona Lisa is thought to have had appeal to the Renaissance imagination in part because the portrait reveals: a) subtractive color mixing. b) the personality of the sitter. c) Neoplatonist influence. d) perfect linear perspective.

Q: When a style of line becomes associated as an artists work, we say it is: a) autographic. b) calligraphic. c) static. d) generic.

Q: How would you characterize Byzantine architectural exteriors? a) they were incredibly ornate b) they utilized mosaic murals to relate stories from the Bible c) complex in elevation, they were plain and unadorned d) they were soaring structures which utilized flying buttresses for support

Q: Which of these is not a component of painting? a) pigment b) ground c) binder d) investment

Q: One of the superior aspects of oil paint (pp. 231-232) is that the artist can: a) continue to work on the same painting for weeks without it drying. b) work with big, bold, energetic brushstrokes. c) blend hues and tones seamlessly. d) All of the above.

Q: When, and by whom, was Islam founded? a) In 610, by Mohammed b) In the 2nd century BCE by Shih Huang-Ti c) In the 6th century by Justinian d) In the 5th century BCE by Darius the Great

Q: Mixed media artists (p. 243) have achieved what important innovation in art? a) the incorporation of new materials into traditional work b) the combination of plastic-based and oil-based paints c) the extension of a paintings space from two dimensions to three d) the representation of the real world in two dimensions

Q: Gothic architecture was different from its Romanesque predecessors in that it prioritized______. a) the height of its interiors b) barrel vaults c) the experience of light, seen through stained-glass in the interior of the cathedrals d) overall size

Q: In European fresco painting from the early-Renaissance to the late Baroque, the goal of artists was to: a) create the illusion of real space and realistic figures. b) flatten the picture plane. c) educate the illiterate masses and create a sense of awe. d) tell the story of the life of the Buddha.

Q: Compared to Romanesque sculpture, Gothic sculpture was ____________. a) much bigger b) much more naturalistic c) proportionally less accurate d) sculpted out of stone

Q: Painting was largely considered a craft, lesser than other arts like poetry and music, until: a) the Renaissance. b) the Enlightenment. c) the Classical period in Greece. d) the Middle Ages.

Q: The Kandariya Temple, modeled on a mountain landscape and covered in sculpture and mosaics, inside and out, is an example of __________ architecture. a) Hindu b) Buddhist c) Islamic d) Christian

Q: Illusionism in fresco painting reaches its apogee in________, perhaps the most famous fresco painting ever produced. a) Pozzos The Glorification of Saint Ignatius b) the cave paintings in Ajanta, India c) Michelangelos Sistine Chapel ceiling d) Raphaels School of Athens

Q: As Christianity affected culture in the West after antiquity, so too did ____________affect culture in the East, effectively spreading from India, across all of Asia, to Japan. a) Islam b) Hinduism c) Taoism d) Buddhism

Q: Which of these painting techniques utilize multiple, thin layers of transparent paint to create a sense of luminous materiality? a) impasto b) chiaroscuro c) glazing d) tenebrism

Q: Maya Ying Lins Vietnam Memorial: a) commemorates those who died fighting in WWII. b) honors soldiers who died during the war in the Persian Gulf. c) was controversial at first because of its non-traditional style. d) is located in Beijing.

Q: The Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh, indicates the power of the artists _______ line. a) expressive b) analytical c) classical d) contour

Q: Michelangelos painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was executed in a process called: a) gouache. b) fresco secco. c) buon fresco. d) encaustic.

