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Q: Construction of the Acropolis in Athens(p. 420) began about 450 bce under the leadership of: a) Marcus Aurelius. b) Phidias. c) Hippocrates. d) Pericles.

Q: While Erna Motnas Bushfire and Corroboree Dreaming is a very descriptive and, in its way, beautiful painting which has helped to strengthen and revitalize religious practice among Australian Aborigines, there is controversy about this type of painting. Which of these statements best explains the controversy? a) the colors are too vivid for contemporary minimalist aesthetics b) the seemingly abstract marks are actually sexually charged c) the paintings may reveal too much about secret ritual practice to outsiders d) they commodify dynamic religious practices e) c & d

Q: The Japanese print by Utamaro titled The Fickle Type (p. 198) represents what is called _______, or pictures of the transient world of everyday life. a) ukiyo-e b) japonaiserie c) intaglio d) mitate

Q: According to Buddhism, the release from worldly desires (p. 429) that ends the cycle of death and reincarnation and begins a state of permanent bliss is called: a) nirvana. b) stupa. c) ka. d) Buddha.

Q: Found in Austria, the Venus of Willendorf (p. 409) is most likely a: a) fertility figure. b) representation of a ruler. c) hunting tool. d) doll.

Q: 26. Naturalism is a brand of representation in which the artist_______________. a) abstracts what he/she is depicting, to varying degrees b) retains realistic elements but presents the world from a personal or subjective point of view c) paints exactly, faithfully what he/she sees d) works with ideas instead of images, creating purely non-objective artwork e) paints in the nude

Q: The Triumphal Entry page from the Shahnamah manuscript, a sacred text, exemplifies the preference of word over image in _______________art. a) Korean b) Islamic c) Maori d) Japanese e) Tlingit

Q: Jane Dicksons Stairwell (p. 211) illustrates the _______ printmaking process, which relies for its effect not on line but on tonal areas of light and dark. a) intaglio b) relief c) etching d) aquatint

Q: Two Courtesans, Inside and Outside the Display Window (fig. 250) by Suzuki Harunobu is an example of_________art. a) Chinese Taoist b) Japanese nikishi-e c) Indian Hindu d) Chinese Buddhist

Q: Stonehenge (p. 410) in England is an example of what type of monumental stone architecture? a) colosseum b) stupa c) megalith d) ziggurat

Q: The word Neolithic (p. 409) means: a) Old Stone Age. b) New Stone Age. c) Middle Stone Age. d) Nomadic.

Q: Lorna Simpsons series, The Park (p. 23), includes both images and printed words. The text contributes to the prints in a way that makes the viewer more active in the work. What does the viewer become? a) an artist b) the subject of the work c) the form of the work d) a voyeur

Q: The She-Wolf, later adopted by Romans as a symbol of their civilization, was, until recently, thought to have been made by ___________, who were famous for their metalwork. a) Egyptians b) Sumerians c) Etruscans d) Greeks

Q: Why are images of humans traditionally banned in Islamic art a) Humans are thought to be a symbol of filth. b) Human images are not banned in Islamic art. c) Depicting a human is thought to be competing with the creator. d) Calligraphy is more challenging.

Q: The colossal head found in La Venta, Mexico (p. 417) was created by the ___________. a) Olmec b) Mixtec c) Toltec d)Aztec

Q: In a work of art, content refers to: a) what the work expresses or means. b) the culture that produced it. c) its style. d) the way it looks.

Q: A woodcut print such as Emile Noldes Prophet is an example of: a) silkscreen. b) a monotype print. c) a relief print. d) lithography.

Q: Like much of Egyptian art, the statue of King Khafre (p. 415) shows: a) skewed proportions and scale. b) naturalistic tendencies. c) gods from their pantheon. d) rigorous geometry.

Q: Rene Magrittes The Treason of Images asks us to consider__________. a) that images and words refer to things that we see, but are not the things themselves b) that there is a direct, one-to-one relationship between objects and the words we use to name them c) that we are often fooled by what we see, a la trompe lloeil paintings d) that images and words not only refer to things that we see, but are also the things themselves

Q: Kenneth Clark illustrates an _______ reading in his assessment that an ancient Greek statue represents a higher state of civilization than a West African mask. a) aesthetic b) ethnocentric c) Afrocentric d) American

Q: The Triumphal Entry page from the Shahnamah manuscript (p. 24), a sacred text, exemplifies the preference of word over image in _______ art. a) Chinese b) Japanese c) Korean d) Islamic

Q: The artist of Rue Transnonain was a famous French illustrator and political caricaturist in the 19th century. The artists name is: a) Edouard Manet. b) Honor Daumier. c) Gustave Courbet. d) Albrecht Drer.

Q: The drawings from Ardche Gorge are located in southern France at: a) Chauvet cave. b) La Villedorphe. c) Lascaux cave. d) Nomadic cave.

Q: The Toreador fresco (p. 418) was created by the _______ culture. a) Greek b) Roman c) Minoan d) Neolithic

Q: The symbolic hand gestures that refer to specific states of mind or events in the life of Buddha (p. 33) are called: a) bismillah. b) handies. c) mudra. d) calliform.

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

Q: 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.

Q: 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: One of the earliest surviving examples of a _______ lies at Sanchi, India. a) beehive tomb b) stupa c) dostraka d) ka

Q: 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.

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

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.

Q: 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.

Q: 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: 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.