Q: How did Xu Wei, with paintings like Grapes, change traditional Chinese watercolor painting? a) he introduced a more free-forma and expressive style b) he began making meticulous portraits of powerful leaders c) he abandoned all identifiable subject matter and made purely non-representational paintings d) he only painted pretty landscapes

Q: What was the main intention of Byzantine mosaic artists? a) to create naturalistic images b) to create a symbolic, mystical art c) to glorify political leaders d) to make aesthetically-pleasing images

Q: Pat Steirs series The Drawing Lesson Part 1, Line # 1 is about what type of line? a) various artists unique expressive lines b) implied lines c) classical line d) lines of sight

Q: Guillermo Gmez-Pea uses _____________as media in his artwork, which he calls _________________. a) painting; abstract expressionism b) sculpture; minimalism c) painting, sculpture, and performance; reverse anthropology d) clay pottery; inverse anthropology

Q: What is the main advantage of using oil paint over other paint media? a) it dries slower allowing for more naturalistic development b) it is more portable c) the pigment mixes with wet plaster, and as part of the wall, becomes more durable s) it lends itself to quick, sketch-like images

Q: Artists can create a sense of luminous materiality in oil painting (p. 231) by brushing thin films of transparent color onto the surface, a process called: a) buon fresco. b) glazing. c) trompe loeil. d) staining.

Q: Titians Assumption and Consecration of the Virgin demonstrates the power of: a) stained glass. b) color. c) gender associations with line. d) lines of sight.

Q: In the fifteenth century, a painting process was developed that allowed for a continuous blending of tones and hues on the painting surface (p. 231). What was it? a) buon fresco b) oil painting c) tempera painting d) watercolor

Q: Through the use of _______, the architecture of the Gothic church (p. 443) was able to reach an extraordinary height. a) wooden trusses b) flying buttresses c) tympanum d) tesserae

Q: The goal of the NEAs Art in Public Places Program was___________. a) to expose the general public to historical art pieces, like Renaissance painting and Baroque sculpture b) to allow artists to place sculpture wherever they wanted c) to expose the general public to contemporary art as a kind of mass audience art appreciation course d) to create educational programs for underprivileged children

Q: Watercolor painting is such a spontaneous process (p. 238) that many people think of it as: a) a temporary form of expression. b) suitable only for student work. c) a form of drawing. d) All of the above.

Q: Constantine took power in Rome in 312 C.E. and signed the Edict of Milan in 313 C.E. How did this change the trajectory of western culture for the next 1000 years? a) it legalized Christianity, which became the dominant cultural and political force in Europe b) it outlawed Christianity, which forced it to go underground c) it reaffirmed pantheism, which led to the fall of Rome d) it declared war on the East, which led to the Crusades

Q: What motivates artists like Sakarin Krue-On, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Guillermo Gmez-Pea, and Suzanne Lacy? a) their love of traditional painting and sculpture b) theoretical issues c) socio-cultural issues d) process

Q: a) monetary and intrinsic b) monetary and investment c) intrinsic and unspoken d) monumental and monetary

Q: When an artist paints with a mixture of watercolor pigment and Chinese white chalk, the process (p. 240) is called: a) gouache. b) fresco secco. c) trompe loeil. d) encaustic.

Q: Marcia Gygli Kings Springs Upstate is different from traditional painting in that: a) it is painted so loosely, so abstract. b) its subject matter is unique. c) there are no figures in the landscape. d) it projects into three-dimensional space.

Q: What was the preferred two-dimensional medium for didactic, Christian art during the Middle Ages, particularly in the Byzantine Empire? a) oil paint b) acrylic c) mosaic d) fresco

Q: By the year 500 ce, most of the western empire had been overrun by barbarian tribes from the north (p. 432). What emperor attempted to restore the lost empire? a) Constantine b) Charlemagne c) Justinian d) Theodora

Q: Considered a masterpiece of Renaissance art, Michelangelos David initially came under attack because of its: a) irregular proportions and nudity. b) religious symbolism and nudity. c) religious and political symbolism. d) political symbolism and nudity.

Q: What is that motivates most collectors to buy contemporary art? a) investment in a known commodity b) nothing better to do with their money c) the pleasure of owning art and the prestige it confers upon them d) all of the above

Q: Painter Helen Frankenthaler (p. 242) moved from staining her canvases with oil to using which painting medium? a) tempera b) pastel c) watercolor d) acrylic

Q: Andrew Wyeths Braids (p. 231) illustrates the detail the artist is able to achieve using the medium of _______. a) egg tempera b) watercolor c) gouache d) encaustic

Q: The tremendous dome of Hagia Sophia (p. 434) is supported by: a) brick walls. b) four lintels. c) a wooden framework. d) four pendentives.

Q: What was the inspiration for Marcel Duchamps controversial Nude Descending a Staircase? a) a visit to a shingle factory b) Navajo blankets c) the chronophotographs of Etienne-Jules Marey d) a 17th century painting by Raphael

Q: A traditional ground for tempera paintings (p. 227) is ______, a mixture of glue and plaster of Paris or chalk. a) sinopie b) gesso c) gouache d) encaustic

Q: In Romanesque architecture (p. 442), flat ceilings were replaced with: a) a new truss system. b) flying buttresses. c) pendentive arch ceilings. d) vaulted ceilings.

Q: Etienne-Jules Marey and Edward Muybridge were pioneers in the burgeoning art of ____________, which was first explored by the Lumiere Bros in 1895. a) assemblage b) motion pictures c) Abstract Expressionism d) public art

Q: The Head of a King (Oni) comes from: a) the Olmec culture in Mesoamerica. b) the Ife culture in present-day Nigeria. c) the Harappan culture of India. d) the Hopewell culture of North America.

Q: What specific component of the National Endowment for the Arts made works of art available to the general public? a) the Helms amendment b) the National Cooperative c) the Arts in Public Places program d) the National Gallery

Q: The artists relation to the public often depends upon: a) the amount charged for their work. b) whether or not they make representational work. c) the artists background and lifestyle. d) what the artist is trying to say.

Q: Where is the focal point in Giottos Lamentation? a) the angel closest to the tree b) the figure on the far right of the composition c) the standing figure on the far left of the composition d) Jesus head

Q: Paintings that consist of three painted panels, such as The Annunciation [Mrode Altarpiece] by Robert Campin, are called: a) diptychs. b) reliquaries. c) triptychs. d) frescos.

Q: The art of sculpture popular during ancient Roman times, reemerged during what period? a) Romanesque b) Egyptian c) Carolingian d) Greek

Q: The tile mosaic, mihrab, is typical for Islamic art. Why? a) it prioritizes naturalistic human figures and narrative b) it is almost exclusively abstract designs and text from the Koran c) it is made of mosaic tiles d) b & c

Q: Which sculptor eventually saw his controversial work destroyed? a) Richard Serra b) Carl Andre c) Andy Warhol d) Edouard Manet

Q: Manets Djeuner sur lherbe (Luncheon on the Grass) was rejected from the annual salon exhibition in Paris in 1863. Where was it exhibited? a) at the GrandePalace b) at the Salon des Refuss c) at the Louvre d) It was never exhibited.

Q: Antonio Lopez Garcias New Refrigerator may seem like odd subject matter for a painting, but it actually falls within a long line of which of these artistic traditions? a) landscape b) still-life c) portraiture d) abstraction

Q: Winslow Homers A Wall, Nassau was made using: a) watercolor washes. b) synthetic media. c) the computer. d) oil paint.

Q: One feature distinguishing Gothic architecture from Romanesque was the extensive use of (p. 445): a) stained glass. b) barrel vaulting. c) curved arches. d) domes.

Q: The Djingareyber Mosque and the Mosque at Crdoba (figs. 595 and 596), while very different in style and building materials, are both typical of ____________architecture. a) Christian b) Islamic c) Buddhist d) Taoist

Q: Which artwork was referred to as an explosion in a shingle factory? a) Edouard Manets Djeuner sur lherbe b) Marcel Duchamps Nude Descending a Staircase c) Pablo Picassos Women of Avignon d) Vincent van Goghs Starry Night

Q: Mummy Portrait of a Man was created using _______, a combination of pigment and hot wax. a) tempera b) fresco c) encaustic d) gouache